2020 CMO Summit

When

Nov 11–13, 2020

Where

New York City

Social

#ForbesCMO

About The Summit

The Future Is Now

For the past decade, 2020 was viewed as the year of full transformation—the year that everyone in the marketing world had been working toward, the light at the end of a tunnel. Full organizational agility and efficiency. Complete digital aptitude. Diverse leadership. Inclusive business strategy and processes. Technological overhaul. That year is now, and as we embark on a new decade, we will regard how far we’ve come, where expectations have fallen short, what surprises have unfolded and how and why CMOs must be driving growth now—for the future.

2020 registration is not yet open. Please email forbescmo@forbes.com if you are interested in attending.

Notice Regarding the Coronavirus
We are committed to bringing together the world’s top marketing leaders at the 2020 Forbes CMO Summit, November 11-13 in Miami, FL. The safety of our attendees, employees and partners is of utmost importance to us. Our team is closely monitoring the Coronavirus/COVID-19 recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) and will advise if contingency plans should be implemented.

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Past Speakers

Ja Rule

Platinum Recording Artist & CEO

ICONN

Ja Rule

Platinum Recording Artist & CEO

ICONN

Ja Rule has made a name for himself as a chart-topping R&B and Rap sensation and has also been the recipient of an MTV VMA, a BET Award, and a GQ Award. Born Jeffrey Atkins, Ja Rule’s career began in 1993 when he joined the band Cash Money Click. His debut came in the form of Mic Geronimo’s “Time to Build” in 1995, which featured Jay-Z and DMX. Later on, in 1998, Ja Rule signed to Def Jam. “Venni Vetti Vecci” was released in 1999 and immediately went to number 3 in the Billboard 200 chart and later achieved Platinum Certification. Ja Rule led the release of his second album with the single “Between Me and You”. The song peaked at number 11 on the Hot 100, while the second single “Put It on Me” reached number 8. When the album “Rule 3:36” was finally released in 2000, it debuted at the top spot of the Billboard 200, earned a Grammy nomination, and was certified 3x Platinum. “Pain Is Love,” released in 2001 was hailed as one of the most successful albums of Ja’s career, being responsible for three top 10 singles, with two of which reaching number 1. Like it’s predecessor it would be certified 3x Platinum. From “The Last Temptation” released in 2002 until “R.U.L.E” released in 2004, Ja Rule maintained his chart success with the albums being top ten successes on the Billboard 200 chart. The former achieved Platinum Certification.
Antonio Lucio

Chief Marketing Officer

Facebook

Antonio Lucio

Chief Marketing Officer

Facebook

Antonio joins Facebook as Chief Marketing Officer for Facebook. In his role, he is responsible for the global brand marketing organization, including brand and creative strategy and marketing insights and analytics. He has more than 25 years of global marketing and brand management experience.
Prior to joining Facebook, he spent three years at HP Inc, most recently as Global Chief Marketing & Communication Officer. In his role at HP, he was focused on reinventing the printing and personal systems businesses, was listed by Forbes as the #2 world’s top influential CMO (https://www.forbes.com/pictures/59429b8aa7ea434078d51e58/2-antonio-lucio/#4b82e8d2159a) in 2017, and has been a huge, positive voice on the topic of diversity in the workplace (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/business-executive-antonio-lucio-believes-diversity-start-top/story?id=53388522). He also spent eight years at Visa as Global Chief Marketing and Communication officer, responsible for the design and implementation of all global brand & product marketing platforms and corporate communications, as well as guiding Visa through their IPO, and creating the company’s first-ever global positioning and brand identity system.
Over the course of his career, Antonio has held marketing leadership and innovation roles at some of the world’s most successful consumer packaged goods companies, including PepsiCo Inc., Kraft General Foods, RJR Foods International, and Procter & Gamble.
He earned a B.A. in history from Louisiana State University. He was born in Spain, raised in Puerto Rico, and currently resides in San Francisco. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Minjae Ormes

Chief Marketing Officer

Visible
Rick Gomez

EVP & Chief Marketing and Digital Officer

Target Corporation

Rick Gomez

EVP & Chief Marketing and Digital Officer

Target Corporation

Rick Gomez is executive vice president, chief marketing and digital officer for Target Corporation, a $74B retailer. Rick leads marketing and media strategy, creative development, guest research, loyalty, and corporate responsibility. Rick also oversees creative collaborations, including designer partnerships, exclusive music artists and licensing. In addition, Rick is the head of Target’s e-commerce business and oversees the company’s digital strategy.
Rick joined Target in 2013 as senior vice president of brand and category marketing, where he led marketing efforts across all merchandise categories and seasonal campaigns like holiday and back-to-school.
Rick has extensive experience in marketing strategy, marketing communications, multicultural marketing, media, innovation, agency management and product development. He also has general management experience overseeing the P&L for several iconic food and beverage brands.
Prior to Target, he served as vice president of brand marketing at MillerCoors. He also held multiple leadership roles at PepsiCo, including chief marketing officer of the non-carbonated beverage portfolio. Rick began his career in brand management at the Quaker Oats Company.
Rick received a B.A. from Dartmouth College. He currently serves on the boards of the ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and GLSEN (Gay Lesbian Student Education Network).
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Jenny Rooney

CMO Network Editor

Forbes

Jenny Rooney

CMO Network Editor

Forbes

A business journalist of more than 20 years, Jenny is editor of the CMO Network at Forbes, where she manages content critical to executive-level marketing decision-makers. She reports on industry trends, research and news; has interviewed hundreds of CEOs and CMOs as part of her ongoing Forbes CMO Interview Series; recently launched the Forbes CMO Next list; developed the ongoing Forbes CMO University Alumni Series, which connects marketing practitioners with marketing academics and students; is a member of the ANA’s CMO Growth Council and served on the advisory team for the ANA’s CMO Talent Challenge; annually oversees development of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Marketing and Advertising list; and plays an integral role in the development of topics, content and programming for Forbes CMO Practice events throughout the year, particularly the annual, invitation-only Forbes CMO Summit.
Brandice Daniel

Founder & President

Harlem's Fashion Row

Brandice Daniel

Founder & President

Harlem's Fashion Row

Brandice Daniel is the CEO and Founder of Harlem’s Fashion Row (HFR). HFR was founded in 2007 with the goal of providing a voice for multicultural designers. The company has had many successful brand partnerships, including Google, Coca Cola, OWN, ESSENCE, Prudential, Target and Marriott International. In a historic move, HFR collaborated with Nike and Lebron James on the HFRxLBJ16 shoe, the first Lebron sneaker designed by and for women. The shoe sold out in less than 5 minutes.
Brandice is an entrepreneur, author, wife and mother. This year, she presented a Ted Talk with TedX Memphis and starred as a guest judge on Project Runway. Brandice has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Strahan and Sara Show, NBC Black She Thrives, CBS NY, Vogue, GQ, New York Times, Forbes, Essence.com, BET, and the CFDA’s website for her efforts in increasing visibility for designers of color.
Tony Weisman

