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Jason Sperling
Chief Creative Officer
Innocean USA
Jason Sperling
Chief Creative Officer
Innocean USA
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.
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Brynna Aylward
Chief Creative Officer
Adam&EveDDB U.S.
Brynna Aylward
Chief Creative Officer
Adam&EveDDB U.S.
Brynna Aylward is an award-winning creative leader who is making her mark as the first Chief Creative Officer at adam&eveDDB US. With a reputation for fostering collaboration and innovation, Brynna leads a dynamic team of creative directors – across the New York and San Francisco offices, inspiring them to push boundaries and deliver exceptional work all in effort to drive the agency’s growth and impact in the U.S. market.
Brynna was most recently at GUT Toronto leading as the Executive Creative Director / Creative Lead, where she was recognized not only for her creative prowess but also for her ability to build and lead strong, cohesive teams.
Over the course of her career, Brynna has received over 75 international awards, was ranked #10 ECD in the US in 2022, was named one of One Show and 3% Movement’s Next Creative Leaders in 2019, was ranked #4 Copywriter in the world by the One Club, and #2 Copywriter in the world by the ADC in 2018.
She is passionate about leading big brands to do great work, mentoring and growing creative talent, and leaving the industry a little bit better than she found it. When not making ads, Brynna relentlessly pursues the perfect mac and cheese and seeks to pet every dog in her vicinity.
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Rosie Bardales
Chief Creative Officer
VML New York
Rosie Bardales
Chief Creative Officer
VML New York
Rosie Bardales joined VML New York to build on the agency’s creative momentum, including its Super Bowl work for Hellmann’s and the Stand Up to Jewish Hate campaign for the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. She oversees Coca-Cola, Nestle, Unilever, Beam Suntory and FCAS accounts, leading clients to brave and effective work and growing young creative talent. A Native Texan, she returned home to the US after spending over 20 years as an expat in Europe, most recently as CCO & Partner of BETC London and global leader of BETC Paris, where she worked across clients such as Danone, Reckitt Benckiser, Mondelez, Unilever, Gant, Lacoste, Coty, Bacardi, Levi's, LVMH, and Nike.
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Dhaval Bhatt
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Courage
Dhaval Bhatt
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Courage
Dhaval Bhatt is a 20-year advertising veteran, educator and mentor with an eye for culture-setting and business driving creative concepts. In 2022, he co-founded indie Toronto-based agency Courage, the fastest-growing agency in Canada. Over his career, he has created internationally celebrated work for major brands like KFC, IKEA, Molson-Coors, General Mills, and many more.
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Matt Heath
Chief Creative Officer
Party Land
Matt Heath
Chief Creative Officer
Party Land
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.
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Rikesh Lal
Executive Creative Director
Erich & Kallman
Rikesh Lal
Executive Creative Director
Erich & Kallman
Rikesh is an award-winning creative with 20 years of agency experience. Jumping into advertising fresh out of art school, he’s worked at various agencies large and small. His background in design and animation brings a unique perspective to brands. As Executive Creative Director at Erich & Kallman, he’s helped lead high profile campaigns for brands like Amazon, Reese's and Toyota, opened a new office and won numerous accolades from CLIO to Cannes and everything in between.
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Pum Lefebure
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Design Army
Pum Lefebure
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Design Army
Pum Lefebure is the co-founder and chief creative officer of Design Army in Washington, D.C. An award-winning creative director and savvy business leader, Pum has developed numerous international campaigns for high-profile clients such as the Adobe, MORPHE, Netflix, Neenah Paper, The Ritz-Carlton, PepsiCo, Saucony, Hong Kong Ballet, and the Smithsonian. Born in Thailand, she brings a global sensibility to American design—a creative point of view that draws from different cultures and resonates with diverse audiences.
Pum has elevated Design Army’s reputation as a trendsetter, while establishing her own hallmark: a distinctive union of the artistic and the commercial. With a rare balance of creativity, strategic thinking, and industry savvy, she has proven that good design is the cornerstone of good business. Her work has earned a plethora of awards, including Cannes Design Lion, D&AD, One Show, ADC, AIGA, and TDC, and has lectured and led workshops around the world
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Erica Roberts
Chief Creative Officer
BBH USA
Erica Roberts
Chief Creative Officer
BBH USA
As Chief Creative Officer of BBH USA, Erica Roberts leads all creative strategy and execution for the agency’s clients and is additionally on the BBH Global Board.
Roberts is a renowned creative leader within the industry, having been named to Adweek’s Creative 100 list as an Agency Leader to Watch, in addition to Campaign US’s 40 Over 40. She has led award-winning, business-transforming work across nearly every category, from CPG to QSR, financial services and retail brands like Citi Group and CVS.
