Born in Nigeria and raised in the United States, Blacktag CEO and Co-Founder Akin Adebowale is a multidisciplinary artist and engineer and graduate of the University of Georgia. His first entrepreneurial venture, BASE Official, was a creative agency that impacted the careers of culture icons like Drake, Kanye West, Common, and more, contributed to the growth of major brands like Hilton Hotels and caught the attention of Bob Johnson, founder of BET and first Black US billionaire, as both a client and later mentor to Adebowale. Drawing on his experiences with independent fashion clients, Adebowale later founded fashion and design marketplace, OXOSI, which most commonly sourced from African countries, was geared towards Black designers, and successfully raised a total of 2.1M USD in just two years.

TJ leads the U.S. Sports business at Twitter, after spending the previous few years managing Twitter’s partnerships with major U.S. sports leagues, including the NFL, NBA, and MLB. He is responsible for helping Twitter’s sports partners answer the question “how do we leverage the power of Twitter to achieve our business objectives?”. He advises sports properties
who look to Twitter to reach new audiences, monetize, and do cool and innovative sh*t.

TJ has been recognized for his diverse experience and expertise in sports trends across the industry and digital landscape. He is recognized as an authority on digital sports media, with appearances on Good Morning America, ESPN, CNBC, CBS as well as the Wall Street Journal, GQ, and Bloomberg. Additionally, TJ was recently recognized by the Sports Business Journal as 40 under 40 and named one of 29 “Young Influentials” by AdWeek.

Before joining Twitter in 2012, TJ worked on digital sales and marketing at ESPN where he supported the company’s digital properties, including ESPN.com and WatchESPN.

Follow him on Twitter at @tjay.

As Co-Head of Content and Programming for IMDb TV, Amazon’s free, ad-supported streaming service, Lauren Anderson oversees all programming for IMDb TV, including development, production, licensing, research, and strategy. Prior to joining IMDb TV, Anderson served as Head, Strategic Content for Amazon Studios, she spearheaded such series as The Savage x Fenty Show for Prime Video. Prior to joining Amazon, Anderson was the Chief Content Officer (CCO) for Indigo Development and Entertainment Arts, the joint venture studio between NBCUniversal and Snapchat. As CCO, she was responsible for all aspects of the business and creative development for the studio. During her tenure, Indigo produced a variety of Snap Originals for the Discover platform, including the Webby-nominated and longest-running scripted hit The Dead Girls Detective Agency.

Previously, Anderson was Senior Vice President of Primetime Programming at NBC Entertainment. It was this work that saw her named by Variety as one of Hollywood’s New Leaders. During her time at NBC, she worked at both the studio and network, developing and/or shepherding series including The Good Place, AP Bio, Parks and Recreation, The Office, The Carmichael Show, and the musical drama Smash. Her work at NBC also included oversight of several non-traditional offerings, including a multi-season live scripted series. Anderson began her career at NBCUniversal as an Entertainment Associate. Prior to joining NBC, Anderson served as an executive at the National Basketball Association in New York City. She began working at the NBA as a summer intern while earning her BA from Columbia University in New York City. Although based in Los Angeles, she still calls Ohio home.

Jesse Angelo is President Global News and Entertainment, VICE Media Group, where he oversees the News, Publishing and Television businesses of the world’s largest independent youth media company. As the VICE’s most senior strategic and operational content leader, Angelo has spearheaded the content development, growth and international expansion of the award-winning VICE News division, VICE’s digital channels, and Vice TV, the television network. He joined VICE Media Group in June 2019. Before joining VMG, Jesse Angelo was Publisher and CEO of The New York Post, as well as Chief of Digital Advertising Solutions for parent company News Corp. A native New Yorker, Angelo worked as a reporter and editor for News Corp titles in London, Sydney and New York for 20 years. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in American History and Literature. He sits on the board of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation, and co-edited Deadline Artists, two anthologies of America’s greatest newspaper columns.

Three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas has built a brand off being one of the most interesting, honest basketball players on the planet. After an 11-year pro career where he went from second round pick to averaging over 20+ points per game and becoming the face of Adidas basketball and 20-point per game scorer, Gilbert transitioned his big personality (he was named “Best Celebrity Blogger” in the mid-2000s for his ongoing blog on NBA.com) to media after he hung up his sneakers.

Starting with Out of Bounds, a daily sports show on Complex, Gilbert launched the No Chill Podcast in 2018 to create an unfiltered platform for himself and his unique brand of analysis. In 2020, No Chill launched on the fubo Sports Network and expanded from digital-only to television.

Gilbert resides in his hometown of Woodland Hills, CA, with his girlfriend Lindsay and five children.

In Adam’s 20 years at Merkley, he has worked on a range of clients within the automotive, financial, pharmaceutical, luxury, CPG and dining categories with a focus on media strategy and activation. As Chief Media Officer of Merkley + Partners, Adam is focused on bringing innovative thinking to all clients in a converging offline and online world. During his tenure, Adam has stewarded several initiatives that have consistently allowed Merkley + Partner clients be one step ahead in the constantly evolving media landscape.

He lives by a simple day-to-day rule: Always go that extra mile for clients and colleagues. So, whether he’s planning an upfront strategy, overseeing the 175 local media plans for Mercedes-Benz, guiding clients through the evolving streaming landscape or securing time in the Super Bowl, everything gets a big-league, put-out-the-fires, able-to-leap-tall-buildings- in-a-single-bound effort.

Daisy Auger-Dominguez has made it her mission to make workplaces more equitable, compassionate and inclusive. A human capital executive and workplace culture strategist, Daisy inspires and equips global organizations to think inclusively, lead with purpose, embrace courage and shape the future of work.

As the Chief People Officer at VICE Media Group, Daisy shapes, builds and reinforces the culture of the Vice teams, promotes professional growth, engagement and development, helps to accelerate business performance, and champions an equitable and inclusive employee experience.

Prior to VICE Media Group, Daisy founded and led Auger-Domínguez Ventures, a consultancy that transformed the leading companies and organizations of our times by taking them from inclusive workplace culture theory to practice through organizational psychology, applied experimentation, strategic planning and organizational capacity building. She has designed and executed organizational transformations at Moody’s Investors Service, The Walt Disney Company and Google. Her impact over the past 20 years reaches across the global business, social impact, entrepreneurial and philanthropic communities.

A dynamic and sought-after speaker, Daisy writes about reimagining diversity, equity and inclusion, workplace culture and leadership. She serves on the board of directors of Planned Parenthood Federation of America as Vice-Chair, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum as Secretary of the Board, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and on the advisory board of Facing History and Ourselves.

Ana Bárbara is an iconic, global Regional Mexican singer-songwriter, actress, and superstar. A GRAMMY award winning artist, she is one of the most emblematic voices in Mexican music. She is a vocal judge on the EstrellaTV entertainment competition series “Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento,” providing guidance and inspiration for the contestants auditioning for their shot at stardom.

With a 20-year music career, she has stood out in different musical genres, from mariachi to pop, through Sinaloa bandas, gruperos and romantic ballads with 10 studio albums selling millions of copies.

Mr. Battelle is co-founder and CEO of Recount Media Inc., a NY-based media platform. He also serves as chairman of the board at sovrn Holdings, LLC and a Director at LiveRamp, an NYSE listed company. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar at the School for International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He previously was founder and CEO of six media and technology companies, including NewCo, Federated Media, the Industry Standard, and Wired. In 2005, Mr. Battelle wrote “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture” (Penguin/Portfolio). Mr. Battelle holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley.

Third Party Endorsers have said – “Nadja rejects the term “Digital first” because everything is digital.” She prefers to say she is “human first”. Before it became fashionable, embracing the trend to combine the principles of what drives behaviour using data, creativity, technology and smart media to transform brands by making the right customer connections.

As Vice Media Group’s first Global Chief Marketing Officer, Nadja is responsible for developing the enterprise brand strategy for this media conglomerate. She oversees marketing, brand strategy, data and insights, and global communications in over 25 countries. Prior to joining Vice Media Group, Nadja was the Executive Partner and WPP Team Leader for Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. At WPP, Nadja led the Brand Transformation for Unilever across Beauty and Personal Care focusing specifically on Dove and led behaviour change for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation globally.

She is known as the “fixer”- the person brands call when they are facing challenges in brand transformation. Nadja utilises her 26+ year career in integrated marketing, media and communications to transform brands. Using her background in digital, brand, and consulting she has a unique approach that makes her an invaluable member of the team. During her career, Nadja has led brand transformations for such clients such as American Express, LG Electronics, IKEA North America, RBS Citizens, Bharti Airtel, Coca-Cola, Siemens, Safaricom/Vodaphone. While in Africa, her team leveraged partnered with key African government leaders in driving business growth in countries across East and West Africa.

Context, Culture, and Creativity are also critical for Nadja. Nadja was the recipient of AdColor’s Legend Award for her excellence in advertising, media and communications, the 2019 recipient as one of Savoy Magazine’s top 100 Women in

Corporate America, named one of the top women to watch for AdAge Europe in 2020 and recently named one of the top 25 Women of Color in Communications in 2021.

Ms. Bellan-White is an A Better Chance, Inc. Scholar recipient; earned a BA in Foreign Affairs and Spanish from The University of Virginia in 1989 and an MBA from NYU- Stern School of Business in 1994.

She has served both a member and the President of Dubai Lynx, Creative Effectiveness Jury; member of the Council of Urban Professionals Board (NY); Executive Leadership Council, Executive Director of The Roundhouse.Org (UK) and was recently elected to the Board of the Ad Council.

As the Vice President of Ad Sales, Adam is responsible for the go-to-market strategy of VIZIO Ads, a platform with one of the largest connected TV footprints in the U.S. His role includes building brand and agency partnership strategy, as well as informing product and marketing decisions.

Having spent close to a decade in and around the OTT space specifically, Adam helped launch YuMe’s connected television suite, driving advertisers to consider the relationship between OTT and traditional TV investments. From there, Adam led partnerships and strategy at The Daily Beast, a leader in thoughtful, provocative journalism. That path led him back into the data, measurement, and OTT community, taking on a leadership post at Samba TV.

With experience ranging from ad-tech, publishing, measurement, and start-up mentorship, Adam’s focus remains on brand-led solutions, connecting consumers with content they desire, and driving business outcomes.

Alysia Borsa is President of Meredith Digital of Meredith Corporation’s National Media Group, the leading multi-platform media company focused on women – reaching 95% of all U.S. women and more than 190 million unduplicated American consumers every month. Borsa oversees all digital strategy, content, products, technology, sales, marketing, e-commerce and operations for the company’s 40+ iconic brands, including PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Allrecipes, Southern Living and REAL SIMPLE.

Since joining Meredith a decade ago, Borsa has served in several executive roles, including EVP/Chief Data Officer, Chief Business Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. Her distinguished record and forward-thinking approach have been instrumental in Meredith achieving many key milestones, including the establishment of the Meredith Data Studio. This suite of advertising solutions leverages the company’s rich, proprietary first-party data and predictive insights capabilities, helping to inform its partners’ marketing, product and business strategies. Under Borsa’s leadership, Meredith has also expanded its business partnerships with a wide array of retailers and blue chip marketers.

Prior to Meredith, Borsa held senior positions in the technology, telecommunications and consulting sectors. She worked at Nokia, Comcast and Accenture, developing and executing strategies to grow new and legacy businesses.

Borsa serves on the ANA’s Data & Technology Growth Council and the boards of directors of the Interactive Advertising Bureau; AdLedger, an industry blockchain trade group; and 4-H, a nonprofit youth development organization.

Brian “The Boz” Bosworth is a former American professional football player. He played as a linebacker for the ‘Seattle Seahawks’ in the ‘National Football League’ (NFL). Brian was a college football star and achieved great success while playing for ‘Oklahoma.’ He even won the ‘Dick Butkus Award’ in 1985. He was then selected in the first round of the 1987 ‘NFL’ supplemental drafts, by the ‘Seattle Seahawks.’ He is also a two-time consensus ‘All-American.’ Brian has also appeared in films such as ‘Stone Cold’ (1991), ‘One Tough Bastard’ (1996), ‘Midnight Heat’ (1996), and ‘Back in Business’ (1997). Brian also had a small role in the film ‘The Longest Yard.’ Brian has been quite popular for his outspoken personality, especially after he made certain disputable comments about the ‘National Collegiate Athletic Association’ (NCAA). He is also known for his innovative hairstyles.

Brooke Bowhay is a Director of Planning and Activation at Carat in Los Angeles. She has worked across numerous verticals in her media career including theatrical, retail, travel and QSR. Though her media knowledge spans across all channels, she is most passionate about digital media and was recently named one of Viant Technology’s Women to Watch in Digital Advertising. When she isn’t working, you can find Brooke snowboarding or binge-watching true crime documentaries.

Doug Brodman is the Director of North America Agency & Platform Solutions for Twitter. In this role, Doug helps to strategically create business-building opportunities aligned with the Agency & Media marketplace. He leads the team that helps agencies, platform partners and their clients create innovative programming, content, and media solutions to drive business results on Twitter. Doug and his team have helped to position Twitter as a leading platform partner in the media ecosystem and lead some of the service’s largest initiatives around its Twitter Amplify video business, creative agency education, and engagement, and API partner integration and product development adoption.

Prior to joining Twitter, Doug has spent five years at Google as a part of the US Agency team, leading strategic deals & partnerships with the largest US Media Agencies and fortune 100 brand clients across Media & Entertainment, CPG, Automotive, and Retail. During that time, Doug played a critical role in growing YouTube’s presence in the upfront marketplace and accelerating the shift of traditional TV dollars into the YouTube platform – making YouTube a perennial contender alongside major TV networks in the upfront season and focusing on new product adoption, original programming and content development with key agency partners. Prior to Google, Doug leads the Sales Marketing efforts of the NBC Universal Olympic business for three years helping to initiate the first-ever full live streaming of the Olympic Games in the 2012 London Olympics and also spent six-plus years as a part of the Publicis family, launching & leading the Procter & Gamble digital media buying practice.

Nathan Brown serves as General Manager for Ellen Digital, a joint venture between entertainment pioneer Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros.

Brown is responsible for leading the strategic vision and management of DeGeneres’ digital business with full financial responsibility. He oversees all owned and operated sites – including the award-winning platform, ellentube – Ellen Digital’s industry-leading original digital content studio, DeGeneres’ robust social media reach, and successful digital games business. Additionally, Brown is further delving into podcasting and experiential opportunities and working with the e-commerce team to expand DeGeneres’ presence.

Brown is an accomplished digital media executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience dedicated to the development, convergence, and disruption of emerging platforms, content, technology, advertising, and media.

Brown was co-founder and CEO of AR/VR content, research, and technology start-up Tomorrow Never Knows, where he executive produced projects premiering at major film festivals worldwide, including Tribeca Film Festival, Venice Biennale, and Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, Brown served as Chief Business Officer of pioneering mobile entertainment and experiential studio Tactic, heading strategy, partnerships, revenue, and M&A.

Prior to TNK and Tactic, Brown was the President of Seeker (Discovery Digital Networks), where he oversaw strategy, revenue, operations, and all P&L responsibilities. He helped lead the Discovery Digital Networks merger with Thrillist Media Group, The Dodo, and Now This Media. Along with a $100M Discovery investment, these companies formed Group Nine Media, one of the world’s largest digital-first media companies. Additionally, he was the head of the multiple Webby-awarded Discovery VR platform and studio, scaling it to become the world’s largest producer and distributor of cinematic virtual reality.

As the previous GM and SVP of Video at The Huffington Post, Brown oversaw all areas of global video, TV, and film, including development, production, programming, distribution, and monetization. Brown joined The Huffington Post from Complex Media, where he was the founding General Manager of Video and TV, creating Complex News and launching multiple break-out cultural hits helping scale Complex into becoming one of the world’s most successful digital video publishers, ultimately exiting to Verizon/Hearst.

Brown often speaks at global conferences such as SXSW, MIPCOM, CES, Digital Hollywood, Media Summit, OMMA, Techweek, LDV Summit, and Playlist Live.

Keith Bryan is SVP – President, Best Buy Advertising Business, Media, and CRM, with responsibility for Best Buy’s retail media business, media investments, and CRM teams.

Prior to his current position, Keith held other executive roles at Best Buy, most recently SVP – Customer Relationships, leading Best Buy’s strategy to enrich customers’ lives through technology via their relationships with Best Buy, including the CE retailer’s customer membership offerings such as the My Best Buy loyalty program and payments experiences such as Best Buy credit cards, digital wallets, and gift cards.

Earlier roles included SVP – Media, Engagement, and Personalization, including all paid media, SEM, affiliates, social, ad tech, and CRM, as well as the company’s personalization strategy across paid, owned, and earned media and digital platforms. He created and led the Best Buy Media Network, which offers comprehensive media solutions for Best Buy’s partners, and was Merchant Director responsible for a $3 billion P&L that included launching Best Buy’s Apple store-within-a-store. His marketing experience started in CPG at Sara Lee and he practiced corporate law in Atlanta.

He received his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and his JD from Emory University.

Jenny Burke serves as Executive Vice President, Advertising Strategy, NBCUniversal.
In this role, Jenny has oversight of NBCU’s One Platform growth strategy ranging from global, to local, to streaming, continuing to drive the transformation of advertising at NBCUniversal. Jenny’s organization is structured into three key areas in support of NBCU’s One Platform growth strategy: Agency Strategy, Peacock Strategy and Global & Local Integration Strategy.



Jenny has been with the company for nearly 20 years beginning first in NBC Olympics Finance and Production, and then joining Ad Sales in 2006 to help launch a new Digital Sales team. As she expanded her Strategy role more broadly over the last several years, she has always kept digital at the core of her expertise. Jenny’s role in digital includes the digital advertising sales strategy for NBCUniversal’s news and sports properties, including NBCNews.com, TODAY.com, MSNBC.com, CNBC.com and NBCSports.com. Jenny reports to Krishan Bhatia, Chief Business Officer, NBCUniversal.



In 2011, Jenny was named to Adweek’s “Young Influentials” in 2020. She earned a Bachelor’s of Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia Business School.

As EVP, Head of Multiplatform Programming, Paul Cabana leads creative for all A+E’s non-linear platforms.

Prior to running digital, Cabana was a creative executive with The HISTORY Channel for ten years, rising from EP to Head of Development and Programming for both HISTORY and H2. He co-created the Men Who Built America franchise which has since expanded to a dozen extensions. He has been nominated three times for the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Work in Non-Fiction and is a graduate of Harvard University and NYU’s Stern School of Business.

