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Jack Neff, editor at large, covers household and personal-care marketers, Walmart and market research. He's based near Cincinnati and has previously written for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Bloomberg, and trade publications covering the food, woodworking and graphic design industries and worked in corporate communications for the E.W. Scripps Co.

Parker Herren is Ad Age’s TV reporter. He was previously a freelance journalist and podcaster covering pop culture and entertainment as well as a Pilates instructor and a professional dancer. His passions include cats, the “Scream” franchise and Halloween costumes.

Adrianne Pasquarelli is a senior reporter at Ad Age, covering marketing in retail and finance, as well as in travel and health care. She is also a host of the Marketer’s Brief podcast and spearheads special reports including 40 Under 40 and Hottest Brands. Pasquarelli joined Ad Age in 2015 after writing for Crain's New York Business, where she also focused on the retail industry.

Garett Sloane is Ad Age’s technology, digital and media reporter. He has worked in newspapers from Albany to New York City, and small towns in between. He has also worked at every advertising industry trade publication that matters, and he once visited Guatemala and once rode the Budapest Metro.

Brian Albert leads Google’s US Agency video & creative teams, driving strategic deals with our largest advertising clients and agency partners while helping them conceive more effective YouTube ads & content. He also is responsible for all YouTube premium video upfront negotiations.

Before this, Brian led a team which enabled independent media & creative agencies to unlock value across Google's media properties & technology platforms. Prior to Google, Brian spent 15+ years as a labor & employment attorney, sports marketer representing professional athletes, Internet entrepreneur at 3 early stage start-ups and digital marketing agency executive.

He served on the Ad Council's inaugural Social Impact Council in 2016 and currently serves on the IAB’s Digital Video Board and supports YouTube's involvement with the Digital Content NewFronts. A graduate of The University of Michigan and The George Washington University Law School, Brian resides just outside Boston, MA with his wife and son.

Lynnwood Bibbens is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO & Founder of ReachTV. As CEO, Bibbens has taken a leadership role in identifying new markets and opportunities for the ReachTV Network, resulting in the Company’s seminal sales, distribution and partnership deals with world-class traditional and digital media and technology powerhouses. Bibbens has led the Company’s direction and growth from a national to an international network with a reach of over 100 Million viewers on the go.

Prior to ReachTV, Lynnwood developed solutions for the Media and Entertainment industry, integrating multiple dynamic content platforms that use proprietary technology that enabled top tier brands to better understand their clients. He has teamed up with syndication partners AOL, Yahoo, Google, Roku, Opera, XBox, Dish, Comcast, Verizon, Adobe, Scripps, and Amazon. Mr. Bibbens was the Producer and Executive Producer of "Celebrated" an Entertainment Bio series, culminating in 6 seasons which was sold in the US and around the globe. He has produced both daily and episodic Television focused on Entertainment, Sports, and News. Earlier in his career Bibbens founded and sold several technology and e-commerce companies focused on computers and consumer electronics with combined Revenues eclipsing $2 Billion. He has the ability to foresee the needs of Manufacturers, Distributors, Brands, and Consumers and as such has formed long term relationships with corporations and investment banks such as Samsung, CBS, Toshiba, Verizon, Vizio, Amazon, Sun Trust Bank, Morgan Stanley, Guggenheim, and Comcast to name a few. Lynnwood also sits on the board of Multiple firms both Public and Private along with being the Chairman of ReachTV. Mr. Bibbens appears regularly on TV, speaks at conferences, and is writing his first novel.

Devon T. Smith is the founder and Principal Strategist at Proper Context, a media and strategic solutions partner for organizations working to enhance student, workplace, and consumer engagement.

As Chief Measurability Officer, Josh boasts over 30 years of market research and audience measurement experience. Josh brings his expertise in audience measurement to the role with a focus on cross-screen measurability and its influence on advertising’s ever-evolving landscape. Josh serves as President of the Media Research Council and was the recipient of the esteemed Erwin Ephron Award in 2020.

When not focusing on advertising, Josh is a gold and platinum record holder with his liner notes for the Allman Brothers Band's 2004 DVD, “Live From the Beacon Theater,” earning him the honor with the Recording Industry Association of America.

Moe Chughtai heads up MiQ’s television business as the Global Head of Advanced TV. In this capacity, he is responsible for television demand across agency and client partnerships, go-to-market efforts, and global TV partnerships.

