| David DeMuth | Doner | Chief Executive Officer | | david@demuth.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | David’s first job was manning the produce table at a local grocery store, so perhaps it’s no surprise he went on to become an expert on food and restaurants. David led Doner’s work on behalf of food and beverage, QSR, casual dining and family casual brands like Arby’s, Del Taco, Minute Maid, Smithfield, O’Charley’s, Perkins, fairlife, Hurricane Grill & Wings, Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion and more.Today, David focuses on Doner’s evolution from a longtime retail marketing powerhouse to nationally acclaimed agency that’s thoroughly modern, data-driven, culturally fueled and strategically led. When he’s not leading the agency, David helps support Detroit-based community programs like the Palmer Park Tennis Academy and is director of a pro tennis tournament, the Cranbrook Tennis Classic. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Kristen DiCorleto | CVS Media Exchange | Head of Marketing | | kristen@dicorleto.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Kristen DiCorleto is the Head of Marketing at CVS Media Exchange (CMX). In her role, Kristen oversees the positioning, brand strategy and content strategy for CVS Health’s retail media network and is responsible for the go-to-market approach, including sales enablement and learning & development.
One of the founding members of CMX in 2020, Kristen brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing and media across the diverse retail and financial service industries to the team, but the achievement she is most proud of is being the mother of two very busy toddlers. Kristen resides with her family in Boston, MA. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Andrea Gellert | Meta | Vice President, Business Marketing Group | | andrea@gellert.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Andrea is the Vice President of the Business Marketing Group at Meta, joining the company in August 2023. The Business Marketing Group drives business growth by shaping product development and building and shipping multi-channel marketing - from brand experiences, to business education, to scaled channels to sales enablement.
Prior to joining Meta, Andrea was the CMO at Clover, a point of sale and business management platform for small and mid-sized businesses. She was responsible for brand and social, product marketing, direct channel growth, lifecycle marketing, and marketing operations. Prior to Clover, Andrea was the Head of Marketing and Creative at Hawkfish; CMO and CRO at OnDeck; and served in multiple roles at American Express, including VP of Merchant Services (industry expansion strategy, account development and B2B marketing) and VP, Customer Experience and Retention in OPEN (marketing for small business).
Andrea is a California native who lives in New York City with her family and is passionate about travel, cooking, reading and yoga. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Georgie Jeffreys | Uber | Head of Marketing, North America | | georgie@jeffreys.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Georgie Jeffreys is the Head of Marketing for Uber across North America, where she leads the end-to-end marketing function across the company’s full portfolio of businesses - including rideshare, delivery, and membership.
Georgie leads a team of multi-disciplined marketers who are charged with growing brand favorability and preference, and accelerating category and customer penetration.
Having joined the company in 2015, Georgie has spent the past ten years building and scaling Uber's marketing capabilities around the globe, first as the Head of Marketing for Australia & New Zealand, then as the Head of Marketing for Asia Pacific, before being appointed to lead the North America region in 2020.
During her time at Uber, Georgie has played a key role in transforming the marketing organization and has led much of the brand’s most awarded and impactful work, including all five of Uber’s Super Bowl campaigns | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Sarah Harms | Roku | Vice President, Ads Marketing and Measurement | | sarah@harms.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Sarah Harms is the VP, Ads Marketing and Measurement at Roku, where she is responsible for the overall strategy and execution of the Marketing and Measurement efforts across the Advertising business. Prior to Roku, Sarah spent five years at Microsoft/Xandr, where she ran the national sales and account management teams for the buy-side ad technology business. Sarah started and grew her career at WPP, working in business development, partnerships, investment, and strategy across digital, video, and programmatic channels. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Olivia Maher | House of Maher Podcast | Co-host | Inside the Next Wave of Athlete-First Content
| olivia@maher.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Olivia Maher, the viral "Girl Dinner" creator, takes her role as a full-time sister seriously. She co-hosts the House of Maher Podcast alongside her sisters, Olympian Ilona Maher and Humanitarian Adrianna Maher. Based in Los Angeles, Olivia crafts engaging food and lifestyle content while managing the demanding business and life of her professional athlete sister.
