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Karl Haddad is the Global Creative Director at TikTok and an award-winning creative / art director. He’s worked on all the coolest brands at the best agencies.

Yusuf Chuku is EVP, Strategic Planning & Commercial Impact at NBCUniversal. He previously has held Global Chief Strategy Officer positions at many top agencies including VMLY&R, McCann New York and J. Walter Thompson.

Nalina Baratz is Head of Production at Instagram. She’s held lead producer roles at top advertising agencies as well including CP+B, Sid Lee and the Barbarian Group.

Toby Barlow is Chief Creative and Founder of a small, ambitious agency in Detroit. He has written epic poems and likes green chile.

This is Donnell Johnson (dojo). Long time freelancer. Currently GCD at Arnold. Formerly Droga5, CP+B, 180LA, & Anomaly. He’s taught and mentored peeps at Miami Ad School, S.V.A, F.I.T., and 72U.

Tanya is the Global Director of Integrated Production at The Wonderful Agency. She’s led production departments at top agencies including Saatchi&Saatchi and MUH-TAY-ZIK / HOF-FER. In addition to her work, she’s an active member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Scott Cooney started his career as a copywriter at Fallon Minneapolis and has worked at ad agencies from New York to Los Angeles to Stockholm and Melbourne. He has created award-winning campaigns for Sony PlayStation, MGM Hotels, the New York Lottery and Citibank, among others. He is currently a Creative Director at DDB New York.

Steve Babcock is a 20+ year veteran of the advertising industry with creative leadership positions held at Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Evolution Bureau, and VaynerMedia, as the agency's first Chief Creative Officer.

Alison is the senior content producer at Townhouse. She’s led production across New Media, Branded Content, Advertising, Marketing, TV & Film Production, and Digital for a variety of agencies including CAA, NBCUniversal and Figliulo&Partners.

Luke is a Producer and Program Manager with fifteen years of experience. Luke started his career as an Art Producer at Hill Holliday and has spent the last six years freelancing at Droga5, Facebook (Creative Shop), and Google (Think with Google). He is currently a Senior Program Manager at a boutique consulting firm.

Astrid is a Recruiting + Talent Management Director and an ICF accredited executive coach with over 20 years experience. She’s worked at agencies like Wieden+Kennedy and 180 and as an Executive Recruiter. As a coach she supports individuals and teams to reach their personal and professional transformational goals. She’s a passionate DEI advocate and certified CCAR practitioner. Astrid has a strong intercultural and global focus having worked in Europe and the US.

Fernando Barretto is SVP Group Account Director at Deutsch LA. He’s held top account director positions at leading agencies and brands such as CP+B and Letgo.

Asher Rapkin is the co-founder and CEO of Collective Horology, a groundbreaking luxury watch company. Prior to that he was the Director of Global Business Marketing for Meta / Facebook, as well as one of the global leads on Apple’s iAd platform and digital lead at NBCUniversal.

Eric co-founded The Facebook Creative Shop, and has helped lead several ground-breaking campaigns over the years from Virgin Mobile to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Currently is the founder of Schnabel Marketing, as well as serving on many boards that help inner-city youth.

Courtney Bowditch is an award-winning Creative Director and entrepreneur. She was a lead Art and Creative Director at Co: Collective and founded P.ink, a Program of F Cancer.

Tom Coates is the Group Creative Director at Rakuten Rewards and before that the Executive Creative Director of Mekanism SF and Butler Shine & Partners.

Roger Camp is the founder of Camp + King, one of San Francisco’s top agencies. He previously was the CCO of Fallon and leading creative director at Wieden + Kennedy.

Theodora Stites is the Strategy Director for Wunderman Thompson in Seattle, WA and has spent her storied career running strategy and planning across a variety of clients and a variety of agencies on both coasts of the U.S.

Matt Rivitz is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Quills, the Founder of Sleeping Giants and an award winning creative director and writer for over 20 years.

Catherine is an Executive Management Consultant specializing in creative operations management and integrated production. She’s worked with many of the top agencies and brands in the world including Fallon, Wieden+Kennedy, Walt Disney Worldwide, Apple, AirBNB, Best Buy and Keurig Dr. Pepper.