Chief Marketing Officer

Dunkin' Brands

Tony Weisman

Chief Marketing Officer

Dunkin' Brands

Tony Weisman was named Chief Marketing Officer for Dunkin’ U.S. in September 2017. He is responsible for all facets of Dunkin’ marketing, including product innovation, consumer insights, advertising, media and loyalty marketing. Tony is one of the premier marketing and advertising executives in the country. Prior to joining Dunkin’ Brands, he spent ten years at DigitasLBi, most recently serving as CEO of DigitasLBI North America. Tony set the strategic course and vision for the agency with clients including American Express, Sprint, Delta and eBay. Two driving forces have remained constant throughout Tony’s extensive career: his love of advertising and his entrepreneurial spirit. Often referred to as DigitasLBi’s “Chief People Advocate” during his tenure, he served as the agency’s vocal champion for culture, diversity, and talent. Under Tony’s leadership, DigitasLBi received numerous accolades, including Advertising Age Best Places to Work (#4); Adweek’s Media Plan of the year; LinkedIn’s Most InDemand Employers; IAB’s Most Awarded Agency of the Decade; and MAIP Agency of the Year. In recognition of his unique contributions and accomplishments, Tony was awarded the 2015 Silver Medal from Chicago Advertising Federation (CAF). Since joining the company, Dunkin’ was named “The Most Transformational Brand of 2018” by QSR Magazine and Tony was named one of the “World’s Most Influential CMOs” by Forbes (2018), a “Top Restaurant Marketer” by Skift Table (2019) and one of the “25 Most Innovative CMOs in the World” by Business Insider (2019). Prior to Digitas, Tony was Chief Marketing Officer at DraftFCB Chicago and held various management positions at Leo Burnett. Tony is a member of the Board of Directors of: Cardlytics, an Atlanta-based credit card marketing company; the Boston Ad Club, and the Mobile Marketing Association. Tony is a proud graduate of Brown University and enjoys time on the ocean with his wife Tracy, a Rhode Island native. Tony is drinkin’ a large hot Toasted Almond coffee with cream and sweetener from Dunkin’ Donuts and scooping Baskin-Robbins Pralines ‘n Cream.
Carla Hassan

Chief Brand Officer

Citi

Carla Hassan

Chief Brand Officer

Citi

Carla Hassan joined Citi in 2018 as Chief Brand Officer, leading efforts to bring Citi’s mission of enabling growth and economic progress to life around the world. In her role, Carla leads strategy, advertising, content, brand experience, media, and Insights and Analytics. She is also responsible for Citi’s Corporate Sponsorships, working to amplify Citi’s mission in the communities it serves.
Carla was most recently the Executive Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer of Toys “R” Us. In this capacity, she served as a member of the company’s global leadership team and oversaw the vision for the company’s brands, marketing and media strategy, creative, marketing communications, digital marketing, CRM, Analytics, Insights and Loyalty Programs. Prior to joining Toys “R” Us, Carla served as Senior Vice President, Brand Management for PepsiCo’s Global Beverage Group. In this role, she was responsible for driving growth on PepsiCo’s beverage portfolio across 50+ markets around the world, including leading brands Pepsi & Mountain Dew, creating new brands, and expanding Gatorade internationally. During her 13 year tenure at PepsiCo, she held a number of strategic marketing leadership roles for Quaker and Gatorade in the US, and was Chief Marketing Officer for the company’s Middle East & Africa business based out of Dubai.
Prior to that, Carla held several marketing roles at The Kellogg Company, overseeing well-known brands including Keebler, Rice Krispies Treats and Eggo.
Carla serves on the advisory board of the Association of National Advertisers’ #seeher initiative and was named a 2016 Ad Age “Woman to Watch”.
Carla holds a BA in communication, political science and economics from the University of Colorado, and an MBA from the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management.
Carla is also a member of the 2018 Class of The Henry Crown Fellowship within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at The Aspen Institute.
Pedro Earp

Chief Marketing & ZX Officer

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Pedro Earp

Chief Marketing & ZX Officer

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Pedro Earp is the Chief Marketing Officer for AB InBev, the world’s leading brewer, and the Chief of ZX Ventures, AB InBev’s global incubator and venture capital arm. Prior to becoming Chief Marketing Officer, Earp was the Chief Disruptive Growth Officer at Anheuser-Busch InBev. In that role, he launched and led ZX Ventures to help the brewer create new products on multiple fronts, including craft and specialty beers, e-commerce, homebrewing and retail activations.
Earp has spent his entire career at AB InBev, beginning in 2000 when he was a global management trainee in Latin America. During his tenure with AB InBev, Earp has worked in multiple divisions including marketing, consumer connections, and mergers and acquisitions. He is also a member of AB InBev’s Executive Board of Management. Earp holds a Bachelor of Science in Financial Economics from the London School of Economics.
Jacqueline Parkes

Chief Marketing Officer & EVP, Digital Studios

MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo Group

Jacqueline Parkes

Chief Marketing Officer & EVP, Digital Studios

MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo Group

In her role, Parkes oversees marketing, creative, digital content and social media for the group, and partners closely with Viacom Digital Studios to develop original digital series, franchises and verticals. Parkes reports to Chris McCarthy, President of MTV’s suite of brands.
Parkes joined MTV in 2016 and quickly applied her deep expertise and fresh approach to reinvigorate the brand across platforms. During her tenure, MTV now has more unscripted series on cable than any other network. Social streams have tripled, overall digital streams have risen to more than 500M views per month and MTV is on track to have the most cross-platform streams ever (over 7B) this year.
A champion of innovation, Parkes has consistently broken boundaries using multi-platform campaigns, including the custom Lens product created for Snapchat and a partnership with Google’s Unskippable Labs on consumer insights.
Prior to Viacom, Parkes had a transformational 21-year tenure at MLB, where she became the first female CMO in professional sports. She started her career at Jim Henson Productions and was named by Forbes as one of the most influential CMOs on social media.
Martyn Etherington

Chief Marketing Officer

Teradata

Martyn Etherington

Chief Marketing Officer

Teradata

Martyn Etherington is Chief Marketing Officer for Teradata, reporting to Oliver Ratzesberger, President and CEO, and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Responsible for all aspects of Teradata’s corporate marketing strategy globally, as well as brand and digital programs, Martyn focuses on the creation, delivery, and follow-through of the company’s strategic marketing goals, strengthening its brand and enriching its customers’ experiences.
Martyn has a distinguished track record of driving top-line results, growing market share, improving customer experience, and enhancing brands. Before joining Teradata, Martyn was Chief Marketing Officer at Cisco Jasper, a global market leader for IoT connectivity management. Prior to this role, Martyn served as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Chief of Staff for Mitel, where he was responsible for driving global marketing.
Martyn has been recognized by The Economist as one of the Top 25 Social Business Leaders, by Forbesas one of the Top 50 marketers, BtoB Magazine as one of the World’s Best Marketers, and The Internationalist as one of the top international marketers.
Martyn earned a national diploma in computer science from Northbrook College, United Kingdom, and served as the chair of the School of Business Advisory Board at Portland State University.
Alicia Tillman

Global CMO

SAP

Alicia Tillman

Global CMO

SAP

As the global CMO of SAP, Alicia is responsible for creating and accelerating the company’s marketing strategy and brand recognition across the globe. She is focused on driving SAP’s vision of helping the world run better and improve people’s lives by building marketing programs that promote the company’s exceptional product innovation, commitment to being customer-first and ability to create one-in-a-lifetime experiences. The company is now ranked the 16th most valuable brand by Brand Z and No. 22 most valuable by Forbes – rankings that have increased under Alicia’s leadership. Alicia was ranked No. 14 on Forbes’ 2019 Most Influential CMO list.
Previously, she was the CMO of SAP Ariba. Prior to joining SAP, she spent 11 years at American Express as the head of marketing and business services after leading public affairs, corporate communications, and media relations for the Global Business Travel division.
Janet Balis

Partner, Global Advisory Leader for Media & Entertainment and Americas Marketing Practice Leader

EY

Janet Balis

Partner, Global Advisory Leader for Media & Entertainment and Americas Marketing Practice Leader