Alana Calderone Polcsa, Executive Vice President, Brand Development, Brand Strategy and Revenue at Warner Bros., oversees revenue strategy, business development and management of ancillary brand extensions for Warner Bros. Unscripted TV including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Ellen Digital, creating monetization streams across linear, digital and physical platforms.

Under her leadership, Alana transformed the business into a robust custom media and content group. She has driven the growth of the Ellen Digital as a premium digital destination for brands to reach and influence an audience of 300+ MM. Working closely with the Emmy Award-winning writing, producing, and creative teams at ELLEN, Alana leads the bicoastal integrations, e-commerce and ad sales departments, delivering clients with innovative and effective multi-platform solutions that drive business results.

Alana has architected and negotiated the ELLEN brand’s most influential deals, including the Beats Music partnership and marketing strategy, which launched the music streaming service during Super Bowl XLVIII and secured Ellen DeGeneres her first Super Bowl TV commercial. She also crafted the award-winning Cheerios campaign for One Million Acts of Good and most recently orchestrated a partnership with Spotify to create the platform’s first-ever media video hub.

Focused on new media growth initiatives, Alana plays an integral role in developing unique co-sell, performance and distribution partnerships across all media and platform partners and numerous tech start-ups. She also leads the development of The Ellen DeGeneres Show line extensions spanning to consumer products, publishing, talent, land-based and social gaming, as well as experiential events.


Named one of Adweek’s 2018 Young Influentials, Alana’s strategic management and growth of the team tripled revenues within the last five years and garnered 14 awards in branded entertainment, including four Clio Entertainment Awards. Alana was recently selected for the 2019 Clio Entertainment Awards Television/Streaming Executive Jury.

Alana’s marketing experience began at Unilever in brand management where she held various roles including global product innovation and equity management for North America, Europe and Latin America on Dove brands. Additionally, she oversaw the strategy, innovation and new media communication development for the Caress Brand.

Alana holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from The Pennsylvania State University. A native of Los Angeles, Alana is based in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.

Rishi leads Global Gaming Partnerships at Twitter, bringing exceptional content from global gaming leagues, esports franchises, publishers & developers, and gamers to fans in real-time, while driving reach and revenue for these strategic partners and Twitter. Since joining Twitter, Rishi has launched brand new content partnerships with developers like Activision Blizzard & Riot Games, world-renowned gaming events like The Game Awards, and some of the world’s most popular esports organizations including FaZe Clan & 100Thieves. Prior to joining Twitter in 2017, he spent time at Mobcrush, where he grew the mobile games live streaming platform to over 1 million monthly active users within 30 days of launch. As the vice president of content partnerships at Major League Gaming, he helped launch the company’s live streaming platform, MLG.tv, and led strategic partnerships with top publishers, including Valve, to create programs like the first North American CS:GO major, MLG Columbus. Prior to Major League Gaming, Rishi focused his career on elevating the visibility of the gaming community at notable organizations such as Machinima and Gunnar Optiks. Rishi is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, where he received a BA in Economics. Follow him on Twitter at @RdotChadha.

Omar Chaparro is one of the most revered and popular Latin actors and comedians in Mexico and the U.S. His loyal fanbase of almost 10 million followers on digital and social media points to his on-screen likeability, witty and humorous takes on life, and relatable nature. His breakout roles on the American screen include Michael Berry’s film “Stuck” and “Show Dogs,” directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Will Arnett and Natasha Lyonne. Chaparro also appeared in “Pokemon Detective Pikachu,” sharing credits with Ryan Reynolds and Justice Smith. Some of his biggest film projects include “Compadres,” which was directed by Enrique Begne and starred Eric Roberts and Kevin Pollak, Netflix’s original film “Como Caido del Cielo,” and “No Manches Frida,” where he shared screen credits with Martha Higareda. “No Manches Frida,” to date, is still one of Mexico’s top five grossing films.

John Chleborad is Head of Global Advertising & Social Media at Accenture. In this role, he oversees paid media strategies, creative, and social media. This past year, John oversaw the advertising launch of the ‘Let There Be Change’ campaign, Accenture’s biggest brand move in a decade. The campaign created 150+ deliverables, included a remote 6-day shoot during the pandemic for the new anthem spot, and an array of new activations including TV, social media, and out of home.

John joined Accenture in 2016 after a long agency career spanning storied agencies BBDO, Mullen, Barton F Graf, leading accounts in the technology. Originally from Iowa, John is hard wired with an inherent Midwestern work ethic and roll-up the sleeves mentality. This has served him well throughout his unique career path from Des Moines to Nashville to Winston-Salem to Atlanta to New York City.

He lives and (currently) works in Jersey City, NJ with his wife Ashtia, and children, Hudson (2yrs) & Caroline (7 months).

Agnes Chu joins Condé Nast from the Walt Disney Company. She joined Disney in 2008, and most recently served as SVP of content for Disney+. In this role, Chu commissioned an original slate of programming, featuring series, feature films and short form content for the service, receiving 19 Emmy nominations in its first year. She also led the Originals teams for scripted, unscripted and animation, working closely with Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and NatGeo. Chu has been featured on The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment. Prior to joining Disney, she worked in documentary production, including the Oscar-nominated “Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room”.

With over 25 years in the business, both in London and New York, Yusuf has worked across most flavors of planning and strategy making him one of the few genuine hybrid strategists. His experience spans a number of the world’s leading corporations including Microsoft, BMW, Samsung, Kimberley-Clark, Kraft and Verizon.



He is currently EVP, Client Strategy and Insights at NBCUniversal where he leads a team of strategists, researchers, data strategists and analysts. Prior to NBCUniversal, Yusuf was Global Chief Strategy Officer of VMLY&R where he led the strategy discipline across its 75 locations around the globe. Yusuf has also led strategy at McCann New York and had previous stints at DDB London, JWT New York and Naked Communications.



His work has been recognized by the IPA, Effies, the Jay Chiat Awards, Cannes and the Marketing Effectiveness Awards. He’s a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and previous chair of 4As Strategy Committee and non-executive board member of OFSTED.

Allison Clarke is currently the Head of Agency Development at VIZIO. She is a strategic leader with an extensive background in the media industry, including sales management roles with AMC Networks and NBC Universal. Most recently she was SVP, Ad Sales and Partnerships, AMCN, overseeing BBCA, WE tv, and IFC networks. She also led upfront negotiations across agency holding companies for the AMCN Portfolio of networks, including AMC and Sundance Channel across all platforms – linear, digital, social, VOD, events.

She previously held several roles at NBC Universal across various networks – USA, SyFy, Bravo and started her career at MTV Networks.

Sara Clemens is the Chief Operating Officer at Twitch, leading the commercial, operations, and go-to-market teams globally. Sara has over 20 years of leadership experience in the broadcast, technology, and entertainment industries. Prior to Twitch, Sara was COO at Pandora, where she worked to transform the internet radio pioneer into a personalized music service connecting artists directly with fans at scale. Sara’s efforts to build strong relationships with the music industry placed her on Billboard’s list of Most Powerful Women in Music in 2015 and 2016. Prior to Pandora, Sara was on the executive team at LinkedIn, responsible for corporate development and new ventures, and led the company’s successful entry into the China market. Sara spent five years in a range of leadership positions at Microsoft, including leading international expansion, business operations, and new ventures for Xbox, and was a founding member of the team that created HoloLens, Microsoft’s Augmented Reality headset. Sara has extensive experience building consumer internet businesses across a broad range of international markets, including EMEA, LATAM, and the Greater Asia Pacific. She holds an MA with honors from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

David Cohen joined IAB in April 2020 as President and was named Chief Executive Officer in September 2020. Cohen is a widely respected advertising agency leader who, prior to IAB, served as President, North America for MAGNA, Interpublic Group’s (IPG) centralized media intelligence, investment, and innovation arm. In this role, Cohen was responsible for more than $20 billion in media spend. During his tenure, Cohen structured and executed large global transactions on behalf of IPG and its clients, with such major IAB member companies as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Spotify, Twitter, and Verizon Media.

Prior to MAGNA, Cohen served as Chief Investment Officer of UM, ensuring that digital innovation, data, and technology acumen flowed throughout the agency to drive performance. From 2001 to 2011, Cohen served in critical, transformational roles at UM during the explosive growth of digital advertising, including Chief Media Officer, Chief Digital Officer, and Executive Vice President, U.S. Director of Digital Communications. In the late 1990’s, Cohen was responsible for launching and building IPG’s digital practice.

Cohen has a long history of working with trade organizations including IAB and 4As, where he served as chairman of the Interactive Marketing Committee from 2009-2013. He has also been instrumental in initiating several vital industry-wide programs, including the Future of Television, facilitated by EY. Cohen is a Queens native, with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Adelphi University. He was recognized by Adweek as a “Media All Star” and was part of the “Adweek 50” in 2012.

In 2016, David was elected to the Board of Directors of Partnership with Children a non-profit whose mission is to strengthen the emotional, social, and cognitive skills of vulnerable children in New York City to help them succeed in school, society, and life.

David enjoys spending time with his wife and two teenage daughters. A self-described gadget-geek and sometimes fitness fanatic – he ran the NYC Marathon in 2014 and 2019 and Boston Marathon in 2016.

Charlie Collier was named Chief Executive Officer, FOX Entertainment, in October 2018. He is responsible for driving the overall creative and business vision for FOX Entertainment – including the FOX network; its in-house unscripted studio, FOX Alternative Entertainment; animation studio Bento Box Entertainment; and free streaming platform Tubi – supervising all content development, creating new strategies for growth and overseeing all of its operations.

Under Collier’s supervision, FOX won the 2019-2020 broadcast season for the first time in eight years and was the only major network to post year-over-year growth among Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers. FOX also ranked as the #1 network in Fall 2020, marking the first time ever FOX won back-to-back Falls.

Collier’s FOX Entertainment also houses FOX Alternative Entertainment, the company’s studio that produces such hit programs as THE MASKED SINGER and I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE, and all-new series THE MASKED DANCER, NAME THAT TUNE and the upcoming series DOMINO MASTERS, which will premiere in the 2021-22 season; the
award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment, which produces content for FOX, including the Emmy
Award-winning hit BOB’S BURGERS, DUNCANVILLE and the new series THE GREAT NORTH and HOUSEBROKEN, as well as programming for other broadcast, streaming and cable platforms; and Tubi, FOX Entertainment’s fast-growing ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) streaming service, featuring more than 30,000 movies and television series, and news content that’s available in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australia. Additionally, as an integral member of FOX Corporation’s senior leadership team, Collier contributes to the parent company’s growth and continued evolution.

Prior to joining FOX, Collier was President and General Manager of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios, overseeing the creative and business operations of all three divisions. He joined AMC as General Manager in 2006 and was promoted to President in 2008; he added the SundanceTV post to his responsibilities in April 2015. During his 12-year tenure, Collier transformed AMC into one of the most relevant and heralded original programming brands and businesses in television. Under Collier’s leadership, AMC became a global entertainment powerhouse, introducing cultural and critical hits, including the Emmy® Award-winning “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad”; “The Walking Dead,” the highest-rated basic cable program in the history of television; and “Fear the Walking Dead” and “Better Call Saul,” which stand as the #1 and #2 top cable series premieres of all time in Live + Same Day viewing.

Collier joined AMC in 2006 from Court TV (now truTV) with a track record of driving brand, revenue and business growth. At Court TV, he served as executive vice president and general manager of advertising sales, where he more than quintupled its revenue from national ad sales, dramatically improved its positioning within the industry and played a key role in broadening the network’s appeal beyond courtroom programming and into entertainment programming in the investigation genre.

Prior to Court TV, Collier held roles at Oxygen Media, A+E Networks and TeleRep.

In 2019, Collier was named to The Hollywood Reporter 100, the publication’s list of the most powerful people in entertainment. That same year, he was featured in Variety’s third annual edition of Variety500, an index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry. Given his prior contributions to the cable industry and his current oversight of FOX Entertainment’s ad-supported streaming platform, Tubi, Collier also was among 2020’s Cablefax 100, which recognizes leaders in the multi-platform space.

Among his civic activities, Collier serves on the board of CancerCare, an organization devoted to helping not just cancer patients, but those around them touched by the disease. Additionally, he sits on the boards of The Paley Center for Media, the American Film Institute and the NCTA – The Internet & Television Association. He is married and has four children.

Katie Couric (@katiecouric) is an award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author and a co- founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). Since its launch in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than $600 million to support cutting edge collaborative science and its research has contributed to six new FDA approved therapies.

In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media (KCM), which has developed a number of media projects, including a daily newsletter, a podcast, digital video series and several documentaries. KCM works with purpose driven brands to create premium content that addresses important social issues like gender equality, environmental sustainability and mental health.

Previous documentaries produced by KCM include: America Inside Out with Katie Couric , a six-part series for National Geographic; Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric , for National Geographic; Under the Gun , which aired on EPIX; and Fed Up , available on iTunes, Amazon and YouTube. Couric was also the executive producer of Unbelievable on Netflix and is developing other scripted projects.

Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011 following 15-years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show. She also hosted a syndicated show and served as the Yahoo Global News Anchor until 2017. Most recently, Couric was the first guest host of the iconic game show, Jeopardy!.

She has won a duPont-Columbia, a Peabody, two Edward R. Murrows, a Walter Cronkite Award, and multiple Emmys. She was twice named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and was a Glamour Magazine woman of the year three times. She has also received numerous awards for her cancer advocacy work; honored by both the Harvard and Columbia schools of public health, the American Cancer Society and The American Association of Cancer Researchers.

In addition to writing The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives, Couric’s memoir will be published in the Fall of 2021.

J.D. Crowley is the Chief Digital Officer at Audacy, the #1 creator of original, premium audio content representing an audio universe of discovery and connection. Home to the industry’s most influential collection of broadcast and digital content, podcasts and premium live experiences, Audacy engages millions of consumers each month.

In this role, Crowley oversees and leads the development of strategy for the company’s digital portfolio, which includes the fastest growing digital audio app in the United States (formerly RADIO.COM) with over 750 stations and thousands of podcasts. Crowley also oversees Audacy’s Podcast Network, which includes Cadence13, an industry leader in podcast creation and distribution, and Pineapple Street Media, an award-winning, renowned independent producer of top-rated podcast content.

Prior to joining Audacy (then Entercom), Crowley held various roles at CBS Corporation, including Executive Vice President of Digital for CBS Radio and the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital Media for CBS Television Distribution. One of his chief accomplishments was leading the relaunch of digital and newsgathering efforts at “Entertainment Tonight,” growing ET online from No. 42 to No. 1 in the entertainment news category in the U.S. and No. 1 in the video category for more than 18 consecutive months. He also served as the Senior Vice President of CBS Brand Studio, an in-house digital video and branded content studio he helped launch that developed, produced and distributed original content for dozens of leading national brand advertisers and streaming services, as well as many of the company’s owned and operated television brands across the entertainment, news, lifestyle, and health and wellness categories.

Previously, Crowley served as the Senior Supervising Producer at “Entertainment Tonight” and “The Insider,” first for Paramount Domestic Television, and then for CBS. He began his career as a producer at KCAL/KCBS Television in Los Angeles, and has developed and produced programming across genres from daytime talk shows to news magazines, late-night television, and reality, investigative, and live events formats.

Crowley has received multiple Emmy, Telly, Associated Press and Radio and Television News Awards. In 2010, he was named one of the “13 Under 30 Next-Generation Marketing Executives” by PromaxBDA.

Crowley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in cinema and television and a Bachelor of Science degree in visual anthropology from the University of Southern California.

Jessica Daigle is the Vice President of Sales Intelligence for TEGNA Media. She is focused on using data to help TEGNA grow revenue. In this role she is responsible for TEGNA’s efforts and offerings in TV and OTT Attribution, Spot TV Pricing and Sales Analytics.

Before joining TEGNA, she was the SVP of Analytics & Consumer Marketing for Remedy Health Media, where she was responsible for the measurement and audience development strategy for the company’s network of health information websites. Prior to Remedy, Jessica ran an analytics team at Media Contacts, part of Havas Digital.

Jessica has been recognized by NYC Television Week’s 40 under 40 in 2019. She regularly participates in industry conferences and events, offering her insights and expertise in analytics and attribution.

Amanda Dameron is Chief Digital Content Officer of Meredith Corporation’s National Media Group, the leading multi-platform media company focused on women – reaching 95% of all U.S. women and more than 150 million digital consumers every month. Dameron oversees the digital operations, content and strategy for the company’s 40+ category-leading brands, including PEOPLE, Better Homes & Gardens, Allrecipes, Southern Living and REAL SIMPLE.

Dameron has spent her career in digital and print media, driving innovative content creation and massive audience growth at every turn. Prior to joining Meredith, she was Head of Content at Tastemade, where she played a pivotal role in growing the company’s global audience to more than 300 million monthly viewers on its digital, mobile and television platforms, streaming 2.5 billion views each month. She also launched a Home and Design vertical for the video media company. Dameron also served as Editor-in-Chief and EVP of Content at Dwell. She began her career as a staff editor at Architectural Digest and Western Interiors and Design.

An expert on the connections among digital media and home renovation, real estate, entertainment, cooking and decorating, Dameron is a frequent guest on numerous cable and streaming networks. She is on the Board of CIDA, a federally funded nonprofit that affirms interior design and architecture curriculum standards for universities in North America.

Stacie Danzis serves as A+E Networks Vice President of Digital Media Sales responsible for digital revenue, monetization strategy and advisory services. She oversees direct and programmatic video, social and audio product sales across the companies’ portfolio of digital brands (History, A&E, Lifetime, FYI and Biography).

Danzis brings more than 20 years of media experience to her role. Prior to joining A+E Networks, she represented NBC Universal’s network and cable entertainment group for over seven years as one of the Network’s first digital hires. Previously, she spent five years in various linear sales roles at Discovery Networks and The Food Network.

Subrata De is EVP for VICE News, overseeing staff and content for the media company’s news division. She is also the senior executive producer for the
weekly newsmagazine, VICE on Showtime. The Emmy-nominated series delivers immersive reporting from the world’s conflict zones and regions in transition, including the US, as it confronts an ongoing racial reckoning. The pandemic has found the series adapting, but not reducing its deployments, which have continued throughout the globe. Subrata was previously executive producer and showrunner for Investigations by VICE, an innovative documentary series on Hulu. She first joined the media company as executive producer for VICE on HBO, the Emmy-award winning weekly best known for its on-the-ground reportage in embattled regions such as Yemen and Syria, and for its non-traditional approach to storytelling.

Before joining VICE Media Group, Subrata was a VP at ABC News, with oversight of domestic, foreign, and digital newsgathering. She also spent several years at MSNBC as the executive producer of “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” and at NBC News as a senior producer, reporting and producing Nightly News broadcasts from across the US and in over 20 countries
including Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Mali.

