Born and raised in New York, Jesse Horwitz has always had a strong grasp of economics and finance. He studied both fields at Columbia University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa/Magna Cum Laude. During his time at Columbia, he also developed an interest in Film Studies, although following an internship with Sony Picture’s Television Division, he quickly learned that a life in Hollywood was not for him.

Horwitz ultimately decided to take a different path, and spent a year at Harvard Law School, where he met his husband, Mark Severs and secured an internship with Bridgewater Associates. It was at Bridgewater that Jesse met his future business partner, Benjamin Cogan. Horwitz moved on from Harvard to work full time for Bridgewater and then founded Gadfly, a systematic trading firm with Michael Naber, a colleague from Bridgewater.

Horwitz joined the investment team for Columbia University’s endowment in 2013, where he spent the last few years investing across the alternatives landscape – private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and real estate. During his time at Columbia, he built a strong network across the investor community, including Two River, a life sciences merchant bank that invested in and brought together the round for Hubble.

Now Horwitz is Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Hubble, a direct-to-consumer, subscription contact lens company, where Horwitz focuses his efforts on fundraising, business development and regulation compliance. Since launching in November 2016, Hubble has become one of the fastest growing, direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies in the U.S. Horwitz and Cogan earned a spot on Forbes’ prestigious “30 Under 30” list in 2016 and Hubble recently extended its footprint into Canada, the UK and the Netherlands in the past year.

Scott Schiller serves as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advertising Sales, Marketing, for NBCUniversal’s Advertising Sales and Client Partnerships division.

In this role, Scott oversees a team known for its creativity and originality in creating and executing the go-to-market for the largest advertising sales and marketing organization in media. In particular, the Content Innovation Agency (CIA) creates and produces over 300 portfolio-wide advertising spots for brands, clients, partners as well as the NBCUniversal Brand. And just recently, the CIA produced the first Super Bowl ad campaign, produced by a network, for an outside client.

Schiller’s leadership and direction of its Marketing teams contributes significantly to the success of NBCU’s Advertising Sales and Client Partnership Division. The team leads the Company’s go-to-market marketing and trade communications approach, a hallmark of which is its annual Radio City Music Hall show, signaling the start of the media upfront season. Year-long client experiences and extensive trade presence are also important components, including the creation of many thought leadership programs, such as Innovation Day, for its best partners.

For much of his career, Schiller played a big role in the evolution of digital media. At NBCU, he led the widespread sales launch of Full-episode video and key innovations such as: original digital video, social media, and early data programs as part of industry-leading offerings. Additional he spearheaded the first rigorous training program for all sales and marketing personnel on convergence, the selling of digital and TV together.

Schiller joined Comcast/NBCUniversal in 2009 as Head of Comcast’s Digital Advertising Sales. Subsequently, as Executive Vice-President of Digital Advertising Sales for NBCUniversal, he reorganized, aligned, and expanded six separate groups culminating in 50% year-over-year growth of digital video in the 2015-16 upfront marketplace. Through his leadership, his teams introduced a variety of effective leading advertising products such as digital video, content marketing, social marketing, data, and programmatic.

Prior to NBCUniversal, Schiller spent more than 25 years in marketing, sales management, and media for iconic industry giants, as well as innovative start-ups, including AOL, Disney/ABC, MTV Networks, Prodigy, and Sony.

He is currently Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), having been a founder and four-time board member. Schiller also leads the IAB’s Digital Media Sales Certification program which has tested and graduated more than 8000 sales professionals since its introduction.
Schiller earned a BA in Economics from Cornell University. He has an MBA in Marketing/ Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Additionally, he has created, led, and currently speaks to graduate and undergraduate classes on digital media and marketing trends and developments. He is an active advisor to Cornell’s Department of Communication and Unigo, the college services company.

Giving back is important to Schiller. He is on the Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation/Metro New York, and is a member of its Governance Committee.

Randall has been the CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau since 2007. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Director of Intellectual Capital at Booz Allen Hamilton, the international strategy and consulting firm where he also directed the award-winning business journal strategy+business and other electronic and print publications. Earlier, Randall spent six years at The New York Times, where he was the technology and politics editor of the Sunday magazine, daily advertising columnist, and a media and marketing reporter. He is author of Where the Suckers Moon: An Advertising Story. He received a B.A. in Classics from Princeton University and resides in New York City.