A 15-year Publicis Groupe veteran, she has helped strengthen the Power of One model by bringing media, experience design, strategy, data and PR together with creative to deliver some of the most talked about and recognized work in the industry. Most recently, Erica was CCO, Publicis New York where she created game changing work including “Jif vs. Gif,” which was cited as the “best peanut butter campaign of all time” by Campaign US, and the Lil Jif Project’s #JifRapChallenge, which was recognized by Adweek as one of the five “Best Ads of 2021.”
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Kirsten Rutherford
Executive Creative Director
TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
Kirsten Rutherford
Executive Creative Director
TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
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.
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Gordy Sang
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer
Quality Meats
Gordy Sang
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer
Quality Meats
Gordy Sang is a Co-Founder and Co-CCO of Quality Meats, an independent and fully remote creative agency, recently named AdAge’s A-list “Standout Agency,” AdAge's Small Agency of the Year for the last three years, and Adweek's Breakthrough Agency of the Year Finalist.
Gordy, alongside his 17ish year creative partner Brian Siedband started Quality Meats in 2020 with no paying clients or investors, just a few humans focused on delivering the highest-quality work without all the B.S. that gets in the way. Kinda like going to that one butcher you really trust (although their meats are merely metaphorical advertising-styled). Today they're a fully integrated agency with that exact same mission, but with more humans, and a client roster including Huggies, DoorDash, SAXX Underwear, and more.
Prior to starting Quality Meats, Gordy & Brian led creative at Leo Burnett, Deutsch LA and FCB working on brands such as Taco Bell, Samsung, Playstation, Netflix, and lots lots more, with work recognized at Cannes, One Show, AICP, and most recently the Emmys.
Outside of advertising, Gordy enjoys spending time with his wife and two beautiful daughters, and also enjoys eating hot dogs.
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Tim Nudd
Creativity Editor
Ad Age
Tim Nudd
Creativity Editor
Ad Age
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.
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Damaune Journey
Global Chief Growth Officer
72andSunny
Damaune Journey
Global Chief Growth Officer
72andSunny
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.
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Suzanne Barbosa
Managing Director
Atlantic New York
Suzanne Barbosa
Managing Director
Atlantic New York
Suzanne Barbosa (Suzi) is a creative business leader who is passionate about using innovative and insight-driven ways to solve business problems. Since joining Atlantic New York as Partner and Managing Director in 2022, the agency took home its first Gold Lion at Cannes and was named a Small Agency of the Year by AdAge. Suzi is known for her dedication to the work, her team and brand partners; building strong, long-lasting relationships that unlock creative and business potential.
Prior to joining Atlantic New York, Suzi held top posts at BBDO, GREY, and MullenLowe in New York. A steadfast champion of creativity, Suzi has led effective marketing campaigns for Fortune 500 companies including TikTok, P&G, FedEx, Unilever, Revlon, and Bayer.
As a proud mom to two boys under the age of four, Suzi is an advocate for change in the advertising industry and a strong voice for maternity and parental rights, working to build equitable and effective policies throughout the workplace.
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Nadja Bellan-White
CEO
SS+K
Nadja Bellan-White
CEO
SS+K
Nadja Bellan-White is the first-ever CEO of SS+K, a 30-year-old award-winning agency that combines the rigor of political strategy and the power of creativity. She is committed to steering the agency’s clients through the complexities of today's socio-political landscape, drawing on her extensive background in digital innovation and global market dynamics.
With more than three decades of experience, Bellan-White’s career has spanned across the globe. Prior to joining SS+K, she was Global CMO of VICE Media Group, where she oversaw enterprise brand strategy. Previously, she was Executive Partner and WPP Team Leader for Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, where she led the brand transformation for Unilever across beauty and personal care focusing specifically on Dove, and led behavior change for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation globally. She also led brand work for American Express, LG Electronics, IKEA North America, Coca-Cola, Siemens, and Safaricom/Vodafone. In 2014, she she was promoted to CEO of Ogilvy Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, where she managed business across the continent.
Bellan-White's leadership is characterized by her belief in the power of brands to be brave and make a real change, especially during tumultuous times. She advocates for a problem-solving approach that leans into her digital and global expertise.
She holds a BA in Foreign Affairs and Spanish from the University of Virginia and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.
Among Bellan-White's many accolades and recognitions, she received AdColor’s Legend Award for excellence in advertising, media and communications; was recognized in 2019 and 2022 as one of Savoy Magazine’s top 100 Women in Corporate America, and was named one of the leaders in Europe for Advertising Age.
She has served both as a member and the President of Dubai Lynx, Creative Effectiveness Jury; member of the Council of Urban Professionals Board (NY); President of WARC Awards for Effectiveness, Collaboration & Culture; Executive Leadership Council, Executive Director of The Roundhouse.Org (UK); member of the Board of Ad Council, PTTOW Member, MyCode Media Non-Executive Director, Howard University School of Business Trustee, and BECA Founder (Black CMO Alliance).