Subrata got her start in journalism as a radio reporter for the CBC in northern Ontario. She’s the recipient of many industry awards, including three duPont’s, the Peabody, six Emmys, the RFK Journalism Award and a Gracie for Individual Achievement.

As the Vice President of Engagement, Steve is responsible for programming and growth strategy on VIZIO’s SmartCast platform. His role includes oversight of editorial, VIZIO free channels, user engagement, sponsorships and branded content.

Steve has a passion for balancing user experience with revenue, having spent the past 15 years on the advertising and monetization side of content distribution platforms. Steve started his career at News Corp, which owned DIRECTV at the time, was an early Hulu employee and has held leadership positions at Vessel, Connekt and Conde Nast.

Chris Denson is an award-winning innovator, marketer, recovering comedian, and host of the Innovation Crush podcast, with over 750,000 subscribers around the world. Having been a guest speaker, curator, and attendee at 100’s of industry events, Chris is an expert at uncovering the best thinking and commonalities across a diverse array of cultures.

As EVP of Digital Investment and Partnerships at Publicis Media Exchange (PMX), Hayley Diamond has the important task of representing the needs of all Publicis Groupe clients to the marketplace. She manages Publicis Media’s digital components at the annual TV Upfronts, helping clients shift their linear investment into digital platforms. Whether it’s key investment opportunities, omnichannel partnerships with trusted premium publishers and networks, or ensuring clients have the right access to partner offerings including data, unique innovation opportunities, optimum commercials and more, Diamond does it all.

Diamond has brought new, innovative ad offerings to clients such as Kellogg’s, Georgia-Pacific, Maker’s Mark, Chase and Wingstop, and has negotiated Publicis Groupe as the exclusive partner for a variety of opportunities, including Hulu’s Binge Ads product. She has continued to educate clients on non-linear offerings, helping clients move to true, cross-screen experiences to reach broader audiences spanning the pharma, CPG, auto, retail, tech and liquor industries.

She also proactively works with key partners in the TV and video space to ensure clients understand and are able to take advantage of the benefits of true, data-driven, targeted delivery on premium CTV inventory. Through this collaborative effort, she enables better measurement, smarter retargeting, access to premium inventory and delivery of incremental reach – modernizing the approach to TV advertising and guiding clients with non-linear ad platforms.

Diamond joined Publicis Media in 2007 as a Media Associate at Starcom and subsequently rose through the ranks in roles spanning digital strategy and marketplace solutions. In her most recent position as Head of Digital Strategy and Marketplace Solutions at Spark Foundry, Diamond oversaw and developed the agency’s partnerships within the digital marketplace. She worked closely with investment leads to ensure a holistic marketplace strategy and approach.

As an established industry leader living in New York City, Diamond can be found exploring the city, practicing yoga or eating at her favorite sushi spot when she’s not in the office.

Melanie DiBiasio has been with Ocean Spray for 10 years, helping the farmer-owned cooperative bring its beloved, 90-year-old brand to life across social and digital media in an authentic, engaging and inspiring way. She leads the Ocean Spray digital transformation strategy by helping to implement new tools and technology to enable the brand to create unique and personalized communications with consumers across all facets of digital marketing. Outside of Ocean Spray, Melanie is a cycling instructor and amateur baker and cake decorator.

Marie Donoghue is Vice President of Global Sports Video at Amazon, overseeing Amazon’s global sports content business. In her role, Marie leads Amazon’s worldwide sports strategy, identifying and evaluating new opportunities, and enabling customers to access live and on-demand sports content, on hundreds of devices, in over 240 countries and territories.

Over the course of her career, Donoghue has received numerous recognitions, including “Most Powerful Women in Sports” (AdWeek), “Most Influential People in Sports” (Sports Business Journal), “Power 100 Women in Entertainment” (The Hollywood Reporter), “New York Impact List” (Variety), “The Most Powerful Women in Cable”(CableFax: The Magazine), “Women to Watch” (Advertising Age and Advertising Women of New York) and “Game Changers” (Sports Business Journal).

Prior to joining Amazon, Donoghue was at ESPN for more than 18 years, where she most recently served as Executive Vice President, Global Business and Content Strategy, leading the ongoing development and implementation of ESPN’s enterprise-wide business and content strategy. She also headed ESPN’s Business Affairs, Business Development and Partnership groups (including gaming partnerships).

Donoghue earned a J.D. degree from Columbia University and a B.A. from Columbia College.

Pamela Drucker Mann oversees all ad sales and ad product strategies globally, and works with commercial leads across the company’s 31 markets to drive overall ad, agency and B2B revenue. She has played an integral part in leveraging brands and scale to develop new revenue streams and opportunities for advertisers. Drucker Mann has twice been named to Adweek’s list of the top 50 executives and is an Advertising Age Media Maven, 2015 Advertising Age Publishing Executive of the Year, an Adweek First Mover, and a 2016 Folio Top Women in Media in the Entrepreneur category.

Mark Eamer is a Vice President OTT, IMDb TV, and Brand Advertising at Amazon Advertising, where his efforts are focused on leading Amazon’s ad-supported, free, streaming video business. Mark previously lead Prime Video US, where he ran a team that launched several award-winning and hit shows, owned the marketing component for Prime Video’s global launch, and built several automated marketing programs. He is an expert in streaming video services, advertising, marketing, and building outstanding products. Prior to joining Amazon, Mark was the Director of Marketing and Business Development at Zillow. He holds a degree in engineering from Queen’s University, and earned an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Julie leads DV’s commercial organization worldwide. This includes driving integration and alignment between all revenue-related functions, including sales, customer support, pricing and revenue management. Prior to DV, Julie was most recently Global Client Partner at Google, where she spearheaded global partnership and growth strategy for some of Google’s largest global clients, including Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler. Prior to Google, Julie led all of the centralized marketing for North America at Procter & Gamble, including media planning and buying, sports marketing, branded entertainment and retailer marketing — leading over 400 employees and 1,000-plus agency personnel.

Chris is Head of Creative Lab North America, TikTok’s culture and innovation consultancy for brands and creative companies. Prior to TikTok, Chris was Global Executive Creative Director at Ridley Scott Creative Group, and worked as a creative director, storyteller, producer, and marketer — generating multi-platform entertainment content for Amazon, Netflix, 20th Century Fox, and The Walt Disney Company.

As Head of Brand Partnerships at Hello-Sunshine, Zoë’s role is to create and oversee strategic partnerships and content opportunities across the company’s film, television, digital and direct-to-consumer business. Throughout her career at companies like Conde Nast and WME, she developed and managed a wide range of branded entertainment programs and talent partnerships for brands such as Coca Cola, American Express, Polaroid, Pernod-Ricard and Evian.

Before joining Hello Sunshine, Zoe oversaw all film and television integration/promotional campaigns and licensing for both The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films. She also managed and grew the Lexus Short Film series into a global film marketing program, winning a Cannes Lion in 2017.

Trevor Fellows serves as Executive Vice President, Digital Sales and Strategy for NBCUniversal and oversees the monetization of the company’s digital advertising inventory and partnerships. Based in New York, Fellows also works closely with NBCUniversal’s Digital Enterprises team on a variety of digital opportunities across the portfolio.

Previously, Fellows served as Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer of the Wall Street Journal from 2013-2017 and as Head of Global Advertising Sales for Bloomberg, LP, from 2000-2013.

Prior to his role at Bloomberg, LP, Fellows served a variety of senior publishing roles based in London. Additionally, he served four years in the British Army’s Parachute Regiment. Currently, Fellows resides in Old Greenwich, CT with his spouse and two children.

Cory Ferreira is the Senior Director of Product Marketing for Oracle Advertising. Before joining Oracle, Cory’s career spanned from client-side, as a brand manager for a global education technology company, to client consulting for Nielsen Catalina Solutions, to sales leadership at the innovative analytics company Affinity Answers. Today, Cory lives in London, where he has led marketing strategy and programs aimed at growing Oracle Advertising’s business around the globe for the previous two years.

Tom Fochetta is a highly-experienced business leader and media veteran with more than 20 years of digital advertising experience. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Samsung Ads, a leading provider of Advanced TV advertising solutions. Tom has a proven track record for spearheading high-impact sales teams at world-class media, commerce and hardware companies, including Google and Amazon. As the founding executive of Samsung Ads (2015), Tom was tasked with establishing its global ad sales platform. Among his responsibilities, he leads the Americas’ ad sales, client solutions, and operations, and oversees the Company’s advertising platform across Samsung’s Smart TV and digital ecosystem. Tom reports up into Samsung’s Corporate Offices in South Korea and frequently travels to Seoul to inform Executive Leadership of Market Conditions and to seek further investment Armed with a deep understanding of viewership preferences and Smart TV usage, Samsung Ads is a leader in Advanced TV, bringing innovation to advertising and empowering more efficient and effective media strategies. Under Tom’s leadership, Samsung Ads has achieved significant year-over-year growth over the past five years. Through acquisitions, technology enhancements and the development of an end- to-end tech stack, Tom has opened up a new world of opportunities for the sales team and their clients. In fact, Tom championed the acquisition of AdGear and was part of the Deal Team from Samsung’s M&A arm to acquire the foundation of a fully owned and operated tech stack. Today, Samsung Ads works with Fortune 500 advertisers selling and servicing ads natively, across over-the-top (OTT)/Connected TV, display and mobile, leveraging its unique audience platform. Tom is an outspoken advocate for the Advanced TV industry. He has taken an active role with the interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), sitting on its Video Center Board of Directors, and participates in its Advanced TV Committee, along with many other industry associations. Tom frequently participates in industry conferences to help educate the industry on Connected TV and evangelize Samsung Ads’ platform. Tom holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management from St. John’s University. He lives on Long Island with his wife and two sons.

Lesli Foster is an award-winning journalist and mainstay of Washington, D.C. news as a weeknight anchor for WUSA9 evening broadcasts Monday through Friday. She is also part of the WUSA9’s Special Assignment Unit – leading coverage that aims to tackle community issues. Lesli joined the station in 2001 and has covered the major events of our times across the area.

Known for her warmth, and ability to share impactful stories that have an effect on our wider community, she thrives on work that touches everyday living. While her work has allowed her to interview many local, national and international luminaries, she most enjoys talking with ordinary people who use their lives to do extraordinary things.

Her career work has been recognized with Emmy, Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press Awards. Prior to joining WUSA9, Lesli reported for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where Baltimore’s City Paper named her Best TV News Personality. Her career began in her native Michigan, where she was a weekend anchor and reporter for WEYI-TV, an NBC affiliate outside of Flint, Michigan.

Lesli graduated from Howard University and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She gives her energy to many causes throughout the metropolitan Washington, D.C. region, and in 2012 Lesli started an event called “Girlfriends Give Back” which helps raise funds for a different small, but impactful charity from the area each year.

Journalism, she says, is her life’s work, and feeds her drive to make a difference in the lives of people. In her personal time, Lesli enjoys family life being a wife and mom with her husband and daughter.

Laura Froelich leads U.S. Content Partnerships at Twitter, bringing exceptional content from Sports, News and Entertainment partners to the most valuable audiences when they’re most receptive while driving business results for these strategic partners and Twitter. Prior to joining Twitter in February 2014, she spent five years at CBS Interactive devising product marketing and monetization strategies for premium sports content including NCAA March Madness, NFL and college football, The Masters, PGA Tour golf, as well as the suite of fantasy games from CBSSports.com. Her efforts led to multiple years of record-setting revenues for the properties. Prior to CBS, Laura focused her career in sales and marketing at such notable publishers as CNET, Ziff-Davis, and Condé Nast. Laura is a graduate of Brown University where she received a BA in International Relations. Follow her on Twitter at @laurafrofro.

David Gandler is co-founder and CEO of fuboTV, the live TV streaming platform that is transforming how people watch sports, news and entertainment. Under David’s leadership, fuboTV has quickly evolved into a leading virtual MVPD with a focus on innovation.

fuboTV launched in 2015 as a streaming soccer service and today is a sports-first cable TV replacement for the entire family. The company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “FUBO” in October 2020.

Popular with cord-cutters, fuboTV is consistently first to market across a number of areas including product and technology (“firsts” include 4K streams, Multiview on Apple TV and live TV recommendations), advertising (launched dynamic ad insertion in January 2018 ahead of most competitors) and content (distribution agreements with 100+ channels and 770+ local network stations in 99% of the U.S.; its own fubo Sports Network with original programming). Forbes named fuboTV to its Next Billion Dollar Startups list in 2019.

Prior to founding fuboTV, David had a prolific advertising career with more than 15 years of video sales in local broadcast and cable TV within both the general and Hispanic market, including at Scripps Networks Interactive, Time Warner Cable Media Sales and NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Media.

David has been named among Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2019), Variety’s Dealmakers (2020, 2019) and Broadcasting & Cable’s Power 100 (2017). He is frequently quoted in major publications and has been a featured speaker at leading industry and banking conferences.

Adam is a decisive sales executive with leadership experience driving business transformation and organizational change on behalf of leading media companies. A noted industry expert, he has a strong reputation for seizing strategic opportunities to develop client-centric product solutions that connect brands to audiences across advanced TV, digital and traditional broadcast/cable platforms.


Currently, Adam serves as Vice President of Network Partnerships and Head of Addressable for VIZIO. In this role, Adam leads Project OAR, the consortium of America’s leading media companies created to establish a common technology for dynamic, addressable advertising management for television.


Most recently, Adam was Vice President of AMCN Agility, the Data Solutions Sales team for AMC Networks.


Prior to joining AMC Networks, Adam was Vice President, Media Sales & Analytics for DISH Network, where he led the company’s media sales division, inclusive of all addressable, interactive, programmatic, and OTT initiatives. Before DISH, Adam served as Executive Director of Digital Media and Interactive Advertising Sales for Game Show Network, where he led the creation and subsequent sale of strategic, cross-platform marketing solutions. He began his career at CBS in the New Media division and held various advertising sales roles with increasing responsibility at TechTV and Comcast Networks.


Adam serves on the board of directors for the IRTS Foundation, an organization with a focus on building future media leaders. He received dual bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Psychology from Rutgers University, and a master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University. Adam received a certification from Harvard Business School’s Cable Executive Management Program, CTAM, as well as IAB’s Data 360 and Digital Media certifications. He resides in New Jersey with his wife and their two children.

Renée Elise Goldsberry is a multi-hyphenate actress and singer who has delivered award winning performances both on Broadway and the screen.

Best known for her role as Angelica Schuyler in the musical phenomenon HAMILTON, which received rave reviews across the board and has become a cultural touchstone for the ages. Renée’s performance earned her a Tony Award, Grammy Award, Drama Desk Award, and Lucille Lortel Award.

Coming up, Renee can be seen starring in Tina Fey’s new series for Peacock, GIRLS5EVA. Renée starred in the A24’s critical darling, WAVES, opposite Sterling K. Brown and in the hit Netflix series ALTERED CARBON. She could also be seen on NBC’s musical sensation, ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST in addition to lending her voice to bring characters to life on the Netflix Animated series FAST & FURIOUS SPY RACERS and CENTAURWORLD. Other highlights from her film and television career include her work on DOCUMENTARY NOW’S cult favorite “Original Cast Album: Co-Op”, THE GOOD WIFE, THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, THE FOLLOWING, THE GET DOWN, ALL ABOUT YOU, EVIL and her creation of the beloved character, Evangeline Williamson, on ABC’S ONE LIFE TO LIVE, for which she received two Daytime Emmy nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations.

Renée’s appearances on stage include her Outer Critics Circle Award nominated performance opposite Frances McDormand in the play GOOD PEOPLE, and the original Broadway version of THE COLOR PURPLE. She made her Broadway debut as Nala in THE LION KING, and her performance as Mimi in Broadway’s closing cast of RENT was immortalized in film! Off-broadway, Renée’s performance as Sylvia in the Public Theater’s production of TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA for their Shakespeare in the Park series garnered her across the board rave reviews.

A “net vet” with 20+ years of driving meaningful revenue through insights into action consultative selling in the dynamic digital landscape (Yahoo, AOL, About.com). Adept at building successful sales teams, developing go-to-market sales strategies and gaining consensus across company divisions. Experience includes mobile, tech (DSP, PMP, Exchange) and data driven solutions, social media and word of mouth marketing, Website development and design, online media and marketing and cross-platform media experience (TV, Radio and live-event). A passionate leader and relationship builder who is committed to exceeding goals and expectations for clients, her team and company.

Jeremi Gorman is Chief Business Officer at Snap Inc., leading global sales, agency partnerships, revenue operations, and creative strategy. Jeremi joined Snap in November 2018 from Amazon, where she oversaw business intelligence and analytics, and the international expansion of Amazon’s advertising business. Jeremi has spent her career in digital media, serving in businesses roles at Yahoo, Variety Magazine, and Monster.com. Jeremi holds a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA.

Adam Greenberg is the Global Lead for Search & Web Partnerships at Google, where he works to launch new products in the media, commerce, and creator space. Prior to Google, Adam worked in startups and for the Government of Spain.

As the president of Crackle Plus, Mr. Guelton oversees CSS Entertainment’s streaming platforms. Mr. Guelton was formerly the chief executive officer at SheKnows Media (now She Media), a mission-driven digital media company that was acquired by Penske Media Corporation in 2018. Previously, Mr. Guelton served as president of Thrillist Media Group, a leading digital group now part of GroupNine. Mr. Guelton was also chief operating officer at Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., where he oversaw brands such as Car and Driver, Elle and Woman’s Day. Prior to that, he led the acquisition and was the chief executive officer of Japanese media company Fujingaho (now part of Hearst).

Michael Guth is Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Spectrum Reach, the advertising sales business of Charter. He oversees brand marketing, communications, creative services, and research on a national and local level.

Mr. Guth joined Charter from Madison Square Garden (MSG) where he spent a combined 10 years and most recently served as General Manager, Account Management. In this role, he led strategic and creative partnerships with corporate sponsors across all team, venue, and media assets. He served eight years at MSG as Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, where he led marketing efforts for the New York Knicks (NBA), Rangers (NHL), and Liberty (WNBA), and oversaw sales and marketing for MSG Networks.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Guth served as Chief Operating Officer of the Opry Entertainment Group, Senior Vice President for Time Warner Global Marketing, and senior brand management roles at The Coca-Cola Company.

He received his M.B.A. and B.A. from Harvard.

Vanessa is the Director of Snap Originals at Snap Inc. Under her leadership, the Shows format launched on Snapchat in 2016. She oversees all Snap’s Originals development, production and operations. Vanessa was named to Variety’s 2017 Hollywood’s New Leaders in Digital, featuring prominent up-and-comers in the entertainment business, as well as Fortune’s 2020 40 Under 40.