Andy Dunn is the Founder and CEO of Bonobos, the online menswear brand that launched the digitally native brand revolution in 2007. In July 2017, Walmart acquired Bonobos, where Andy remains CEO of Bonobos and is now SVP of Digital Consumer Brands at Walmart. In this capacity, Andy oversees Bonobos, ModCloth, Allswell, and the emerging portfolio of incubated and acquired digitally native vertical brands. Andy is the founding board chairman of Interior Define, Monica + Andy, and the public education social enterprise Blue Engine. He sits on the board of RaisedBy.Us, an employee giving platform for entrepreneurial companies. Andy is an angel investor in 82 companies, both individually and through his seed-stage venture capital fund Red Swan Ventures.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and MBA from Stanford Business School. A Chicago native and avid Cubs fan, Andy currently lives in Greenwich Village in New York City with his wife Manuela.

Micky Onvural is the CEO of Bonobos, the men’s e-commerce brand known for better-fitting clothes paired with exceptional customer service. As CEO, Onvural is responsible for evolving, innovating, and driving growth in all facets of the business from customer experience, to omni-channel strategy, to product expansion and more.

Prior to her role as CEO, Onvural served as the Co-President of Bonobos where she was responsible for evolving and innovating on the end-to-end customer experience including e-Commerce, Guideshops, Ninjas (Customer Service), Marketing and Creative. Before her time as Co-President, she held the title of Chief Marketing Officer at Bonobos, responsible for relaunching the brand, internally championing Walmart’s acquisition of the company, and driving business results across owned, earned, and paid media channels. Before Bonobos, she served as the Vice President of Consumer Marketing at Trulia, establishing it as a household name. Before Trulia, she held marketing leadership roles at companies including L’Oreal, Kellogg’s, TokBox and eBay.

Onvural graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge in the UK. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and three children.

Peter Naylor is the SVP and Head of Advertising Sales at Hulu where he oversees the company’s advertising sales and sales operations functions. Prior to Hulu, Naylor was an EVP of Digital Media Sales for NBCUniversal (NBCU) where, during his tenure, he ran digital advertising sales for NBCU’s entertainment, news and sports digital properties.

Prior to his time at NBCU, Naylor served as the SVP of Sales for the iVillage Properties, which was acquired by NBCU in May 2006. Before joining iVillage, he served as Vice President of Sales for Terra Lycos. He started his internet sales career at Wired Digital.

In the advertising community, Naylor is a member of the Ad Council Board of Directors and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Board of Directors, in which he served as the Chairman in 2012 and was named the founding chairman for the IAB’s Video Center of Excellence in 2014.  Naylor also serves as a member of the NATPE NXTGN Advisory Board. He previously served as Treasurer for the Online Publishers’ Association from 2010 to 2013 and sat on the board for over ten years.

In 2016, Naylor was recognized by Adweek as one of the 50 Most Indispensable Executives in Marketing. He is the recipient of the 2015 ASPY Industry Luminary Award and the 2014 ad: tech Industry Achievement Award.

Benjamin Cogan grew up in New York City and graduated Phi Beta Kappa/Magna Cum Laude from Princeton. During this time Cogan interned at Bridgewater Associates, where he met his future business partner Jesse Horwitz. Following graduation, Cogan worked at Boston Consulting Group, primarily in consumer packaged goods.

Following his time with Boston Consulting, Cogan joined Harry’s, the direct-to-consumer, subscription based razor brand. It was at Harry’s where Cogan helped to build the Customer Insights Team where he surveyed and interviewed customers, modelled new business opportunities, and generally came to learn all things shaving.

After recognizing a void in the marketplace for affordable, high quality contact lenses, he began to develop the concept for Hubble. Through exhaustive research and strategic planning, Cogan realized that his business model had legs and he began to put his plans in motion. Shortly thereafter, Cogan contacted Jesse Horwitz and the two continued to build the Hubble brand together.

Since launching in November 2016, Hubble has become one of the fastest growing, direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies in the U.S. Horwitz and Cogan earned a spot on Forbes’ prestigious “30 Under 30” list in 2016 and Hubble recently extended its footprint into Canada, the UK and most recently, the Netherlands and Spain.