Stephan Balk is a multidisciplinary Creative Director who has worked across entertainment, tech and advertising for such places as CAA, Apple, Google, Mullen-Lowe as well as his own consultancy Field 01.

Brandon Berger is a Global Chief Digital Officer, Entrepreneur and Investor who has done everything from run Ogilvy’s world wide digital offering to lead digital efforts for Manchester United.

Latasha Ewell is an award-winning Creative Director, brand builder, and copy leader with both agency and in-house executive experience. Over the years she has worked for Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Mullen Lowe, HUGE, MasterClass, BBDO and many others. She actively enjoys helping professionals and beginners from various disciplines enhance their talent, presentation presence, team-building skills, and cross-functional relationship acumen.

John Kaplan is the Co-Founder of Superconnector Studios and has been a creative director, talent agent and entrepreneur for 20 years. He helped create and lead the creative marketing division at CAA, as well as launch his own talent agency Prizefighter.

Jae Goodman is Co-Founder and CEO of Superconnector Studios, a Management Consultancy, Brand Entertainment Producer, and Talent-Led-Consumer-Product Accelerator. Prior to that Jae was Founder of Observatory, one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” in 2020, 2021 and again in 2022, and initially formed in 2006 when Goodman joined Creative Artists Agency as first-ever Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head of CAA Marketing.

Tom Scharpf is the Creative Chair at VCU Brandcenter as well as an award-winning Executive Creative Director / Executive Vice President at Leo Burnett and Venables, Bell and Partners.

Serin is a Fortune 500 business executive who has launched over 25 well-known brands. She worked at Young & Rubicam, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, as well as client-side. Serin is also an intuitive healer and certified social emotional coach, working with such companies as: Microsoft, Patreon, Discord, Genentech, Apple, Williams-Sonoma, Chegg, Twitter, IAC, Glassdoor, Hearst Corporation, and Levi Strauss.

Harry Cocciolo is the Executive Creative Director at ServiceNow. Before that he has worked across every aspect of the creative industry from agency CCO to film director. He also is the godfather of the “Got Milk” campaign.

Kristin Morris is a Senior Director of Communications for a clinical research company. An accomplished creative director with a writer’s heart, she led both small and large creative teams before taking a deep breath and making a career swerve. She is passionate about supporting rare disease communities and guiding a new generation of compassionate professionals. She is an unapologetic optimist, a hard-core people person, and a hugger.

Tom Anderson is an award-winning veteran commercial and content producer, who has worked with all the top agencies and clients in his career including Saatchi&Saatchi, Fallon, DDB, FCB, Cornerstone and many more.

Julianna Katrancha is currently Group Strategy Director at Johannes Leonardo. She has held strategy leadership roles at agencies including FIG, McCann NY, and Arnold NY.

Lesly Pyle is a writer by day and a writer by night. Her creative philosophy is a lesson she learned from a mentor named Jeff Goodby: “make stuff people care about.” This also happens to be her life philosophy, because in her spare time, Lesly mentors creative hopefuls and is writing a nonfiction book called “Pyle of Memories” as a fundraiser for dementia research.

Margot is an accomplished Talent Recruiter & Content Producer. She has extensive experience with content/photo production, recruiting award-winning talent, staff planning, mentoring, scaling companies during growth periods, building culture for leading tech companies and creative agencies with a DEI focus.

Caitlin Harris is an award-winning Writer and Creative Director. She’s created breakthrough work for brands such as Bud Lime, GoDaddy, L’Oreal, State Farm and Skittles. Caitlin also volunteers extensively with such organizations as the Good Plus Foundation, Red Shed Community Garden and New York Cares.

Tom Wright is Founder of Westward, a Helsinki based content and marketing consultancy. He’s worked in every aspect of production for 20 + years, co-founding many in-house facilities and working with the top agencies and clients in the world including Droga5, Cristiano Ronaldo, Apple, Visa, Coca Cola and many more.

Henry Riggall specializes in brand partnerships and growth for both agencies and brands. He currently is the head of Growth and Partnerships at Merkley + Partners. Prior to that he lead departments at J Walter Thompson, Elephant, Isle de Nature and Masami.