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Brett Edgar
U.S. CEO
VCCP
Brett Edgar
U.S. CEO
VCCP
With over 20 years of experience and notable results to her name, Brett Edgar is a lauded industry leader, currently serving as CEO of VCCP US, the global challenger network for challenger brands. Brett joined VCCP in fall of 2022 as the first-ever North American CEO. Under her remit, Brett launched VCCP’s presence in the U.S. by managing the merger of VCCP New York and Muhtayzik Hoffer (M/H). Joining the shops under one P&L and opening the agency’s New York HQ, Brett helped transform VCCP from a London-based agency with a US presence to a North American powerhouse in its own right. With a growing client roster including White Claw, Audi, Native, Google, T-Mobile for Business and more, Brett has led the agency to see strong and steady growth in both organic and new business.
Before VCCP, Brett led 72andSunny New York to a record-breaking year in 2021 while expertly steering the agency through the pandemic. Prior to 72andSunny, Brett held senior roles at some of the world’s top advertising agencies including BBH New York, Droga5, and TBWA\Chiat\Day, working on leading brands including PlayStation, GrubHub, Skittles, Starburst, Pizza Hut, Samsung, Cover Girl and more.
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Jorge Hernandez
Chief Marketing Officer
Majority
Jorge Hernandez
Chief Marketing Officer
Majority
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.
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Kate Higgins
Chief Growth Officer
Opinionated
Kate Higgins
Chief Growth Officer
Opinionated
Kate has a deep belief in the power of creativity to solve business problems. A dynamic leader whose drive, humor, and tenacity has translated into an outstanding career at some of the best creative shops of recent decades: Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Fallon, and Erich and Kalman. Her ability to see a path where others see obstacles has resulted in amazing growth for her clients and the agencies she’s run. As Chief Growth Officer she is all about one thing: matchmaking ambitious clients to great creative thinkers.
When she’s not matchmaking she’s likely off the grid on a bikepacking adventure with her wife somewhere in the CO Rockies.
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Teri Miller
President and Partner
Mother USA
Teri Miller
President and Partner
Mother USA
As President and Partner, Teri is responsible for the business performance and creative product of Mother in the US. Previously, Teri served as President at 72andSunny, where she led the agency back to stability with record organic growth and new client wins. Over the course of her career, she has held senior leadership roles at some of the best agencies in the world like Wieden + Kennedy and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners as the brand steward for clients like United Airlines, Marriott Bonvoy, Nike, Apple, Audi, Chipotle, and many more.
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Thas Naseemuddeen
CEO
Omelet
Thas Naseemuddeen
CEO
Omelet
Thas takes pride in being “the first former-figure-skating-coach-Canadian-Sri-Lankan advertising agency CEO.”
A career-trained strategist, Thas has worked with brands such as Target and Google at agencies that include BBH, Deutsch and TBWA Chiat/Day. As CEO of independent agency Omelet, she was named one of AdWeek Creative 100 (2023), AdAge’s 40 Under 40 (2019), and one of The Drum's 2019 People of the Year. Thas also serves on the Board of the Creative Ladder (a non-profit that promotes pathways to BIPOC leadership in the creative industry) and Los Angeles cultural institution the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre.
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JT Pierce
Chief Client Officer
Tag
JT Pierce
Chief Client Officer
Tag
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.
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Sandi Preston
Chief Strategy Officer
Translation
Sandi Preston
Chief Strategy Officer
Translation
Sandi Preston is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of creative solutions company Translation, occupying the role for the past five years. She contributes her Chicago-bred work ethic and journalist-trained storytelling sensibilities to her day-to-day role where she is responsible for guiding brands towards work that is award-winning at the least and culturally seismic at best. Throughout her tenure over the past 14 years, Sandi has led accounts with a distinct point of view, always upholding the virtue of clarity as the means to drive breakthrough and connection.
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Michelle Tang
Global Chief Growth Officer, McCann and Chief Growth Officer of the Americas, McCann Worldgroup
Michelle Tang
Global Chief Growth Officer, McCann and Chief Growth Officer of the Americas
McCann Worldgroup
Michelle Tang holds the dual role of Global Chief Growth Officer of McCann & Chief Growth Officer for McCann Worldgroup North America since 2023. With nearly two decades of experience driving growth for leading agencies, Michelle’s ability to find the intersection between client challenges and agency strengths has enabled her to successfully deliver business impact at a variety of agencies from creative to digital to media.
Michelle joined McCann as North American Chief Growth Officer in March 2022 to lead growth and marketing for the agency’s operations. She made an immediate impact in her first year, orchestrating partnerships with global brands including Prudential, Converse, Smirnoff and TJ Maxx.
Previously, Michelle served as Chief Marketing Officer for North America at Digitas, overseeing business development, strategic growth, marketing and communications. While there, she helped Digitas earn several top industry accolades, including Campaign’s Digital and Media Network of the Year. Past experience also includes growth leadership roles at agencies such as Organic, FCB and Wunderman.