With a background in television and film production, Olivia pivoted to social media full-time in 2023. Her breakout moment came with the creation of the "Girl Dinner" phenomenon, which she leveraged to sell merchandise and fundraise for farmers in her home state of Vermont impacted by historic flooding. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | (not set) |
| Neal Mohan | YouTube | Chief Executive Officer | YouTube is Playing to Win TV Now
| neal@mohan.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Neal Mohan is the Chief Executive Officer of YouTube, the world's largest video sharing service. He is responsible for the company's overall strategy, product innovation, strategic partnerships across the creative industries, and global operations. His focus is on empowering creators, fostering community, and driving the future of video.
Prior to becoming CEO in 2023, he served as YouTube's Chief Product Officer, responsible for the company’s successful forays into streaming, Shorts, subscriptions and podcasting; growing contributions to the creator economy, and scaled Trust & Safety efforts.
Before joining YouTube, Neal was a pioneer in digital advertising, first leading product development and strategy at DoubleClick, then overseeing its acquisition and integration with Google. He went on to become Senior Vice President of Display and Video Advertising at Google, transforming the company from a new entrant to a global leader in advertising technology.
Neal serves on the Board of Directors of Starbucks. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Board of Trustees of The Paley Center for Media, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Neal lives in the Bay Area with his wife and kids. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | (not set) |
| Kerel Cooper | GumGum | Chief Marketing Officer | | kerel@cooper.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Kerel is the Chief Marketing Officer at GumGum, a contextual-first, global digital advertising platform that captures people’s attention without personal data. Kerel leads all marketing activities that help evolve the brand, increasing revenue, awareness, and relevance amongst target audiences. Kerel is also an adjunct professor at Kean University, teaching digital and sports marketing. He is an award-winning executive with 20+ years of digital media experience building Advertising Operations, Account Management, and Marketing teams. Previously, Kerel served as President of Advertising at Group Black and Chief Marketing Officer at LiveIntent. He is the co-founder and co-host of the Minority Report Podcast, highlighting people of color, women & LGBTQ+ leaders within business, media, and technology.
He has been widely recognized for his leadership and innovation. In 2021, Kerel was included in Crain's New York Business Notable Black Leaders and Executives list and was selected as the Adweek Readers’ Choice: Best of Tech Diversity Advocate of the Year award. He also won the Diversity Advocate of the Year Award at the Campaign Tech Awards and the Award of Excellence by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts in 2021. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Shannon Pruitt | Stagwell | Global Chief Marketing Officer, Brand and Performance Network | Orchestrating the Power (and Risk) of Immersive AI in Media and Music
| shannon@pruitt.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | As the Global Chief Marketing Officer for Stagwell’s Brand Performance Network, Shannon uses her extensive experience in delivering innovative marketing solutions across various industries like media, content, technology, sports, and entertainment. As CMO, she supports Stagwell’s portfolio of agencies to develop and implement leading and break-through products and solutions through communications, strategic partnerships, platforms and technology aimed at driving revenue for both the agencies and their clients. She also proudly created Assembly Global’s Inclusive Investment program, Partners for Progress.
Before joining Stagwell, Shannon was the CMO of The Honest Company and held key positions at Dentsu, as Founder and CEO of The Story Lab in content marketing, influencer marketing and branded entertainment. She collaborated with Fortune 100 brands like GM, Xbox, P&G, and Mastercard to develop and execute omni-channel ROI-focused campaigns.
Additionally, Shannon’s led commercial growth and Integrated marketing at entertainment giants like 19 Entertainment, Mark Burnett Productions, Warner Bros and Octagon. Leading teams to develop platforms and programs for sports and entertainment IP, including FIFA World Cup, Major League Baseball, NFL, Formula 1, American Idol, etc.
