Jason Sperling brings his distinguished talent and leadership to the role of Chief Creative Officer. He has an incredible track record for creating iconic work for brands like Apple, Honda, TikTok, Amazon, Disney Pixar and UNICEF Worldwide. He was the genius behind the Apple “Mac vs. PC” campaign which was declared “Campaign of the Decade” by Adweek. He counts numerous Cannes Gold Lions, including an Emmy nomination among his many awards and has developed marketing campaigns that made a difference and have had an impact on culture and the world at large. He’s also authored two books; one on creative leadership and another on building brand attraction in an age of brand aversion.

Matt Heath is a former touring musician turned ad writer. He started at 72andSunny as employee #10 and became a creative director over their biggest brands within four years. During that time, Matt won Modern Copywriter’s Best Copywriter of the Year award because his work allegedly made the editor “shoot coffee out of his nose”. After Heath’s work as the writer on the K-Swiss Kenny Powers campaign at 72, he was invited by Danny McBride to join as a writer for HBO’S Eastbound and Down and then became an agent at CAA, further defining Matt as one of the ad industry’s foremost experts on the creative and business side of the entertainment world and a rare industry crossover. Heath was the CD/lead writer on Arby’s “We Have the Meats” at Fallon which won a global Effie for brand effectiveness and a Guinness World Record, as well as awards and widespread admiration for his infamous “Pepsi Apology” spot. He most recently was the ECD at TBWA\Chiat\Day LA overseeing Buffalo Wild Wings, AT&T, and Netflix. He co-founded Party Land in 2018, which has become an industry-leader in humor-based work and has been awarded for several successful campaigns with original music composition, tying together Heath’s background of music and comedy writing. When he’s not helping to run the world’s most fun creative agency, Matt spends his time in the mountains with his kids who now make him shoot coffee out of his own nose.

Kirsten’s career began in NZ, before moving to London, where she created one the first groundbreaking AR apps for the Museum of London. ‘Streetmuseum’ became the most awarded app in the world at the time.

Joining Wieden + Kennedy, Kirsten worked with Honda, Fondazione Prada and Tesco. Time Out named her one of England’s Top Culture Makers of the Year. Kirsten then became a Cali girl leading work at 72&Sunny for Target, Tillamook and Starbucks, before joining TBWA\Chiat\Day, leading Southwest Airlines, Viking Cruises, Persil and Intuit QuickBooks.

In 2019, Kirsten became Global ECD on Expedia. After traveling the globe, she went home to Chiat as ECD, leading Discover, Schwan’s and Sephora.

Kirsten’s purpose is to change the world through kindness and creativity. Her Gatorade ‘Sisters In Sweat’ campaign was awarded a Grand Clio for social good. In 2019, she was recognised for her pro bono creative leadership for Make-A-Wish, leading to $85m in earned media. In 2023, CreativePool named her as one of their top 100 Creative Leaders.

Damaune is a successful executive business leader with a strong track record of driving growth across global organizations in diverse sectors like advertising, healthcare, and tech. As Global Chief Growth Officer at 72andSunny, one of the world’s most admired strategic and creative agencies, he oversees all global revenue, including marketing, business development, and corporate communications. Damaune's leadership focuses on growing both the agency’s four global offices—Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam, Sydney—and its client businesses, working closely with its roster of brands like the NFL and United Airlines.

Under his leadership, 72andSunny won 50+ new client accounts, including Cadillac, United Airlines, Venmo, Sleep Number, Wingstop, and Zillow. The agency has consistently reaffirmed its status as an industry leader, with a return to the Ad Age A-List, recognition as a Campaign US Agency of the Year finalist and Agency of the Year honors from the Gerety Awards and LBB Immortal Awards.

As CMO at Majority, Jorge is responsible for agency growth, agency relationships and agency partnerships.

Before joining Majority, Jorge led The Coca-Cola business with Momentum Worldwide as VP Group Director, driving solutions across Coke Trademark, Smartwater, Powerade and Vitaminwater. Beyond Coca-Cola, his 25-year career includes work for MillerCoors, American Express, Kraft, RJ Reynolds, Fox Sports and Mike’s Hard Lemonade.

Jorge’s experience as an Integrated Marketer spans product branding, new product launches, broadcast, promotions, experiential, shopper, digital, sports marketing, and B2B. He has won multiple Effies, Pro Awards, EX Awards, Cannes Lions, Clios, Webbys, Reggies, and One Show Pencils.

A Dominican native born and raised in Queens, Jorge has lived in Atlanta since 2014.