Jeremy is responsible for accelerating the North American growth and revenue plans for Channel Factory and advancing the company’s sales approach, strategy, and new revenue streams. He came from Amobee, where he served as SVP of Sales working across North American brands and agencies to consolidate cross channel media activation through programmatic solutions. Prior to Amobee, Haft helped build and scale businesses, transform sales strategies and amplify revenue growth for Viant, Visible Measures, Lotame, and MediaPost. Jeremy lives in New Jersey and in his spare time he enjoys traveling to tropical locations, cooking feasts with friends, and any new fitness trend he can get his hands on.

As Chief Digital Officer, Cory Haik focuses on global audience growth and development, platform partnerships and digital product innovation. With a journalism career spanning nearly two decades, Cory sits at the intersection between news, digital, and business.

She is passionate about the creative development of cutting-edge storytelling and is also well-versed in the arenas of advertising, market research, product, technology and the newsroom. Since joining VICE in May 2019, Cory implemented a major global restructure consolidating Vice’s international digital teams, working across 35 different territories and 29 wholly-owned international bureaus each operating on a regional basis, under a single, global editorial and operational structure.

Previously, she was publisher of millennial-focused news organization, Mic. Prior to that, Cory worked at The Washington Post helping to grow the Post’s digital platforms while also leading innovative initiatives, pushing the envelope on mobile and places to grow new audiences under Jeff Bezos as Executive Director, Emerging News Products.

She began her digital publishing career following the storms of the Gulf Coast at NOLA.com, site of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, where she was the Managing Editor. Cory shared in two Pulitzer Prizes with The Times-Picayune for the staff coverage of Hurricane Katrina, for breaking news and public service in 2006. At The Seattle Times she also shared in a staff Pulitzer in 2010 for the coverage of police officer shootings.

Cory received her Master of Arts in Communication Theory from the University of New Orleans and her B.A. in Journalism from Nicholls State University. She lives in Brooklyn with her two children.

Jason Hall is Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales for Estrella Media. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading the company’s TV, radio and digital sales executives in advertising sales strategies.

As Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales, he is responsible for leading advertising sales and creating brand awareness of the company’s multichannel platform, including its television, radio and digital assets. He also oversees the national sales representatives in each of the company’s sales offices including Los Angeles/Burbank, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Atlanta and Miami.

Hall is also responsible for communicating with the company’s O&O’s and affiliated local TV and radio station management, as well as legal, corporate marketing, and client direct/agency contacts. In this role, he also spearheads the vetting and selection of potential television, radio and digital partnerships.

A seasoned television sales executive, Hall comes to Estrella Media with 17 years of senior sales experience at Univision Communications. His last position there was VP of Advertising Sales. Previous positions included Regional VP, National Sales and Director of Sales for Miami, Atlanta and New York, and other national executive sales positions.

Prior to joining Univision, Jason was a local Account Executive for Tribune broadcasting’s WBZL-TV in Miami.

Hall holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management from Bryant University. He is based in LBI Media’s New York City office.

Sandie Hawkins is the US General Manager of Global Business Solutions at TikTok overseeing sales, business operations and marketing across the region for the TikTok For Business platform. Under her leadership, Sandie is building a world-class team and helping brand and agency partners meaningfully grow their businesses on TikTok.

With over two decades of media industry experience, Ethan Heftman has been with A+E Networks in various revenue generating and management roles since 2013. He currently serves as SVP, Advanced Advertising & Digital Sales with oversight of sales efforts for direct and programmatic digital, as well as the Precision & Performance suite of data driven linear tools. Ethan’s focus is improving business outcomes for clients via data-driven advertising solutions within A+E’s premium content environments. Prior to A+E, Heftman held leadership positions at media agencies Initiative, Mediacom, and OMD.

Sofia Hernandez is the Head of US Business Marketing for TikTok, the leading short-form video platform designed to inspire creativity and bring joy. She’s responsible for building innovative marketing solutions that help brands become TikTok fluent and engage with their communities through powerful and creative storytelling.

Travis combines the experience of a client-side marketer at a top global brand with extensive Ad Tech experience. He joins VIZIO from Rakuten Marketing where he served as Senior Vice President of Client Services, leading a team of 140 CS professionals managing over 1500 performance marketing clients including leading retailers like Walmart, Macy’s and Sephora. Travis has led multiple award-winning organizations including the 2012 Advertiser Perceptions Highest Rated Media Brand for Advertiser Satisfaction in the U.S. at YuMe and mThink’s Best Affiliate Network for service and innovation each and every year he was at Rakuten.

Prior to moving into Ad Tech in 2010, Travis was at Intel Corporation where he held a number of strategic marketing and media positions, including overseeing all media spending for
consumer campaigns globally.

Travis currently resides in Park City, UT with his wife and two kids. Outside of work you can find him and his family skiing, mountain biking, fly fishing, hiking and generally exploring the outdoors.

Travis holds a BS, Computer Science from Virginia Tech and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Since 2004, Penske Media Corporation (PMC) has become one of the world’s largest media brands— dominating coverage on the cultural passion points consumers love: entertainment, music, fashion and beauty, art, tech, sports and more.

Our growing portfolio of iconic titles includes Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Vibe, SHE Media, Robb Report, WWD and many others. Penske Media is a pioneer in digital media and a platform innovator, reaching viewers on every type of screen—as well as through rich, interactive live activations, made stronger by our newest partnership with premier creative and innovation festival, SXSW.

Casey Hurbis is the Chief Marketing Officer of Rocket Mortgage. He oversees all marketing initiatives while driving new, innovative strategies to captivate the audience of the nation’s largest and most trusted mortgage lender. To achieve these goals, Casey leads a group of more than 300 team members who make up Detroit’s premier in-house marketing agency.

Under Casey’s leadership, Rocket Mortgage launched two Super Bowl commercials, both starring comedic powerhouse Tracy Morgan, showing why “certain is better.” The ads claimed the top two positions on USA Today’s Ad Meter, the leading ranking platform for Super Bowl spots. This came one year after unveiling the highly lauded Super Bowl commercial starring Hollywood A-lister Jason Momoa, which took fifth place on Ad Meter. In 2020, his team also announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with the NFL, making Rocket Mortgage the first official mortgage provider of the NFL in more than a decade.

Casey’s team led the creation and promotion of the Rocket Mortgage Classic – the first PGA TOUR event held in the city of Detroit. In 2019, the inaugural tournament was the most-awarded event on the TOUR, winning three “Best Of” awards, including the “Fair Way Award” for its diversity and inclusion initiatives. In 2020, the tournament shifted its focus and dedicated the bulk of its fundraising to bridging the digital divide in Detroit – the least connected major city in America. All in all, the second Rocket Mortgage Classic generated $2.7 million for nonprofits, with $2.4 million going towards digital inclusivity programming.

Along with Rocket Mortgage, Casey oversees the marketing efforts for other successful businesses in Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), including Rocket Pro TPO, Rocket Homes and Rocket Auto – helping to elevate these brands in their respective industries. His leadership helped place Rocket Mortgage into Ad Age’s Best Places to Work in 2021 list.
Casey joined the Rocket Mortgage family in 2017 after 24 years in automotive marketing – most recently leading advertising and communications for FIAT, where he helped successfully reintroduce the FIAT brand to American car buyers.

Equally important to his brand-building efforts is Casey’s work with local and national nonprofits. Three that are particularly close to his heart are the Special Olympics, the Salvation Army and Bethany Christian Adoption Services. In addition to his community efforts, Casey serves on the Board of Directors for Adcraft Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission.
Casey is a graduate of Michigan State University, where he can be found cheering on his Spartans every fall.

Ross Jackson joined the Locked On Podcast Network in 2018 as host of the daily Locked On Saints podcast, covering the New Orleans Saints. Since then, his host role has expanded to include co-hosting Locked On NFL on Tuesdays with a focus on in-depth analysis on the biggest stories across the NFL and fantasy football.

Ross focuses on content development and programming, talent acquisition and training, and quality management Locked On’s NFL and College channels as well as the planning and execution of tent-pole events, expert appearances, and promotional marketing with TEGNA and Audacy partners. Ross is also an editor for Canal Street Chronicles, SB Nation’s New Orleans Saints blog and serves as the Network’s Partnerships Manager.

Ross has a background in the performing arts, a driving influence in his hosting style which emphasizes energy and audience engagement.

Walker Jacobs is the Chief Revenue Officer at Twitch, bringing more than 20 years of experience building and leading advertising revenue teams at global entertainment brands. Prior to Twitch, Walker was COO at FANDOM, a global entertainment media brand powered by fan passion with 200 million monthly unique users. Prior to FANDOM, Walker was President and Chief Revenue Officer of Clear Channel Outdoor, where he was responsible for leading go-to-market strategies for the company’s out-of-home assets in the U.S. and Canada. Prior to Clear Channel, Walker was Executive Vice President at Turner Broadcasting System, the cable television division of Time Warner, where he led Turner Digital. There, he was responsible for leading sales and marketing across Turner’s portfolio of digital properties. While at Turner, Walker built and led one of the media industry’s largest digital ad sales and marketing organizations.

Eric John leads IAB’s Video Center of Excellence, a dedicated unit within the IAB whose mission is to simplify the video supply chain, providing best practices and education for brands, agencies, and media companies to drive continued growth through the evolving convergence of television and digital video. Eric drives the center’s efforts in the development of market-making research, industry standards and best practices and buyer/seller terms and conditions. Before joining the IAB, Eric led digital services and strategy at the Alliance for Audited Media and the MPA. Eric also served as global director of publisher marketing at Nokia, managing the company’s world-wide mobile app developer ecosystem. Prior to Nokia, Eric launched and led advertiser brand engagement solutions for Yahoo!, creating advanced, data-driven video, mobile and interactive campaigns for brands such as Pepsi, Loreal and Nikon. Eric began his career in internet advertising at DoubleClick (Google) where he served in business and product development within the DART for Publishers (DFP) and DART for Advertisers (DFA) business units where he launched the industry’s first post-click measurement tools. Eric is an alumnus of Miami of Ohio (BA) and Indiana University (MA) and is a graduate of Columbia University’s Product Management Program.

Jesse Judelman is Vevo’s SVP of Sales, based in New York with over 16 years of premium video sales experience. In addition to running Vevo’s National Sales Team, Jesse is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with the national agency holding companies and developing go-to-market strategies and strategic sales initiatives. Prior to joining Vevo, Jesse led East Coast Sales at Hulu and worked in TV ad sales at FX and Fox.

Katty Kay co-anchors the hour-long current affairs program BBC News with Katty and Christian, bringing a rigorous and witty interviewing style to the most salient issues of the day for a transatlantic audience. Kay is also an anchor of BBC World News America, a newscast that showcases the BBC’s global journalism and is geared primarily for audiences in the U.S. Kay’s reporting has taken her around the world for the BBC, from the Americas to the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She is the co-author of three New York Times best-selling books: Womenomics, The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know, and The Confidence Code for Girls. Kay is based in Washington, where she draws upon her global expertise to cover major U.S and international stories, connecting the dots and offering unparalleled global context and perspective.

A Chicago native, Laura is a creative navigator, helping teams and clients find the intersection of human truth and product — and brilliantly executing on that insight. Most recently, she led the creation of a global campaign for KitchenAid, bringing master brand and product work to market. Laura also led the creation of the Kitchen Aid’s award-winning film “A Woman’s Place” and its accompanying mentorship program.

Laura has spent many years crafting stories for brands like Dow, SC Johnson, Kraft, Unilever and Kao. While an industry vet, she loves today’s ability to creatively think about the full consumer journey and the role of communication at every media touchpoint.

Alex Kennedy is the Global Head of Partnership Strategy and Operations at Twitter. She is responsible for the development of the Global Content Partnership strategy that both enables sustainable revenue growth and enhancement of the user experience on the platform. Alex additionally serves as an executive advisor to Twitter Women, a business resource group focused on building community for women at Twitter.

Prior to Twitter, Alex served as Chief of Staff to the Chief Digital Officer at Under Armour (UA) with a focus on Corporate and Digital Strategy. Over the course of nine years, Alex served in numerous positions that shaped how UA approached their digital strategy. This included the $700M+ dollar acquisition and integration of three tech companies – MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal, and Endomondo – that together resulted in a digital fitness community of more than 120 million registered users, the largest at that time. Post acquisition, Alex was responsible for helping prioritize and consolidate product roadmaps, driving resource efficiencies in the disparate engineering organizations, as well as supporting monetization of global users.

Alex sits on several nonprofit and for-profit advisory boards. Currently, Alex serves on the board of ConnectED, a national nonprofit focused on making learning real, rigorous, and hands-on to ensure preparation for both college and career. She also serves as an advisor to the Center for Conscientious Leadership, an organization focused on developing the next generation of leaders. Alex sits on the for-profit advisory board of Lumii, a Human Resources web-based platform start-up that enables leaders to measure employee experience and understand how it impacts their business.

Alex is a graduate of Princeton University and proud native of Washington, DC. She currently resides in Oakland, California.

As Vice President, Media & Omni-Channel Planning at Walgreens Luke is responsible for creating customized, meaningful media experiences for customers – fueled by advanced data and technology. Luke is driving evolution from channel first to true customer fist media approaches, unlocking the power of Walgreens 1st Party Data and blending traditional and new-to-market media to deliver personalized experiences at scale. In his role Luke oversees media planning and investment across all channels, managing agency and external partnerships as well as in-house strategy and activation.

Prior to joining Walgreens Luke spent six years at Johnson & Johnson in multiple Digital and Media leadership roles. Initially Luke led Digital Innovation & Social Media in the Digital Center of Excellence, and he spent the last four years as Johnson & Johnson’s Global & North America Head of Media. In this capacity, he was responsible for global enterprise media investment, managing global media agency relationships, and leading the company’s approach to programmatic and data driven precision marketing.

Prior to Johnson & Johnson, Luke spent 15 years at agencies including Mediacom, OMD, and UM/J3 – where he led the transformation from a traditional media company into digitally-led and fully-integrated communications agency during his time as Head of Innovation.

Luke has received various forms of industry recognition, with programs under his leadership awarded the 2018 North American Effie for “Best Data Driven/Programmatic” and Gold at the 2017 Festival of Media NA for “Best Use of Data.” Luke was named to Brand Innovators list of 40 Under 40 Marketers, and to the “Next 50” leaders re-inventing marketing by The Internationalist. He is currently a member of the Association of National Advertisers’ Media Advisory Board and was recognized for his industry leadership as an honoree at the 2019 Partnership with Children Spring Gala. A native New Yorker, Luke graduated with a degree in Communications from New York University.

Klein joined PHD in March following 17 years at Zenith Media, where she most recently served as SVP, National Video Investment. During her tenure with Zenith, Klein drove clients’ overall investment approaches, crafting cross-channel, market-first deals. She also served as a member of the agency’s client leadership team. At PHD, Klein is responsible for leading PHD’s US investment operation and assuring a go-to-market strategy and product offering that is consistent with a rapidly evolving marketplace and expanding client needs.

James Kreckler serves as Senior Vice President, Digital Advertising, Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal. In this post, James is responsible for driving advertising revenue for the company’s digital businesses and creating effective marketing solutions for partners across a diverse array of platforms, including web, mobile, video on demand, and social media. James reports to Trevor Fellows, Executive Vice President, Digital Sales & Partnerships, Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal.

James joined NBCUniversal in January, 2012 as Vice President, Advertising Sales. James helped launch our partnership portfolio, consisting of key partnerships with Apple News, Youtube, Snapchat, Vox, and Buzzfeed. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, James has more than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing management with interactive media and financial service companies.

James served as Vice President of Digital Ad Sales at Rodale Inc. In this role, he oversaw strategic business development and overall management of advertising sales for Rodale’s digital brand. Before that, James was the Northeast Sales Director at AOL Interactive, and Strategic Account Director at Double Click.

James graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and English. James currently resides in Katonah, New York. He is married with three children.

Ken Lagana is the Executive Vice President of Digital Sales at Audacy, the #1 creator of original, premium audio content representing an audio universe of discovery and connection. Home to the industry’s most influential collection of broadcast and digital content, podcasts and premium live experiences, Audacy engages millions of consumers each month.

In this role, Lagana leads sales strategy for the company’s large and rapidly growing digital business, including the fastest growing digital audio app in the United States (formerly RADIO.COM), and Audacy’s Podcast Network, which includes Cadence13, an industry leader in podcast creation and distribution, and Pineapple Street Media, an award-winning, renowned independent producer of top-rated podcast content.

Prior to joining Audacy (then Entercom) in 2019, Lagana served as Head of Sales and Marketing for Megaphone, the leading provider of breakthrough podcast technology for publishers and advertisers. He played a key role in developing and promoting Megaphone Targeted Marketplace (MTM), the company’s game-changing advertiser-driven targeting and measurement solution. Previously, Lagana was Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for CBS Digital Media where he oversaw revenue generation and integrated marketing for the company’s entertainment, news and sports properties globally. His media career spans over 20 years and also includes sales and management positions at Turner Broadcasting and planning and strategy roles at Grey Advertising.

Lagana earned a Bachelor of Science degree in strategic communications from the University of Delaware.

Kevin Lappen serves as Senior Vice President, Peacock Sales at NBCUniversal. In this role, Kevin leads the Peacock sales team, driving advertising revenue towards the company’s ad-supported streaming service, Peacock. Kevin joined the Peacock team in September 2019 to build out innovative advertising experiences with the goal of connecting consumers with content and brands.



Prior to his current role, Kevin spent nine years with NBC Sports as the SVP of Digital Sales and Sports Sponsorships. He has also spent a decade in NBC Entertainment where he worked across all Entertainment Digital Properties, including Hulu, where he sold initial Hulu launch sponsorships in 2007.



Previously, Kevin has held positions at GE Corporate in their Experienced Commercial Leadership Program, rotating across different divisions of GE including NBC.



Kevin graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Management from Villanova University. He resides in Chatham, New Jersey with his wife Tara and three children, Ted, George, and Elizabeth.

As President of Amplifi US, Mike Law oversees more than $18B in annual spend across all media channels for dentsu Media US clients. For the past 20 years, Mike has been engaged in media buying roles focused on delivering competitive media buying strategies and performance for advertisers. Prior to being elevated to President of Amplifi US, Mike served as EVP for all US Media Investment, as well as the Head of Video Investment for dentsu.

Mike is a 1998 graduate of Providence College and is a member of The Providence College National Alumni Association Council.