Shannon is a founding partner of Alpha and holds board positions at Zipline.AI, Motley Bloom, Brand Story Architects, Brand Storytelling, Modwell and Versus Systems. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Joy Robins | The New York Times Company | Global Chief Advertising Officer | The Business of News
| joy@robins.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Joy Robins is global chief advertising officer of The New York Times Company since May 2023. She leads the Company’s global advertising business and strategy across the U.S. and EMEA, and T Brand, the content studio within New York Times Advertising. With 20 years of experience in media, Joy enhances consumer products through innovative advertising. Before coming to The Times, Joy was chief revenue officer at The Washington Post and held roles at Quartz, NBC News Digital, BBC Worldwide and more. Joy is on the Ad Council and MMA boards and was featured on Ad Age’s 40 under 40 and Women to Watch lists. A Rutgers graduate, she is based in New York. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | (not set) |
| Vanessa Otero | Ad Fontes Media | Chief Executive Officer | The Business of News
| vanessa@otero25.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Vanessa is the creator of the Media Bias Chart®, the viral image that prompted many lively discussions around the internet about where people get their news She the CEO of Ad Fontes Media, the company she founded in 2018 to fulfill the need revealed by the popularity of the Chart—the need for an easy-to-understand, reliable news rating system. Vanessa is a native of San Diego, California and currently resides in Westminster, CO. She has a B.A. in English from UCLA, a J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and is licensed patent attorney. As the founder of Ad Fontes Media, she seeks to impact the way consumers, educators, and organizations deal with today’s complex media landscape. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | (not set) |
| Laura Maness | Grey | Global Chief Executive Officer | | laura@maness.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Laura Maness is Global CEO of the world’s most Famously Effective ad agency — Grey (grey.com). Only the sixth CEO in the celebrated agency’s 105-year history and first woman to attain the role in 2022, Laura's building on Grey's international capabilities and expertise while bringing people together from across the WPP network to deliver breakthrough, high performance work for some of the world's most loved brands.
In addition to shaping Grey's global growth strategy across six continents Laura is committed to building on the strong foundation of Grey's storytelling prowess and famously effective work by fueling a values-led culture of creativity, innovation, and impact.
Before being appointed Global CEO of Grey, Laura served as CEO of Havas Group's North American flagship agency, Havas New York, driving a culture of purposeful growth and steering a turnaround that earned the agency Digiday's Most Innovative Culture, Ad Age's Best Places to Work, AdExchanger's Best Collaborative Agency Team, The Drum's Network Agency of the Year, Digiday's Employer of the Year— and, was the first major network agency globally and in the US to become a certified B Corp. She also oversaw several specialist practices including a culture-first creator studio (Annex88) and a data-driven customer engagementagency (Havas CX).
Laura boasts nearly 30 years of strategic marketing and leadership experience ranging from digital pure- plays to globally integrated ad networks. Before Havas, she was based in San Francisco as CMO of Propane Studio.
Prior to that, she led growth for IPG-owned FCB West across SF, Seattle & LA, and previously for Chicagobased digital shops including WPP/Wunderman-owned Designkitchen, Black Dog Interactive and Publicisowned Giant Step (now Arc Worldwide).
A thought leader featured in publications like Business Insider, Forbes, Fortune, Inc, and Thrive, and a recognized industry voice speaking at ANA, Ad Age, Adweek, Brand Innovators, Cannes, CES, ChiefX, Digiday, Forbes, IAA World Congress, Mirren, S.H.E. Summit, USACE, Women In Retail Leadership Circle, YMS, Allyship & Action, Harvard Business Review, The Economist and more, Laura's accolades include: one of the first agency leaders to take 3% Conference's Pledge for Pay Equity; Working Mother of the Year and Changing the Game Quantum Leap winner by She Runs It; Campaign magazine Female Frontier honoree for Championing Change; Creativepool's Top Influencer of the Year, Top 25 CEO, Top 100 Creative Leader; Digiday's Top Boss for Worklife; a finalist for The Drum's CEO of the Year; ACT Responsible’s 2022 Ad Industry Champion of Good at Cannes; Creative Leader of the Year at Creativepool’s 2023 Annual Awards; and, Campaign US’s 2024 Inspiring Women Leading the Charge.
