Great Minds

As Global Chief Marketing Officer of Teads, Natalie Bastian oversees a team that spearheads public relations, lead generation, digital, social, events, communications, and branding. Bastian’s charter focuses on doubling down the expansion of the brand in the US market and enabling growth across Teads’ portfolio, including new omni-channel products such as its recently launched CTV offering.

Season 4 kicks off with Marketing luminary Aaron Shapiro, founder and Chairman of Product, an independent agency focused on making and marketing products for a sustainable future. Product’s unique POV and offering has attracted leading brands like Google and Post Consumer Brands.

Dhomonique Murphy is a 3x Emmy Award Winning TV Personality and Producer and the Founder of award-winning creative agency – The Right Method. She can be seen on some of the largest stages in the world & is one of the nation’s top-booked Presenters.

Nicola Mendelsohn CBE is a British advertising executive. Active in the advertising industry since 1992, she was named vice-president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Facebook in June 2013. In 2021, Nicola was named Vice President of Meta’s Global Business Group. She is also a non-executive director of Diageo. The Daily Telegraph has called her “the most powerful woman in the British tec...

Josh Johnson is a stand-up, Emmy-nominated writer, performer, and NAACP award-winner from Louisiana by way of Chicago. He is currently a writer on The Daily Show, and is a former writer and performer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he made his late-night debut. Johnson is Comedy Central’s ‘most watched comedian ever’ with 40M+ views to date across their platforms.

Stephanie Dobbs Brown leads the marketing team at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and the New York Stock Exchange, a Fortune 500 company. ICE is a global data and technology company that designs, builds, and operates digital networks across asset classes, with 9,000+ employees around the world committed to connecting people to opportunity through digital networks.

This week on Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Kevin Gentzel. Kevin is the Global Chief Commercial and Growth Officer of Newsweek. He previously worked at Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK as a President Marketing Solutions and CRO. Kevin Gentzel attended the University of Florida.

Michael Nyman has made a career by being on the leading edge of marketing trends. With his latest venture, Acceleration Community of Companies, he has created another new go to market strategy. With Acceleration, Nyman, the former long-time PMK*BNC Co-Chairman & CEO, has developed a new business approach with a series of strategic and complementary acquisitions and build outs aimed at providin...

A healthcare innovator, Harshit Jain, MD has been driving health transformation across the globe, delivering life changing, creative and sustainable solutions since his days as a Healthcare Professional. An MD from Chicago’s Northwestern University, Harshit practiced Medicine for a few years, after which he decided to cut his teeth at big advertising agencies, including McCann, where he held a ser...

Joining Google in 2007, Courtney leads a team of ad industry experts across Google’s Services sector, including higher education, apps, B2B tech companies, home services, and performance advertisers. Her team is focused on maximizing client business outcomes and modernizing marketing across creative, data & measurement.

On this special episode of Great Minds, we feature Illia Balaban, CEO of Who Are You Agency, based in Kyiv City, Ukraine. Illia discusses creativity as part of the Ukranian identity, as well as the state of the war in Ukraine and how it has impacted so many lives.

On this very special episode to close out 2022, Luvuyo Madasa joins Great Minds to discuss the recent debut of Mandela, the epic new musical now premiering at the Young Vic in London.

From his early years at Leo Burnett to present, friend of Advertising Week APAC John Sintras joins Great Minds to discuss his extraordinary and interesting career.

Industry veteran David Sable joins Great Minds to discuss everything from The Doors to his tenure at Y&R, to his numerous other endeavors – with many, many interesting stops in-between.

Great Minds is pleased to welcome Niki Russ Federman, 4th generation owner of the iconic New York-based Russ & Daughters. Niki discusses the origins of Russ & Daughters and its century-long place in our culinary culture.

Longtime friend of Advertising Week, Emerald board member Lynda Clarizio joins Great Minds to discuss her career, starting with her stint at the U.S. State Department and through her non-profit work, her various board positions, and much more.

Returning Great Minds guest Claudia Romo Edelman talks about the state of the Hispanic community, how the Hispanic community markets and advocates for itself, and previews the upcoming We Are All Human Gala on December 8th.

Longtime friend of Advertising Week, Julia Boorstin, joins the show to discuss her career, from her early inspirations to her present career as at CNBC as Senior Media and Technology Correspondent, and her work with CNBC’s Disruptor 50. Be sure to check out Julia’s new book, When Women Lead , from Simon & Schuster’s Avid Reader Press. Available now!

Paul Caine is President of IMG Events and On Location, the premier experiences leader and official partner of the NFL, acquired by sports and entertainment leader Endeavor in 2020. Through partnerships with more than 150 rights holders, including the NFL, NCAA, PGA of America and USTA, and relationships with key festivals, musical artists and other creators, On Location provides official and exclu...

After 15+ years living agency life, Abigail Posner, Director, Creative Works, at Google, made the jump to Google. Abigail discusses her career path from her agency days to present, with several surprising stops along the way.

Alex Beller is the co-founder and President at Postscript, an SMS marketing platform for growing Shopify businesses. Brooklinen, Kopari, Native, and Fanjoy rely on Postscript for hyper-segmented campaigns and texting with customers. Forbes named his company a Next Billion Dollar Startup in 2021 and has raised more than $106M from top investors like Dick Costolo’s venture firm 01 Advisors, Twilio V...

A man of many talents (not to mention a voice made for radio), Jon also hosts the  Uncensored CMO podcast , where, over the course of 50 episodes, he has sat down with everyone from the duo behind LinkedIn’s B2B Institute to the vice chairman of Ogilvy, as well as the CEO Of Clear M&C Saatchi. As far as his day job, Jon helps brands tap into the world of ad testing, to ensure they’re communica...

On this episode of Great Minds, recorded ahead of Advertising Week New York 2022, we’re pleased to feature Roku’s VP of Marketing, Dan Robbins. Dan talks about the future of television, the present state of streaming vs broadcast, as well as delving into the state of ad measurement in the industry.

Kristina Heney is a live experience marketing expert, storyteller, brand builder and performance marketer who has spent the last two decades connecting fans with world-class brands including Cirque du Soleil, Madison Square Garden Entertainment and the National Basketball Association. Currently, Kristina is the EVP, CMO of Hornblower Group, the world’s largest on-water experiences company, featuri...

This week we have a special treat for listeners. Recorded live at Advertising Week New York 2022, at the SXM Media Podcast Activation, we’re pleased to welcome Lizzie Widhelm, SVP, B2B Marketing and Sales at SXM Media. Lizzie takes us on a journey through her career from beginning to present.