A prominent industry voice, Michelle has shared her points of view at CES, Cannes Lions, and The Female Quotient with frequent op-eds in AdAge, AdWeek and Campaign. She is a board member of Ascend Leadership, the largest Pan-Asian professional organization in the US, and co-chairs the 4A’s New Business Large Agency Committee.
Her contributions to the industry, the API community and beyond were recognized, when Gold House named Michelle to the 2023 A100 list, which honors Asian Pacific individuals who had the biggest impact on culture and society in the prior year.
Michelle holds both an MBA and a B.S. from New York University’s Stern School of Business. And as a proud mother of three, Michelle was named a Working Mother of the Year in 2022 by She Runs It.
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Leyla Touma Dailey
President and Chief Creative Officer
Doe-Anderson
Leyla Touma Dailey
President and Chief Creative Officer
Doe-Anderson
Named 2024 AdAge Small Agency Executive of the Year, Leyla serves as President and Chief Creative Officer of Doe-Anderson. The first woman to hold either title at the 109-year-old agency, Leyla is always in pursuit of creative excellence and is fiercely protective of the consumer insight at the heart of every beautifully executed idea. She understands the value that comes from experiences that connect with consumers to change behavior, resulting in work that has been recognized by multiple global awards shows.
She has spent her career creating integrated campaigns for some of the world’s most beloved brands including Maker’s Mark, Coca-Cola, Bel Brand Cheeses, Tyson, KitchenAid, Whirlpool, Corona Premier, Modelo, Woodbridge Wine and Kim Crawford Wine.
Leyla sits on the board of Fund For the Arts, and loves spending time mentoring the next generation of creative talent in the advertising community.
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Ashley Walters
Partner and Chief Marketing Officer
Curiosity
Ashley Walters
Partner and Chief Marketing Officer
Curiosity
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.
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Jessica Wohl
Senior Editor
Ad Age
Jessica Wohl
Senior Editor
Ad Age
Jessica Wohl is Ad Age's senior editor. She was most recently a senior reporter covering the food and restaurant industries for Ad Age. She also is one of the hosts of the Marketer’s Brief podcast and Creativity Top 5 Live. Jessica previously reported for the Chicago Tribune and Reuters.
Creative Marketing Jury
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Chanelle Kalfas
VP of Brand Marketing and Strategy
The New York Times
Chanelle Kalfas
VP of Brand Marketing and Strategy
The New York Times
Chanelle Kalfas is a brand marketer, strategist and painter, currently serving as Vice President, Brand Marketing & Strategy at The New York Times, where she leads teams to shape the strategy and top-of-funnel efforts across the Times’s brand portfolio. Before joining the brand marketing team at the Times, she led teams of strategists in developing boundary-pushing partnership programs at T Brand, the Times's branded content studio, before which she worked agency-side leading creative strategy and foundational brand positioning for various brands.
Outside of her work at the Times, Chanelle is passionate about art and design, and was an inaugural member of the Guggenheim Museum's Technology and Innovation Council, which focused on convening innovators in technology, architecture, and design to explore intersections within the cultural sector. In addition to judging last year’s Creativity Awards, she has also served as a judge for the 2022 One Show and was named one of Ad Age's Leading Women that same year.
A New Jersey native and proud first generation Ghanaian-American, Chanelle lives in Harlem with her husband Ben and their endlessly energetic toddler Felix.
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Chris Bellinger
Chief Creative Officer
PepsiCo Foods U.S.
Chris Bellinger
Chief Creative Officer
PepsiCo Foods U.S.
Chris Bellinger is PepsiCo Foods US first ever Chief Creative Officer. In his multifaceted role, Chris spearheads creative, social and digital campaigns, champions purpose-driven initiatives, advances DEI and seamlessly collaborates with external agency partners to elevate creative excellence across brands.
Chris joined the company in July 2018 as an industry veteran with more than a decade of experience, bringing a full trophy case of awards for creative, conceptual and digital work that has inspired sales and buzz for a number of brands throughout his career.
If you think of just about any groundbreaking or clicks-grabbing PepsiCo Foods US activation in recent years – from the long-running Doritos Crash the Super Bowl to the Cheetos-themed restaurants that took NYC, Hollywood and the internet by storm – and you’ll find Chris Bellinger. Adweek recently recognized Chris as one of the top 50 creative minds in the industry.
Chris graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in Advertising and lives in North Texas with his wife Paige and 9-year-old daughter Quinn.
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Sofia Colucci
Chief Marketing Officer of North America
Molson Coors
Sofia Colucci
Chief Marketing Officer of North America
Molson Coors
As North American Chief Marketing Officer at Molson Coors, Sofia Colucci brings creativity and collaboration to everything she does. The Latina marketer has a proven track record of creatively effective marketing, leading turn-arounds and building breakthrough innovations. She has 20 years of marketing and innovation experience, including 8 years at PepsiCo.