Born and raised in New York, Jesse Horwitz has always had a strong grasp of economics and finance. He studied both fields at Columbia University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa/Magna Cum Laude. During his time at Columbia, he also developed an interest in Film Studies, although following an internship with Sony Picture’s Television Division, he quickly learned that a life in Hollywood was not for him.

Horwitz ultimately decided to take a different path, and spent a year at Harvard Law School, where he met his husband, Mark Severs and secured an internship with Bridgewater Associates. It was at Bridgewater that Jesse met his future business partner, Benjamin Cogan. Horwitz moved on from Harvard to work full time for Bridgewater and then founded Gadfly, a systematic trading firm with Michael Naber, a colleague from Bridgewater.

Horwitz joined the investment team for Columbia University’s endowment in 2013, where he spent the last few years investing across the alternatives landscape – private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and real estate. During his time at Columbia, he built a strong network across the investor community, including Two River, a life sciences merchant bank that invested in and brought together the round for Hubble.

Now Horwitz is Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Hubble, a direct-to-consumer, subscription contact lens company, where Horwitz focuses his efforts on fundraising, business development and regulation compliance. Since launching in November 2016, Hubble has become one of the fastest growing, direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies in the U.S. Horwitz and Cogan earned a spot on Forbes’ prestigious “30 Under 30” list in 2016 and Hubble recently extended its footprint into Canada, the UK and the Netherlands in the past year.

Since joining Google in 2003, John has held various leadership positions within Google’s advertising sales organization. As Managing Director of Retail for Google, John is responsible for developing Google’s business strategy and partnerships with pure play and predominantly ecommerce-based retailers in North America. His group is responsible for helping retailers leverage Google’s products and platforms to transform their business models to deliver growth and delightful experiences for their customers. John also serves as the head of Google’s San Francisco office and remains closely aligned to Google’s ad product organization. Prior to this role, John helped scale Google’s AdWords and YouTube businesses including the launch of Google’s inside sales organization, BrandUnit and Upfronts partnership groups as well as Google’s Agency Development and US Multicultural teams.

Brian Berger is the founder and CEO of menswear basics brand, Mack Weldon. With over a decade of success in the digital world, Brian created Mack Weldon in 2012, a men’s specialty line consisting of underwear, socks and t-shirts with a focus on design, performance and functionality. Mack Weldon has grown to become one of the leaders within the industry.

Brian served in several leadership positions within consumer internet and media companies including Comcast, WebMD and Excite@Home.

Brian graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Colorado and continued his education at Columbia University where he received a Masters in Business Administration. Brian lives in NYC with his wife and three sons.

Lawrence Ingrassia, an award-winning business journalist, has worked as a senior editor at the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. He is writing a book to be published by Henry Holt & Co. on disruptive startups that are creating direct-to-consumer brands and challenging long-dominant companies.

Pearl Percy joined Nordstrom as Vice President of Corporate Development in 2014. She and her team support mergers and acquisitions, direct minority investing, venture capital relationships and partnerships.

Prior to joining Nordstrom, Pearl held corporate development roles at the Clorox Company, the Walt Disney Company and worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and Lazard Freres.

While at Northwestern University, Pearl earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, a JD from the Pritzker School of Law and a BA in Mathematics and Sociology.

Annie Walters, Vice President of Retail at Equinox, oversees all facets of the Shop at Equinox. With more than 16 years tenure in the luxury retail industry, Annie has deep experience with driving sales growth and market share expansion for multi-unit corporations including Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. Annie leads the Equinox retail team in executing its vision to provide a luxury service experience that transcends fitness and apparel to maximize all facets of the high-performance lifestyle.

Prior to joining Equinox, Annie was Vice President of Store Merchandise at Saks Fifth Avenue where she developed long-range merchandise strategies at the store and category level to drive growth of 41 locations. She also spearheaded phasing plans and executed new store opening set-up for all new and renovated stores.

Annie held various leadership roles with Saks Fifth Avenue from 2007-2017 and prior to that was the Merchandise Planner for Women’s Ready to Wear at Bergdorf Goodman, where she was responsible for seasonal plans for all of Women’s RTW. She began her luxury retail career at Neiman Marcus right after graduating from Boston University in 2001.