Alison oversees all Ad Sales for Roku. As the first ever ad sales hire, she has pioneered upfront deals with some of the largest ad agencies and holding groups and has been instrumental in growing Roku’s portfolio of clients. Her and her team are responsible for driving new products and go-to-market strategy for the overall advertising business. Prior to Roku, Alison was a senior account executive with YuMe, managing key accounts for its ad tech business. Previously, Alison has held sales positions with IAC and BusinessWeek. She holds a B.A. from Boston University.

David Levy is the chief executive officer of OpenAP, the advanced advertising company bringing simplicity and scale to audience-based campaigns in television. OpenAP makes it easy for buyers to plan, transact and measure against advanced targeting capabilities and ad products, at scale across premium TV publishers.

Before joining OpenAP in May 2019, David served as executive vice president of strategy and operations at Fox Networks Group (FNG), where he was responsible for driving strategy and accountability across the ad sales organization. In this role David oversaw the Advanced Advertising Sales, Pricing and Planning, Research, Data, and Ad Platform/Technology teams across FNG’s portfolio of brands including FBC, Fox Sports, FX, and Nat Geo. Prior to that, David was the co-founder and chief operating officer of true[X], the leading platform and marketplace for attention-based ad products, which was later acquired by FOX Networks group in 2015.

Throughout his career thus far, David has played a critical role leading the media and advertising industry’s evolution toward a more sustainable ad-supported model for premium content. In addition to his current post leading OpenAP, David serves as a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and is credited for being a seasoned thought leader and champion of inclusion in media. In 2020, he was recognized by Business Insider as one of the most influential people shaping the future of the TV advertising industry.

David has a Bachelor of Science, Business degree from UC San Diego. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, two children and dog.

As Chief Content Officer, Lewinson is responsible for content strategy and acquisitions for Tubi, the largest free movie and TV streaming service. Lewinson heads up Tubi’s Los Angeles office where he manages one of the largest libraries in streaming (larger than Netflix). He oversees more than 250 content partners including every major studio in Hollywood.

Most recently, Lewinson was the Senior Vice President of Programming & Marketing at Sony Pictures Television and the streaming platform Crackle. Lewinson oversaw the programming strategy and content slate for Crackle and led the expansion of the service’s content library to include titles from most major studios. He was also instrumental in the launch of Crackle Original Series and Movies, including Mad Families (Charlie Sheen), StartUp (Martin Freeman) and Snatch (Rupert Grint). Lewinson was also the programming executive on Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2016 Emmy Nominee), including the most-viewed episode with President Barack Obama.

Previously, Lewinson spent more than a decade at FX Networks, most recently as Senior Vice President, Programming & Production. Lewinson spearheaded the launch of FXM (formerly Fox Movie Channel) and oversaw the channel’s programming portfolio. As a member of the senior executive team, he oversaw production and current programming of special projects including Sons of Anarchy late night talk series Anarchy Afterword, 10/90 sitcom Partners with Lionsgate/Debmar-Mercury, and the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Prior to joining FX, Lewinson served as the Vice President of Studio Entertainment at Lifetime Television where he was instrumental in the growth of Lifetime Movie Network and expanded the network’s partnerships with the major studios. He also held positions at The Walt Disney Company and Columbia Pictures.

Adam is an Emmy award-winning producer for FX’s A Tribute to Mel Brooks and produced the acclaimed series Fox Legacy alongside former Fox studio chairman Tom Rothman. Lewinson holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Film Institute, studied at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and achieved a BA from Vassar College. He also wrote the 2015 sci-fi adventure novel Earthbound.

Erin Lim is the host of “E! News’ The Rundown”- one of the first fully produced weekly shows for Snapchat, averaging 13 million viewers. In 2017, Erin’s on-air work helped “E! News” earn a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Entertainment News Program. Erin and the E! News team continue to reinvent entertainment and celebrity news for the next generation, serving as the go-to multiplatform destination for content and pop culture coverage spanning fashion, beauty, lifestyle, viral content, television, music and more, and the voice for what’s trending in pop culture across all platforms – from television and online to mobile, social and VOD. Erin was formerly the host for “E! News Asia.” Twitter / Instagram: @erinlimofficial

Jason creates emotionally engaging content with his three adopted children through music and entertaining family moments. Jason shows a brand of black fatherhood that is emotionally engaging with the purpose of creating joy that connects with the audience. Every moment is an opportunity to make someone feel included in the diverse family of DadlifeJason.

Tembi Locke is an actor, author, TV screenwriter and producer who thrives at the intersection of storytelling and advocacy. Her Reese’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestselling memoir From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home is a cross-cultural love story that takes place over two decades (and two countries!). She is currently Executive Producing the show’s adaptation as a limited series for Netflix with Hello Sunshine, and also stars in the global Netflix hit, Never Have I Ever.

An Audie Award nominee, Tembi is also the creative voice behind the digital platform, The Kitchen Widow which harnesses her advocacy work and love of food to create a space for conversations about caregiving, grief, parenthood, illness, and more, while offering recipes inspired by love.

Makeda Loney is a Copywriter at Martin by skill, and a Content Creator by passion. She has recognized across the industry on lists such as The Drum’s 50 under 30 in the U.S. in 2018, joined the ADCOLOR FUTURES Class of 2019, and The Pitch Fanzine’s 100 Supermen and Women of 2020 and The AD Club of NY’s Icon’s, Rockstars and Legends of 2021. She also co-hosts a podcast called Fat Outta Hell, a podcast that strives to break down the stigma of fatness and celebrates body liberation.

Jean-Philippe (JP) Maheu is the VP of US Client Services at Twitter, where he leads Twitter’s relationships with its top marketers and manages a team of industry & regional leaders. Prior to this role, JP launched the Global Brands team at Twitter and led the global expansion of Twitter Brand Strategy and Agency Development teams.

Maheu joined Twitter in 2013 through the acquisition of SocialTV analytics company Bluefin Labs, where he was CEO. Under JP’s leadership, Bluefin achieved remarkable sales traction with leading brands and strengthened its market-leading position.


Prior to Bluefin Labs, JP served as the Global CEO of Publicis Modem, the digital marketing unit of Publicis Worldwide. Maheu also held positions as both the Chief Digital Officer of Ogilvy & Mather, where he was responsible for digital growth and innovation across the company’s operating units, and CEO of Razorfish, where he led the vision, strategy, and growth of the company.


JP holds an MBA from J.L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and an M.S. in Network & Computer Sciences from Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, France. He sits on the NY Chapter Board of The Nature Conservancy and lives in NYC with his wife and two children.

Kara Manatt is SVP, Intelligence Solutions at MAGNA where she uses next generation technology to answer Mediabrand’s toughest advertising questions. Her research program also serves as a testing ground for innovations in ad products and strategies for publishers and ad tech companies.

Peter Markham is Chief Executive Officer of Estrella Media, Inc. and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, having previously served as interim Chief Operating Officer. As CEO, Markham oversees all company operations across its television, radio, production and digital assets.

Markham brings more than 20 years of media experience to Estrella Media, with a strong background in strategy, operations and business development. Previously, Markham served as CEO and Chairman of Granite Broadcasting and as Chairman of Communications Corporation of America where he led the operational and financial revitalization of these U.S. based television broadcasting companies.

His extensive Board experience includes several public and private media and technology enabled companies operating in Spanish-language media, OTT TV, mobile technology, TV production and other emerging media spaces. Markham also was the Head of TMT & European Coverage at Silver Point Capital where he led direct investment coverage and value creation efforts in the U.S. and Europe.

Markham holds a Master of Business Administration from New York University’s Stern School of Business, where he serves as an Adjunct Professor and a Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing from Clemson University, where he is on the board of the Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Farhad Massoudi is the founder and CEO of Tubi, an ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service. Massoudi launched Tubi in 2014 with the goal of offering premium television and movies for free, making entertainment accessible to everyone. Tubi was built on the success of adRise, the technology company Massoudi founded in 2010 to help studios distribute and monetize video-on-demand content on connected devices.

Massoudi has successfully bridged the gap between Silicon Valley and Hollywood by building Tubi as a technology-first OTT streaming service. Tubi’s proprietary content personalization engine allows the platform to reach a mass audience with individualized and tailored content. Under Massoudi’s leadership, Tubi has built strong relationships with the top Hollywood studios, networks and production companies, giving Tubi the power to compile one of the largest libraries of film and TV content across all genres. The company currently has partnerships with over 250 content partners including ever major Hollywood studio.

Today, Tubi is the only free streaming service with this expansive of a film and TV library, using proprietary technology to personalize the viewing experience anywhere, anytime. Tubi boasts more monthly titles than Netflix and is consistently ranked as the top rated free streaming app on platforms including iOS and Android. In 2020, Tubi became part of FOX Entertainment after being sold for nearly half a billion dollars.

Prior to Tubi, Massoudi was a VP of Engineering at SocialMedia.com and previously worked as an engineer at Yahoo!.

Rob Master is vice president of media and digital engagement for North America at Unilever. He oversees a team responsible for media innovation, strategy and the development of integrated communication plans for all Unilever brands. Under Rob’s leadership Unilever has been recognized as Digital Marketer of the Year by Advertising Age, Media Client of the Year by Media Post and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Marketers.



Rob joined Unilever in 2002 as a brand marketer, managing a number of the company’s iconic brands, including Dove and Axe, and driving award-winning branding campaigns.



Prior to joining Unilever, Rob worked in brand marketing for PepsiCo’s Taco Bell and for various communication agencies, as well as two start-ups.



He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and an M.B.A. from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.

Sean McCaffrey is the President and CEO of GSTV, where his focus is driving business growth through understanding the evolution of the media landscape, the consumer journey and consumer behavioral insights leveraging data, technology and scale of the new GSTV platform. Since joining the company, Sean has energized GSTV’s customer base and partnerships through a series of key executive hires, data and analytics partnerships and driving the evolution of the company’s national video network. He and the team continue a relentless focus on delivering value to brand, agency and retailer partners while building a fresh and entertaining consumer experience across the country.

Sean previously served as EVP – Client Strategy & Partnerships at Clear Channel Outdoor, Americas where he led all strategic revenue activity with agency and brand partners and pioneered new product and partnership approaches to DOOH and integrated media campaigns. He likewise led multiple global media partnerships with CCO and enterprise partnerships with iHeartMedia. Working for both small and large organizations and public and private ownership, he has a broad point-of-view on managing organizational change, integration, business growth strategy and collaborative leadership and vision.

Sean is a graduate of Drake University and currently a board member of the Ad Council, DPAA, and OAAA.

Kevin McGurn is Vevo’s President of Sales and Distribution, based in New York. He joined Vevo from Fullscreen, where he served as Head of Sales for the company as well as Otter Media properties including Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, SoompiTV and VRV. Prior to Fullscreen, Kevin was Chief Revenue Officer of Shazam. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Sales at Hulu for nearly seven years, where he grew the sales team from zero to half a billion dollars in advertising revenue. Kevin has also held prior senior roles at NBC Universal and DoubleClick.

Jeff Meier is currently Head of Programming for the Crackle Plus family of AVOD and FAST channel services. Through mid-2020, Meier served as General Manager/SVP, Programming at Sony where he oversaw Sony Movie Channel, Cine Sony, and getTV, and planned the programming strategy for Sony’s trio of Spanish-language FAST channels under the Sony Canal name. Under his leadership, Cine Sony grew to become the #1 rated Spanish-language movie channel on TV. Specializing in channel launches, Meier also served as SVP for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and SVP for TV One, both during their development and launch phases. At TV One, in addition to managing all acquisitions and scheduling, he also created the channel’s original hit program UnSung, now a six-time NAACP Image Award winner of over 160 episodes.

Sean joined Snap Inc. in April 2015 and is the Head of Content. In this role, Sean oversees the development of all Snap Originals, shows made exclusively for Snapchat. He is also responsible for developing the content and programming strategy for Snapchat’s Discover, which features editorial content from leading publishers, TV networks, studios, sports leagues and more.

Before joining Snap, Vanessa was SVP of Content at iHeartMedia, helped lead Microsoft’s branded content at LiquidThread, and produced multiple Emmy Award winning daytime talk shows, including The Talk, Tyra, Dr. Oz and The Maury Show.

Julian is responsible for growing partnerships with major Fortune 100 brands spanning Automotive, Entertainment, Technology, CPG, Insurance & Retail verticals. He has deep expertise in driving revenue emerging media platforms, 1st party data & measurement, mixed media strategies, and custom content curation. Prior to Roku, he was responsible for West Coast video revenue at Conversant Media, part of Epsilon, and held senior sales positions with Defy Media and Digital Broadcasting Group.

Kenny Mitchell is Chief Marketing Officer at Snap Inc. Mitchell has a reputation for building iconic brands and driving industry-leading performance through innovative, fully-integrated and award-winning marketing programs. His work has earned multiple Cannes Lions, film festival selections including Tribeca, and two Emmy nominations. In 2017, Fast Company named Mitchell one of the “Most Creative People in Business.”

Prior to Snap Inc., Mitchell was the Vice President of Brand Content & Engagement for McDonald’s USA, Gatorade’s Head of Consumer Engagement, oversaw Brand and Consumer Marketing for NASCAR, and was Vice President and General Manager at the Dew Tour, a division of the NBC Sports Group.

Tracey Moore is a leading celebrity acting coach, casting director and producer. Tracey has received accolades from NABEFEME Television and Film Executive of the Year (2004), Delta Nu Sigma Rho Sorority Hattie McDaniel’s Award (2004), and Honorary Mention for Best Short Film “The Interview” for Chicks with Flicks Film Festival (2003). In her “spare” time, Tracey has lectured at Howard University, Long Island University, CW Post, Georgia State University and Loyola Marymount University.

Tracey transitioned 25 years ago to a Celebrity Acting Coach, teaches The Spirited Actor Workshop and she conducts private coaching sessions. Her clients are Cardi B, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, Eve, Nelly, Q-Tip, Common, Ludacris, Salt N Pepa, NBA’s Ray Allen, and The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee. In 2002, Tracey wrote her first book entitled “The Spirited Actor; Principles for a Successful Audition” to empower and encourage actors on their journey.

Lucia Moses is a deputy editor at Insider for media and advertising business coverage. She’s covered media and advertising for more than 15 years, recently focusing on the rise of digital media startups, the subscription economy, and the impact of tech giants’ moves on media and advertising. Before Insider, she was executive editor at Digiday. At Insider, she’s focused on how the biggest marketers, media companies, and agencies are adjusting to industry changes.

Alan Moss is Vice President, Global Advertising Sales at Amazon. His efforts are focused on helping businesses around the world engage customers and build their brands.

Prior to Amazon, Alan spent 13 years at Google, where he most recently served as Vice President of Professional Services supporting advertisers and publishers globally. Other roles included leading Google’s largest U.S. customer sales sector, as well as its Americas mid-market sales organization.

Alan has also held leadership positions at other technology and internet-based companies, including PayPal, ChartOne, Inc., GoTo Shopping (acquired by Yahoo!), CareTools, Wang Laboratories, Microsoft, and LEK Consulting.

Alan earned a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, Kirsten, and their son and two daughters.

Mr. Mosam is responsible for designing new platforms, implementing technical strategies, and ensuring that technical resources are aligned with the company’s goals. Early in his career Adam founded Binspy Systems, a cloud-based IoT platform which later sold to AnyDATA. In 2012 he started Pivotshare, an online video platform which sold to CSSE. In addition to being a serial entrepreneur, Mr. Mosam is also an investor and advisor and has invested in over 150 startup companies. Adam received his Bachelor of Software Engineering & Management degree from McMaster University in Canada in 2003. He was later named one of the Top 150 graduates from the engineering faculty’s 60 year history.

Peter Naylor is VP of Americas at Snap Inc, responsible for the advertising business across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Previously, Peter served as SVP and Head of Advertising Sales at Hulu for over six years. Prior to Hulu, Peter was EVP of Digital Media Sales for NBCUniversal, SVP of Sales for the iVillage Properties (acquired by NBCU in May 2006), and VP of Sales for Terra Lycos.

Peter is on the Board of Directors for the IAB, the IRTS Foundation and the TD Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that provides aid to children of wounded warriors.

Monique Nelson is chair and chief executive officer of UWG, the country’s longest-standing multicultural marketing and advertising agency. She took the helm of the agency in May 2012, when founder and advertising pioneer Byron Lewis retired.

Headquartered in Brooklyn, with offices in Detroit, Atlanta and Miami, UWG maintains a list of esteemed clients. Today, this list includes Ford Motor Company, The Home Depot, ProMedica, The Executive Leadership Council and LVMH. As one of the country’s leading multicultural agencies, UWG services its clients with General Market, Black, Hispanic, Asian and LGBT marketing and advertising, digital and traditional advertising, consumer insight, public relations, consumer healthcare communications, DE&I and cultural fluency consulting.

Marla Newman is Executive Vice President of Digital Sales at Meredith Corporation, the leading media company reaching nearly 95% of all U.S. women. Newman oversees all aspects of direct and programmatic sales, Meredith Data Studio solutions, sales marketing, account management and activations across Meredith’s digital portfolio, spanning 40 trusted brands. A proven sales leader, Newman has grown Meredith’s digital sales revenue while spearheading significant and innovative enterprise-wide strategic partnerships since joining the company in 2016.

Newman previously served as Global Executive Director, Agency Partnerships at AOL and Microsoft. She has also held senior sales leadership positions at FOX Sports Digital, Viacom and MSN.

Newman earned B.S. degrees in marketing and management from the University of Oregon. She resides with her family in New York City.

Ms. Newmark has more than 30 years of media and telecommunications industry and investment banking experience. Ms. Newmark has been the Publisher, Editor-in-Chief and an author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series since April 2008, and has coauthored the publication of more than 175 books under the Brand during her tenure. Ms. Newmark founded and managed a successful hedge fund for five years. Prior to that she was a Managing Director at CJ Lawrence and was a top-ranked telecom analyst during her tenure. She received her A.B. from Harvard University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Among other qualifications, Ms. Newmark has important financing experience, content publications expertise and an intimate knowledge of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Brand and related operations.

Mike O’Donnell is the Chief Revenue Officer of Platform Business at VIZIO the second largest smart TV company in America. In his first year at VIZIO, O’Donnell not only led the launch of VIZIO’s exploding direct-to-device advertising business, but his team has transformed the streaming ecosystem on VIZIO’s SmartCast platform by launching over 100 new free ad-supported linear channels, and striking new deals with Disney/ESPN/ABC, Peacock and NBCUniversal, Apple, Marvel, Amazon and dozens more.

An advertising industry veteran, Mike helped pioneer the first generation of connected TV advertising solutions at YUME as SVP of North America where he helped grow the company from a start-up to its listing on the NYSE. Prior to joining VIZIO, O’Donnell served as Chief Revenue Officer of Connekt and led distribution and monetization efforts of their SmartTV technology platform.