Sofia’s work has transformed iconic brands, with global campaign launches like Tastes Like Miller Time and Choose Chill. Her focus on bold ideas has led to work like the High Stakes Beer Ad, Molson Coors first Super Bowl ad in 30 years, Coors Light’s Lights Out and Molson’s See My Name campaign.
Sofia has been recognized as Forbes Top 50 Entrepreneurial CMOs, Forbes Top 50 Most Influential CMOs, Campaign’s Top 50 CMOs and Crain’s 40 Under 40. Her team’s work has won multiple awards including Cannes, One Show, Ad Age Creativity and the Effies US 2024 Most Effective Marketer.
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David Corns
Chief Marketing Officer
Opendoor
David Corns
Chief Marketing Officer
Opendoor
As the first Chief Marketing Officer at Opendoor, David Corns oversees the talented and diverse team of full-funnel marketers and communicators. With over 20 years of experience in the marketing industry, he has created and executed numerous campaigns that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty for some of the world's most iconic brands. Most recently, David led the charge on Opendoor’s first Super Bowl commercial, which featured a real homeowner selling their home live during Halftime. He also led Opendoor’s “Be Open” campaign, as well as numerous stunts and strategies to demonstrate the brand’s wildly simple real estate experience. Prior to Opendoor, David spent years at some of the industry’s leading agencies, including Wieden + Kennedy, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Venables Bell & Partners, and R/GA, where he created highly regarded work for brands like Nike, Burger King, Audi and Reddit.
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Emily Fink
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Sedgwick
Emily Fink
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Sedgwick
Emily Fink is Global Chief Marketing Officer at Sedgwick, a Carlyle portfolio company, where she is responsible for building the brand, helping to drive profitable growth, operationalizing the voice of the client and serving as a member of the Executive Leadership Team.
Prior to Sedgwick, Emily worked at Liberty Mutual where she served as President of Marketing & Distribution, Chief Experience Officer, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. Emily made significant contributions to Liberty Mutual, most notably creating the LiMu Emu and Doug advertising campaign and Liberty jingle.
Prior to joining Liberty Mutual, Emily held marketing leadership roles at Colgate Palmolive and Pfizer, advised start-up companies in marketing strategy, and guest lectured at Columbia Business School in marketing strategy and innovation. She received her MBA from Harvard University and BA from Yale University, being recognized with honors from both institutions.
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Alyson Griffin
Head of Marketing
State Farm
Alyson Griffin
Head of Marketing
State Farm
Alyson Griffin is Head of Marketing at State Farm, where she is revolutionizing the over 100-year-old brand via future-forward marketing initiatives. She is responsible for designing the brand’s inaugural metaverse footprint and propelling State Farm into the cultural zeitgeist.
Alyson is passionate about designing and spearheading innovative activations that intersect across content, creators, entertainment and sports to reach new, diverse audiences. Under her leadership, the brand has launched several high-impact marketing campaigns, including Agent State Farm, which won USA Today’s Ad Meter for Super Bowl 2024.
Previously, Alyson led Marketing and Global Brand & Thought Leadership teams for top technology brands HP and Intel, where she curated “first-of-their-kind” immersive experiences that traversed technology with art, influencers, gaming and music.
An award-winning marketing executive, Alyson has received top industry recognitions including Ex Awards and REGGIES Awards, been featured in leading industry publications, and her work has received numerous Cannes Lions recognitions.
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Erin Joyce
Head of Social
Grey Worldwide
Erin Joyce
Head of Social
Grey Worldwide
Erin Joyce hates having to explain herself in a Bio because her experience doesn't fit perfectly into labels. She is a creative thinker, content producer, strategist and lover of well-executed social content. With well over a decade of experience creating digital content for brands, she thrives on big ideas that are infused with culture. As the Head of Social Media and Content at Grey New York, Erin leads all things social content and influencer for clients live Modelo, Applebee’s, Angel Soft and the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority (LVCVA).
Prior to Grey, she was employed as the Global Creative Lead and Head of the Americas for Google’s Creative Works team. In this role she led a team of 10 Creative Directors and Insights Managers who educated Google’s largest global advertisers on how to build more effective content for the Google ecosystem. Using Google’s data, research and best practices, she coached clients like Apple on how to build performance creative assets by marketing-objective.
At Twitch, Erin was the most senior creative in the Americas region, leading a 24 person Brand Partnerships Studio who helped brands achieve their marketing goals through the power of the Twitch platform using influencers and live content. On any given day she could be found brainstorming breakthrough ideas with clients, educating the industry on the importance of having a gaming strategy, analyzing fresh insights on the ever-fascinating Gen-Z cohort or preaching the magic of the Twitch platform to anyone who will listen.