Zach Beatty is the Vice President of Marketing at Aaptiv, a leading provider of premium digital health and wellness content with the number one audio fitness app. In this role, he oversees growth efforts including customer acquisition and CRM for the rapidly growing startup, which has garnered nearly 200,000 paying members in two years.

Prior to Aaptiv, Zach was the Director of Growth at HelloFresh, the global leader in meal-kits. While there he helped expand the customer base by growing the company’s online and offline marketing, as well as business development opportunities. His efforts introduced new marketing channels and technologies while improving marketing efficiency. Previously, he helped build and scale marketing programs at Groupon, TrueFacet, Wyng (formerly, Offerpop) and at Blue Fountain Media for clients including Sharp, Cannon, and Oppenheimer.

Zach attended Carnegie Mellon University, where he received a master’s degree in Biotechnology & Management and a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences.

Asaf Davidov is the head of Ad Sales Research at Hulu where he oversees the day-to-day operations of Hulu’s ad sales research department.  Davidov is responsible for leading 3^rd party measurement innovation and solutions, ad-effectiveness and attribution studies and custom sales research initiatives, including consumer behavior models and future advertising models. He also currently leads the sales team in research positioning and thought leadership activations through the market facing portal, Hulu Insights.

Prior to Hulu, Davidov spent five years at NBCUniversal where he focused on both consumer and advertising research for editorial and sales. Davidov began his career at Knowledge Networks, now GfK, as a research analyst.

Davidov earned his degree from Northeastern University in Marketing & Management and resides in Manhattan.

Michaela Giovengo is the Director of Direct Response Media at Hulu where she is responsible for all short-form Direct Response advertising revenue.  Since joining Hulu in 2012, Michaela has been instrumental in the development and growth of the Hulu Direct Response unit, which has resulted in double-digit revenue growth year-over-year.

Prior to joining Hulu, Michaela spent over six years at NBCUniversal as an Account Executive across a number of the networks properties including USA, Oxygen, Bravo and SyFy.

Michaela was born and raised in Chicago, IL and holds a Bachelor degree in Marketing from Fordham University. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and their two children, Siena & Luke.

David has spent the majority of his career in customer acquisition working for consumer internet companies at media agencies and as a marketing operator on the business side.  He currently has a dual role for the HelloFresh Group as Director of Media Strategy for HelloFresh and Director of Growth for Green Chef.

Ryan Dell is the Chief Marketing Officer at MVMT – a crowdfunded-to-$70MM fashion accessories brand with over 1.5MM watches and sunglasses sold direct to consumers in 160+ countries. Ryan has 15 years of e-commerce, digital marketing (new customer acquisition and retention), brand building and team leadership experience.

Prior to MVMT, Ryan was the Vice President of Acquisition Marketing at FTD Companies (formally Provide Commerce) – a $1.2 billion E-commerce and retail company with brands like ProFlowers, Shari’s Berries, Personal Creations, RedEnvelope, and FTD.

Luke Droulez is the Chief Marketing Officer for Parachute, the fast-growing home essentials brand based in Venice Beach. As the company’s first hire, Luke utilizes historical insights and data from every facet of the business to direct online and offline marketing for the brand. He oversees all demand generation for the company, leading brand awareness, establishing content leadership and marketing analytics.

Before joining Parachute, Luke worked in trading at both UBS and IMC Financial Markets.

Luke graduated magna cum laude from Carnegie Mellon with a Bachelor of Science in Business. He’s an avid traveler, surfer and food truck patron.

Fabian Seelbach is SVP Marketing at Curology, an eCommerce start-up offering customized prescription skincare. 

Prior, at Lumosity Fabian led the International and Lifecycle Marketing teams driving 30% of the company’s revenue. Fabian was a Principal and member of the leadership team of the CMT and Digital practice at consulting firms Booz & Company and Booz Digital. While there he carried out the digital transformations of numerous Fortune 500 companies in North America and Europe. 

Fabian is a graduate of Harvard Business School and the University of Manchester (UK). Originally from Germany, Fabian now lives in San Francisco with his wife.

Nick Shah is the Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Ampush, a leading provider of digital marketing technology and services to the world’s most innovative brands including Dollar Shave Club, Uber, and many Fortune 500 companies. Ampush was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 fastest growing companies in America. Ampush is one of four companies in the world to be a certified marketing partner to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram, and drives over $300 million in annual advertising on these platforms.