Moe is an expert on TV data and the convergence of digital and TV, having built MiQ’s television product over the last four years prior to taking on this expanded remit.

With a deep background in strategic planning and over 20 years of experience, Robin joined Rain the Growth Agency in 2012 to manage the media planning teams. As the executive VP of Integrated Media Investment and Planning, she is responsible for strategic oversight of media plans across multiple categories and manages cross-functional agency teams inclusive of national and local broadcast, print, digital and non-traditional marketing disciplines. 

At Rain the Growth Agency, Robin has been responsible for managing some of our most successful e-commerce campaigns, including Chewy.com, Peloton, SimpliSafe, TaxACT, and Wayfair. In addition, she oversees the media strategy across our direct-to-consumer client base. Robin loves looking at data and finding the story that will help clients achieve the next level of growth that they were seeking when they decided to partner with the agency.

During her 12-year career at GroupM, she was responsible for media plan development and strategic oversight for clients such as Welch’s, T. Rowe Price, Church and Dwight, Castrol Motor Oil, American Express and Novartis. 

Robin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Syracuse University with a dual degree in Political Science and Advertising. Boston is her hometown, and she is a huge fan of all Boston sports teams… in particular, the Pats. She currently resides in Robbinsville, New Jersey, with her husband, daughter and son.  

Gary Coichy is a Haitian-American entrepreneur. Gary is the founder and CEO of Pod Digital Media. Pod Digital Media is the first and largest multi-cultural podcast network In the Country.

Gary has worked at some of the largest media agencies from WPP Mediacom to Omnicom Resolution Media. Gary also worked internally at brands such as Lacoste, Verizon and L’Occitane where he led digital marketing and e-commerce efforts.   

After 15 years of leading marketing efforts on both the agency and brand side. Gary founded Pod Digital Media—a premium Podcast agency. Pod Digital is the first multicultural podcast agency network giving advertisers access to the multicultural audience segment in the podcast ecosystem. PDM partners with podcasters to customize and deliver tangible results to blue chip advertisers.

He Launched Pod Media when he was Looking to retain one of his former clients—L’Oréal Carol’s Daughter. Gary reached out to all the podcast networks, but they had very limited roster of shows reaching Carol’s Daughter target audience. That was the light bulb moment that pushed him to launch PDM. The gap in representation in the marketplace for African American-, LGBTQ-, women-hosted podcasts.

Gary grew revenue by 120% within the first 10 months of operations by partnering with the major media agencies and securing brand direct relationships. Gary secured partnership with NBPA giving Pod Digital Media exclusive rights to podcasts created by tier 1 Active NBA players. Brand Partners include but are not limited to McDonald’s, P&G, AT&T, New York Times, Walmart, Visa, HBO, Toyota, Showtime, Walgreens Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and others. In January 2022, PDM Signed the first of its kind multi-year, multi-million-dollar deal with McDonald’s.

Gary attended Berkeley College in White Plains, NY where he received a Bachelor of Science in International Business & Marketing. Gary also studied abroad at Regents College in London and has an Executive Certificate from Cornell University. Gary was honored as one of Ad Age's top 40 under 40 in 2019. Gary was also named one of 2020 and 2021 most powerful people in podcasting.

Garry Edwards is a veteran of the video games industry with extensive strategic business development experience gained through demonstrable and longstanding engagement with some of the world's largest video game publishers, including EA (Edwards was employee number 46 in Electronic Arts Europe), Ubisoft, LEGO, and WarnerBros and has also advised and consulted for several smaller publishers and developers.

During his tenure at Warner Bros, Edwards established a global digital distribution business from scratch, relocating from the U.K. to Los Angeles to head the new initiative. The digital business grew from zero revenues to $600M in annual contributions within four years and delivered over $2B in global revenues during his time there. Edwards also set up and managed digital distribution sales teams in over 19 territories.

Edwards has observed and played a role in developing various revolutionary digital distribution techniques from their inception, expanding his abilities to include emerging platforms such as real-time streaming, virtual and augmented reality, cloud-based distribution, and blockchain distribution, among others. Edwards's skills evolved to encompass other emerging platforms, including real-time streaming, VR & AR, cloud-based distribution, and blockchain distribution, to name a few.
Edwards's roles have always been global, with extensive experience gained from working across multiple teams in multiple territories. This affords a unique forward-thinking worldview, essential when the conventional distribution and advertising models are evolving rapidly. Edwards brings this entrepreneurial thinking to Ryff, where the advent, adoption, and now the growth of VPP is akin to the digital ecosystem business he built within WB from the ground up. The foundational work Edwards has been doing within the Entertainment and Advertising world is now paying dividends, as Ryff is now recognized. Edwards has been an active, full-voting member of BAFTA for over 18 years and annually votes across all categories (Movies, TV & Games).