Erin honed her craft at Showtime Networks as the Creative Director of Multiplatform Content where she led creative direction for social and emerging content across all social platforms. Working alongside series showrunners, writers, and producers, she’s developed digital extensions of popular TV series such as Weeds, Dexter, Shameless, Homeland and Ray Donovan. While primarily focused on short-form shareable video production, she has also produced long-form platform-agnostic content for the network including “House of Lies LIVE” a 30 minute improv comedy special featuring Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell, which made network history as the first-ever original production to debut on Youtube before the linear feed.
Her work has received recognition from The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Producers Guild of America, The Cannes Lions Festival of International Creativity, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Clios, Webby’s and Shorties. She holds a M.S. in Media Innovation from Ithaca College and a B.S. in Marketing from Fairfield University. She explored her fascination with creator culture in her graduate thesis "MCN's, The Rise of Digital Talent, and the Future of Entertainment."
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Melody Lee
Chief Marketing Officer
Mercedes-Benz USA
Melody Lee
Chief Marketing Officer
Mercedes-Benz USA
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.
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Marisstella Marinkovic
Chief Marketing Officer
Nissan U.S.
Marisstella Marinkovic
Chief Marketing Officer
Nissan U.S.
Marisstella Marinkovic is Chief Marketing Officer, Nissan U.S., where she is responsible for marketing communications and media, data innovation and customer experience, enhancing brand value, customer trust and insights, and brand and product marketing.
Marinkovic’s career spans over two decades. Most recently, she was Director, Marketing Strategy & Operations at Kia America, leading marketing strategy and operations across brand, media, retail, product, digital, social, performance marketing, customer journey, experiential and events.
Previously, Marinkovic was Co-CEO of PITCH, a full-service advertising agency in LA, where she partnered with clients ranging from Fashion to Pharma to Fast Food. Prior to this role, Marinkovic was Senior Vice President, Managing Director at INNOCEAN USA, where she led the overall vision, strategy and management of Hyundai America’s National Media, Digital, and Retail, and revitalized the Hyundai Dealer Association Program.
Marinkovic is a three-time Effie Winner and a five-time Cannes Lion - Gold Lion award recipient.
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Jo Shoesmith
Global Chief Creative Officer
Amazon
Jo Shoesmith
Global Chief Creative Officer
Amazon
Jo Shoesmith is the Global Chief Creative Officer at Amazon. She leads a cross functional global team consisting of creative, design, production, product and external agency partnerships. She is responsible for executing breakthrough, and measurably effective creative work for Amazon’s largest fixed marketing portfolio globally. Prior to Amazon, she was a global CCO at IPG, serving brands across 10+ industries, and has led creative departments at leading agencies in the USA and Australia.
Jo is a passionate advocate for women’s sport, and sits on the Baseball for All advisory board. An organization whose goal is to build gender equity in baseball by providing girls with real opportunities to play, coach, and lead in this sport.
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Marissa Solis
Senior VP of Global Brand and Consumer Marketing
NFL
Marissa Solis
Senior VP of Global Brand and Consumer Marketing
NFL
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.
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Jasmine Anderson Taylor
Head of Consumer Marketing
Instacart
Jasmine Anderson Taylor
Head of Consumer Marketing
Instacart
Jasmine is the Head of Consumer Marketing at Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America. In her role, she manages the brand strategy, product marketing, merchandising and research & insights teams. Prior to leading the consumer marketing function, Jasmine built and scaled Instacart's first-ever product marketing team, serving audiences from Instacart consumers to shoppers, retailers and advertisers. Before joining Instacart in 2021, Jasmine held marketing leadership roles at beloved brands including Uber, LinkedIn, and American Express. She has over 20 years of marketing experience, and is a graduate of Stanford University and Columbia Business School.
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Adrianne Pasquarelli
Special Projects Editor and Senior Reporter
Ad Age
Adrianne Pasquarelli
Special Projects Editor and Senior Reporter
Ad Age
Adrianne Pasquarelli is a senior reporter at Ad Age, covering marketing in retail and finance, as well as in travel and health care. She is also a host of the Marketer’s Brief podcast and spearheads special reports including 40 Under 40 and Hottest Brands. Pasquarelli joined Ad Age in 2015 after writing for Crain's New York Business, where she also focused on the retail industry.
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Orlee Tatarka
Head of Production
Wieden+Kennedy Portland
Orlee Tatarka
Head of Production
Wieden+Kennedy Portland
Orlee Tatarka is Head of Production for Wieden+Kennedy Portland. In this role, she oversees the teams responsible for making groundbreaking creative work come to life, including Integrated Production, W+K Studios and JOINT.
Prior to W+K, Orlee was director of integrated production and a senior partner at Carmichael Lynch. In that role, she was able to fully flex her natural curiosity and lead work ranging from multi-million dollar brand campaigns to smaller budget work focused on creating multiple pieces of versatile content and, increasingly, things that have never been made before.