EY

Janet Balis leads the EY global organization’s network of consulting professionals for the Media & Entertainment industry, as well as Americas Marketing practice which focuses on the CMO agenda. Janet’s team works across a broad range of clients, including agencies, broadcast and cable networks, cable and satellite providers, publishers and brand marketers. Immediately prior to joining EY, Janet worked extensively across broadcast, digital and print media at highly innovative media and technology companies, working directly with large-scale brand marketers. She was a Partner at technology incubator Betaworks, leading their innovation lab; served as the Publisher of The Huffington Post; and led Sales Strategy and Partnerships at AOL. Previously, she worked at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Time Warner. Janet serves on the board of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, sits on the global board of the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), and is an advisor to the Harvard Business School Digital Initiative.
Josh Dean

Chief Marketing Officer

S'well

Josh Dean

Chief Marketing Officer

S'well

Josh is an award-winning, seasoned marketing executive with over 15 years of experience across CPG, Apparel, and Direct-to-Consumer in the US and UK. He is currently leveraging his expertise to direct brand positioning and oversee the creation of strategic campaigns for S’well as the brand’s Chief Marketing Officer.
Originally from the UK, he spent his early career at Unilever where he worked on multiple innovative campaigns for brands such as Axe and Dove. He then became Vice President of Brand Communications at Chobani, before transitioning to the hief Marketing Officer role at Tommy John. There he built and led the marketing, brand and creative team that transformed the brand and delivered outstanding, profitable revenue growth.
Named an Ad Age ‘40 Under 40′ and a Campaign ‘Power 100 Next Generation’ honoree, he has helped drive long-term sustainable growth for brands by building meaningful relationships with consumers, for products he loves. Josh is passionate about building and positioning brands, championing brave creative work, storytelling and leveraging technology to make a positive impact both in people’s lives and in the world.
Josh lives with his wife, two daughters, and dog Dudley, just outside New York City.
Lorraine Barber-Miller

Chief Marketing Officer

ADP

Lorraine Barber-Miller

Chief Marketing Officer

ADP

Lorraine Barber-Miller is an accomplished global Chief Marketing Officer recognized for building businesses and delivering exceptional financial results in both Mature and Growth Markets. Having advanced through the marketing, sales, and communications disciplines both domestically and internationally, she has led marketing transformation and entrepreneurial business building in over 100 countries globally. Currently as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for ADP, Lorraine has global end-to-end functional and financial accountability. In this comprehensive capacity, she is responsible for full client acquisition and lifecycle marketing through all channels including digital, direct sales, inside sales, alliance partners and third-parties across all products, client segments and markets. She is also personally leading the first global reinvention of ADP’s brand in its 70-year history.
Previously as Vice President for IBM’s Global Business Services, Industries, C-suite and Blockchain Marketing across North America, Lorraine’s work was in pursuit of advancing Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive and Digital Reinvention.
Chris Brandt

Chief Marketing Officer

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chris Brandt

Chief Marketing Officer

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Chris Brandt is the Chief Marketing Officer for Chipotle where he is responsible for all aspects of marketing, including media, digital/social, and menu innovation. He is focused on transforming Chipotle into a purpose driven lifestyle brand and making the brand more visible, more engaging, more accessible, and more culturally relevant with consumers.
Prior to Chipotle, Chris was the EVP and Chief Brand Officer (CBO) for Bloomin’ Brands where he was responsible for all Marketing activities across Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s, Bonefish Grill, and Fleming’s. Prior to joining Bloomin’, Chris was the CBO for Taco Bell, where he launched Live Mas, Doritos Locos Tacos, Breakfast, and the Mobile App. Prior to Taco Bell, Chris was VP of Marketing for Odwalla and also spent eight years working at General Mills on brands including Yoplait, Nature Valley, and Cereals. Chris has a BA from UCSD and an MBA from UCLA.
Kieran Hannon

Chief Marketing Officer

Openpath

Kieran Hannon

Chief Marketing Officer

Openpath

As Chief Marketing Officer, Kieran comes to Openpath with three decades of successfully building best-in-class consumer experiences in mobile, digital and retail sectors. In his former role as Belkin International’s CMO, Kieran oversaw and helped grow the company from one to four industry leading brands: Belkin, Linksys, Wemo and Phyn, and their subsequent acquisition. Prior to Belkin, Kieran served as VP of marketing for RadioShack, where his leadership resulted in Gold awards for Best Integrated Marketing campaign by the National Retail Federation and the Experiential Marketing Association. As former President of Grey Worldwide in San Francisco, Kieran led the rebirth of the San Francisco office, making it one of the top performing agencies in the Grey Global Group network. Kieran has been recognized with a “2018 SXSW Valiente CMO Award” and as a “Top 100 CMO in the World.”
Ed Pilkington

Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer

Diageo North America

Ed Pilkington

Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer

Diageo North America

Ed Pilkington is the Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer for Diageo North America, overseeing marketing and innovation for Diageo’s full portfolio of spirits and beer across the United States and Canada.
Ed brings over 25 years’ experience with Diageo to his role, starting his career as an Assistant Country Manager, managing distributors for Guinness across the Caribbean market. He’s since held a variety of roles within Diageo including Marketing Director for Australia, Marketing and Innovation Director for Latin America and Global Category Director for Vodka, Rum and Gin. Prior to his current role, Ed was CMO for Diageo Europe.
In addition to his roles at Diageo, Ed has worked as a Senior Brand Manager for L’Oreal. He moved to North America in the summer of 2018 and is currently based in New York City.
Marisa Thalberg

Strategic Advisor

Yum! Brands

Marisa Thalberg

Strategic Advisor

Yum! Brands

One of Forbes’ World’s Most Influential CMOs, Marisa Thalberg has built a career being a creative innovator, convention-buster and strategic brand and business builder. She moved from the world of prestige beauty where she pioneered digital and social marketing across The Estee Lauder Companies’ brands, to Taco Bell, where she has taken that brand to record sales and new heights of cultural relevance. Marisa also founded one of the first major organizations to provide content and community for working moms: ExecutiveMoms.com.
Ann Lewnes

Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

Adobe

Ann Lewnes

Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

Adobe

Ann watched too much TV as a kid. This admission and her passion for creativity and media still drive her as Adobe’s CMO and are reflected in the company’s groundbreaking marketing campaigns. Creativity is only half the equation, as under Ann’s leadership, Adobe’s marketing organization has pioneered the shift to digital — deploying a comprehensive set of digital marketing solutions, establishing an insight-driven culture, and setting a template for marketing’s strategic impact on business. Prior to Adobe, Ann spent 20 years building the Intel brand as a VP of Marketing. Ann serves on the boards of Mattel and the Ad Council. She has been inducted into the American Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame, named one of the most innovative and influential CMOs by Business Insider and Forbes, and recognized on AdWeek 50, a celebration of indispensable marketing and media executives. In 2015, Ad Age named her to The Creativity 50, honoring the most creative people of the year.
If Ann were not at Adobe, she’d be a roadie for a band.
Sara Spivey

Chief Marketing Officeer

Braze

Sara Spivey

Chief Marketing Officeer

Braze

Sara Spivey is the Chief Marketing Officer at Braze, a customer engagement platform that delivers messaging experiences across push, email, apps, and more. Prior to joining Braze, Sara served as Chief Mission Officer at Bazaarvoice where she oversaw global marketing programs, including demand generation, product marketing, brand strategy, and communications. Before joining Bazaarvoice, Sara served as CEO of InReach, a provider of online continuing education management solutions, a role preceded by her tenure as Chief Marketing Officer for Convio. She is a graduate of the University of California, Davis and earned an MBA from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.
Debbie Sterling