A dedicated husband and father of three children under age ten, O’Donnell enjoys quiet time Sundays from 6:30-8am.

Capitalizing on more than 15 years of global marketing experience with Fortune 500 companies, Cathy Oh serves as Vice President, Global Head of Marketing & Analytics for Samsung Ads. As one of the founding members of Samsung Ads, her leadership has been integral in redefining the Advanced TV landscape. Throughout her career, Cathy has established a track record of developing global brands, large-scale marketing strategies and activations, and marketing programs for multi-national, enterprise organizations. Prior to joining Samsung Ads, Cathy served as Head of Marketing for iAd, Global Brands & Agencies (a division of Apple), and held marketing positions at companies that include WebMD and NBC Universal. Cathy received a Master’s Degree in Integrated Marketing from New York University and a Bachelor’s of Science from Carnegie Mellon University. When she isn’t traveling the globe for both work and pleasure, Cathy also serves on the board of the Korean American Community Foundation and sits on the advisory board for Conscious Step. Cathy lives in Gramercy, NY with her husband and husky.

Scott Olechowski is Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Plex. He is responsible for driving the product strategy, product management and business development for Plex’s suite of software and services. Prior to co-founding Plex in 2009, his professional experience includes executive positions in product strategy, business development, marketing, and international sales for a number of established brands such as Cisco, PostX and IronPort. He is an expert in cryptography with six issued encryption and authentication patents and was a technical and thought leader in Cisco’s global threat intelligence operations. Fresh out of college, he co-founded a successful video software company that pioneered the synchronization of video testimony and official transcripts, which dramatically improved conviction rates for trial lawyers. Scott holds a degree in both marketing and management from DePaul University.

Adam Ostrow is TEGNA’s Chief Digital Officer. In his role, Adam leads an organization responsible for driving transformation and growth across TEGNA’s digital consumer experiences, which are accessed by more than 100 million people each month through station’s websites, mobile apps and OTT channels.

Reporting to CEO Dave Lougee, Ostrow oversees the company’s digital content, product development and partnership teams, which are responsible for local/national storytelling, social media, web/app development and UX, and relationships with key platform partners including Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. He is also a member of TEGNA’s internal committee that makes investments and forms commercial relationships with emerging startups.

Prior to joining TEGNA, Adam was Chief Strategy Officer at Mashable, where he led the development of the company’s video offerings, branded content studio, international expansion, ecommerce business and strategic partnerships. He also worked closely with the CEO and CFO in raising $46 million in capital and served on the company’s board of directors.

Adam has been recognized by the industry with numerous accolades, including Digiday’s “TV Executive of the Year,” Broadcasting & Cable’s “40 Under 40” and Variety’s “Digital Entertainment Execs to Watch,” and has been frequently quoted by major media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and Bloomberg. His TED Talk “After the Final Status Update” has been viewed more than 1 million times.

Adam is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, and currently serves on the Merrill College of Journalism’s Board of Visitors.

Lou Paskalis is Senior Vice President, Customer Engagement and Media Investment for Bank of America. In his role he is responsible for Communications Strategy, Media Investment, Marketing Data Enablement and Governance, Advertising Technology and Brand Safety for the enterprise. Paskalis oversees media strategy and investment across traditional, digital, search and social channels with an eye toward driving innovative solutions across lines of business. Lou also serves as the Co-Chair of the Enterprise Cyber Digital Protection Council.

Paskalis is Chairman of the Board of the Mobile Marketing Association Global Media board and board member of the Media Ratings Council. He is a member of the ANA Media Growth Council and serves on the IAB Brand Advisory Council and several partner advisory councils including Twitter, Snapchat, VOX and Nextdoor.

Prior to joining Bank of America, Paskalis was the Vice President of Global Media, Content Development and Mobile Marketing at American Express and lead communications strategy for multiple strategic initiatives, including the launch of Small Business Saturday.

Lou holds an MBA in finance and marketing and a B.S. in business management from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Manhattan where he indulges his passion for bike riding, travel, wine and Formula One motor-racing.

Scott Pawloski is Executive Vice President, Client Partnerships at GSTV, where he leads client partnerships and revenue functions with 20+ years of experience overseeing high-performance teams for companies like Microsoft, Yahoo!, Global Eagle and Quantcast. He is an established leader with a proven track record of building and growing premier global organizations of 100+ professionals and over $300M in annual revenue. He also built and grew multiple sales organizations to over $100M in annual sales.

Scott has a diverse background in marketing solutions including digital, broadcast, programmatic, video, branded content, sponsorship and digital out-of-home. His experience also includes leading merger and acquisitions of companies and corporate integrations.

A graduate of Central Michigan University, Scott is an avid golfer, Detroit sports fan and concertgoer.

Jonah Peretti is the Founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, the leading tech-powered, global news and entertainment network that reaches hundreds of millions of people globally. After co-founding The Huffington Post in 2005, Peretti launched BuzzFeed in 2006 as an experimental lab that focused on tracking viral content and making things people wanted to share. Under Peretti’s leadership, BuzzFeed now reaches the third largest U.S. millennial audience on the Internet and generates more than 9 billion monthly content views, with writers and producers creating shareable and entertaining content, and reporters and editors covering everything from politics to technology and investigations. In 2021 BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost, bringing the award winning news organization back full circle to Peretti.Before BuzzFeed, Peretti experimented with viral projects and studied how information and ideas spread through the web. Peretti is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab and has taught at NYU and the Parsons School of Design. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and twins.

Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, the world’s leading diversity recruitment company. She developed the first version of Mogul, which through its patent-pending inventions now enables recruitment access to over 430MM women and diverse professionals across 195 countries. Praised by Sheryl Sandberg as “the number one platform” and referred to as “the perfect business” by Melinda Gates, Mogul is backed by investors SoftBank, Hearst Corporation, the founders of Comcast, LinkedIn Learning, Match.com, and The Knot.com. Mogul has been named the World’s Largest Platform for Women and Diverse Professionals by Business Insider, Best Partner for Finding Top Talent by Inc. Magazine, and Top Partner for Marketing Your Company by Forbes; and was the subject of a case study called “Redefining Mogul” by Harvard Business School.

She is the Managing Partner of the Mogul Global Fund, an investment fund with a global diversity mandate, and is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book YOU ARE A MOGUL and GIRL MOGUL.

A TV personality, Tiffany has been a Judge on the TLC TV Show “Girl Starter” and has appeared across advertising campaigns for Lexus, Amazon Audible, Naturalizer, Dell, Captain Morgan, Visa, LUNA, Bumble and bumble, and GoDaddy.
Tiffany has been named one of Forbes “30 Under 30,” Business Insider “30 Most Important Women Under 30,” ELLE “30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World,” Crain’s “40 under 40,” Entrepreneur “100 Most Powerful Women,” and Inc. “Top 100 Female Entrepreneurs.”
She speaks regularly at the United Nations to present gender and ethnic diversity policy recommendations, as well as on MSNBC, Bloomberg, Viacom, Microsoft, AOL, Prudential, SXSW, Harvard Business School, Wharton Business School, Scripps Research, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Panama & Dubai.

Prior to Mogul, Tiffany was a media executive and producer, and worked across CBS, HBO, Credit Suisse, and Goldman Sachs. She is a graduate of Yale and Harvard Business School.

Ryan Pirozzi is the Co-Head of Content and Programming at IMDb TV. In this role, Ryan oversees all programming for IMDb TV, including development, production, licensing and strategy. Prior to taking on this role, Ryan was the Head of Worldwide Television & Film Licensing, licensing television and film on a worldwide basis for Amazon’s Prime Video service. Ryan lead a team of content acquisition professionals that continuously monitored the industry for the best-available content to license for Prime customers. Before joining Amazon in 2011, Ryan spent seven years at the specialty retailer Best Buy where he led several categories including physical and digital video. Before entering the private sector, Ryan spent five years serving in the United States Air Force, where he held the rank of captain and specialized in the acquisition of major information technology programs. Pirozzi is a native of Long Island, New York, USA. He attended the United States Air Force Academy, earning a bachelor’s degree in Human Factors Engineering, and St. Mary’s University, earning a master of business administration.

Katherine Pond is the Vice President of Business Development leading OTT distribution, content acquisition, and strategic partnerships. Since joining VIZIO in 2012, she has initiated, negotiated, and closed deals across content distribution and acquisition, IP technology, advertising, and data verticals. She was named Concordia University Irvine’s 2020 Alumna of the Year for Professional Achievement, was chosen as one of Cynopsis’ 2020 Top Women in Media, and selected for Next TV’s ‘The Watch List’ 2020 as an executive shaping the future of the streaming business.

Jennifer is currently the VP and Head of Global Content Partnerships at Twitter after 7+ years leading Media & Entertainment partnerships. Prior to joining Twitter in August 2013, Jennifer was Head of Industry for Film & Television at Google and YouTube. Earlier, Jennifer was SVP of Advertising at Demand Media where she launched their Ad Sales business and helped the company through its IPO. Jennifer has spent 23 years in digital partnerships.

Jennifer earned a BA Communications degree from University of California, Santa Barbara. In addition to her current board seat on Ghostcast, and City of Hope, and ThinkLA previously, she serves advisory roles to Cluster, Opkix, OpenSlate, SameSurf, and Firefly. Jennifer lives in Los Angeles and keeps busy with her three little girls, ages 12 and under. She is @JenP on Twitter.

Nyma Quidwai is the Director of Client Services at VIZIO Ads, leading the development of campaign management across direct buys and overseeing the programmatic ad stack.

She has extensive experience in the ad tech community from content partnership curation to demand facilitation with an emphasis on CTV. Her focus lies in developing yield management and monetization strategies.

She was named DMN’s 40under40 and is a published Forbes author on CTV.

Born in London, raised in upstate New York and Portland, Oregon, Rishi Rajani discovered his love of producing while attending NYU. He went on to work for 20th Century Fox, UTA, Paradigm, and Studio 8 where he rose through the ranks to become a development executive working in both film and TV.

Rishi joined Hillman Grad Productions in June 2018 and currently serves as President of Production and Development. Since then he has been an Executive Producer on the shows BOOMERANG and TWENTIES, and continues to manage Hillman Grad’s ever-growing slate of films, TV shows, commercials, and music videos.

As a passionate advocate for diversity in storytelling he could not be more excited to be working for a company that continues to provide opportunities, break down barriers, and push the culture forward.

Tonya Rapley is an internationally recognized speaker, financial educator, best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur based in Atlanta. She is the founder of the award winning site, My Fab Finance where her mission is to help people make financial decisions they are proud of so that they can create lives they love. Furthering her commitment to holistic wellness, in 2019 she purchased Club Loofah, an inclusive self-care brand focused on inspiring and supporting regenerative practices for all.

Priyanka Rathore is the Brand Communications Manager on KitchenAid at Whirlpool Corporation where she leads the Masterbrand and Major Appliances marketing for the North America Region. Her over a decade-long work experience as a global marketer spans across sectors including consumer products, consumer durables, and consulting.

Priyanka is passionate about unleashing the power of brands rooted in consumer values and authentic connections. She holds an MBA from the Notre Dame University and loves to write short stories.

Advertising Executive, digital media entrepreneur, Shenan is SVP, Head of Media for L’Oréal, Shenan is responsible for elevating the quality of consumer connections for the L’Oréal USA brands.

An entrepreneurial business leader with over 20 years of experience, Shenan previously led the GSK and Verizon Power of One solutions for Publicis and lead the L’Oréal business and Digital Practice at Wavemaker. Prior to her tenure at Wavemaker, Shenan founded the digital marketing agency Morpheus Media, which became renowned for its work with premier luxury, fashion and retail clients. Over the course of her career, Shenan has worked with an impressive roster of blue-chip brands across various categories including The New York Times, Neiman Marcus, LVMH, Net-A-Porter, Lord & Taylor, Tiffany & Co., Chanel, A&E Networks, Vimeo, IFC, Sundance and The Economist.

Shenan resides in Bronxville, New York with her husband, two children and their beagle Pebbles, named for the Flintstones character who grows up to be a female ad exec.

Brett is a Senior Media Manager for Chobani, a food maker founded to provide better options to more people. Responsible for paid media investment across brand, shopper, eComm, and channel marketing; Brett leads the future-proofing of media as a pillar to drive business outcomes.

Prior to Chobani Brett worked at Essence Global where he supported YouTube and Google’s global marketing and media efforts, leading a team of media channel experts to drive adoption of products. Outside of work Brett enjoys cooking and volunteers his time providing employment mentorship with the AHRC.

Orchid Richardson serves as the newly appointed Vice President & Managing Director of the IAB Programmatic+Data Center. She is charged with driving the Center’s mission to define boundaries, reduce friction, and increase value along the data supply chain, for consumers, marketers, and the ecosystem that supports them.


Before joining the IAB Data Center, Orchid was General Manager of Publisher & Media Solutions for 33Across, Inc. where she was responsible for leading the global business strategy & development for both the company’s growth and the growth of their publisher partners. Her successes include leading the development and integration of the 33Across Real Platform with over 250 demand partners, developing a product suite that was the catalyst for the company’s pivot into programmatic and launching the Real Platform in 12 countries located in EMEA, LATAM and North America.


Orchid also served as Head of Digital Operations for Hearst Magazines Digital Media. There, she was responsible for architecting the Hearst Audience Exchange that represented the consolidation of Hearst’s audience data for multiple Hearst corporate units including Magazines, Newspaper, Entertainment, and Broadcast on to one platform for strategic company-wide initiatives.


Before Hearst, Orchid was Senior Director of Advertising Operations & Strategy for BET Networks within the Digital Group. Orchid has also served in management roles at other leading digital companies including Everyday Health, Singer Direct (an Omnicom Media Group Company) and Multimedia Solutions.


She is an alumna of Spelman College and New York University’s Stern School of Business where she holds a degree in Business Administration & International Business.

Vinny Rinaldi brings a disruptive lens to a media ecosystem that is constantly evolving. His approach to digital transformation starts with a deep understanding of business outcomes to translate into media strategies.

Vinny brings a unique approach to his role after spending the past 14 years in various roles at startups like Adap.TV, ad tech giants like Google and Amazon, leading Audience Platforms and Strategy at dentsu and a 2019 Ad Age 40 under 40 nominee for his transformative work at The Hershey Company through the lens of Addressable Media.

An ad technology evangelist, Vinny is committed to being provocative in his approach to using data and analytics to address a brands planning, investment, activation and measurement ecosystem. He continues to push the system as he looks to disrupt the changing landscape of media from a linear world to an addressable first world.

Chiquis, is a Latin GRAMMY recording artist (singer and songwriter), businesswoman, author and television celebrity.

As a multi-faceted entertainer Chiquis is currently in the studio forging her much anticipated new album launching in 2021. She is also celebrity judge on the EstrellaTV network show; Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento (a Latin version of America’s Got Talent). Chiquis has had 10 years of TV experience and is a ratings magnet across all Latin media. She is also launching a new TV show in 2021. Chiquis is writing her third book this year. Chiquis established BossBee Nation, a charity foundation through which Chiquis continues to help thousands of young people.

Francis Roberts is Head of Creator Partnerships at Snap Inc. Francis oversees relationships with digital-native talent and manages the Snap Creator Ecosystem across Snap Stars, Spotlight, Shows and more.

Prior to joining Snap Inc., Francis spent eight years at Google and built his digital creator expertise working with some of YouTube’s biggest names. He has collaborated with popular Creators and celebrities, including Will Smith, Naomi Campbell, Liza Koshy, Jackie Aina, Brent Rivera, and The Try Guys.

Sarah is the Head of US Entertainment Partnerships at Twitter, leading relationships with media and content publishers across TV, music, lifestyle, and film. Sarah and her team work closely with entertainment partners to extend and monetize their content initiatives across Twitter. Sarah joined Twitter in 2014 as a Senior Partner Manager and played an integral role in building out the entertainment sponsorship business. Sarah has been named one of AdAge’s 40 Under 40, Variety’s New Leaders in Digital, and Cynopsis’ Top Women in Media.

Mark Rotblat is the Chief Revenue Officer of Tubi – FOX Entertainment’s free streaming service. As CRO, Mark is responsible for driving the company’s global sales and partnerships, expanding the company’s revenue efforts, and increasing value for advertising partners.

Prior to joining Tubi in early 2018, Mark was Senior Director of Agency Sales & Activation for the Adobe Advertising Cloud at Adobe Systems. Leading up to his work at Adobe, Mark was part of TubeMogul’s founding team in 2007, which held its IPO in 2014 and subsequently was acquired by Adobe for $540M in 2016.

Mark held a variety of roles at TubeMogul, including marketing, business development and various sales leadership positions. As SVP of Agency Sales at TubeMogul, his responsibilities included driving sales strategy, communications and execution with agency partners. Mark also has experience working in business development and management consulting for healthcare organizations, including Healthline and Stockamp & Associates.

Mark holds an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a BS from Duke University and resides in the Bay area with his wife and children.

Mr. Rouhana is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. and has been the Chief Executive Officer of Chicken Soup for the Soul since April 2008. Mr. Rouhana has been a leader in the media, entertainment and communications industries for more than 35 years. He was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Winstar Communications, a wireless broadband pioneer, and Winstar New Media, one of the earliest online content companies, from 1993 until 2001. During his career Mr. Rouhana has led the acquisition of numerous media companies including Virgin Vision, a Virgin Group worldwide film distribution venture, in the 1980s. As an entertainment and finance lawyer from 1977 to 1985, he developed new film financing models for major content creators such as Blake Edwards. He is a founder of The Humpty Dumpty Institute, which created the International Film Exchange, and the Co-Chairman of the Global Creative Forum, which connects the United Nations with major film and television executives, producers and talent. Among other qualifications, Mr. Rouhana has extensive executive leadership in the communications, media and entertainment industries, including production and distribution, and broad experience in business financings and acquisitions. He received his B.A. from Colby College, where he is currently Trustee Emeritus; and his J.D. from Georgetown Law School.

Born in a war-torn Sierra Leone, Blacktag Co-Founder and CCO Ousman Sow’s journey of narrowly escaping tragedy to immigrate to the United States shaped his creative vision and work in elevating underrepresented communities in media. Sow began his career as a photographer, working with brands such as Unicef, United Nations, Levi’s Care, and World Bank and later paved his way in the tech industry with director roles at both Google and Spotify. His first entrepreneurial venture was a precursor to Blacktag called Lunchbox Studios; a multicultural creative agency made of creative minds from the worlds of entertainment, advertising, and new media focusing on subculture marketing with major brands such as Google, Spotify, Adidas, Coca-Cola, as well as independent artists.