As President of Advertising Sales for The Walt Disney Company, Rita Ferro leads advertising sales for the Company’s audio, entertainment, news, sports, kids linear and digital TV ad-supported streaming businesses: ABC Entertainment, ABC Daytime and ABC News; Disney Channels Worldwide; Disney+; ESPN Networks and ESPN+; Freeform; FX; Hulu; and National Geographic. She also leads the integrated sales team for Disney Digital, the Company’s online, mobile and social offerings. Additionally, Ferro directs National TV and Regional Ad Sales for ABC’s eight owned local TV stations.

 
Under her leadership, Disney offers advertisers a one-stop approach to leverage the breadth of Disney’s portfolio and reach audiences across all of the Company’s media properties. Her direction has transformed Disney’s advertising strategy and influenced the industry at large–resulting in a consultative and insights-led sales approach that allows clients to drive maximum growth in their businesses.

Marianne Gambelli serves as President of Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships for Fox Corporation. In this role, she oversees ad sales efforts across the company’s portfolio of brands and platforms, including FOX Entertainment, FOX Sports, FS1, FS2, FOX Deportes, FOX News Media, which includes FOX News Channel and FOX Business Network, as well as TUBI and TMZ.

 
Recognized by peers as a creative leader and trailblazer within the media and advertising industry, Ms. Gambelli has a successful history of furthering innovation and driving change in the ad marketplace.

 
Throughout her tenure at FOX, the ad sales teams continue to provide advertisers new and compelling ways to reach and connect with audiences. Additionally, she’s emphasized the necessity to improve the overall ad experience for both consumers and marketers.  This has led to the development of enhanced  emerging media strategies, the introduction and rollout of audience-based ad capabilities, the evolution of the divisions brand studios for content development, the establishment of cloud-based platforms, as well as other groundbreaking next-gen advertising resources. 

 
Under her leadership, FOX recorded unprecedented revenue during the 2021-22 upfront.  In 2020, the FOX Sports Ad Sales team delivered record-breaking revenue for FOX’s broadcast of Super Bowl LIV.

 
Before assuming her current role in March 2019, Ms. Gambelli served as President of Advertising Sales for FOX News Media.  During her tenure, FOX News Media experienced record years in advertising sales for both 2017 and 2018.

 
Throughout her career, she has developed and supported programs that mentor the next generation of leaders, as well as implementing initiatives that drive meaningful change and professional opportunities within the ad sales industry.  In 2020, Ms. Gambelli launched the FOX Ad Sales Diversity and Inclusion Council. The mission of the council is to further build and enhance the culture of inclusivity within FOX Ad Sales by focusing on recruitment, education, development, and retention. 

 
Prior to joining FOX News Media in May 2017, Ms. Gambelli served as Chief Investment Officer at Horizon Media where she managed its $7 billion investment portfolio. She was responsible for a team of over 350 general market investment specialists and actively developed key new business acquisitions across top tier brands.

 
Ms. Gambelli joined Horizon following a successful career at NBC Universal, where she held a variety of ascending leadership roles, including the position of President of Sales and Marketing. During her 22-year tenure at NBC, Ms. Gambelli oversaw partnerships and strategy across NBC’s News, Sports and Entertainment brands, optimizing its $7 billion in media investments. While at the company, she was a member of GE’s Women’s Network, served as a Division NBCUniversal Leader,  and was active in the company’s Commercial Leadership Program.

She began her professional media and advertising career on the agency side, working for Grey Advertising and Backer Spielvogel Bates.

 
Ms. Gambelli has been lauded with numerous professional awards during her distinguished career. Most recently, she was honored as an IRTS Hall of Mentorship honoree. In 2020 and 2021, she was named to the Adweek 50 list, which recognizes the top executives within the media and advertising industry.  Additionally, she’s been recognized with the Multichannel News Wonder Women award and named by Advertising Age as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising, among other industry honors.

Currently, she serves as Vice Chairman of the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS) Foundation.

 
Ms. Gambelli graduated from Pace University with a Bachelor of Business degree in Marketing. In 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Degree from Pace Pleasantville Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma.
 