Nick is an investor in several disruptive businesses including Madison Reed, Candid Co, Burrow, and LearnCore. Prior to starting Ampush, Nick was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley focused on Media & Communications M&A and IPOs.

The Wharton School awarded Aniket the Joseph Wharton Award for Young Leadership, which is presented to the school’s most accomplished alumni. He was also selected for The Wharton School’s prestigious 40 Under 40 list. Nick and his co-founders endow a needs-based scholarship (“The Ampush Scholar”) at Wharton each year.

Rachel is a passionate entrepreneur with an eye for beautiful interiors and design.

Prior to founding SNOWE, Rachel worked in real estate investment banking at BGC Partners, advising hotel and lifestyle clients on strategic opportunities and capital raising. She also managed a boutique co-working space subsidiary of SL Green, Manhattan’s top real estate investment trust. It was her interest and penchant for design and fashion finds that led her to co-found her first company, Haat Couture, a retail concept selling luxury-quality, affordable Indian formal wear in the U.S.

Rachel began SNOWE with co-founder Andres Modak after moving back to New York City from grad school. Both were unhappy with the disposable quality of mass-produced homewares that were available and believed that there was a gap to be filled between mass-market quality and high-end luxury, which ultimately drove them to launch SNOWE.

Rachel holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nick loves to build, and scale, disruptive, consumer brands. As COO, Nick focuses on scaling our organization and delivering the day to day operations across performance and brand marketing, development, design, product management and customer experience teams. Prior to Leesa, Nick has built stand out sales, marketing, development and operational teams in ecommerce and the services and travel industries. Nick joined Leesa from cove, a co-working company, where he was COO. Previously, Nick was a VP at Amazon-backed marketplace, LivingSocial, where he led the restaurants, travel and health & beauty divisions. Earlier in his career Nick ran consumer travel brands including the global yacht business – The Moorings & Sunsail – leading a team of 1,200 operating in 45 countries. Nick was also the co-founder of an online travel startup, The First Resort. Nick holds an MBA from Europe’s leading business school, IMD in Switzerland, and is a qualified accountant. Nick’s focus on speed and growth extends outside of work, where he loves leading an active life with his family, be that on the soccer pitch, tennis court, at sea or on the ski slopes.

Selena Kalvaria is the VP of Brand Marketing at Away, a global lifestyle brand designing thoughtful objects to make traveling more seamless. In her role, Selena drives the strategy for Away’s brand marketing team, overseeing how the Away brand comes to life and interacts with its community across social media, partnerships, experiential, and more.

After graduating from Princeton University, Selena started her career working on Wall Street before leaving to pursue her passion for understanding the drivers of culture, consumer choice, and brand love. Prior to Away, she worked at Diageo, where she built and led several marketing initiatives for Baileys and Smirnoff Ice brands. Later, she joined Anheuser-Busch as Senior Director of the company’s flavored malt beverage portfolio.

Selena received a B.A. in art and archaeology and a certification in finance from Princeton University, and she received an MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives and works in Manhattan.

Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience advising clients in merchandising businesses, particularly in the Retail & Consumer sector. Richard is an often-quoted expert on the retail and merchandising industries. He is a Contributor to Forbes.com where he writes a regular blog about trends in retail and consumer product businesses. He also appears regularly in print and other media as well as industry panels and speaking programs.

Before co-founding Triangle, Richard was a Managing Director at a boutique investment banking firm called Financo, Inc. While at Financo, Richard was responsible for a majority of the firm’s apparel industry transactions. Prior to joining Financo, Richard was a Partner and First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. At Drexel, Richard was responsible for a group of 14 professionals doing middle-market mergers and acquisitions around the world.

Richard is the co-author of three books on finance and computer programming. He is formerly an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business at the graduate program of the Stern School of Business at New York University. Richard received a BS in Accounting from New York University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Harvard University. Richard is married and lives in New York.

