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Jeff Tousignant is Head of Marketing at Air, where he leads brand and go-to-market strategy for the company’s creative operations platform. Based in New York, he brings experience from leading technology and consumer brands including Figma and Duolingo, with a focus on helping teams scale high-quality creative work in an increasingly AI-driven content landscape.

Luke Smith is the co-founder and Global CEO of Croud, a leading independent digital agency he founded in 2011. Under Luke's leadership, Croud has become a full-service global business, delivering innovative marketing solutions to top brands like Amazon Prime Video, Nespresso, and Ford. Luke has grown the Croud team to over 600 employees across offices in the UK, US, and MENA, with a global net...

Ryan Stern is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Collectively and Alexa Tonner is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Collectively, a global leader in creator marketing that transforms brands into social-first enterprises, part of the Brandtech Group. Collectively quickly rose to prominence as a strategy-led data-backed creator marketing partner to some of the world’s leading bran...

Michael Wasserman is the CEO and co-founder of Tiltify, the leading fundraising platform that empowers digital communities and charities to raise funds through innovative interactive technology. With a passion for leveraging technology to drive social impact, Michael has played a pivotal role in transforming how nonprofits engage with their communities and harness the power of online fundraising....

One of the biggest (of many!) frustrations with dating apps today is something most people know well: you match with someone who has a great profile, the texting is solid, and then you meet in person and realize there’s simply no chemistry. That exact disconnect inspired Brittnee Barnes , founder and CEO + Co-Founder of Vybes , to build the platform. Vybes is designed to help users understand that...

David Born is the Founder and CEO of Born Licensing , Born to License , and Learn to License , an integrated licensing ecosystem that redefines how brands understand, access, and unlock the value of entertainment intellectual property (IP). An industry innovator with nearly two decades of experience across both brand and agency sides, David specializes in making licensing strategic, viable, and sc...

Jay Williams is the Founder and Big Bird of Free Bird Southern Spring Water, a bold new beverage brand that’s putting real water back in the hands of real people. Free Bird is sourced from the Blue Ridge Mountains and is designed to celebrate the best of America. No buzzwords. No gimmicks. Just damn good water, made for those who work hard and live harder. Williams launched Free Bird after steppin...

Farra Kober is the VP of StoryWorks Americas, BBC Studios’ brand content studio and internal creative agency. An Emmy-award-winning content executive and brand marketer, Farra is passionate about creative storytelling with purpose. As a creative leader, she guides teams in driving growth, customer engagement, and sales through multi-platform content born of strategic insights and data.  Prior to j...

In her role as Chief Impact Officer, Sona Khosla is at the helm of Benevity Impact Labs, an incubator and social innovation lab. Sona and her team bring cutting-edge data, research and insights to help organizations and individuals maximize their impact and inclusion efforts, and authentically live their purpose. As the host of the Speaking of Purpose by Benevity podcast, Sona is also a frequent g...

Zach Katz has spent more than 20 years building alongside creators at defining moments in their careers. He began as a music attorney before managing several of Dr. Dre’s closestcollaborators, spending years in the studio as Dre coached Snoop Dogg, Eminem and 50 Cent. That early immersion shaped Katz’s belief that enduring careers are built on structure, ownership and long-term vision, not just hi...

Kristina Monllos is a senior reporter for Marketing Brew. She has spent over a decade covering the advertising business for publications like Digiday and Adweek. Her reporting has also appeared in publications like Rolling Stone, New York Magazine's Vulture and Elle, among others. She is also a filmmaker.

Yann Caloghiris leads brand experience at Left Field Labs, creating immersive experiences where emerging technology becomes something people can actually feel. His work combines strategic thinking, real-time interactivity, and on-device AI to turn complex technologies into meaningful human experiences. He has led experiential programs for Google, Qualcomm, Salesforce, GitHub, Meta, Amazon, and Has...

Amir Sahba is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Thinkingbox, a brief to built agency creating innovative digital, experiential, social, and content. Since founding the company in 2010, Amir has championed the belief that creativity and production belong together. He has built a collective of thinkers, makers and doers operating across specialized divisions including Thinkingbox, The Heist...