Laura ignites meaningful change as a sustainability thought leader and Board Director—named 50 Women To Watch for Boards in 2023, her more than decade of board service spans private equity- backed AI enterprise companies (Alembic Technologies and the hyper-growing social commerce co and next unicorn, Flip.shop), and nonprofits (Tory Burch Foundation, B Lab U.S. & Canada, 4A's and ACT Responsible). She previously served on the board and Exec Committee for the world's largest NGO for abandoned children (SOS Children's Villages) and personally sponsors a young girl from Peru.
Passionate about giving back, building community, and helping entrepreneurs intentionally grow, Laura founded This Is Wholehearted where she consults, advises, and invests in ideas designed to make the world better. She's also an advisor/investor in Village Global, a founding member of Chief, Women's Purpose Community, ForbesWomen Forum, Fast Company Impact Council and the Post, as well as a cochair of 50/50 Women on Boards—the leading non-profit global education and advocacy campaign driving the movement toward gender balance and diversity on corporate boards.
Laura graduated from Loyola University Chicago (returning in 2019 to deliver the Commencement Address and serving on the School of Communication Board of Directors). Laura's continued commitment to lifelong learning includes graduate certificates from Harvard University in Sustainable Business Strategy and the renowned, by-invitation Sustainability Leadership program from Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also graduated from Stanford Directors' College and earned a certificate in modern board governance spanning ESG and Sustainability, Corporate Strategy, and HCM Workforce Culture in a pandemic era.
Residing in Manhattan's Upper East Side with her husband and athletic son, Laura enjoys being an ice hockey mom, SoulCycle, pilates, French rosé, bold Cali reds and #5amclub walks in Central Park. You can find her on Instagram and Threads @lauramaness. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Leandro Barreto | Unilever | Global CMO, Beauty and Wellbeing | | leandro@barreto.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Leandro Barreto is the Beauty & Wellbeing Global CMO at Unilever, responsible for global revenue growth and profit, brand equity management, brand building, global innovation program delivery and digital marketing transformation of iconic global brands such as Dove, Vaseline, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, Clear and PONDS Skin Institute. He has over 20 years of marketing experience driving growth through clear consistent brand building and delivering impactful creative.
Throughout his time at Unilever, Leandro has held roles within Beauty, Homecare, Personal Care and Nutrition, across multi-cultural contexts in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. Prior to becoming Beauty & Wellbeing Global CMO, Leandro served as a marketing leader for Dove for the past 12 years, making contributions that were instrumental to the consistent and steady growth of the brand. Under Leandro’s leadership, the brand delivered multiple successful innovations, design for retailer initiatives, and impactful customers partnerships across the years. Most recently, as head of One-Dove North America, Leandro pioneered an end-to-end engagement model that turbo charged Dove’s brand love and brought significant impact for the business, helping to accelerate Dove cross category growth, and inserting the brand into culture, securing its brand equity and marketing model.
Leandro is based in London. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Chris Norton | Marriott | SVP Marketing, Data Activation and Personalization | | chris@norton.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Chris Norton is the Senior Vice President, Marketing, Data Activation & Personalization within Marriott International’s Marketing and Customer organization. In this role, Chris leads global marketing and customer data strategies, personalization strategies and channel execution for Marriott International and is responsible for delivering topline revenue, customer engagement, and performance metrics for all company and emerging businesses. This includes oversight of the performance marketing engine, channel platforms, and marketing orchestration and delivery across paid media and outbound marketing. Chris oversees the following functional areas: Marketing Orchestration, Data Activation, Audience Strategy, Outbound Channels, Marketing Operations, Personalization and new Marketing-related Revenue Strategies.