Mike Duboe is Head of Growth at Stitch Fix. His org at Stitch Fix covers all performance marketing channels, including Paid Social, SEM, SEO, Display, Digital Video, TV, Radio/Podcast, Direct Mail, Partnerships/Affiliate, and Mobile App Growth. Prior to Stitch Fix, Mike ran growth at Tilt – a social payments platform that was acquired by Airbnb, and began his career as a consultant at Bain & Company. He also serves as a growth advisor to a number of consumer startups. Mike has his BS/MS in Industrial Engineering from University of Michigan, and an MBA from Stanford.

Alisa Metzger is a 14-year beauty industry marketing executive with experience at L’Oreal, P&G Prestige, COTY, La Prairie, RITUALS and most recently TULA Skincare.

Holding roles in the marketing function, Alisa has focused on brand building & product development, go-to market strategies, business development, global expansion and most recently DTC and influencer marketing.

If you ask anybody about Katie, they’ll tell you she’s a mover and a shaker. And that’s pretty evident if you take a look at everything she’s contributed to Marketing Architects over the years.

Katie and her team engage in deep business conversations with potential clients, discussing how they can blow through their business obstacles and start thinking about the untapped potential of television, radio and other media channels. Katie’s desire for new clients to succeed is evident – she doesn’t celebrate a win unless she’s celebrating it with her clients.

During her tenure, Katie has been involved with some of Marketing Architects’ most formative victories. She was a key player in building the largest, most efficient and profitable radio network in the country, and she helped build the HurryCane^® into one of the top-selling mobility devices in the country. Today, she’s leading the charge to deliver billion-dollar ideas through accountable advertising for top-shelf brands.

So how does Katie cultivate new business relationships while taking care of her loving family of four? Easy. She asks herself each night, “Did I just exist or did I make a difference today?”

Stephanie is the CMO of Mizzen+Main, a brand focused on building better menswear with products that are easy to look great in, easy to care for, and as comfortable as athletic wear.

Prior to joining Mizzen+Main, Stephanie worked in brand management at PepsiCo and on the Veuve Clicquot marketing team with Moët Hennessy. She also worked as a strategy consultant with Accenture, where she started her career advising clients within the consumer products, energy, and financial services sectors.

Stephanie holds an undergraduate degree from Rice University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In 2017 Otherland Founder Abigail Cook Stone set out to build a different kind of candle brand. Inspired by her lifelong passion for art and interiors, her moderately healthy obsession with candles, and her family philosophy of finding small ways to elevate everyday life, Otherland was born.

As student at Columbia Business School, Abigail spent hours burning the midnight oil (literally) and realized she was burning candles daily. From morning meditation to late night study sessions at her apartment and unplugging at the end of the day, candles were a constant. She struggled to find a brand that fit her lifestyle. Candles that smelled the best or were aesthetically pleasing were often too expensive while budget-friendly options often had ultra-sweet, low quality fragrances and lackluster design. Recognizing this gap in the market, she sparked the idea for Otherland, which brings the energy of art, design, and fragrance to every moment at home.

To create Otherland, Abigail married her backgrounds in art, e-commerce, and venture capital. Prior to business school she worked at the Ralph Lauren corporate office in Art Acquisitions, where she purchased artwork to decorate the brand’s restaurants, stores and showrooms. Before that she worked in the company’s e-commerce division. While attending business school she was an associate at Founder Collective, a seed stage venture fund, and a partner at Dorm Room Fund, First Round Capital’s student-run VC fund. Abigail previously held a position at Cuseum, a museum engagement platform, for a year and she is the founder of Young Folk, the young patrons group of the American Folk Art Museum.

Emily Heyward is Co-founder and Chief Strategist at Red Antler, the leading brand company for startups. Founded in 2007 and based in Brooklyn, Red Antler is a multidisciplinary team of strategists, designers, and marketers. Working closely with founders, Emily has led branding efforts for top companies such as Casper, Allbirds, and Birchbox. After beginning her career in advertising, she started Red Antler in order to directly apply consumer insights and brand positioning to business growth. Emily lives in Brooklyn with her wife and dog.

Rishi Prabhu is the co-founder of Bespoke Post. Together with friend and business school classmate Steve Szaronos, Rishi launched Bespoke Post in 2011. In the seven years since, the duo has built Bespoke Post to be the leading men’s lifestyle subscription and e-commerce service, delivering goods and guidance to nearly half a million customers across the U.S. and Canada.