Before moving from Minnesota to Portland in 2023, Orlee spent 16 years in New York. She journeyed from planning to design to account management before finding her true niche as a producer, first at BBH then at Wieden+Kennedy New York, where she spent nine years working on brands like Ford, Sprite, Vitamin Water, Nike/Jordan, Spotify, Bud Light, ESPN and Southern Comfort.
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Bine Bach
Director
Biscuit Filmworks
Bine Bach
Director
Biscuit Filmworks
Bine Bach is an award-winning director whose idiosyncratic work weaves wonder-inducing visuals with pitch-perfect deadpan deliveries to great comedic effect. Born and raised in Denmark, she has been fascinated by comedy from an early age. Her childhood aspiration was to become a stand-up comedian, but stage fright led her to filmmaking as another outlet for her unique ideas.
A paragon of creativity, Bine’s mastery of her craft lies in her ability to infuse curiosity and subtext into every frame. She began her advertising career as a creative at Wieden+Kennedy New York before stepping out on her own to write, direct, and edit the award-winning film “Say Aaahhh!” She also directed the beloved and delightfully surreal spot for Danish furniture brand TAKT, which encourages younger generations to make more sustainable choices with their newfound purchasing power. Other recent work includes a campaign for Klarna, illustrating how easy life can be; a social campaign for UberEats; a BBC Bitesize campaign aimed at combating online disinformation; the out-of-this-world “Slacker Alien” for Starburst; the cheeky teaser “This is Mæh” for electronic duo Royksopp, featuring taxidermied sheep with wigs; and a European TikTok campaign starring the platform’s comedy sensation Luke Vernon.
In 2022, Bine was shortlisted for the Young Director Award (for the second consecutive year), Ciclope, the 1.4 Awards, and the Young British Arrows. In 2024, she was named Director to Watch at the Ad Age A-List/Creativity Awards. She is represented by Biscuit Filmworks in both the U.S. and the U.K.
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Jackie Kelman Bisbee
Co-Founder and Executive Producer
Park Pictures
Jackie Kelman Bisbee
Co-Founder and Executive Producer
Park Pictures
Jackie Kelman Bisbee is an Executive Producer and Co-Founder of Park Pictures, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning production company with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and London. She co-founded the company in 1998 with director Lance Acord, producing iconic commercials like Volkswagen’s “The Force.” Under her leadership, Park Pictures won an Academy Award for the short film "The New Tenants" and launched a feature film division in 2012, producing acclaimed films such as "Robot and Frank" and "Other People", all premiering at Sundance.
Jackie received a Primetime Emmy in 2018 for *The Sentence*, a documentary on mass incarceration. In 2019, Park Pictures earned the Palme d’Or for Production Company of the Year at Cannes for Lance Acord’s Nike ad starring Colin Kaepernick. A passionate advocate for animal rights, she serves on the board of NYCLASS and resides in Chelsea with her family and pets.
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Kamey Butler
Head of Global Brand Production
Netflix
Kamey Butler
Head of Global Brand Production
Netflix
Often described as a creative rainmaker, Kamey Butler’s career in the fashion, beauty, arts and entertainment industries has involved building and evolving some of the world’s most well-known brands from celebrity start-ups to established icons. While she’s passionate about the creative process, collaboration and innovation, her ability to take an idea, structure a creative world around it and breathe inspiration, leadership and life into it, is what makes her shine. Today, you’ll find her at Netflix leading global brand production and developing high-impact campaigns.
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Jordana Freydberg
Executive Producer
Biscuit Filmworks
Jordana Freydberg
Executive Producer
Biscuit Filmworks
Jordana Freydberg is an Executive Producer with Biscuit Filmworks in Los Angeles, CA. She began her career in live music in NYC, booking tours for an eclectic array of artists from cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma to legendary guitar shredder Joe Satriani. She went on to join Greenpoint Pictures as Director of Sales in 2010, successfully launching its national presence in the advertising and marketing industries. In 2014, she was promoted to Executive Producer, and in 2017, she moved to Los Angeles, where she established the company's West Coast office. In early 2019, she joined London Alley, where she helped the company grow their commercial and branded business. In 2021, Jordana joined Biscuit Filmworks as Executive Producer. Born and raised in Chicago and a proud University of Wisconsin alumni, Jordana still considers herself a Midwesterner at heart.
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Sophie Gold
President and Executive Producer
Eleanor
Sophie Gold
President and Executive Producer
Eleanor
Sophie Gold is the President and Executive Producer of Eleanor, the first Black woman to own a commercial production company in both the U.S. and U.K. With over 15 years of experience in advertising, Sophie’s impeccable taste and commitment to championing revolutionary talent have shaped Eleanor into a global force. Under her leadership, Eleanor has crafted groundbreaking work for major brands such as Apple, Amazon, Supercell, the US Army, and 7-Eleven.
In 2024, Eleanor was honored on the prestigious Ad Age A-List as The Production Company to Watch, a testament to its bold creativity and impact on the industry. Sophie’s leadership and dedication have solidified Eleanor’s reputation for delivering innovative, high-quality work that has established the company as a tastemaker in commercial production.