John Halley is president of Paramount Advertising, overseeing the company’s domestic multiplatform sales efforts across its leading portfolio of broadcast, cable, digital and streaming assets spanning CBS, BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount+ and Pluto TV, among others. Previously, Halley served as chief operating officer of Advertising Revenue for Paramount, where he oversaw commercial and business operations for the advertising team as well as Paramount’s advertising product suite and go-to-market strategy across its digital, social, and advanced advertising offerings.

An advocate for innovation and progress across the industry, Halley is the chairman of OpenAP, an advanced activation platform for the convergent video marketplace enabling new currencies, and also serves on the board of directors of Blockgraph, the IAB and the VAB.

Halley serves as chairman of the New York Chapter of the March of Dimes, and is on the board of directors of Literacy Inc., a New York-based childhood literacy organization. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an economics degree from Santa Clara University.

Kim Kelleher is Chief Commercial Officer for AMC Networks, responsible for all commercial revenue across the company’s advertising sales and distribution organizations, and a robust distribution ecosystem that includes linear networks, digital and streaming platforms and CTV.

Under Kelleher’s leadership, AMC Networks has been a pioneering industry leader in advanced advertising technologies including the most widespread addressable capabilities of any content company, spanning both linear and digital platforms.

Before joining AMC Networks in 2019, she was chief business officer for some of Conde Nast’s most prestigious brands, such as GQ, Wired, Glamour, Self and Teen Vogue, among others. Kelleher was appointed president of Say Media, after serving as worldwide publisher of Time and as vice president, publisher of Sports Illustrated. Additionally, she has represented Mademoiselle, Elle, Elle Décor, Mirabella and Teen.

She has been honored with many industry awards over the past 25 years of her career, most notably the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement and the Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications. In addition to her professional success, Kelleher has been involved with numerous philanthropic initiatives. She is an active board member with the American Advertising Federation; Cancer and Careers, the charitable arm of Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW); New York Women in Communications; University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications; Ad Council and the International Radio & Television Society (IRTS) Foundation.

Cavel Khan is the Chief Growth Officer of Group Black and is responsible for developing growth and revenue strategies for the company. Khan has close to 20 years of experience managing growth in advertising and client partnerships for many high-profile organizations and is widely recognized as a business leader, startup advisor, and board member in the tech and media space. Prior to Group Black he served as the CRO of Tumblr, the SVP of Client Partnerships-North America at VICE, a Senior Manager on the CPG vertical at Twitter, and in multiple roles at Microsoft over an eight-year period. Cavel is a 2020 Inductee into the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement, a 2020 Advertising Club of New York ICON Award recipient and a 2019 recipient of the America on Tech Innovator and Disruptor Award for Sales. He was a member of the advisory board for TechBeach and America on Tech, and co-chair of the advisory board of AdColor and on AdCouncil’s Diversity Leadership Group. He is an alum of Zicklin School of Business in New York where he earned his MBA in Marketing and he gives back as a member of the board for Community Roots Charter schools in Brooklyn where he resides with his family.

Sarah Leidy Kelly is the Director of Integrated Media at OLIPOP, overseeing all aspects of paid media. She has 15 years of marketing experience working with top-tier brands including MGM Resorts, KitchenAid, Boeing, Lenovo, and the iconic “What Happens Here Stays Here” campaign of Las Vegas. Prior to joining OLIPOP, Sarah led key marketing initiatives at Southwest Airlines, where she directed the strategic planning and execution of fully integrated marketing campaigns with a focus on both brand storytelling and performance media. With a wealth of experience on both the agency and the brand sides, Sarah brings extensive knowledge of consumer behavior, media and brand partnerships, and data-driven storytelling. Sarah currently resides in Phoenix with her husband, son, and rescue pup, Ted.

Alison Levin is the Vice President of Ad Revenue and Marketing Solutions at Roku. In her role, she oversees the new product and go-to-market strategy for the company’s advertising business. As the first ad sales hire at Roku, she has pioneered upfront deals with some of the largest ad agencies and holding groups in the industry and been instrumental in growing the company’s ad sales team both in the U.S. and internationally.

Beginning as an individual contributor in 2014, Alison shaped Roku’s early value proposition with advertisers, won initial clients, and began to build out ad sales and support teams, which are now more than 450 people. Alison leads one of the fastest growing and most exciting sectors of the ad business: TV streaming. She possesses the rare ability to scale and operate an ad sales business while continuously adapting to a fast-changing marketplace. As a leader, she has a constant growth mindset and welcomes creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, which motivates her team to remain determined and on-task.

