At Verizon Media, Marinn Jackson leads premium sales strategy, managing a team that forges collaborative partnerships with the company’s top advertisers. With deep experience across media and marketing, Marinn takes a customer-centric approach to helping brands and agencies build their campaigns.

Prior to joining Verizon Media, Marinn was a Head of Industry at Facebook leading the strategy, go to market plans and sales efforts across the restaurant category. She was responsible for guiding clients across the c-suite, media, marketing, IT and operations to assist companies through their transformation to a mobile first world. Before that, Marinn spend 18 years at Viacom, where she was most recently SVP of Strategic Accounts, developing partnerships with the company’s top advertisers.

Marinn is a graduate from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Marinn is an executive member of She Runs It (formerly the Advertising Women of New York).

Brad Berens has enjoyed a wide-ranging career with powerful storytelling as an organizing theme. As Editor in Chief of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Berens oversees all thought leadership, research, and event programming. He is also a Strategic Advisor and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg, where he was formerly Chief Strategy Officer. Berens is a trusted advisor to a variety of companies, from a venture capital firm focused on artificial intelligence to a startup trying to eradicate media bias, among others. A futurist, he works with companies all over the world and also gives regular domestic and global keynote addresses. Earlier in his career, he had a long tenure as the Global Chief Content Officer at dmg events, having started as the Editor in Chief at iMedia Communications before dmg acquired iMedia. Still earlier, he was Managing Editor at EarthLink the ISP, worked in startups at the dawn of the digital age, and was a Hollywood story analyst for companies like DreamWorks, Mirage, New Regency, and Scott Free. Berens began his career as an award-winning teacher of Shakespeare and writing at U.C. Berkeley. Keeping his hand in, he is presently writing The Shakespeare Strategy, a book about Shakespeare as a business genius. Follow him on Twitter as @bradberens, learn more about him at www.bradberens.com, and read his novel, Redcrosse, a near-future dystopia.

Innately driven to push boundaries and challenge the status quo, David currently leads a consulting practice for companies looking to capitalize on the digital transformation sweeping the industry.

Prior to starting his own consultancy, David worked at IPG for over 20 years in a variety of leadership roles. Most recently, David ran MAGNA’s North America business driving investment, intelligence and innovation in his role as President. David also led Global Partnerships for MAGNA and has helped set the overall vision and remit for the organization.

David had been with IPG Mediabrands since 2001, when he launched the digital practice at UM as Interactive Media Director. A year later, he became a Senior Vice President, overseeing all digital media strategy, planning, buying and analysis operations for the agency. In 2006, David was named U.S. Director of Digital Communications. He was promoted in 2011 to Global Digital Officer, and then elevated in 2013 to Chief Investment Officer.

David has been recognized as a “Media All-Star” by Adweek, one of the “Adweek 50” and an “Online All-Star” by Media Magazine.

David served as the Chair of the 4A’s (American Association of Advertising Agencies) Digital Marketing Committee from 2009-2012. In 2016, David was elected to the Board of Directors of Partnership with Children a non-profit whose mission is to strengthen the social, emotional and cognitive skills of vulnerable children in New York City.

David enjoys spending time with his wife and two teenage daughters. A self-described gadget-geek and sometimes fitness fanatic – he can talk for hours about the latest in high-tech gear.