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Charlie Harvey
Partner and Editor
Whitehouse Post
Charlie Harvey
Partner and Editor
Whitehouse Post
Charlie Harvey is a highly acclaimed editor and partner at Whitehouse Post. Originally hailing from London, Charlie now calls Los Angeles home, where she continues to make waves in the world of post-production.
Her collaborative approach and unwavering dedication have earned her a reputation for excellence among her peers and clients alike. With a string of awards and accolades under her belt, Charlie's career has been defined by her impressive contributions to high-profile campaigns, from an electrifying Nike World Cup anthem to celebrity-filled spots for the Super Bowl, and much more in between.
Her diverse body of work spans the spectrum, showcasing her ability to masterfully craft everything from poignant emotional storytelling, to dynamic, adrenaline-fueled edits, to quick witted comedy dialogue. Charlie's passion for her craft and attention to detail makes her a true force in the realm of editing.
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Alison Hill
Head of Integrated Production
Translation
Alison Hill
Head of Integrated Production
Translation
Alison Hill works collaboratively across Translation and UnitedMasters. She has produced award-winning and memorable work for iconic brands such as NBA, AT&T, Pepsi, WhatsApp, HBO, Bud Light, ESPN, Duracell, Lyft, GAP, Southern Comfort, Jordan, and Ford. With a deep commitment to craft, Alison believes in the power of great creativity and in the ability of the production community to solve problems. She joined Translation from Wieden and Kennedy New York, working on nearly every account across 15 years, producing everything from your favorite ESPN SportsCenter spots to Jeff Bridges’ Sleeping Tapes album and much more.
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Helen Hollien
Executive Producer
Little Minx
Helen Hollien
Executive Producer
Little Minx
Helen brings long experience and boundless passion to her work as Executive Producer at Little Minx Films, a company with a proven reputation for creating extraordinary work and championing diverse creative voices. A native of Trinidad, Helen moved to the U.S. to attend high school in New York City and went on to study pre-law in college. She shifted gears with a move to Miami where she got hooked on production, beginning her career as a PA. Local shoots quickly led to global productions where Helen steadily worked her way up the production ranks.
Helen has worked with high-profile production companies and directors at Smuggler, MJZ and Little Minx where she’s been on staff since 2018. She has produced many award-winning commercial films with directors including Malik Hassan Sayeed, Andrew Dosunmu, Henry-Alex Rubin, Matthijs Van Heijningen and The Perlorians. Helen prioritizes teamwork, openness to new ideas and individual empowerment, and above all, she practices calm amidst the chaos.
Helen is a mother of two and an avid tennis player. She lives in Los Angeles.
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Ari Kuschnir
Founder and Managing Partner
M ss ng P eces
Ari Kuschnir
Founder and Managing Partner
M ss ng P eces
Ari Kuschnir is a visionary and creative catalyst consistently pushing the boundaries of contemporary storytelling as the industry shifts and evolves through new mediums and new demands. He is the founder and managing partner of m ss ng p eces, which produces award-winning content and immersive experiences with the world’s leading brands, agencies, and artists. Recently, Ari has been making AI films while also considering ethics, human creativity, and possible futures that integrate AI in hopeful ways.
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Kevin Mulroy
Executive Creative Director and Founding Partner
Mischief
Kevin Mulroy
Executive Creative Director and Founding Partner
Mischief
Kevin Mulroy is an Executive Creative Director and founding partner at Mischief. He's behind culture-creating work which has shifted perception of the world's biggest brands and catapulted Mischief from start-up to GQ’s Most Creative Companies in the World, and #1 agency of the year five times over by Ad Age, Adweek, Campaign US and Effies, in just three years. Kevin was named Creative Director and Creative Team of the Year by Ad Age and Campaign US in 2022 and again in 2024. Throughout his career, Kevin has written advertising campaigns, websites, video games, screenplays, teleplays, ESPY award speeches and internet comments with a thrilling fusion of insult and education.
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Donna Portaro
VP and Executive Producer
Chelsea Pictures
Donna Portaro
VP and Executive Producer
Chelsea Pictures
I've had the pleasure of working closely with a variety of talent and artists, while serving a multitude of brands, to go beyond the traditional model in the power of building a story. Working with a curated team of unique thinkers, creators and producers allows me to identify multi-disciplined talent, offering our client base a worldwide platform for the production, development and distribution of content. From the non-traditional media space to original content for brands, I've collaborated with remarkable talent.
From my years at Wieden & Kennedy co-managing the broadcast production department along with my role as an EP at Radical Media in production and post production, to my current position as VP/EP at Chelsea, I’ve learned to tap into a media workflow that understands the complexities of the industry and the changing audience.
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Tim Nudd
Creativity Editor
Ad Age
Tim Nudd
Creativity Editor
Ad Age
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.