Today, Alison is one of the few female advertising sales executives in an industry still largely dominated by men. She was named to the 2019 Ad Age 40 Under 40 List, the 2019 NYC Television Week’s 40 Under 40 List, the 2020 Cynopsis Top Women in Media List, the 2021 Multichannel News Wonder Women Honoree List, and the 2023 Campaign US Inspiring Women Honoree List. Prior to Roku, Alison was a senior account executive with YuMe, managing key accounts for its ad tech business, and 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.

Mark Marshall serves as Interim Chairman, Global Advertising & Partnerships, NBCUniversal, where he oversees the company’s entire industry-leading portfolio of linear networks, digital and streaming platforms, distribution partnerships, and client relationships. Marshall is responsible for all Global, National and Local Ad Sales, Partnerships, Marketing, Ad Tech, Data, Measurement, and Strategic Initiatives across NBCU’s One Platform. He reports to Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

Over the past decade with NBCU’s Advertising & Partnerships division, Marshall has spearheaded a number of the company's programs and offerings including NBCUniversal’s annual Family is Universal campaign, “Giving, Because We Care” initiative, NBC’s Local to Global Solution as well as overseeing sales for some of the biggest tentpoles such as Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Christmas in Rockefeller Center, FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl LVI, and more.

In January 2023, Marshall played an integral role in piloting the convergence of NBCUniversal’s linear and digital sales teams – bringing them together as one unified ecosystem. This included expanding the division’s scope, consistency in storytelling, and scaled delivery of category insights, trends, and foundational knowledge. Marshall collaborated with senior leadership to seamlessly design this framework to create fewer touch points and meet the needs of NBCU’s client and agency partners.

Most recently, Marshall held the role of President, Advertising & Partnerships where he was responsible for the strategic oversight of all advertising sales initiatives from NBCUniversal’s Broadcast Entertainment, Sports, advanced advertising sales and client partnerships to Hispanic, News, Peacock, Direct-to-Scale, and Syndication.

Prior to being named President, Advertising & Partnerships in 2018, Marshall held various leadership positions at NBCUniversal including Executive Vice President of Entertainment Advertising Sales. In this role, Marshall oversaw the combined advertising sales for NBC Broadcast Entertainment, USA, SYFY and WWE. Before that, Marshall served as Senior Vice President, Portfolio Advertising Sales, where he oversaw the sales efforts for NBCUniversal’s Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit offices on behalf of the company’s entire portfolio of broadcast networks, cable networks and digital platforms.

Before joining NBCUniversal, Marshall held multiple advertising sales positions at Turner Broadcasting for nearly 15 years, including Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager. During that time, he oversaw client relationships for the NBA, MLB, NASCAR, PGA Championships and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for the Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Atlanta regions. Marshall began his career at the Family Channel in 1992.

From 2019-2021, Marshall was honored as part of Adweek’s 50 list. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Valparaiso University. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and children.

Danielle Moore is a VP at MNTN, where she’s helping build and lead the Enterprise Sales team. She brings with her 18 years of experience, working for companies like Hulu, Turner and NBC. Most recently, prior to joining MNTN she served as the VP of East Coast sales for Fandom.

Peter Olsen is President, Ad Sales, A+E Networks.  In this role, Olsen oversees the entirety of Ad Sales for the media group that includes The HISTORY Channel, A&E, and Lifetime including Digital Ad Sales, Strategic Audience advertising solutions, and Content Partnerships across the portfolio of linear and non-linear brands. He was promoted to this role in October 2014.
 

Olsen has been an outspoken industry changemaker, leading A+E Networks in 2018 to be the first network group to guarantee against business outcomes. He has continued to challenge the industry to think differently about traditional demos, moving to shift to a Total Audience model which would better account all viewing and engagement across all platforms.
 

Previously Olsen served both as Senior Vice President and then Executive Vice President, Ad Sales, HISTORY/H2, also held similar role on A&E & Bio. He joined A+E Networks in 2005.
 

Prior to this, Olsen served at Mediacom as EVP/Director of National Broadcast. He was named National Media Buyer of the Year by Ad Age’s Television Week in 2003. His prior experiences include sales positions at WSBK-TV Boston and within the Sports division at NBC.
 