Mirthala Salinas is the Interim Vice President of News and National News Anchor for EstrellaTV. In this dual role, she is responsible for the strategic planning and management of the network’s news division, including managing content and production for all news-related programing, which includes three national newscasts and two local newscasts for the network’s flagship station EstrellaTV KRCA 62.

She is also the network’s national anchorwoman for Cierre de Edición.

Her successful career started in Phoenix, Arizona in 1989, where she worked in radio and television. Since then, she moved to Los Angeles, California where she currently resides.

With more than 20 years of journalistic experience, she has made her passion for news a platform to reach out to people in many areas.

Salinas has had many accomplishments and recognitions in her impressive career, including four Golden Mikes and two Emmy Awards, obtained while she was an anchor/reporter at Telemundo in Los Angeles.

Salinas is a leading voice in the Hispanic community of the United States, and as such, she uses her influence to advocate for more cancer research.

Salinas attended Arizona State University where she did coursework at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in Phoenix AZ.

Nick currently leads US News Partnerships for Twitter. He joined Twitter in 2015 as Periscope’s content strategy lead and quickly expanded his remit to lead Twitter’s live news business where he focused on improving digital video strategy and revenue opportunities for news organizations and expanding existing partnerships with a range of news publishers to launch live programing including Bloomberg’s TicToc and Buzzfeed News’ AM2DM. Prior to Twitter, Nick ran Content acquisition and Business Development at Aereo.

René Santaella serves as EVP, digital & streaming media for Estrella Media. In this newly created role, he is leading the digital transformation of Estrella Media’s strategy, operations and new revenue initiatives. He reports directly to the CEO of the company.

As EVP, digital & streaming media, he has been tasked with shaping the digital future of the company and growing its footprint with an underserved Hispanic audience across all platforms. His role oversees all aspects of digital for the company including direct-to-consumer, streaming media, social media, marketing, operations, distribution and ad sales.

Prior to joining Estrella Media, Santaella was the senior vice president, head of ad sales & business operations, Sony Pictures Television Digital Networks and led the successful transition and sale of Crackle to CSS Entertainment as the new majority owner and the first AVOD service to disclose profitable figures to the public. While at Sony, he built Crackle into a leading free ad-supported streaming network with the Emmy nominated hit, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and managed ad sales, operations and strategic initiatives. He also led the creation of a premium video network for advertisers targeting a large audience of “connected gamers” that included PlayStation Store, PlayStation Vue, Funimation, Pluto TV and Crackle. Upon joining Sony, Santaella spearheaded the initial business plan to grow Crackle’s ad sales, tech stack and ad solutions and under his leadership, Crackle forged a number of industry groundbreaking ad sales capabilities.

Before Sony, he was director of ad sales marketing for Disney Interactive, leading digital and cross-platform advertising and integrated marketing solutions across the company and senior vice president and co-founder of Fireworks Enterprises, an entertainment marketing agency representing clients such as eBay, Mercedes Benz and Visa.

Santaella holds a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA. He was also a member of the Puerto Rican National Swim Team and UCLA Men’s Swim Team.

As Spark Foundry’s Chief Investment Officer in the U.S., Shelby Saville is responsible for setting and driving the agency’s investment strategy, as well as ensuring integration of Spark’s digital, data and content practices across platforms and audiences.

A steadfast and innovative leader, Shelby is known throughout the industry as a trailblazer in digital strategy. She is constantly challenging current digital models in an effort to achieve better integration with other media channels. Additionally, she is dedicated to fostering a culture of flexibility by promoting beta-testing and consumer-focused campaign management that can change instantaneously – much like today’s consumer.

Shelby’s work has garnered attention across the industry due to her willingness to break the mold and test new approaches to produce more effective results for clients. Respected by colleagues, partners and clients alike, Shelby has garnered numerous accolades, including an honor in the prestigious Adweek 50 list of professionals who are “indispensable to their companies and wield influence across the advertising industry.”

Jason oversees Business Development, Marketing, PR and Business Intelligence initiatives for Crackle Plus. Prior to this role, Jason spent 7 years at Sony Pictures Television overseeing Global Revenue Operations for Crackle. Jason has also worked at The Walt Disney Company and Dow Jones in various digital roles. He started his career in investment banking, within Merrill Lynch & Co’s M&A department. Jason holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Economics from Bucknell University. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Susan Schiekofer is the Chief Digital Investment Officer for GroupM U.S. She is responsible for digital and cross-platform partnerships and trading across GroupM’s agencies including Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker and Essence.

Susan’s digital skill set, coupled with her broader knowledge of trading best practices across all media formats, ensures that GroupM continues to lead the market with the most valuable and accountable digital solutions for clients of GroupM agencies.

She is figurative in GroupM’s efforts to improve the integrity of the digital marketplace in the U.S. by championing viewability, anti-fraud safeguards, measurement, and standards.

Schiekofer has been a leader in the digital media space at WPP and GroupM since 1994. She founded the digital media offering at Ogilvy & Mather, which was later rebranded to [email protected], and worked on accounts including IBM, TD Ameritrade and Lenovo, among many others. In 2010, Schiekofer joined MEC to head up the AT&T digital business, and soon became responsible for all of digital at MEC. In July of 2014, she moved to GroupM to lead digital investment for Maxus and MediaCom, and to assume responsibility for all of online video. She took on the role of Chief Digital Investment Officer in 2016.

Karen Schuchardt serves as Senior Vice President, Digital Advertising Sales & Partnerships, NBCUniversal. In this role, Schuchardt spearheads digital advertising sales and oversees digital sponsorship strategy for the company’s entire portfolio of events & specials, including Live From E!, Inspiring America, the People’s Choice Awards, and NBCU’s Late Night properties. Schuchardt reports to Trevor Fellows, Executive Vice President, Digital Advertising Sales & Partnerships NBCUniversal.

Schuchardt joined NBCUniversal in 2017 after her time as Chief Revenue Officer at DanceOn. In this role, she oversaw DanceOn’s global ad sales, licensing revenue, business development, music revenue and ad operations.


Prior to DanceOn, Schuchardt served as Vice President, Digital Ad Sales for Disney’s ABC Television Network. As Vice President, she led sales for all ABC video properties including ABC, WATCH ABC Full Episode Streaming, ABC on Hulu, ABC News, Good Morning America on Yahoo, and all new media properties.

Schuchardt was with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia where she led digital ad sales and operations. She also spent eight years at Viacom Media Networks where she held numerous leadership roles including Vice President of Digital Ad Sales and Vice President of Business Development for the Music and Entertainment Group. She also held advertising sales positions at Yahoo and Google.
Schuchardt was named one of Women in Cable Television’s “Rising Leaders” (2008). She has completed Disney’s Executive EDGE Leadership Development Program and Advanced Digital media Strategies from IESE Business School’s Executive Education Program.

Karen holds a Bachelor of Business Administration & Marketing with a specialization in International Business from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

With a background in econometric modeling and advanced analytics, Terence spent his time prior to joining Tremor Video and Unruly in major media agencies working on the analytics and research teams supporting some of the world’s largest brands and covering a wide array of industry categories including CPG, Travel and Retail.

Kristina is a Director, Large Customer Sales East & Upfront Partnerships at Roku, helping to manage Roku’s Magna and Havas relationships while overseeing a team of AE’s who work with clients such as; Verizon, Coca-Cola, Papa John’s, Nationwide and more. Kristina has been at Roku since early 2017 and has helped to break and grow business with what are now some of Roku’s largest clients. Prior to Roku, Kristina was a Sales Director at a leading mobile ad tech company.

Eric Sherman is Senior Vice President, Insights & Analytics at GSTV where he oversees audience insights, ad effectiveness research and data strategy. He is currently building the company’s advanced audience measurement, marketing attribution and geospatial analytics practice.

Prior to GSTV, as head of US media research at Twitter, Eric led a multi-disciplinary research, analytics and data science team charged with demonstrating and quantifying the value of Twitter to media companies, content owners, and multi-platform marketers. Before joining Twitter, Eric oversaw audience measurement, ad effectiveness research and geospatial analytics for Clear Channel Outdoor’s $1.3 billion U.S. advertising business. He also spent seven years at NBCUniversal, heading up ad sales research and web analytics for CNBC. Previously, at Digitas and Dynamic Logic, Eric advised clients on digital marketing strategy and measurement.

Eric holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Princeton University and a Master’s in Business Analytics from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Aaron Shuster is the Head of Strategic Partnerships for Digital Marketing Solutions at TransUnion. He leads efforts to forge identity-driven solutions for US-based media publishers and consumer-facing technology entities. Aaron is a 20-year veteran of strategic business development, having closed billions of dollars in deal value across a broad range of traditional media, measurement, identity, and programmatic initiatives, while tenured at companies such as: JPMorgan, NBCU, AppNexus, Nielsen, and TransUnion. For the last 8+ years, Aaron has been focused on building partnerships with data and programmatic media entities for enhanced addressability, increased revenue, and improved attribution.

Julie Stewart-Binks is the host of “Drinks With Binks” on Fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network featuring sports stories on and off the field. Drinks with Binks launched with the network in September 2019 and Ball is Back, a special series, highlights the return of major tournaments and sporting events.

“Drinks With Binks” has a light, casual vibe that encourages deeper conversations. Guests open bottles (alcoholic or otherwise) and open up about life, sports, motivations, fears, anything. New episodes air Wednesdays at 8PM and 8:30PM ET/PT.

“Ball is Back” gets the full story with predictions and storylines on major sporting events such as the NCAA basketball tournament and NBA playoffs with guests like current all-stars, Hall of Famers and sports journalists.

Who is JSB?

JSB, as she’s known around the studio, has a sports/journalism/entertainment resume as deep as the ‘67 Maple Leafs roster. An avid hockey fan and player, she jumped into her career with both blades. She was a reporter on FOX Soccer’s “FOX Soccer Report” in Winnipeg; a program assistant at CBC’s “Hockey Night in Canada”; and as a sports anchor and reporter at CTV in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Her dedication and persistence led to a move from the land of extreme weather warnings to sunny Los Angeles, where she helped launch FS1 as one of its original anchors and reporters. As FOX Sports grew, she hosted the 2014 Sochi Olympics and reported on the 2015 Women’s World Cup.

In 2015, Julie became FOX’s regular sideline reporter for their newly acquired MLS matches, before moving to ESPN as a sideline reporter for MLS, the U.S. men’s and women’s national soccer teams and college football.

In fact, Julie is the first female reporter to call two straight MLS Cups with two different networks (FOX and ESPN).

In 2017, Julie joined Barstool Sports as the host of “Barstool Breakfast” on Sirius XM, before ultimately leaving to forge her improv and comedy skills. And it’s a good thing she did. Because 2019 was the year of the Binks.

After training at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater and trying her hand at stand-up, Julie was able to show off her comedic and improv chops hosting “The Thread,” a daily show on SNY; at CBS Sports HQ; and an NHL podcast on the athletic which led her to what she’d later describe as her “dream situation.”

Landing at Fubo Sports Network, she took on writing, producing and hosting duties of two shows; “Call it a Night,” a late-night style show which earned a Telly Award, and “Drinks with Binks” a laid-back interview show over a beverage of the guest’s choosing. Since then, JSB has sharpened her interview skills further with “Ball is Back,” where she has found the middle ground between her sports journalist roots and disarming comedic persona.

Connect with Julie on Twitter @JSB_TV, Instagram @juliesb_ and Facebook at jsb989

Alex and his team are responsible for the development of agency level partnerships with key media, data, and technology vendors across all marketplace mediums. Alex developed the agency’s strategic approach to digital investment partnerships to maximize negotiations with key partners emphasizing areas of interest that provide the greatest value to the agency’s clients in the form of innovation, competitive rates, research, and education. He worked with key stakeholders to develop a new private marketplace specific to OTT/CTV inventory featuring over 45 direct partnerships, dubbed SeleCTV. Most recently, Alex merged the Advanced Video Solutions team with Agency Partnerships where he will lead the charge behind advanced and addressable Video/TV opportunities while pressing forward on innovative agency ventures.

As CEO and co-founder of Tru Optik, Andre has led the company’s business development, product innovation, go to market strategy leading to its October 2020 acquisition by TransUnion. Under Andre’s leadership, Tru Optik has become the most relied upon DaaS (data as a service) partner across OTT, streaming audio and gaming. Tru Optik clients and partners include many of the largest publishers, ad tech platforms and advanced media. Andre is a frequent guest on Bloomberg and CNBC and often quoted in AdWeek and AdExchanger as an expert in streaming media and advanced advertising. Before founding Tru Optik, he served as a Vice President of Investments at JP Morgan Chase and also led the Media and Entertainment division at a boutique investment bank in New York City.

Kinsey Tamberrino is Vevo’s VP of East Coast and Midwest Sales, based in New York. She is responsible for developing and growing national partnerships with major agency holding groups across the US. Kinsey is also in charge of overseeing the East Coast and Midwest sales teams. With a core background in Digital Video and Television, Kinsey has been an influential driver in promoting Vevo’s go-to-market strategy as a modern day premium content network, reaching large audiences at scale in a brand safe environment. Before she joined Vevo, Kinsey has held sales and management positions at Hulu, Food Network and Discovery.

Kelsey E. Taylor is a Sr. Manager of US Sports Partnerships at Twitter. She is responsible for Twitter’s strategic partnerships with sports leagues and media partners to bring the most premium sports content to the platform and drive advertising revenue. Currently, she is focused on the NBA, WNBA, US Open, and NBC Sports partnerships.

Prior to Twitter Sports, Kelsey was a Manager in Media Strategy and Business Development at the National Football League for three seasons. She helped drive the NFL’s media business through the deployment of key media rights, identification of new business opportunities within the broader media landscape, and the formation of strategic partnerships.

Kelsey also spent two years before the NFL as an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Technology, Media, and Telecom Investment Banking, where she focused on financial analyses of media and entertainment companies.

Kelsey is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She is also a mentor in the I Have a Dream Foundation Program in NY. She is originally from East Orange, NJ, and currently resides in Manhattan, NY.

As Head of Agency Partnerships, Stark Townend oversees strategic holding company alliances with Ampersand’s core clients in the Advanced TV space, fostering ROI-driven media executions across Linear, Addressable, Streaming, and Digital video with an emphasis on audience-first, measurement-focused solutions. In this role he manages and optimizes multi-screen media relationships with Fortune 500 marketers, improving legacy models and fostering growth in emerging sectors.

Prior to Ampersand, Townend held senior positions at Comcast, Google, YouTube, and Forbes. He earned credentials in Customer Analytics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his MBA from Villanova University with specializations in Marketing and Strategic Management, and his BA from Trinity College, where he graduated with honors. Active in his community, Townend splits his time between New York and Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and three children.

Nick Tran is the Head of Global Marketing for TikTok. In his role as TikTok’s first head of global marketing, he is responsible for all aspects of TikTok’s global marketing efforts, including brand strategy, media and advertising, social media, and brand partnerships, campaigns and activations across all regions.

Ruchika Tulshyan is an award-winning inclusion strategist, keynote speaker and author. Through her company, Candour, she advises companies on diversity, equity & inclusion strategy and communications. Ruchika is known for her intersectional and data-driven approach.

She is a keynote speaker who has addressed audiences at Microsoft, Amazon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, U.S. Congress and more. Inquire to book her here.

Ruchika’s book, “The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace” focuses on leadership strategies to advance women at work. She is working on her second book “Inclusion on Purpose” to be published by MIT Press, Spring 2022.

Ruchika is known for leveraging her deep expertise in communications to create a common language around diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Ruchika writes regularly for Harvard Business Review. A former business journalist, she is now often quoted in media including The New York Times, NPR and Bloomberg. She is also the inaugural Distinguished Professional-in-Residence for Seattle University.

In 2019, Ruchika was named to the Thinkers50 “On the Radar” list. She was also named to a list of Most Influential D&I leaders in 2019 and 2020.

Vale is a multitalented artist (singer, actress, comedian, playwrite, voice over actor, and celebrity impersonator) who hails from one of Mexico’s most iconic entertainment royalty families. She is the daughter of legendary actress and singer Angélica María, “Mexico ́s Timeless Sweetheart,” and the talented entertainer (singer, actor, comedian) Raul Vale. She’s also the granddaughter of internationally renowned producer, director and writer Angélica Ortiz. She began her career in the entertainment industry at the tender age of two. Since then, her career credits include over 30 theatrical productions, nine feature films, more than 250 television productions throughout Latin America and the U.S., including the smash hit telenovela “La Fea Más Bella,” Mexico’s version of Ugly Betty. In 2007, she was featured in a cameo appearance on the season finale of ABC’s Ugly Betty. As a musical artist, she began recording at the age of four and to date has participated in musical theatre as a composer and performer and has had a successful music career as a solo artist. Most recently, she has added the role of radio personality to her impressive list of accomplishments at a local Latin pop/reggaeton station in Los Angeles.

As Vice President of Digital Content at TEGNA, Joanie supports 49 local newsrooms across the country as they transform their content to keep up with changing platforms and audiences. After graduating from Penn State, Joanie started her career at WUSA9, TEGNA’s CBS-affiliate in Washington, D.C. While at WUSA9, she went from digital producer to leading the station’s digital team in just a few years.

Since joining the corporate team, Joanie has built a national digital desk, launched good-news brand HeartThreads, led the debut of VERIFY on Snapchat and grown TEGNA into a top 50 ComScore network.

Joanie was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media 2021 list. Joanie lives in Northern Virginia, where she’s currently working from home with her pandemic puppy Maisie.

Three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Tai Verdes was an essential worker with a 9-to-5 job at a Los Angeles Verizon Wireless store. Now he has one of the biggest viral hits in the US, hailed by The New York Times as one of the “Best Songs of 2020”.

After posting a series of TikTok videos, Tai’s breakout single “Stuck In The Middle” took flight hitting #1 on Spotify’s US viral chart (and 22 International Charts) and has since amassed more than 75 million streams and over 2.6 million TikTok creations, which have been viewed over 2.5 billion times since the songs release in late May 2020.

John leads Premion’s national and regional sales organization and is responsible for driving revenue growth, go-to-market development and execution.

John brings over 25-years of traditional and digital media advertising, distribution sales and business development experience with a track record of success in leading advertising, digital video, programmatic and television sales revenue and strategy at several world-class organizations. John is well experienced in heading large national and local sales teams. He has helped advertising agencies and marketers across all category types fulfill their goals in reaching audiences and consumers via digital video, linear television and display mediums.

Prior to Premion, John served as Chief Revenue Officer of TRUSTX, as a founding executive for the high-profile programmatic digital advertising marketplace start-up, where he led national sales, strategy and development in partnership with many of the world’s leading broadcasters and publishers. Previously, John led sales, strategy and revenue growth with leading media and entertainment organizations, such as NBC Universal, CBS Local and Discovery Communications and was an early sales leader for several years at Hulu where he scaled national, local, multicultural and upfront advertising sales.