As Tag USA’s Chief Client Officer, JT brings over 15 years of expertise developing and implementing creative solutions that build brands and drive business value. In his role at Tag, JT oversees client engagement and new business development, serving as a strategic partner to Tag clients and a thought leader in the creative production space.

JT has held business leadership roles at creative agencies like 72andSunny and ARGONAUT, and in-house marketing positions at brands like DoorDash and Sony PlayStation.

Ashley is Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at Curiosity, the Cincinnati-based independent advertising and media agency home to clients like DUDE Wipes, Native, Holland America Line, Gorilla Glue, pH-D, Bridges Consumer Health and Zevo. Her courage and competitive spirit have led the agency to record growth, and back-to-back Ad Age A-List and Small Agency of the Year awards, among other top industry honors. Passionate about creating a voice and space in the industry for all, Ashley serves as Executive Director of Curiosity's DEI committee and is an active member of SeeHer. She is also host of the Question Everything podcast which puts CMOs and thought leaders in the hot seat to discuss their greatest successes and failures.

Melody Lee is Chief Marketing Officer, Mercedes-Benz USA. In this role, she oversees brand positioning and marketing strategy and execution with an aim to ensure long-term growth and profitability for the Mercedes-Benz brand in the United States.

Previously, Melody was Senior Vice President, Global Brand & Product Marketing for the Herman Miller and Knoll brands at MillerKnoll. In that role, she was responsible for ensuring a cohesive brand-led strategy across the two marquee design brands’ products, channels, messages and audiences.

Prior to joining MillerKnoll, Melody was Global COO and Principal, Americas for Camron, a global design communications agency, where she led the agency’s New York and Los Angeles offices. She was, previous to Camron, the vice president for brand development at Shiseido, a 140-year-old global prestige beauty company. In that position, she led critical strategic initiatives across a comprehensive remit of brand strategy, product development, marketing and retail planning for one of Shiseido’s multinational prestige brands.

Prior to Shiseido, Melody spent six years with Cadillac. There, as head of brand marketing for the iconic luxury car brand, Melody oversaw brand strategy, global planning, partnerships and experiences and marketing innovation. She also led BOOK by Cadillac, the brand’s vehicle subscription business, as a discrete business unit, with commercial responsibility for operations and logistics, financial management, product development, branding and marketing, PR and business development and corporate sales.

Marissa Solis is a magnetic business leader with over 25 years of marketing management, communications and sales experience in both the U.S. and Latin American markets. Currently, Marissa leads all global brand and marketing initiatives for the National Football League including both traditional and digital media, in-stadium marketing, and social justice initiatives.

A graduate of Georgetown University with a B.S. in International Economics and the University of Texas at Austin with an M.A. in Public Policy, she began her career in brand management at Procter & Gamble Latin America where she led marketing for brands like Ariel, Downy and Pampers in Central America and the Caribbean.

Marissa spent a few years at Deloitte Consulting as a management consultant leading change initiatives and communication consulting for Public Sector clients and also spent time as a political consultant, contributing to the communication strategies of key campaigns in Texas and Mexico before taking a role in marketing at PepsiCo’s Frito Lay North America Division in 2003. During her 18-year tenure at PepsiCo, Marissa led numerous brand marketing initiatives and national campaigns and held roles in shopper marketing and sales for key PepsiCo retail customers like Walmart, Target and Costco. She led Culinary Innovation and Marketing for PepsiCo’s Food Service division where she launched a new line of Frozen Snacks for the company that sold over $100MM. Ad Age recognized Marissa as a trailblazer for creating the new line of branded frozen snacks. In 2017, Marissa led the creation of a cross functional Hispanic Business Unit—the first of its kind—winning Industry Recognition for work to engage Latinos in key brand initiatives. She went on to lead marketing for brands at Frito Lay North America, including the coveted relationship with the NFL, and won several Reggies, Sports Clios and a Grand Prix Cannes Lion for her work on Cheetos, Doritos and Tostitos brands.

Marissa serves on the Board of Directors of Consolidated Communications, a leading broadband and business communications provider serving wireless and wireline customers across rural and metro communities. She also serves as a board member on the North Texas Chapter of the Make a Wish Foundation and The Melville Family Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of minority children in Dallas. She resides in McKinney, Texas with her husband Juan and daughter Gabriela.

Tim Nudd is Creativity editor at Ad Age. He was previously editor in chief of the Clio Awards and Muse by Clio, and has also served as creative editor at Adweek.