Peter graduated with a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.

Detavio Samuels serves as CEO of REVOLT, America’s fastest growing Black-owned media company.

Detavio sits at the intersection of culture and content and is one of corporate America's youngest and most accomplished senior executives. With his unique background as a millennial with over a decade of executive experience, he has helped a decorated roster of top global companies like Walmart, McDonalds, AT&T, Chrysler, the NBA and Johnson & Johnson build impactful brands with deeper connections to their consumers.

In March 2021, Detavio was appointed CEO of REVOLT, the nation's leading creator and distributor of Hip Hop and Black culture content founded by Sean “Diddy” Combs. Under his leadership, REVOLT aspires to shift the narrative around Black people globally by building the world’s largest and most powerful ecosystem for Black storytelling.

Tasked with managing a growing bi-coastal team and spearheading the daily operations of the company, Samuels is focused on rapid growth and digital expansion to further position REVOLT as the preeminent driver of global culture. Samuels is dedicated to helping Millennials and Gen-Z better understand the shifting world and ignite change by using Hip-Hop as a lens to explore the Black experience globally.

Samuels has been recognized for his work as a marketing executive, receiving several honors including being named TV Executive of the Year by Digiday, one of the top 100 Content Leaders by CableFax, and a Trailblazer in Media by 100 Black Men of NY. In addition to his notable work within creative industries, Samuels is also an Amazon best- selling author.

Samuels received his B.A. from Duke University, along with an MBA and Master's degree from Stanford University all by the age of 25. Samuels remains poised to redesign the modern media landscape and empower creators by building innovative platforms aimed at advancing Black culture.

As President of U.S. Advertising Sales and Marketing at TelevisaUnivision, the world’s leading Spanish-language media and content company, Donna Speciale leads advertising sales and marketing across the company's portfolio of broadcast, cable, digital, audio and live event platforms in the U.S.—including its renowned entertainment, news and sports properties as well as its ad-supported streaming service, ViX.

 
Since joining the company in January 2021, Speciale has transformed and modernized TelevisaUnivision’s U.S. ad sales business to deliver record ad revenue growth. An industry trailblazer, Speciale has propelled the world’s leading brands and agencies to embrace the growth potential of U.S. Hispanic consumers. She has shepherded several initiatives that have enhanced the company’s suite of capabilities for marketers to reach and engage U.S. Hispanics—including new advanced advertising products and cross-platform partnerships, a new Spanish-language branded content studio and the launch of the industry’s first-ever Hispanic household data graph. Under Speciale’s leadership, TelevisaUnivision has welcomed over 200 new clients to its roster of advertisers in the U.S.

Speciale has extensive knowledge of sales optimization spanning over two decades. Prior to this role, she served as President of Advertising Sales at WarnerMedia where she oversaw advertising revenue for the company’s domestic entertainment, news and kids multimedia brands. During her tenure, Speciale played a critical role in the groundbreaking launch of OpenAP, the first open platform for TV advertisers to reach audiences across publishers. Before WarnerMedia, she was President of Investment, Activation and Agency operations at MediaVest Worldwide, overseeing the agency’s integrated digital, broadcast, print and out-of-home practice. Speciale also held senior roles at WPP's Mediacom earlier in her career.

Speciale has been recognized with numerous accolades throughout her career, including Multichannel News’ “Wonder Women,” Adweek50, Variety’s “New York Impact Report” and Broadcasting & Cable’s Hall of Fame as well as the “Advertising Woman of the Year,” “Impact Award” and “Working Woman Award” from SheRunsIt. She received the “Reisenbach Award for Distinguished Citizenship” by the John A. Reisenbach Foundation in 2014.

 
Speciale currently serves on the Board of Directors for National CineMedia and is a member of PTTOW! and the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB). She is also a corporate supporter and active member of She Runs It, as well as an advisor for Home From College and The Forem. Speciale holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Bryant University.

Jon Steinlauf serves as Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer for Warner Bros. Discovery. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing sales, research, marketing, branded entertainment, pricing and inventory control, as well as developing advanced advertising and convergent revenue streams for the company’s portfolio, which includes Turner Sports, HGTV, HBO Max, TLC, CNN, Food Network and the Discovery Channel. 

Steinlauf most recently served as Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer, Discovery, Inc. He was instrumental in the creation and monetization of integrated marketing strategies that delivered both incremental revenues for Discovery and additional value for its advertisers.

