Full Name
Tara Walpert Levy
Job Title
Vice President, Agency and Brand Solutions
Company
Google
Speaker Bio
Tara Walpert Levy leads Agency and Brand Solutions for Google and YouTube. She is responsible for Google's multi billion dollar advertising and tech business with third-party agencies and marketing partners. She also runs specialist businesses ranging from Measurement to Creative to Multicultural solutions and Industry Relations. Before this, Tara led Ads Product Marketing for Google, YouTube, and Doubleclick.
Since 2013, Tara has been on the Board of Bloomin' Brands, Inc., where she is the Chair of the Nom/Gov Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She is also the Chair of the Advisory Council of Next Gen Board Leaders, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Ad Council, and a Board Member of Braze, MAKERS, and The Female Quotient.
Prior to Google, Tara was the President of Visible World (now owned by Comcast NBCU), building the company into the leading targeted TV advertising platform. She was also a leader of the Global Media & Entertainment and Sales & Marketing practices at McKinsey & Company.
Tara writes and speaks frequently on the shifting marketing and media landscape, the evolving responsibility and impact of public boards, and the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She has been inducted into the AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement, identified as a dMexco Global Trailblazer, and named as one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business.”
Tara lives in New York City with her husband and three children.
Since 2013, Tara has been on the Board of Bloomin' Brands, Inc., where she is the Chair of the Nom/Gov Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She is also the Chair of the Advisory Council of Next Gen Board Leaders, the Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Ad Council, and a Board Member of Braze, MAKERS, and The Female Quotient.
Prior to Google, Tara was the President of Visible World (now owned by Comcast NBCU), building the company into the leading targeted TV advertising platform. She was also a leader of the Global Media & Entertainment and Sales & Marketing practices at McKinsey & Company.
Tara writes and speaks frequently on the shifting marketing and media landscape, the evolving responsibility and impact of public boards, and the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She has been inducted into the AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement, identified as a dMexco Global Trailblazer, and named as one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business.”
Tara lives in New York City with her husband and three children.