Founder & CEO

GoldieBlox

Debbie Sterling

Founder & CEO

GoldieBlox

Debbie Sterling is the Founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, the award-winning children’s multimedia company known for disrupting the pink aisle in toy stores globally and challenging gender stereotypes with the world’s first girl engineer character.
Debbie is an engineer, entrepreneur, spokesperson and one of the leaders in the movement toward getting girls interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). She was named TIME’s “Person of the Moment,” honored by the National Retail Foundation as one of 25 “People Shaping Retail’s Future,” and was added to Fortune Magazine’s prestigious “40 Under 40” list. In 2015, Debbie was inducted as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship under the Obama administration and honored by the National Women’s History Museum with a “Living Legacy” Award for her work to empower girls around the world. Debbie received her degree in Engineering at Stanford University in 2005.
Lisa Sherman

President & CEO

The Ad Council

Lisa Sherman

President & CEO

The Ad Council

Lisa Sherman is President and CEO of the Ad Council, the national organization that mobilizes the energy and talents of the communications industry to help tackle the most critical social issues of today, through public engagement initiatives. Prior to the Ad Council, Lisa was at Viacom where shelaunched Logo TV, the first cable network for LGBTQ audiences. She has also held a number of senior operating roles at Verizon, ad agency Hill Holliday, and the Women’s Sports Network, the marketing company she co-founded. Lisa serves on advisory boards for several industry and public service organizations, including the World Economic Forum’s Information and Entertainment Stewardship Board.
Mónica Gil

CMO & EVP

NBCUniversal Telemundo

Mónica Gil

CMO & EVP

NBCUniversal Telemundo

Mónica Gil is Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, the leading media company serving the 60 million Latinos living in the United States today. In this role, Gil serves as the key executive driving the company’s reputation, brand, and culture. Her critical strategic and operational role is responsible for Marketing, Corporate Affairs, Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility, Government Relations and Human Resources.
Since joining in 2017, Gil is credited with transforming the company’s marketing organization and helping drive Telemundo into the number one Spanish-language network in prime time for three consecutive years. During her tenure, she has overseen marketing, advertising and communication campaigns for original programming across broadcast, cable and digital properties, including the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ that led Telemundo Deportes to record-setting viewership across all platforms.
John Dillon

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

Denny’s

John Dillon

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

Denny’s

John Dillon, Denny’s Inc. Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, is responsible for the brand and marketing direction of Denny’s Corporation, including the development and execution of brand and marketing strategies at the national, international and local market level, brand positioning, advertising campaigns, broadcast and digital/social media, strategic partnerships, multicultural engagement, consumer insights, guest experience, retail development, social responsibility, customer relationship management, off-premise business and overall product/menu development. Prior to joining Denny’s, John held multiple marketing leadership positions within various organizations, including within the National Basketball Association and 10 years with Yum! Brands working in multiple marketing leadership positions on the Pizza Hut brand. The last several years have been a period of significant brand revitalization for the Denny’s brand under John’s tenure and leadership. This work includes the identification and amplification of the brand’s America’s Diner positioning and “feeding people” brand purpose, improving or changing over 85% of Denny’s entrees over the past several years, the establishment of an industry-leading digital and social media voice, significant media plan evolution, breakthrough brand partnerships, elevation of the brand’s multicultural marketing focus, the reinvigoration of social responsibility efforts, and in 2017 the introduction and aggressive system-wide rollout of the brand’s e-commerce initiative of Denny’s on Demand. Together with other members of Denny’s leadership team, brand partners, franchisees and operators these efforts have led to positive system-wide same-store sales growth for the last seven consecutive years. Denny’s is one of America’s largest full-service family restaurant chains. With over 90% of domestic restaurants franchise-owned, the brand currently operates over 1,700 franchised, licensed and company-owned restaurants across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guam, the United Arab Emirates, Curaçao, El Salvador, the Philippines, Guatemala and the United Kingdom.
Karin Timpone

Global Marketing Officer

Marriott International

Karin Timpone

Global Marketing Officer

Marriott International

As Global Marketing Officer at Marriott International Inc., Karin Timpone leads the company’s integrated global marketing and consumer relationship management strategy. This includes evolving the strategy to strengthen the relevance of Marriott’s portfolio of brands to the Next Generation Traveler. Under Karin’s leadership, the global marketing team has integrated new brands into the portfolio, grown its loyalty member base, innovated new digital marketing platforms, pioneered an industry-first content studio and global social media command centers, as well as introduced new global marketing partnerships in sports, entertainment, travel and technology. Karin joined Marriott from the Walt Disney Company and previously held leadership positions at Yahoo!, Universal Studios and the Seagram Company. She has extensive experience working in media, brand management, as well as digital product development for Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. and internationally.
Nadia Masri

Founder & CEO

Perksy

Nadia Masri

Founder & CEO

Perksy

Nadia Genevieve Masri is a 4-time founder, Forbes 30 Under 30, and the CEO & Founder of Perksy – a next-gen market intelligence platform that conducts real-time research with Millennial & Gen-Z audiences through mobile. With a fresh take on understanding the habits, behaviors, and preferences of Gen Y & Z consumers, Nadia is redefining market research for the mobile generation by making feedback the favorite form of engagement. Prior to Perksy, Nadia founded 3 other companies before studying psychology and marketing at Harvard, which she left early to build Perksy. Nadia is passionate about product innovation, design, and neuroscience. When she isn’t studying human behavior, you’ll find her front row at NY Fashion Week or court side at MSG.
Collins Key

Founder & CEO

Keyper Company

Collins Key

Founder & CEO

Keyper Company

Collins Key is CEO of Keyper Company, a leading creative house and production company that manages the Collins Key YouTube channel, media assets, merchandising, licensing businesses, brand partnerships and other IP initiatives.
From an early age, Collins was destined to be a performer and entrepreneur. Gifted with the art of storytelling, Collins exploded into the mainstream in 2013 when he became a finalist on NBC’s AMERICA’S GOT TALENT.
In 2014, he created the Collins Key YouTube channel. He now has a worldwide audience of loyal fans know as Keypers. The popularity of his brand-safe content has catapulted him into a leadership position on YouTube with almost 20 million subscribers, over 150 million views per month and 4 billion+ total views.
Collins has partnered with brands such as Unilever, General Mills, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, and also created and starred in the award-winning campaign for AT&T called The Disappearing Girl. He has received a variety of industry awards including a Shorty Award, an AdWeek Arc Award, Cannes Lions case study, and a Streamy Award, and has been nominated for multiple Teen Choice Awards.
Lili Tomovich

Chief Experience & Marketing Officer

MGM Resorts International

Lili Tomovich

Chief Experience & Marketing Officer

MGM Resorts International

Lili is currently the Chief Experience & Marketing Officer at MGM Resorts International, a multi billion dollar global hospitality and entertainment company operating a portfolio of brands and 30 global resort destinations. Tomovich is leading the transformation of marketing at MGM Resorts to drive a consumer centric organization that fuels the guest experience through people, data and technology. It is a multi-faceted role including all aspects of brand management, e-commerce, performance media, loyalty, social, guest experience and PR. In addition, Lili recently launched a new division for the organization, MGM Digital Ventures.
Prior to joining MGM Resorts, Lili worked in New York, where she was SVP of Consumer Marketing for MasterCard. Earlier in her career, Lili held senior marketing positions with Loyalty One, the world’s leading provider of loyalty programs to global brands. Before joining Loyalty One, Lili honed her marketing skills at Rogers, Canada’s largest mobile carrier and Citi Canada.
Lili is a current member of the Board of Directors for Dine Brands Global (IHOP & Applebees) and resides with her family in the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas.
Vinoo Vijay