Named to Inc.’s Female Founders list, Priscila Martinez is founder and CEO of The Brand Agency, a public relations and creative communications firm. She is an award-winning marketer whose firm services Fortune 5 clients and other household name brands. The Brand Agency is the only agency globally to service clients like Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Disney, and Netflix with a female-only team. Recently, Ra...

Sarah Gav is a former professional ballet dancer turned social media strategist and content creator, based in Austin, Texas, with over five years of experience in digital marketing. She currently leads social strategy at Manychat, overseeing Instagram and YouTube, and hosts “Just Send It,” Manychat’s podcast featuring conversations with creators and entrepreneurs. Sarah is also the founder of Renu...

Mack Sovereign is the Chief Content Officer and Ryan Jann is the Chief Business Officer at Wave Sports & Entertainment, the leader in digital entertainment for next generation audiences -- serving more than 130 million followers globally. Sovereign has been with the company since it launched in 2017, and has played an integral role in the company’s rapid growth over the past few years. Named a...

Sophie “Lightning” Jamison is a content creator and Creator Partnership Lead at Anomaly, where she directs the development and execution of the agency’s creator strategy. She also runs her own TikTok account with over two million followers and previously served as CTTO at Nerf, where she spearheaded creator strategy initiatives. Jamison is known for her authentic approach and distinctive online pr...

Amanda Adams spent 20 years climbing the corporate ladder in sales and marketing before deciding the view wasn't worth it and jumping off entirely. She's lived in a lot of places and tried on a lot of identities along the way — but Nashville has always been home. The city she understands better than anywhere on earth. The place she keeps coming back to. Now she's channeling 20 years of...

Kailyn Nunn is Influencer Marketing Lead, North America at Canva, the world’s leading all-in-one visual communication platform on a mission to empower the world to design Kailyn Nunn is Influencer Marketing Lead, North America, at Canva, where she has built a world-class creator marketing engine from the ground up—scaling it from ad hoc activations into a global, strategic function in service of C...

Alyssa Meyers is a senior reporter for Marketing Brew who’s covered sports for three years, with a particular interest in brand investment in women’s sports. Prior to that, she wrote about podcast and audio advertising for Marketing Brew and Business Insider and was a data journalist for Morning Consult. She started her career covering crime and breaking news for the Boston Globe and the Virginian...

Rebecca Larzik is the Head of Marketing at Stan . With nearly 20 years of marketing experience, she has led work for global brands including Chanel, Clinique, O’Neill, and GoPro. Prior to joining Stan, Rebecca served as Executive Producer of Global Marketing at GoPro, where she oversaw the content used to market the company’s hardware and software products worldwide. Drawn to the freedom‑fighting...

Caity Bransby is a social marketing leader who turns live events into internet moments. She leads global social strategy for StubHub, building culture-driven content and creator programs that connect fans to what’s happening now. Previously, she led social at NBCUniversal, across the Paris Olympics, scripted shows, and major live broadcasts. Her work blends data, fandom, and internet culture to he...

Michael Kaye is the Head of Brand for Match Group’s ARCHER and OkCupid, and leads communications for the company’s Evergreen and Emerging portfolio, including The League, Match, and Plenty of Fish. He is also an adjunct instructor at Columbia University and New York University.

Survivor-led nonprofit The SHERO Foundation and its agency partner Duncan Channon launched “Girlhood,” a pro bono campaign that reframes how sex trafficking is portrayed. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI2A9ve-unc The work blatantly omits showing the crime itself and instead focuses on what trafficking takes away from girlhood. The work was created as part of Purpose, Produced, a part...

Stacey Richman  is an accomplished communications executive with extensive experience shaping brand narratives across sports, entertainment, and digital media. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President and Head of Communications for DAZN and Whistle Sports. DAZN is a global sports streaming platform, while Whistle is a social publisher connecting athletes, brands, and original content acr...