Special Sauce

John Hayes, Former Amex CMO + Advertising Hall of Famer

John Hayes is the former Chief Marketing Officer of American Express, a longtime leader at advertising agencies, and a recent inductee into the Advertising Hall of Fame.

Amanda Richman, VP of Global Media Sales at Microsoft

Amanda Richman grew up on a family farm in Tower City, North Dakota (population 360) with her eye fixed on New York City from the time she was old enough to sense it thro

Bryan Wiener, Founder and Chairman of AI Startup 37Arc

Bryan Wiener has spent his career getting into new areas of marketing early and then building organizations around what he saw coming: search, social, e-commerce analytic

Ramsey McGrory, President at Mediaocean

Ramsey McGrory was a Montana kid who drove his dad's two-toned '57 Ford truck by sliding in through the passenger side door. He joined the Army out of high school, served

Brian Matthews, SVP of Media Sales at the National Football League

Brian Matthews built a career at some of the most iconic media brands in the world -- CNN, the BBC, and NBC -- where he spent over a decade as a digital evangelist inside

Atit Shah, Chief Creative Officer at Digitas North America

Atit Shah has spent nearly three decades at one agency -- not because he stood still, but because the agency always let him keep moving forward. What started as a Monster

Kristine Segrist, Global Head of Consumer Marketing at Canva

Kristine Segrist got her start writing meta tags for SEO at a small St. Louis agency (probably not exactly the Don Draper copywriter role one might envision), but that hu

Kevin Wassong, Early Digital Leader and Founder of Mktg.AI

Kevin Wassong has spent his career chasing what’s next — often before the rest of the industry was even ready for it. From television to entertainment to digital and now

Chrissie Hanson, CEO of OMD USA

Chrissie Hanson has built her career at the intersection of rigor and curiosity -- shaped early by growing up in Hong Kong, navigating multiple cultures, and learning how

Tim Castelli, VP of Global Advertising Sales at Instacart

Tim Castelli has built a career by repeatedly stepping away from what was comfortable in order to lean into what was coming next. From print to digital, from static to d

Katherine Naylor Pullman, CEO at Our Third Place

Katherine Naylor Pullman has had a big few years. She got married, became a mom, left her full-time job, and turned a side project into a fast-growing national community

Bob Lord, President at Horizon Media

Bob Lord has built his career helping companies navigate moments of profound change — from early automation on factory floors to digital transformation across media, tech

Mike Romoff, Chief Revenue Officer at Reddit

Mike Romoff has built a career at the crossroads of community, technology, and commercial leadership — from early roles in ad tech and publishing to senior positions at L

Janet Balis, Managing Director & Partner at BCG

Janet Balis has spent her career at the intersection of media, marketing, and transformation — from Time Warner and AOL to Martha Stewart Living, EY, and now BCG. A conne

Seb Tomich, Chief Commercial Officer at The Athletic

Seb Tomich has helped redefine how legacy media evolves for the digital era. After early hustles selling Patagonia jackets in Boulder and sunglasses in New York, he found

Jacki Kelley, Chief Client & Business Officer at IPG

Jacki Kelley’s career spans the full breadth of modern media — from the circulation department at USA Today to leadership roles at Yahoo, Martha Stewart, Bloomberg, Dents

Rob Norman, Former Chief Digital Officer at GroupM

Rob Norman has spent decades helping to define the modern media industry. Starting as a media assistant in London, he rose to lead GroupM North America and later, as it's

Abbey Klaassen, Global Brand President at Dentsu Creative

Abbey Klaassen is the Global Brand President at Dentsu Creative, where she leads thousands of creative professionals around the world. Earlier in her career, she was at A

Penry Price, Long-Time Media Executive at Google and LinkedIn

Penry Price is a media and technology leader whose career has spanned publishing, ad tech, and some of the world’s most influential platforms. He’s held leadership roles

Sarah Personette, CEO at Puck

Sarah Personette is a media industry leader who has worked at some of the most well known media brands over time: Facebook, Twitter, Starcom, Universal McCann and Refiner