Chief Marketing Officer

H&R; Block

Vinoo Vijay

Chief Marketing Officer

H&R; Block

Vinoo Vijay is Chief Marketing Officer for H&R Block where he is responsible for all marketing, end-to-end customer experience, financial products, and corporate communications.
He has two decades of marketing and digital experience. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Corporate and Public Affairs of TD Bank where he was responsible for overseeing all marketing and communication strategies. He also championed and led a national fintech effort to re-craft banking for the Millennial consumer.
Vinoo was also Head of Global Brand and Product Marketing at Ally Financial, where he developed the Ally brand and was a key leader in the launch of Ally, a leading digital bank player.
Vinoo holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University with dual concentrations in advertising and marketing.
Tariq Hassan

EVP & Chief Marketing Officer

Petco

Tariq Hassan

EVP & Chief Marketing Officer

Petco

As Petco’s Chief Marketing Officer, Tariq is responsible for leading the company’s enterprise marketing strategy. Driven by his passion for developing purpose driven brands, Tariq is a talented and proven leader with more than 20 years of global marketing experience. Leveraging data and consumer insights, he’s helped numerous world-class brands transform their marketing and build lasting relationships with their customers.
Lori Feldman

Chief Marketing Officer

Paradigm Talent Agency

Lori Feldman

Chief Marketing Officer

Paradigm Talent Agency

Lori Feldman serves in the newly created role of Chief Marketing Officer of Paradigm Talent Agency. Feldman leads Paradigm’s branding and marketing initiatives across all business units, for the agency’s clients in the music, talent and literary.
Feldman brings more than 25 years of strategic marketing experience, including creating impactful partnerships with many of the largest brands in the world. She was most recently Warner Records’ Executive Vice President of Strategic Marketing, leading a team that created unique marketing platforms and commercial opportunities for the label’s artists.
Feldman was named to Billboard Magazine’s Top 100 Women in Music and Branding Power Players in 2016, 2017 & 2018. She was recently President of the 2018 Cannes Lions Music for Entertainment Jury and is a founding member of PTTOW.
Lori lives in New York with her husband and three children.
Jason White

Chief Marketing Officer

Cura Partners Inc.

Jason White

Chief Marketing Officer

Cura Partners Inc.

Jason White is the Chief Marketing Officer at Cura Partners Inc., overseeing the Select brand globally. Named one of Business Insider’s 2019 “CMOs to Watch,” and recognized by Forbes as a 2019 “Game Changing Market Leader,” Jason has built a career around developing and spearheading culture-shaping ideas, Jason came to Cura with the desire to write history by building the future of the emerging cannabis industry.
Prior to Cura, Jason held the position of Executive Vice President and Global Head of Marketing for Beats by Dr. Dre (Beats). Under Jason’s leadership, Beats dominated its category in US and China and extended its international influence throughout Asia. Prior to Beats, Jason was Managing Director at Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai, which he helped launch for lead client Nike as they prepared for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In between stints in Shanghai, Jason was the Global Account Director on Nike at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, Oregon, and worked on developing campaigns for LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods.
Jason is a graduate of The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and began his career in New York City at Saatchi & Saatchi and BBDO. He is currently a board member of the diversity initiative Marcus Graham Project and the digital lab Chinatown Bureau.
Doug Zarkin

VP & Chief Marketing Officer, Pearle Vision

Luxottica

Doug Zarkin

VP & Chief Marketing Officer, Pearle Vision

Luxottica

Recognized as a global strategic retail and brand marketing expert, Doug Zarkin has led the transformation of Pearle Vision’s global strategic marketing, e-commerce, visual merchandising, product promotion, and retail footprint. His work is currently the subject of a Harvard Business School case study on brand rejuvenation.
During the course of his career, Mr. Zarkin has earned an impressive array of honors for his marketing and brand-building work at Pearle Vision and in prior roles at Limited Brands, Avon, and Kellwood, including a Silver Clio Award, El Sol Award, multiple Effie Awards, and WWD’s Best Executed Launch Strategy Award. He was recently named a 2019 Retail Innovator Award Winner and was recognized by The CMO Club as Innovative Marketer of The Year.
Mr. Zarkin frequently lecturers on the subject of brand marketing at many top universities, such as Harvard, NYU, Duke, Xavier, The George Washington University, Miami of Ohio, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Jeron Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Unanimous Media

Jeron Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Unanimous Media

Jeron Smith is CEO of Unanimous Media, a company he co-founded with business partner Stephen Curry that develops and produces television, film and digital content. Unanimous launched in April 2018 in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment across its film, television, and worldwide partnerships operations.
Smith is a seasoned leader in brand management, helping spearhead the launch Stephen Curry 30 Inc. as Chief Marketing Officer, and overseeing Curry’s holistic brand strategy and partnership portfolio. In his role at Stephen Curry 30 Inc., Smith developed an industry-leading benchmark formula for player marketing and engineered unprecedented partnership deals with Facebook, Sony, Youtube, Rakuten and Tencent.

Prior to teaming up with Curry, Smith worked at the White House Office of Digital Strategy under President Obama, where he developed and implemented a comprehensive digital strategy for the Executive Office of the President including digital content, media partners, whitehouse.gov, as well as @whitehouse and @POTUS social media channels for specific policy initiatives.
Penny Baldwin

SVP & CMO

Qualcomm

Penny Baldwin

SVP & CMO

Qualcomm

Penny Baldwin is a senior vice president and the chief marketing officer at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In her role, Baldwin leads the company’s marketing efforts worldwide, spanning corporate communications, brand management, product marketing, digital and social marketing, content and creative, thought leadership, positioning and narratives, insights, and analytics.
Before joining Qualcomm, Baldwin was vice president and general manager of Intel Global Brand Management & Reputation, responsible for leading all facets of the Intel brand worldwide. Baldwin is a seasoned marketing professional with 30+ years of in-depth expertise spanning agency leadership of Madison Avenue agency brands, global consumer marketing, and brand management for Yahoo!, CMO of global security company McAfee, and global brand management, partner marketing, and new technology group marketing for Intel. She is an inspirational leader of marketing and communications teams, has extensive international marketing experience, and is deeply conversant across the full spectrum of marketing disciplines requiring global integration and optimization.
Amelia Dunlop

Chief Experience Officer

Deloitte Digital

Amelia Dunlop

Chief Experience Officer

Deloitte Digital

A lifelong strategist and innovator, Amelia Dunlop is the Chief Experience Officer at Deloitte Digital, where she leads the Customer Strategy and Innovation business. For the past twenty years she has advised CEOs and business leaders on how to find new sources of growth. Her life’s work is focused on using data, technology, and design to create human experiences that engage hearts and minds.
Ronalee Zarate-Bayani

Chief Marketing Officer

Los Angeles Rams

Ronalee Zarate-Bayani

Chief Marketing Officer

Los Angeles Rams

Ronalee Zarate-Bayani is the Chief Marketing Officer for the Los Angeles Rams. In this role, she is responsible for defining and building the Rams brand, serving as a key member in shaping the experiences and value proposition of SoFi Stadium and the 300-acre Hollywood Park development, as well as creating a modern LA entertainment experience for the next generation of fans.
Randall Lane

