Great Minds

Scott Donaton, CMO of Versus and longtime friend of Advertising Week joins us for this special episode of Great Minds. Scott discusses his roles at IPG, Digitas, Hulu and more, leading up to his current role at Versus.

On today’s episode of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Chris Slade, drummer for several of rock’s greatest bands, including Manfred Mann’s Earth Band from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, The Firm, and AC/DC,  for which he drummed from 1989 to 1994 and performed on the 1990 album The Razors Edge.

On this episode of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Yaniv Makover, CEO & Co-Founder of Anyword. Yaniv is an entrepreneur, with vast experience in numerous fields, dating back to his beginnings at Nokia, to his time at his company Keewee, to the present at Anyword.

iHeart Media’s CMO Gayle Troberman joins Great Minds to discuss her career – from her days at Microsoft to present.

On today’s episode of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Josh Gross, Chief Creative Officer at Energy BBDO. Josh walks us through his incredible and unique career, from his days at powerhouse agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky to his present role at Energy BBDO.

Chris Moscardi is a marketing strategist, creative director, and MBA with a passion for bringing scalable, sustainable growth to B2B companies particularly in tech, infrastructure, and engineering. Chris’s goal is to bring sustainable development to the forefront of public consciousness using creative storytelling, the influence of marketing, and the levers of business.

Dr. Aaron Mair is an Environmental Justice pioneer intersectionally working in the spaces of, Health, Environment, Voting Rights and Disparities over the last 40 Years; a 35 year veteran urban environmental activist; regional and national Environmental Justice organizer and strategist from the State of New York.

A wise rabbi once said: “Judaism is a great product, but the marketing sucks.” As a Jew and a branding professional, Archie was in full agreement. She’s on a mission to re-brand Judaism so that it’s easy to get right to the good parts, no Hebrew required. JewBelong.com is the heart of the rebrand. It’s filled with meaningful, fun, free, easy-to-use Jewish rituals and information that will never le...

As a member of the senior leadership team, Fabio plays a pivotal role in shaping the newly formed EFG (ESL FACEIT Group). Together with his team, they drive brand partnerships, ticket sales, fan engagement, merchandising, advertising, and marketing.

Jessica Donohue is an executive dedicated to working with institutional investors and allocators as their partner, enabling their mission/vision and creating better outcomes for them and the people they serve. Jessica has a proven track record leading client management/ solutioning, organizational transformation, product innovation, and client service/operations. Jessica is a corporate spokesperso...

On the eve of ClimaTech 2024 we speak with Yvonne Hao, Secretary of Economic Development for Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Yvonne was a longtime senior executive who co-founded Boston investment firm Cove Hill Partners, and was tapped by the Healey-Driscoll administration to helm the state’s chief economic development agency.

Mr. Walker is a Nuclear Physicist and was the project lead and manager for constructing the new Rolls-Royce Nuclear Chemical Plant; he was the UK Subject Matter Expert for the UK Nuclear Material Recovery Capabilities and was the technical project manager for constructing the UK reactor core manufacturing facilities. Mr. Walker was also seconded to Rolls Royce where he modeled configurations of RR...

On this first ClimaTech Edition of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Joe Curtatone, President of the Northeast Clean Energy Council, ahead of the ClimaTech 2024 event, June 3-5, 2024. More information on ClimaTech can be found at https://advertisingweek.com/event/climatech-2024 

On this episode of Great Minds, the amazing Luvuyo Madasa returns! In case you missed it, Luvuyo joined us to close out Season 2 of Great Minds – be sure to listen here: https://advertisingweek.com/great-minds-luvuyo-madasa/

On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to welcome Chris James of The Burrito Brothers to the show. Chris discusses the rich history of The Burrito Brothers band, as well as what they’re up to now.

In early 2020 Bosko Milekic co-founded Optable with the goal of re-architecting digital advertising in the post-cookie world. Prior to Optable, Bosko co-founded AdGear, an advertising technology platform that was among the first ad platforms to integrate real-time bidding protocols. He has spent close to 20 years developing advertising technology, as a software developer, product manager, and entr...

Debbie Wosskow OBE is a multi exit entrepreneur, board advisor and investor, now focused on diversity, health and wellness and economic empowerment. She is co-founder of WJV LLP, the boutique investment and strategic innovation firm that supports and empowesr female founders by connecting female run and diverse VC’s with investors focused on purpose and returns. Debbie is also Co-Chair of the gove...

On this episode of Great Minds we speak with Alda Abbracciamento, President, Global Groupe Client Lead-Walmart at Publicis Groupe. Alda’s mission: Drive business growth through creativity among big brands, startups and non-profits. Build partnerships across organizations that inspire collaboration to deliver integrated marketing and technology solutions that power brands. Mentor young talent to br...

On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to welcome Claire Singer, VP Partnerships at Condé Nast. Claire walks us through her amazing career, with quite a few interesting stops and stories along the way.

Jennifer D’Alessandro brings over 20 years of experience to her role as Head of Ad Sales and Marketing at Future Today, a video distribution and technology company that operates hundreds of OTT channels on connected TV platforms. Jennifer oversees the ad sales marketing department, leads the U.S. sales team in direct and programmatic partnerships spanning the expansive Future Today library of cont...

On this episode of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Professor Verne Harris, Acting Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Verne Harris has been the archivist for the papers of Nelson Mandela since 2004, as Head of the Memory Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue. Before that, he had worked for South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission a...

Emma Lacey is Senior Vice President EMEA at Zefr, where in her two years with the company she has helped position Zefr as the leading technology provider for brand safety and suitability across Meta, TikTok and YouTube in the region. Prior to joining Zefr, Emma spent 15 years’ building successful commercial teams across the advertising industry, including being part of the EMEA leadership team at...

On this episode of Great Minds, we welcome Andrea Pezzi, Chairman of MINT. Andrea walks us through his amazing and diverse career, from DJ to MTV to present, with many interesting stops along the way. Please note that at the time of this recording, Andrea was CEO of MINT but is now Chairman.

Amy Williams is the founder and CEO of  Good-Loop , the purpose-led advertising platform that makes it easy and profitable for big brands to do good, at scale. Working with the world’s biggest advertisers, including Nike, Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and L’Oreal, Good-Loop’s ad formats drive engagement and build brand love while donating millions to charities around the globe. Good-Loop’s carbon-n...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, seventh generation descendant of shipping and railroad tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt, is an American singer, composer, songwriter, designer, actress, philanthropist and entrepreneur. At a young age, Consuelo studied with famous singing teachers such as Ron Anderson and Seth Riggs and went to Italy and studied music in Fiesole and began performing in cafes and restaurants...