Speaker Roster
MARKETING EXPERTS ARE WITHIN YOUR REACH.

Alda Abbracciamento
EVP Global Client Leader
Publicis Groupe

Lisa Ahern
Vice President Product Marketing
Effectv

Austin Belcak
Founder
Cultivated Culture

Larry Brantley
President
Chalone

Scott Brinker
VP Platform Ecosystem
Hubspot

Will Carafello
Senior Director, Social Media
New York Mets

Craig Charney
President and CEO
Charney Research

Michelle Chiantera
Vice President, Americas Growth Marketing And Global Segments And Industries
Cisco

Bernice Clark
Chief Marketing Officer
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)

PETER COFFEE
VP for Strategic
SalesForce

Jennifer Consaga
Senior Manager of Digital Marketing
Smartling

Luke Cooper
Founder and CEO
Fixt

Mani Dasgupta
Vice President Global Brand, Product & Content Marketing
IBM Services

Briar Dougherty
CEO & Founder
Career Organic

Jenny Fernandez
Vice President of Marketing, Executive Coach and Advisor
Loacker

ALIZA FREUD
Founder and CEO
SheSpeaks

Lynn Godfrey
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)

Seth Godin
Author

Christine Gritmon
Coach
Christine Gritmon Inc.

Sofia Hernandez
Chief Client Officer
Suzy

Tim Hughes
CEO and Co-Founder
DLA Ignite, and Book Author

Samuel Itin
VP Analytics & Marketing Technology and Optimization & Analytics Manager
AMA Triangle and Cognetik

Dave Kerpen
Serial Entrepreneur, NY Times Best-Selling Author, Global Keynote Speaker

Alex Kronman
CEO & Founder
flytedesk

Leah Lattimore
Assistant Vice President for Inclusive Global Student Leadership and Engagement
New York University (NYU)

Shelly Lazarus
Chairman Emeratus
Ogilvy

Preston Kevin Lewis
Senior Vice President, Latin America
Warner Bros. Consumer Products

Ann Lewnes
EVP / CMO
Adobe

Alan Li
Senior Marketing Director
MakeMeReach

Candice Marshall
Chief Marketing Officer
Tide Rock Holdings

GORDON MEYER
Chapter President – New York
The VR/AR Association (VRARA)

Emily Miethner
Founder & CEO
FindSpark

Margaret Molloy
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Siegel+Gale

Vakassia “V.J.” Niles
Career Strategist & Founder
The Niles Group

Gary J. Nix
Founder + Chief Strategist
the brandarchist: strategy as a service

SHACHAR ORREN
CMO
EX.CO (formerly Playbuzz)

Lauren Parisi (“LP”)
Event Host

Kathryn Peake
Content Marketing Manager
MakeMeReach

Bennett Porter
Board Member & Advisor to Startups

Jane Praeger
CEO
Ovid Inc.

Joe Rizzo
CEO
marteq.io

David Rogers
Faculty Director, Digital Business Strategy
Columbia Business School

Robert Rose
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Content Advisory Chief Strategy Advisor
Content Marketing Institute

Michael F. Schein
CEO
MicroFame Media

Alan Schulman
CCO
Contagious Content

Dr. Joanna Seddon
Managing Partner
Presciant

Benjamin Smithee
CEO
The Smithee Group

Jim Stengel
CMO
Former P & G

Jacqueline Strayer
President and Founder
The Sound Advisory Group, Inc.

Karen Talavera
Founder, Principal
Synchronicity Marketing

Jen Taylor
Vice President, Digital Audience Development
A+E Netorks

Heather Thomas
Strategic Partner
Ovid Inc.

Karen Tiber Leland
President
Sterling Marketing Group

Amy Wigler
VP Multiplatform Marketing & Content
PBS

Edward Wilders
Recruiting Manager
The Forum Group