Chief Content Officer

Forbes

Randall Lane

Chief Content Officer

Forbes

Randall Lane is the Chief Content Officer of Forbes Media and Editor of Forbes Magazine, responsible for the editorial content across online and print. Mr. Lane rejoined the company in September 2011; he had worked at Forbes in a variety of positions–reporter, staff writer, and Washington Bureau Chief from 1991-1997–and was the author of five cover stories.
Most recently Mr. Lane was Editor-at-Large at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Previously, he cofounded and served as Editor-in-Chief of a half dozen magazines, including P.O.V. (Adweek’s “Startup of the Year”), Trader Monthly, and Dealmaker. He is a frequent television commentator and the author of The Zeroes: My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane.
Andréa Mallard

Chief Marketing Officer

Pinterest

Andréa Mallard

Chief Marketing Officer

Pinterest

Andréa Mallard is Chief Marketing Officer at Pinterest where she oversees the global marketing and creative teams responsible for telling the Pinterest story to Pinners and advertisers all over the world. Most recently she was CMO at Gap Inc.’s apparel brand Athleta. She also served as CMO of Omada Health, a digital health company and spent nearly a decade with IDEO, where she lead the global brand strategy practice as a Design Director in the US and Europe. She’s also on the board of Unu Motors, an electric scooter company in Europe. A published author and in-demand speaker at TEDx and conferences around the globe, she speaks and writes enthusiastically about brand strategy, entrepreneurialism, product innovation, and design thinking. Her work has been published in Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and more. Andréa has lived and worked in multiple cities, including Paris, London, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Boston, and Munich. She earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics. Andréa is the recipient of the 2018 CMO Award for Creativity & Storytelling. She lives in Mill Valley with her three children.
Jeff Perkins

Chief Marketing Officer

ParkMobile
Travis Montaque

Founder & CEO

Holler

Travis Montaque

Founder & CEO

Holler

Travis was listed in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2018 Most Daring Entrepreneurs for his work in branding consumer conversations. In 2016, at the age of 23, Travis was named Forbes 30 Under 30 for discovering a data-driven marketing method that provides greater emotional expression in today’s digital conversations. He is a regular speaker with recent appearances at Cannes Lions, CES, Social Media Week, Advertising Week, SXSW, Harvard Business School, among others. Recent profiles of Travis and his company Emogi have appeared in publications like The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, TechCrunch and The New Yorker. Travis is an inaugural member of the University of Miami Marketing Advisory Board.
Jann Parish

Chief Marketing Officer

Green Growth Brands

Jann Parish

Chief Marketing Officer

Green Growth Brands

Jann Parish, Chief Marketing Officer of Green Growth Brands, is an experienced marketing executive in the consumer and lifestyle space. With over 18 years of proven-leadership working for global consumer brands, Parish has cultivated brand development by building multi-faceted teams that deliver world-class results.
Prior to Green Growth Brands, Parish led marketing strategies for venerable global brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, the latter of the two are PVH companies. During 10 years at PVH Parish grew within the company through regional and global roles. In 2013, following the PVH acquisition of Warnaco, she was selected to lead the newly formed Calvin Klein Americas marketing team and ultimately rose to the role of Executive Vice President, Global Product Marketing, leading a marketing organization driving growth for an $8B franchise.
Known for having a keen sense of ever-changing consumer wants, Parish has led transformational marketing campaigns such as “I _______ in #mycalvins” for Calvin Klein, which was targeted at the millennial consumer. The socially led initiative was one of the first of its kind, delivering both consumer buzz and resulting sales growth. The campaign opened new distribution channels for the Calvin Klein brand including Amazon and Urban Outfitters. It also received a Grand Clio for “Best Integrated Marketing Campaign” while reigniting global interest in the Calvin Klein brand.
As part of the Calvin Klein expansion, Parish was integral in the growth and development of key franchise and license partnerships throughout the world. During her tenure at the brand, sales grew from $6B to over $8B.
Parish is a graduate of Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in International Marketing and a minor in French. As an advocate for women and children, Parish has served on the Young Leaders on the Horizon board at Safe Horizon, has partnered with the Ronald McDonald House on its marketing committee and has worked with Dress for Success. She and her family currently reside in Columbus, Ohio.
Duke Stump

Chief Marketing Officer

Lime

Duke Stump

Chief Marketing Officer

Lime

Global brand marketing strategist Duke Stump is Lime’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer. His role at Lime focuses on uniting global marketing teams and furthering Lime’s mission to redefine urban mobility. Duke joined Lime from Lululemon, where he successfully spearheaded a new strategic direction for the company including its brand-defining global campaign This is Yoga, and was instrumental in creating a purpose-driven culture. Prior to joining Lime, Stump served as EVP of Brand & Community at Lululemon. Previously, he spent over 15 years at Nike where he held various positions across marketing, product and sales divisions including Vice President of Product Marketing. He also served as CMO at eco-conscious household products company Seventh Generation.
Jamie Moldafsky

Chief Marketing Officer

Wells Fargo

Jamie Moldafsky

Chief Marketing Officer

Wells Fargo

Jamie Moldafsky leads the development and implementation of enterprise marketing strategies for the Wells Fargo brand, considered one of the world’s 25 most valuable. She also is a key partner to the company’s lines of business, influencing marketing strategies of their products and services. Moldafsky has more than 20 years of marketing and executive management experience. Prior to joining Wells Fargo nearly a decade ago, she was general manager for Whirlpool Corp.’s Kitchen Aid brand. Previously she was senior vice president for Retail Marketing at Charles Schwab and held leadership marketing roles at American Express. Moldafsky holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. She serves on the boards of No Barriers USA, the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco, and The Ad Council.
Eric Edge

SVP, Brand & Communications

Postmates

Eric Edge

SVP, Brand & Communications

Postmates

Eric Edge is the SVP of Marketing and Communications at Postmates — the leader in enabling anyone to have anything delivered on-demand. Eric leads the teams that set the vision for the Postmates brand while simultaneously driving growth. Before Postmates, Eric was the head of global marketing communications at Pinterest. He was an early member of the Instagram business team where he launched and scaled monetization on the platform and was the first head of marketing for Facebook in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before joining tech, he spent nearly 10 years with creative agencies, serving as global chief communications officer of Havas Worldwide and VP of global communications at FCB. Eric is a sought after thought leader in tech and advertising. He was a member of the inaugural Social and Influencer jury at the Cannes Lions Festival and speaks often on the future of marketing and creativity.
Ziad Ahmed

Cofounder & CEO

JUV Consulting

Ziad Ahmed

Cofounder & CEO

JUV Consulting

Ziad Ahmed is a 20-year-old entrepreneur, activist, and speaker.
He is the CEO/Co-Founder of JUV Consulting, which is a Generation Z marketing consultancy that works with clients to help them reach young people. The company has worked with over 20 Fortune 500 companies, has been profiled by the New York Times, and has established full-time offices in Times Square. As a result of JUV, Ziad was named to the 2019 Forbes #30Under30 list this past year when he was nineteen-years-old.
Ziad is also a current student at Yale. Additionally, Ziad does quite a bit of work in advocacy. He is the Founder of Redefy, which is a youth-run non-profit committed to furthering equality.
Ziad speaks often on the power of his generation, but overwhelmingly he is still a young person spending way too much time on Instagram (@ziadtheactivist).
Doug Sweeny