Chris has had a long career in travel & hospitality, having worked at Epsilon International as Senior Vice President, Client Services where Chris was a key partner for Marriott in helping drive data-driven, cross-channel, and audience-led marketing strategies. Prior to Epsilon, Chris worked at Starwood Hotels & Resorts until the acquisition by Marriott in late 2016. At Starwood, Chris worked in various roles across customer insights, CRM, and data analytics. This included his role as Vice President, CRM Applications & Channel Intelligence. Prior to Starwood, Chris worked in various roles in consulting, product marketing, and product development for companies like Priceline and barnesandnoble.com. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Maureen Polo | Hello Sunshine | Head of Direct-to-Consumer | | maureen@polo.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | As Head of Direct-to-Consumer, Maureen Polo oversees all direct-to-consumer offerings and touchpoints for Hello Sunshine, including social and editorial, marketing and communications, and DTC brands The Home Edit, Reese’s Book Club, and Fair Play. Her many accomplishments over the past year include architecting Shine Away, Hello Sunshine’s first-of-its-kind experiential franchise for consumers. Powered by AT&T, the marquee live programming event, held in October 2023, educated women on the power of connection and brought the Hello Sunshine community together for a day of inspiration and intimate connection with some of the world’s most empowering women leaders. 60+ talent from the Hello Sunshine community – including Reese Witherspoon, Jen Garner, Mindy Kaling, Lindsey Vonn, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Allyson Felix – participated in panels, specialized performances, book signings, and more. The event ultimately received over 6 billion press impressions in just 48 hours. Maureen and Hello Sunshine recently announced that it will return with an even bigger two-day experience this October in Los Angeles. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Mary Vrancic | McDonald's Australia | Senior Director, Marketing | | mary@vrancic.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Mary’s career with McDonald’s began as a college student at Northern Illinois University, where an Experiential Learning Center project sparked a passion that would launch her into a groundbreaking international internship. She supported the 2008 Olympics, McHappy Day, and the launch of free restaurant WiFi—early signs of her talent for blending technology and marketing.
She joined Global Technology after graduation, quickly standing out by earning the Circle of Excellence Award for her leadership on an enterprise-wide tech project with Microsoft. Her success propelled her into strategy, where she drove global technology portfolio alignment and helped integrate Ronald McDonald House Charities into the brand experience—an achievement that earned her the President’s Award, given to the top 1% of McDonald’s employees worldwide.
In 2016, Mary pivoted to Digital Marketing, leading McDonald’s first U.S. customer segmentation strategy and redesigning campaign planning to be more customer-centric including the first digital test and learn center of excellence. She later spearheaded the MyMcDonald’s Rewards loyalty program—one of the most successful launches in QSR history—doubling app usage and setting a new gold standard for digital engagement. This work earned the team a Circle of Excellence Award and Mary was honored by her peers with the prestigious Living the McDonald’s Values Award.
Mary continued shaping the brand through bold, innovative campaigns like Camp McDonald’s, a first-of-its-kind digital event that boosted multicultural engagement and digital acquisition. It was a campaign of firsts – across celebrity talent, unique experiences, exclusive merch partnerships – yielding the highest performance for digital acquisition to date. In 2023, Mary launched a new master brand story focused on brand membership and the digital experience. As well as developing a family-focused strategy building on 2022 momentum, global Family positioning and a digital-first mindset to future proof the next generation of McDonald’s fans. She then took on a new role leading Rest of Day strategy, delivering strong marketing ROI and refocusing U.S. planning around growth opportunities in lunch and dinner. Mary oversaw ~20-22 rest of day 360 marketing campaigns and targeted always on media efforts to ensure business objectives were achieved which resulted in an average $4.08 return on marketing investment. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| John Williams | Diageo | Global Whiskey Director | | john@williams25.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | John Williams has worked at Diageo for more than 23 years. In 2017 he became Global Brand Director at Johnnie Walker, the world’s No.1 Scotch whisky, a role which he held for three years, before taking up the role of Global Scotch Director in July 2020, with responsibility for scotch brands. His role was then expanded again in July 2025 to cover all of global whiskey including American and Irish whiskey brands.
Leading the Johnnie Walker brand, John delivered with the team and across markets globally a transformation strategy which has seen the creation and execution of new growth across communications, serve and innovation and strengthened Johnnie Walkers position as the world’s most valuable international spirit.
Previous roles include general manager of Africa Innovation, Marketing Director of East Africa based in Kenya and Head of Beer Europe in Dublin.
John has a tremendous track record of creating strategic breakthroughs that lead to strong business results and team performance. His achievements include leading Africa Innovation as a significant growth driver to the region, including the development and launch of the Orijin Bitters brand.