John holds both a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master of Arts degrees from Baylor University. He is an active supporter of the Baylor Film & Digital Media programs in Texas and New York City, Baylor’s endowed academic scholarships program and the Baylor Bear Foundation.

Adam W is one of the hottest influencers in the world. Instagram named Adam “The next generation of Insta-Stars” and called him “One of the funniest young comedians on Instagram.” In 2020, he received 2.1B+ views across his social media platforms with 17M+ followers. His unprecedented growth, relatability and quality of his work earned him a spot in Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2021. Adam is dedicated to using his influence for good and has partnered with Karmagawa, The Bali Children’s Project, St. Jude’s Children Hospital and Eat Move Grow.

Award-winning writer, creator, producer, actor and CEO Lena Waithe continues to lead the cultural revolution in Hollywood with creativity, diversity and charisma. Waithe expertly taps into emerging societal trends with a sharp wit, speaking to myriad experiences from her unique perspective and challenging audiences to think outside of conventional norms.

With her impressive eye for discovering and spotlighting underrepresented voices, Waithe expertly navigates the intersection of business and entertainment in conjunction with her own production company, Hillman Grad Productions. The company passionately fights against the status quo by giving marginalized storytellers the platform and opportunity to access the industry and allow them to tell their stories. The comprehensive slate includes projects at Netflix, BET, Disney, Amazon, Universal, Focus and MGM. Hillman Grad Productions goes above and beyond to provide a platform and fellowship for diverse voices on the rise through the Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. The lab offers opportunities for marginalized storytellers to connect, grow, and accelerate their careers in television and film through personalized instruction from industry professionals in the fields of in television writing, screen acting, and executive development. While Hillman Grad Productions has already mentored roughly 600 actors,120 writers/directors, and 30 producers, the 2021 Class will be the first group to go through the official Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab. Previous Mentorship Program “alums” are working and excelling throughout the industry such as Tiffany Johnson who, alongside Waithe, were awarded a 2020 TRIBECA X AWARD recognition for “Best Series” for their anthology series, GIRLS ROOM.

Recently, Hillman Grad Productions has partnered with Def Jam Recordings to announce the creation of Hillman Grad Records, a label that is committed to identifying and developing underrepresented artists and priming them for long term success in the music industry. Waithe and Hillman Grad Productions’ President of Film and TV, Rishi Rajani, will be joined by Def Jam Interim CEO Jeff Harleston and former Colombia Records and Soundcloud executives Tebs Maqubela and Albert Cooke, who together will discover new voices and amplify their storytelling abilities across music, TV, and film.

Hillman Grad Productions has also recently partnered with Indeed to create the Rising Voices Initiative which will select 10 BIPOC filmmakers to create short films with a production budget of $100,000 each. Waithe and Rajani will essentially serve as the executive producers for the short films to ensure all have extensive mentorship from creatives like Waithe, Rajani, award-winning director, Melina Matsoukas and music video directors, Paul Hunter and Calmatic as well as have line production crews for their projects. All of which amount to a $1.35 million commitment for the emerging filmmaker program.

In conjunction with Hillman Grad Productions, Waithe previously served as one of the lead mentors for AT&T’s Filmmaker Mentorship Program. Launched in 2017, the program seeks to discover, incubate and empower emerging filmmakers from underrepresented communities to evolve their work, grow their audience and provide national distribution on platforms such as DIRECTV and DIRECTV NOW.

The most recent success story produced by Waithe and Hillman Grad Productions is Radha Blank’s groundbreaking film, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION, which blends real life and fiction to follow its protagonist, a down-on-her luck New York playwright, who decides to reinvent herself and salvage her artistic voice by becoming a rapper at age 40. The film premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance 2020 Film Festival, winning the festival’s “Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic,” and was quickly purchased by Netflix for distribution. The film is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 98% rating. Blank and the film won “Best Screenplay” and was nominated for the “Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award” at the 2021 IFP Gotham Awards, “Best First Film” at NYFCC Awards, “Directors to Watch” at PSIFF, “Next Generation Award” at LAFCA Awards, won “Best First Feature” from the Toronto Film Critics Circle, received a “Best Comedy” nomination from Critics Choice Awards, an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for “Best First Feature” and received 3 NAACP Nominations for “Outstanding Directing,” “Outstanding Writing,” and “Breakthrough Creative – Motion Picture,” along with nominations at DGA in the category of “Outstanding Directorial Achievement Of A First-Time Feature Film Director for 2020,” BAFTA in the category of “Leading Actress” and AAFCA in the category of “Breakout Performance.” Blank also set the record for most individual nominations ever for the Black Reel Awards with seven nominations for her and eight for the film all together.

On the film side, Waithe has penned the script for Universal’s forthcoming TALENT SHOW. Cynthia Erivo is set to star in the drama with Waithe serving as an executive producer alongside State Street Pictures. Waithe and Hillman Grad Productions will also produce a Sammy Davis Jr. biopic for MGM along with Sight Unseen’s Julia Lebedev and Eddie Vaisman. Additionally, they have teamed up with Focus Features, Sight Unseen, and Makeready on the feature directorial debut of A.V. Rockwell, for her film A THOUSAND AND ONE.

Waithe made her feature film screenwriting debut in with Universal’s QUEEN & SLIM, which was released on November 27, 2019. Directed by Melina Matsoukas and starring Academy Award nominee Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner, the film centers on a man and woman who wind up on the run after their first date goes awry. The film opened to incredible box office success and received rave reviews for its “thought-provoking, profound and deeply affecting” storytelling, as mentioned by The Wrap’s Todd Gilchrist. The film received numerous accolades including two AAFCA awards, seven NAACP Image Awards nominations, one award at the annual National Board of Review Gala and “Best Picture” at the BET AWARDS.

On the television side, Waithe wrote and executive produced the semi-autobiographical series, TWENTIES, for BET. The series premiered March 4, 2020 and will soon return for Season 2. The show was praised for being the first primetime series starring a masculine presenting Queer woman of color in a lead role. Because of this, TWENTIES was selected as a finalist for MIPCOM’s Diversity TV Excellence Awards in the category of “Excellence Award for Representation of Race and Ethnicity – Scripted” and nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award in the category of “Outstanding Comedy Series.” The nomination was BET’s first GLAAD nomination in the television space, further cementing its impact on the industry as an example of overdue intersectionality between BIPOC and the LGBTQ+ community. Recently it was announced that Waithe and Rajani will be executive producers of TWENTIES THE AFTER SHOW, a half-hour show that will explore key themes in each week’s episode of season two of TWENTIES. As a companion conversation to the series, TWENTIES THE AFTER SHOW will highlight an esteemed roster of Black LGBTQ+ voices, giving them the platform to share their personal experiences with the world. TWENTIES THE AFTER SHOW will be hosted by B. Scott, who will serve as the first trans non-binary person to host and executive produce a show at BET.

Waithe has also served as a writer and executive producer of BET’s BOOMERANG reimagining which aired for two seasons. It was also recently announced that Hillman Grad Productions has partnered with Macro Television Studios to produce another original series for BET+ titled BIRTH OF COOL. The 10-episode half-hour dramedy marks Waithe’s third original production with the network.

In 2019, Waithe signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. The first show as part of the deal is the horror anthology series THEM which she executive produced. The show, from the mind of Little Marvin, released on the platform April 9. She had previously been under a first-look deal at Showtime to produce projects such as the critically acclaimed series THE CHI, where she serves as an executive producer. The Showtime drama series is a relevant, timely, and distinctive coming-of-age story that follows six interrelated characters in Chicago’s South Side. The third season was released June 21, 2020 and production on season four is currently underway. The show has received a Peabody Award nomination, and Waithe received two 2019 NAACP Image Award nominations on behalf of THE CHI for the “Pilot” and “The Whistle” episodes.

For her numerous television successes, Waithe was named The Hollywood Reporter’s 2020 “TV Producer of the Year,” making her the youngest to receive the massive honor. In 2019, she was honored with the “Creative Impact in Producing Award” at the Palm Springs Film Festival. Waithe was also selected by the American Black Film Festival Honors to receive the “Industry Renaissance Award,” which recognizes content creators whose exemplary work in film and television contributes to changing perceptions of people of color in the entertainment industry.

On the acting front, Waithe appeared in the third season of WESTWORLD, which released on March 15, 2020 on HBO. On the film side, she was most recently seen in Justin Simien’s horror satire BAD HAIR which premiered to rave reviews at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was quickly purchased by Hulu for distribution. The film released on the streaming platform on October 23, 2020. Previous acting credits include Steven Spielberg’s READY PLAYER ONE, Disney’s ONWARD, Showtime’s THE CHI, Netflix’s #BLACKAF and animated series BIG MOUTH, Quibi’s YOU AIN’T GOT THESE, NBC’s THIS IS US, and many more.


Waithe first made headlines in front of the camera as Denise, friend to Dev (Aziz Ansari) in the critically acclaimed Netflix series MASTER OF NONE. In a role that was originally intended for a straight, Caucasian female, Waithe has made Denise’s experience as a queer Black woman uniquely her own. In the second season, Waithe co-wrote the “Thanksgiving” episode, for which she received an Emmy award in the category of “Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series,” making her the first Black woman to ever do so, and a NAACP Image Award nomination. The episode chronicles Denise’s coming out to herself and her family, through the lens of the Thanksgiving holiday over 3 decades. Directed by Melina Matsoukas, the episode is largely based on Waithe’s personal experience. Since then, Waithe has become an advocate for queer representation throughout the industry and has been honored with several accolades such as The New York City LGBT Community Center’s “Trailblazer Award,” a GLAAD “Media Award,” The Trevor Project’s “Hero Award,” the MTV Awards “Trailblazer Award,” named OUT Magazine’s “Artist of the Year” and featured on the cover of the OUT 100 annual issue, and featured in numerous LGBTQ impact lists and Pride issues across publications such as The Hollywood Reporter, Fast Company, Variety, and more.

Waithe grew up in Chicago and currently resides in Los Angeles.

The story of VIZIO, and of its founder, William Wang, is a shining example of the American dream in action. Through vision, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to consumers, Mr. Wang has succeeded in building a trusted and admired brand, bringing innovative, premium-quality electronic products to the homes of millions of Americans at the most affordable prices.

William Wang is the first son of Chinese born parents, he was born in Taiwan and moved to the U.S. at age 12. He graduated from USC with a degree in Electrical Engineering. Seeing an opportunity to build better monitors, he entered the booming computer hardware business in 1986 when he started MAG Innovision and later purchased Princeton Graphic Systems. In 1996, when Apple and the internet era began to accelerate, he created the world’s first smart device (TV) with apps, CH1, which was too early for its time. In 2002, after noticing legacy CE brands would not accelerate the adoption of digital TV in the U.S. he mortgaged his house to start VIZIO, Inc., with the first products hitting U.S. retail shelves in the second quarter of 2003.

William Wang co-founded VIZIO and has served as Chairman of our board of directors and the Chief Executive Officer since December 2020 and as the Chairman of California VIZIO’s board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of California VIZIO since its founding in 2002. Mr. Wang also served as California VIZIO’s Chief Technology Officer from 2002 to March 2010. Prior to founding VIZIO, Mr. Wang was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of PGS OEM, Inc., a distributor of computer monitors. PGS OEM began winding down its operations in 1998 and liquidated in Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2005. Mr. Wang holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.

Mr. Wang was selected to serve on our board of directors due to the perspective and experience he brings as one of our founders and as one of our largest stockholders, as well as his extensive experience within the television manufacturing industry.

As someone who loves observing, analyzing and diving deep into a topic, research was always going to be perfect field for Rebecca Waring, VP of Insights at Unruly. With a talent for choreographing data coming up with original angles and techniques, Rebecca was naturally drawn to Unruly through its work with academia and in-house research projects. Following graduation from Cambridge University, Rebecca joined measurement and analytics giant ComScore where she spent four years before moving to Microsoft and then Unruly in 2014. She’s been published in Adweek and WARC, and has presented on stage at numerous industry events.

Reese Waters comes from an illustrious career in comedy, sports and commentary. Reese was born in Prince George’s County and went to college at Columbia University, where his comedy career took off performing in New York City clubs.

He then spent two years performing comedy in San Francisco before returning to the east coast. When New York Magazine tapped Reese Waters as one of the city’s Ten Comedians To Watch in March of 2009, Reese’s career took off even further. His comedy led him to appear on MTV, Good Morning America, The Early Show, NPR and more.

In 2010, he became a co-host of The Daily Line on the Versus Network where he combined his love for sports and comedy, interviewing athletes such as Derrick Rose, and Dwyane Wade. His most memorable interview was entitled “Tea with Tyson,” where he managed to get Mike Tyson to open up to him about his love for pigeons and his hatred of cannolis. He also began writing for ESPN.com, for a segment called Reese’s Piece.

While co-hosting The Daily Line fed Water’s deep knowledge and passion for sports, stand-up is his true love, and soon he accomplished a rare scheduling feat of making back-to-back appearances on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and the Late Show with David Letterman in 2011.

In 2014, Reese did a stint with The Weather Channel’s America’s Morning Headquarters, commentating on sports and the weather before joining ESPN in 2015 as a Sport’s Center correspondent.

Reese Waters now returns to his Washington roots and joins WUSA9 as a Host.

Mary Wilkinson is Head of Editorial for the BBC’s commercial international news services. This includes responsibility for BBC World News and for the international version of the BBC website – www.bbc.com.
She started her career as a science and technology journalist working for The Engineer magazine and presenting a science show on BBC World Service radio before moving into news and current affairs.

Her BBC career includes spells as a news producer working everywhere from Russia to China and South Africa, and five years as Deputy Editor of the BBC’s award-winning daily current affairs show, Newsnight.

Chloe is the head of Brand Product Marketing at Snap Inc. In this role, Chloe and her team oversee the development and go to market strategy for all brand products across user privacy, brand safety, premium video, sponsored augmented reality, and Snapchat’s insights platform.

Chloe joined Snap from Digitas in November 2015, where she led digital content strategy for enterprise brands across the retail, healthcare and CPG verticals.

Andrea Zahumensky was formerly chief marketing officer of the KFC U.S. division. As CMO, Andrea lead marketing, advertising, media, and consumer insights, as well as the brand’s digital initiatives. She was responsible for developing and executing innovative marketing strategies to continue to build KFC’s position as a brand that people trust and champion, and to drive sales overnight and brand over time.

Prior to joining the KFC U.S. team, Andrea served in a number of marketing roles with Proctor and Gamble where she led the P&L, marketing spend and innovation for iconic brands including P&G’s biggest brand, Pampers, as well as Oral-B, Crest, Luvs, and Glide. Andrea was a key leader in P&G’s Oral Care division during the acquisition of Oral-B, and she spearheaded a turnaround on the Crest brand that significantly expanded market share advantage year over year. Andrea was also instrumental in creating the 3D White and Pro-Health portfolios, leading geographic expansion into 30+ new countries. Most recently, Andrea led a transformation of the way Pampers connects with millennial moms in the changing media landscape, resulting in record brand fundamentals and expanded market share leadership.

Andrea Zapata is Vevo’s Vice President of West Coast Sales. She is responsible for building on the momentum of Vevo’s US sales teams in-market and their work maximizing the value of premium music videos. Previously Andrea was Vice President of Data Innovation and Insights at Effectv, the Advertising Sales Division of Comcast Cable, overseeing their data innovation and measurement team as well as the in-market client research team. Prior to Effectv, Andrea worked at Vevo, where she served as Vice President of Data and Analytics. She built the research practice from the ground up, making critical changes in Vevo’s go-to-market sales narrative. Andrea has also held positions at Hulu and ESPN.

Hena, a native New Yorker, joined Cheddar News in January of 2019 after working as a National Correspondent for CBS News in New York. There she anchored a segment called “The National Desk with Hena Doba” that aired on 100+ CBS stations across the country every morning. Hena also reports live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange focusing on consumer, business and economic stories making headlines. During her television career, she has simultaneously taught journalism as an Adjunct Professor at Capital Community College and the Connecticut School of Broadcasting. In October of 2008, Hena became weekend anchor at WFSB-TV making her one of the first Pakistani anchors in the U.S.

Hena’s won several awards including an Emmy award for best team coverage of the Newtown Tragedy, Associated Press award for Best Spot News, Best Breaking News and Best Sports Feature and was reported Best Reporter by the readers of Hartford Magazine for two years in a row.

Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, motivational speaker, New York Times best-selling author, former pro wrestler, entrepreneur, Maria Meounos is the face of Gas Station TV and the cinema pre-show Noovie as well as a frequent guest host Kelly and Ryan Live and co-host of New Year’s Eve with Steve Harvey. She is co-founder of the AfterBuzz TV Streaming Networks and host of the critically acclaimed daily talk series, ‘Better Together with Maria Menounos.’

Along with being the former host of E! And Extra, a reporter for Nightly News and Today and hosting numerous ABC Oscar, Globe and Emmy pre-shows, Menounos has conducted sit down interviews with every living President, including the historic and only sit down interview with the Obama family.
As an actress Menounos has numerous movie credits such as “Tropic Thunder”, Kickin it Old Skool’ and ‘the Fantastic Four” along with a recurring role on the CW’s ‘One Tree Hill’ and recently appeared on Amazon’s hit series ‘the Boys.’

Menounos hosted Eurovision, was one of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful and starred in a video game with Sir Sean Connery beating Charlize Theron for Video Game Vixen of the year. As one of the first females to wrestle at Wrestlemania, Menounos is a part time personality with the WWE as well as a staple on ‘Bar Rescue’ and ‘the Howard Stern Show.’

Surviving brain tumor surgery, ironically along with her mother, Menounos’ main passion today is seeing others heal and get better in all areas of life. Her Better Together daily youtube and podcast series features the likes of Dr. Oz, Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins and other world class self help experts.

Lola Ogunnaike is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone magazine, GQ and Architectural Digest. She also speaks about the intersection of pop culture and politics as a commentator on CNN and MSNBC. And she recently began executive producing and co-hosting Well Suited, a new podcast that takes a deep dive into the minds of the most stylish people on the planet.

Tim Peterson is the senior media editor at Digiday. In addition to co-hosting the weekly Digiday Podcast, he leads the publication’s coverage of the TV, streaming and digital video industry as well as oversees its weekly Future of TV Briefing and Media Briefing newsletters. Prior to joining Digiday, he worked at Advertising Age, Adweek, Marketing Land and Direct Marketing News. He is based in Carlsbad, California.