Chief Marketing Officer

One Medical

Doug Sweeny

Chief Marketing Officer

One Medical

Doug has led marketing for iconic, global brands like Nest, Levi’s, adidas and General Motors EV1. In 2018 he was selected by Forbes 50 CMO Next. He leads One Medical brand strategy, growth, product marketing, advertising, creative, ecommerce business, social media, pr, and partner marketing.
At Nest he led marketing from early start-up through Google acquisition onto becoming the leading connected home brand. Prior to joining Nest, Doug was VP of Global Marketing for Levi’s and architect of the Go Forth campaign in which he was selected by Advertising Age as one of the Top 50 Innovative Marketers today.
Before Levi’s, Doug was the Managing Director of adidas business at TBWA/Chiat/Day. Doug is a senior advisor to Google Ventures, Y Combinator, Silicon Valley start¬ups and is a guest lecturer at Stanford School of Business and USC Iovine & Young Academy. He is on the Board of Advisors for iSchool at Syracuse University.
Sylvain Maquet

Partner, Marketing Consulting, Customer Practice

EY

Sylvain Maquet

Partner, Marketing Consulting, Customer Practice

EY

Sylvain Maquet is a Partner in EY’s Business Advisory Services practice.
He is a strategist and marketing expert with a passion for helping organizations capture value across a broad range of growth and transformation related topics; including new / non-core businesses, strategic planning, marketing ROI optimization, customer value management, marketing operating model, process and transformation.
Over the course of his career, Sylvain has helped multiple CMOs and executives to grow their businesses, improve their performance, launch / optimize their product portfolios and transform their organizations. He has a strong expertise in the media, telecommunications and consumer goods sectors.
Kerry Tucker

Chief Marketing Officer

pocket.watch

Kerry Tucker

Chief Marketing Officer

pocket.watch

Kerry Tucker is a seasoned executive with experience leading a range of companies, from Fortune 500s to startups. Ms. Tucker has held leadership roles at major companies such as Victoria’s Secret, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and CBS Corporation, as well as startups The Video Genome Project (acquired by Hulu in 2016) and Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon’s media and production company.
Prior to joining pocket.watch, Ms. Tucker was the inaugural CEO of Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon’s media and production company, running the company from its inception. She was responsible for creating the infrastructure, business model, content strategy and brand position for the new company and executing all operations to ensure its successful launch in 2017. Ms. Tucker came to Hello Sunshine after Hulu’s acquisition of The Video Genome Project, where she served as Chief Operating Officer, leading strategy, business development and operations. Alongside Founder/CEO Xavier Kochhar, Ms. Tucker was instrumental in the acquisition of The Video Genome Project by Hulu in 2016.
Ms. Tucker is a graduate of Syracuse University and lives in Pacific Palisades, CA with her 3 children.
Lee Applbaum

Global Chief Marketing Officer

Parallel Well-Being

Lee Applbaum

Global Chief Marketing Officer

Parallel Well-Being

Lee Applbaum joined Parallel in October, 2019, and leads their global marketing efforts including brand management, product innovation, and retail marketing. Applbaum joined Parallel from Bacardi Global Brands Limited where he served as the global CMO for Patrón Tequila and Grey Goose Vodka, the world’s number one ultra-premium tequila and vodka brands. At Bacardi, he led two global integrated marketing organizations across more than 165 countries reporting to the global CEO. Applbaum also was CMO for Target Australia, and held leadership marketing roles at recognized retail and consumer goods companies. Applbaum began his career at the Coca-Cola Company. In 2015, Applbaum received an Adweek Brand Genius award for groundbreaking digital and social media efforts. Applbaum received a BBA from The University of Texas Austin and his MBA from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Mark Howard

Chief Revenue Officer

Forbes

Mark Howard

Chief Revenue Officer

Forbes

Mark Howard is Forbes’ Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for the U.S. and European digital and print sales organization, marketing and advertising solutions. Previously, he was SVP of Digital Advertising Strategy. Mr. Howard joined Forbes as a Regional Sales Manager in 2002 and has served in other positions such as SVP and VP of Digital Advertising Sales. Prior to Forbes, he held sales positions at Inc. and Fast Company.
Heidi Browning

CMO & EVP

National Hockey League

Heidi Browning

CMO & EVP

National Hockey League

Heidi Browning serves as EVP, Chief Marketing Officer of the National Hockey League. With over 25 years of marketing experience, Browning brings a valuable mix of client, agency and media owner perspective to the NHL. Heidi is known as a passionate pioneer in digital, mobile and social marketing and continues to drive thought leadership and innovation within the industry. Inspired by the intersection of media, technology and culture, she studies generational trends in consumer attention and brand engagement. Heidi is responsible for executing the League’s growth marketing strategy with a focus on social media, digital, data and innovation. She was recognized as one of the “Most Powerful Women in Sports” by both Forbes and Ad Week and recently recognized by Forbes as on of the Most Influential CMOs in the world.
Browning is a respected thought leader in the industry and is a featured speaker at industry conferences including TEDx Women, Mobile Marketing Association CMO Summit, Youth Marketing Summit, Hashtag Sports, Cannes Lions, SXSW, Forrester and CES.
Heidi holds a B.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder in International Relations. She currently resides in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY.
Jessica Sibley

Chief Sales Officer

Forbes

Jessica Sibley

Chief Sales Officer

Forbes

Jessica Sibley oversees the entire experience for Forbes’ brand marketing partners, inclusive of sales, brand strategy, brand and demand marketing, branded content, live events, research, paid social and licensing.
Under her leadership, Forbes successfully recently introduced several innovations that have been well-received by the marketplace, including: fluid ad formats; prominent “hero” ads, which appear on Forbes’ premium article pages, and Premium Posts, long-form visual storytelling experiences that bring marketers’ brand messages to life. Sibley also established new opportunities around signature franchises, such as the Forbes 400, and introduced the first-ever title sponsor for the Under 30 Summit.
With over 20 years of experience leading sales for top media brands, Sibley has served in multiple roles, including Publisher of The Week and Bloomberg Businessweek, as well as Vice President of Sales at The Wall Street Journal. Folio named her as one of the Top Women in Media in 2016 and as a Top C-Suite Executive in 2019. She serves on the board of advisors for HerCampus and College Fashionista and on the board of directors for the Business Marketing Association (BMA).
A graduate of Hobart and William & Smith Colleges, Sibley resides in New York City.
Dara Treseder

Chief Marketing Officer

Carbon

Dara Treseder

Chief Marketing Officer

Carbon

Dara Treseder is the chief marketing officer at Carbon, a leading Silicon Valley-based digital manufacturing company. Previously, she was CMO of GE Ventures, GE’s venture capital arm, and GE Business Innovations. Before joining GE, Dara led marketing and growth efforts at Apple and Goldman Sachs. Dara has been noted for her knowledge and achievements. Most recently, she was elected to the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement, recognized by Business Insider as a CMO to Watch, named to Forbes’ inaugural “CMO Next” list, which identified 50 individuals redefining the CMO’s role and shaping the future of marketing, and celebrated by AdAge as one of the “Women to Watch.” A champion of women’s issues and public health Dara is the Vice-Chair of the Board of The Public Health Institute. Dara graduated with highest honors in African and African American Studies from Harvard University and holds an MBA from Stanford University.
Andrea Brimmer