In his time leading Marketing & Innovation for the East African Breweries Limited (EABL) the team drove strong market share gains and supercharged the mainstream spirits category led by Kenya Cane and the launch of Chrome Vodka.
Heading up the beer category for Europe, John identified significant growth opportunities for the category which helped to re-ignite the growth of Guinness in Great Britain and saw the launch of Rockshore beer. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| Lizzie Collins | SiriusXM Media | Senior Vice President, B2B Marketing and Ad Innovation | Adobe Sunset Series: Change Agents of Marketing
| lizzie@collins.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Lizzie Collins is Senior Vice President, B2B Marketing and Ad Innovation at SiriusXM Media, the advertising division of SiriusXM and the gateway for marketers to the largest digital audio advertising ecosystem in North America. There, she oversees B2B marketing, ad product marketing, creative agency Studio Resonate, and research and analytics divisions. Hired as Pandora’s first salesperson in 2006, Lizzie is a passionate storyteller with 15+ years of experience at the forefront of audio innovation. Under Lizzie’s leadership, SiriusXM Media supports the monetization of the most dynamic, cross-platform addressable audio offering for advertisers nationally, reaching over 160 million monthly listeners across streaming, satellite and podcasting. An Advertising Hall of Achievement inductee, Lizzie lives in Los Angeles with her family. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | (not set) |
| Anne Cambria | Sephora | SVP, Marketing – Brand, Retail, Creative and Insights | Creative Contradictions: How Tension Fuels Innovation
| anne@cambria.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | Anne Cambria is the Senior Vice President, Marketing for Brand, Retail, Creative and Insights at Sephora. In her role, Anne and her team are responsible for leading the development and execution of the retailer’s brand and marketing strategies, overseeing central marketing planning, campaign execution, and the activation of key seasonal and cross-category moments. Anne also oversees retail and in-store marketing, marketing for key tentpole partnerships and initiatives, and the central Creative team – implementing a cohesive and consistent brand vision across all channels.
Since joining Sephora in 2017, Anne has played a pivotal role in shaping Sephora’s brand platform, including leading the launch of the award-winning campaign “We Belong to Something Beautiful” in 2019 with her team. This initiative became a cornerstone in Sephora’s commitment to fostering a more diverse and inclusive beauty retail experience. Anne has spearheaded a number of important initiatives for the retailer including leading the marketing for the Sephora at Kohl’s partnership and championing campaigns that support BIPOC brand founders. She also furthered Sephora’s mission to create the world’s most inclusive beauty community by leading work such as the limited content series “Foundation of Belleza,” which celebrates Latinx founders and their stories tied to generational beauty, and the documentary film “The Beauty of Blackness,” which follows the trajectory of iconic Black-owned cosmetics brand Fashion Fair.
Prior to her role at Sephora, Anne had an extensive career at Gap Inc., working across Athleta, Old Navy, and Banana Republic. Her diverse experience encompassed various marketing functions including brand marketing, partnerships, company strategy and marketing research. Anne earned her bachelor degree in business from Santa Clara University and currently lives in Mill Valley, CA. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
| William White | Walmart | Chief Marketing Officer | | william@white25.com | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) |  | | William White was appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Walmart in May 2020. He is accountable for customer insights, strategy, and full-funnel marketing planning and execution. In his role, William has responsibility for driving demand, building customer loyalty, and strengthening brand equity.
William is a consumer centric and innovative marketer who has consistently delivered results by crafting a compelling strategic vision, building capabilities, and driving execution. He is a passionate leader who thrives on building, developing, and nurturing teams. He has been recognized by numerous publications, including Forbes, Adweek, and Business Insider, as one of the world’s leading CMOs for his leadership in creativity, innovation, and growth.
William holds undergraduate and business degrees from Duke University. He has received NACD Directorship Certification from the National Association of Corporate Directors. William serves on the boards of the Walmart Foundation, the Association of National Advertisers, the Mobile Marketing Association, and the Duke University Fuqua School of Business. He is an avid runner and extremely proud father. | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | (not set) | Announcing | Group Chat |