Prior to joining Discovery in 2018, Steinlauf served as President of Advertising Sales at Scripps Networks, successfully elevating its reputation with advertisers as the most upscale group of cable brands with the most engaged viewers in all of TV. Steinlauf first joined Scripps in 2000 as VP of Advertising Sales, with direction of HGTV and the DIY Network, before being elevated to run the entire TV ad sales division in 2003.

Among his many accolades, Steinlauf has been named seven times to Adweek’s “Adweek 50” as well as to Cablefax’s “Cablefax 100.” He also earned the Myers Report’s National Television Ad Sales Executive of the Year Award in 2007.

Steinlauf is a graduate of Duke University.

Brad Stockton is senior VP of video innovation at Dentsu media. In this role, Brad oversees advanced video investment strategy, which is inclusive of Addressable TV, Data Driven Linear, Connected TV, DELTA, Online Video and emerging technologies and platforms across Dentsu, and was a recipient of the 2022 NYC TV Ad Weeks 40 under 40. Prior to joining Dentsu media, Brad served as a Media Manager for Henkel in which he oversaw the North America Beauty omni-channel media portfolio. Over the last decade Brad has been engaged in multiple media strategy buying roles focused on delivering result driven buying strategies across various client categories including Pharmaceuticals, Quick Service Restaurants, Entertainment, Auto, Retail and Consumer Package Goods. Brad studied Marketing at Ramapo College of New Jersey where he was also a collegiate athlete.

As Vice President of Advanced TV Solutions at Cadent, Lindsay Teague oversees strategic sales efforts for the Company's advanced TV offering, leading audience-based buying and measurement across cable, broadcast, addressable TV, OTT, CTV, and streaming. She is also responsible for agency and brand relationships for the Advanced TV Solutions business, helping advertisers implement data-driven campaigns through Cadent Aperture Platform, as well as delivering unique channel partnerships to a range of customers in the CPG, automotive, and pharmaceutical categories.

Prior to joining Cadent in 2021, Teague spent six years at Adobe, through the acquisition of TubeMogul. Her previous responsibilities at included her role as head of ad cloud TV strategy and operations where she led key brand partnerships, GTM strategy, planning and investment, and sales operations for Adobe’s Ad Cloud TV product. Teague was also a group director, playing a critical role in key brand direct relationships with Mondelez, L’Oreal, Enterprise, and Barclays, within the ad cloud DSP. Partnering with their in house and agency teams, she provided support for the transparent use of Adobe’s DSP across their video advertising efforts.

At TubeMogul, Teague was a senior client partner, managing brand direct relationships and growth strategies leveraging the legacy TubeMogul DSP. At the beginning of her career, Teague spent over a decade on the media agency side at both Mediacom and MediaVest, beginning at the former in traditional linear buying roles, and at the latter at MediaVest as VP, video investment director responsible for total video investment.

Seiya Vogt is currently the VP Marketing of Thirty Madison, a family of specialized healthcare brands devoted to helping those with ongoing conditions. In his past lives, he has experience working across e-commerce, tech education, SaaS and retail driving
customer acquisition, brand, retention, and analytics for companies such as Boxed, Bitly, and General Assembly. Always keeping "Kaizen" (continuous improvement) at heart, Seiya loves to test, learn, and build growth frameworks for both himself and those around him.

Thirty Madison exists to deliver on healthcare's biggest opportunities: access and affordability; patient outcomes; and patient experience. Each of its specialized brands is focused on a specific chronic condition area, and thoughtfully designed to support the unique needs of its community with personalized treatments and care. With empathy at the heart of its innovation, its proprietary care model empowers hundreds of thousands of people with ongoing conditions with the accessible, effective treatments across a lifetime of care. Learn more at ThirtyMadison.com.

Bharad Ramesh is executive director, research & investment analytics for GroupM US. His team is responsible for supporting the investment group with audience insights & measurement, marketplace dynamics, & pricing. 

Bharad previously led the digital investment team at PHD Media US, managing $1bil in digital spend across brand and performance media. Prior to that, he set-up VivaKi Media Exchange for Publicis South East Asia, & held a variety of research & trading roles at GroupM in China & Singapore. A winner of the WPP Atticus Award for thought-leadership, Bharad has a M.S. in TV, Radio & Film from Syracuse University, a Master's in Marketing Communications from MICA, India & a Bachelor’s in Commerce from University of Madras, India.

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