Chief Marketing & Public Relations Officer

Ally

Andrea Brimmer

Chief Marketing & Public Relations Officer

Ally

Andrea Brimmer was named chief marketing and public relations officer of Ally Financial in 2015. In this role, she oversees the company’s marketing, advertising, public relations, market research initiatives, social media and brand management.
Andrea joined Ally at the height of the financial crisis when the company faced intense challenges – transitioning from its roots as a captive auto finance company to launching the first-ever online-only deposits franchise, Ally Bank. Andrea was charged with standing-up the Ally brand; developing everything from the brand pillars and cultural framework, to creating the value proposition and delivery in the marketplace. Under Andrea’s direction, Ally emerged with a strong reputation as a “different” kind of financial services company, relentlessly focused on solving pain points that traditional institutions set forth.
In 2017, Brimmer was named “Marketer of the Year” by the Financial Communications Society, recognized for the successful launch and widespread impact of Ally’s “Do It Right” brand campaign. In 2018, Brimmer was named to AdAge’s Women to Watch, cited for her forward-thinking, disruptive approach. She was also named one of the 2018 Communicators of the Year by ANA Business Marketing New York as “The Disruptor” for her approach, extraordinary insight, creativity and effectiveness in communications.
In 2019, Brimmer won The CMO Club’s Innovation Award, driven and executed by an elite group of peers, which celebrates the marketing industry’s brightest leaders and provides a forum for shared insights among CMOs.
Kristen Lueck

VP, Strategy & Partnerships

Man Made Music
John Taite

EVP, Global Development & Partnerships

Man Made Music
Soyoung Kang

Chief Marketing Officer

eos Products

Soyoung Kang

Chief Marketing Officer

eos Products

Soyoung Kang is the Chief Marketing Officer at eos Products, the iconic brand and lipcare trailblazer that has sold over half a billion lip balms worldwide. In her role, Soyoung is responsible for driving the overall brand strategy, planning, and operations for all global and regional marketing initiatives. Since joining eos as CMO, Soyoung has led a total brand reboot, from resetting creative and strategic vision, to redesigning and expanding the product portfolio, to launching the global “Make It Awesome” campaign. Prior to eos, Soyoung spent almost fifteen years at L Brands, most notably as SVP of brand development for Bath & Body Works’ beauty and fragrance business. She also spent a decade in strategy and consulting, working for The Boston Consulting Group and AT Kearney.
Soyoung holds a degree in architecture from MIT and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, and was a Fulbright research scholar.
David Dancer

Chief Marketing Officer

Inspire

David Dancer

Chief Marketing Officer

Inspire

Dancer is a recognized innovator in marketing, branding, and customer experience. As CMO of Inspire, one of the fastest growing clean technology companies in the U.S., David leads marketing strategy to support the company’s disruption of the energy industry through its innovative clean energy and smart home service, empowering consumers to fight climate change. Most recently, he held the CMO position at MedMen where his ambitious strategy helped distinguish the company as the leading brand in the emerging cannabis industry. While there, he was recognized by Forbes as one of the 50 marketers redefining the CMO role and received the prestigious Cannes award for their “New Normal” campaign, which helped redefine the cannabis category. He also held marketing leadership positions at some of the world’s top companies, including American Express, Visa, and Charles Schwab.
Shiv Singh

CMO

Eargo

Shiv Singh

CMO

Eargo

Shiv Singh is the Chief Marketing Officer at Eargo Inc. where he is responsible for all brand building, customer acquisition, digital, PR and product strategy activities. Eargo is revolutionizing the hearing loss space with a hearing aid and licensed care offering that has been recognized by Time Magazine as a Top 50 invention. Prior to Eargo, Shiv drove marketing, innovation and digital strategies at Visa as the SVP & Global Head of Innovation Go-To-Market and the SVP & Global Head of Digital & Marketing Transformation. Earlier, he ran digital marketing across paid, owned and social media at PepsiCo as their Global Head of Digital Marketing. In July 2019, Shiv was recognized as Forbes CMO Game-Changer. Earlier, in 2016, Shiv was inducted into the American Advertising Hall of Achievement and has been recognized by Adweek as a Top 50 marketer twice (#11 & #14). He was also recognized as a Media Maven by Ad Age and was featured on their magazine cover. Over the years, Shiv has been featured or quoted in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, Ad Age, Adweek, Huffington Post and the Harvard Business Review. Shiv is also the co-author of Savvy-Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders & Fake News and also of Social Media Marketing for Dummies which is in its fourth edition and has been translated into several languages.
Marty Swant

Marketing Reporter

Forbes
Shaun Neff

Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor

Shaun Neff

Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor

Shaun Neff is an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor that has built successful brands from inception to exit several times. As a college freshman, Neff launched Neff Headwear, which was distributed in over 70 countries, driving over half a billion dollars in retail sales. He has worked as an advisor for notable, worldwide companies including Sony, Target, and Five Below. He was a major investor in Sun Bum, which recently sold to SC Johnson. Shaun also developed Mad Merch, an apparel merch company with renowned influencer clients. Most recently, as a founder of Beach House Group, Neff has launched four of the newest, hottest consumer brands, utilizing his ability to incubate authentic talent driven brands. These brands include; BEIS – a lifestyle travel brand with Shay Mitchell, Moon – an oral beauty care line with Kendall Jenner, florence by Mills – a gen z skincare and makeup line with Millie Bobby Brown, and hair care brand, Pattern – with Tracee Ellis Ross.
Jennifer Halloran

Head of Marketing & Brand

MassMutual

Jennifer Halloran

Head of Marketing & Brand

MassMutual

Jennifer Halloran, Head of Marketing and Brand for MassMutual, believes that effective marketing has the power to unlock value and enhance growth. It’s a core principle that informs her award-winning strategy for one of the financial services industry’s most venerated brands. In her role with MassMutual, Ms. Halloran oversees product and marketing channels and is responsible for brand and customer strategy, research, and centralized marketing support. She also manages all marketing and advertising agency partners, as well as the internal creative agency. Since joining MassMutual in 2016, Ms. Halloran has overseen all customer experience and engagement programs, including social, content, and media, while managing the corporate rebrand launch. She was also tapped to lead the Community Responsibility group and to develop the strategic vision for MassMutual Foundation. Her team includes Customer Acquisition and Loyalty Programs and the Customer Insights and Experience Research group.
Ms. Halloran is committed to an enterprise-wide, customer-centric, and data driven platform that positions marketing as a strategic business driver. Through high-impact campaigns and relationship-focused marketing, she seeks to differentiate MassMutual and its products in an authentic way that supports core brand attributes. Under her leadership, MassMutual’s 2017 national brand relaunch, which repositioned a 166-year old company, won multiple industry awards for creative and customer excellence, earning her numerous speaking opportunities, as well as a finalist nomination for FCS Financial Marketer of the Year in 2018.

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2020 CMO Summit

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Past Speakers

Ja Rule

Antonio Lucio

Minjae Ormes

Rick Gomez

Jenny Rooney

Brandice Daniel

Tony Weisman

Carla Hassan

Pedro Earp

Jacqueline Parkes

Martyn Etherington

Alicia Tillman

Janet Balis

Josh Dean

Lorraine Barber-Miller

Chris Brandt

Kieran Hannon

Ed Pilkington

Marisa Thalberg

Ann Lewnes

Sara Spivey

Debbie Sterling

Lisa Sherman

Mónica Gil

John Dillon

Karin Timpone

Nadia Masri

Collins Key

Lili Tomovich

Vinoo Vijay

Tariq Hassan

Lori Feldman

Jason White

Doug Zarkin

Jeron Smith

Penny Baldwin

Amelia Dunlop

Ronalee Zarate-Bayani

Randall Lane

Andréa Mallard

Jeff Perkins

Travis Montaque

Jann Parish

Duke Stump

Jamie Moldafsky

Eric Edge

Ziad Ahmed

Doug Sweeny

Sylvain Maquet

Kerry Tucker

Lee Applbaum

Mark Howard

Heidi Browning

Jessica Sibley

Dara Treseder

Andrea Brimmer

Kristen Lueck

John Taite

Soyoung Kang

David Dancer

Shiv Singh

Marty Swant

Shaun Neff

Jennifer Halloran

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