On the heels of completing his MBA at Kellogg School of Management, Rishi and Steve were accepted into the Entrepreneur’s Roundtable Accelerator program and saw an opportunity in the e-commerce market for a subscription service for men.

They noticed that men were more conscious of and interested in self-improvement than ever. Yet there wasn’t a single one-stop shop out there for them to elevate their daily lives – a place that not only sold quality products at a fair price, but also taught new and better ways of living. And so, Bespoke Post was born.

The goal: to help the modern man discover, enjoy, and make the most of new and interesting goods. The kind of stuff that’ll make him feel sharper, cooler, and more confident each and every day.

A veteran of the consulting field, Rishi began his career at McKinsey, with subsequent stops at Groupon and Google.

Rishi received his Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science and mathematics, as well as a master’s degree in computer science, from New York University. He received his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.

Randy Goldberg is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Bombas. He is responsible for bringing the brand to life, creatively conveying the Bombas brand and mission, and leading the design team to create product that boasts an innovative combination of fashion, function, and philanthropy.

Goldberg graduated from The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University with a BS in Finance, and is a veteran in digital creative, copywriting, strategy and branding. He has consulted, written and developed unique content for top companies including Nike and vitaminwater, and led the creative development of digital media brand UrbanDaddy. Prior to Bombas, Randy also founded Tennis Partners, a creative consultancy, and Pop Up Flea, a personally curated pop-up market of new and vintage men’s goods. Randy has been featured on NBC TODAY Show, CBS This Morning, Bloomberg TV, Esquire.com and was named the 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year by Georgetown Business.

Even in today’s interconnected, digital world, physical location still means everything and matters more than ever. David R. Bell, an authority on digital strategy and unified commerce, explains why.

A graduate of Stanford University and chaired marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, David is an award-winning teacher and researcher. His studies focus on how we use the Internet and related technologies to search, shop and sell – a subject he delves deep into in his best-selling book – “Location is (Still) Everything” (New Harvest, July 2014), which was translated and published in Brazil (2016) and China (2017). His peer-reviewed academic articles are published in all major field journals and have been recognized with awards from The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), the American Marketing Association (AMA), and Marketing Science Institute (MSI).

David speaks frequently and internationally on business model innovation in the digital economy and was an early investor in several iconic new economy companies including Bonobos (acquired by Walmart), Diapers.com (acquired by Amazon), Harry’s, Jet.com (acquired by Walmart), and Warby Parker, among many others. David is President of Idea Farm Ventures, a New York City-based venture studio, created to catalyze the next generation of outstanding consumer lifestyle brands.

A New Zealand citizen and US Permanent Resident, David received his Ph.D. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

Jon Kaplan (@jkaplan9) is the head of global partnerships at Pinterest, where he oversees all aspects of the company’s global partnerships and operations organization. Before Pinterest, Jon spent 12 years at Google, most recently serving as vice president of U.S. sales, where he was responsible for search, display, YouTube and DoubleClick programmatic solutions across a range of industries. Earlier in his career, he was the first business hire at Economist.com, worked at the PGA of America and represented athletes at SFX Sports. Jon is the on the board of NYC & Company, and is an advisor to Metamorphic Ventures. He is currently saving ideas about creative ways to store firewood, exciting getaway locations and the Seattle Seahawks.

Alex McArthur is the CMO at Purple. He has been a marketing executive at startups, turn arounds and highly regulated public companies. He has held both in-house and agency roles. His areas of focus are building memorable brands, creating differentiated products, and achieving growth with award-winning ad campaigns. Prior to Purple and outside of consulting projects, Alex held executive roles at SEO.com, Purch, and OrangeSoda.

As COO and Cofounder, Tom Cortese is responsible for managing and driving the overall Peloton product and member experience. He oversees product design and development, manages global supply chain, and ensures the operational success of member support and member engagement programs – all with an eye toward creating an unparalleled Peloton experience across all touchpoints. Prior to Peloton, Tom was at  IAC/InterActiveCorp where he most recently served as Co-founder and CEO of the award winning Proust.com. Tom holds a BA in Philosophy from The George Washington University, and spends his free time pushing his sons in their running stroller, training for triathlons with his wife, and racing up the leaderboard on his Peloton Bike.

Jake Bailey is Facebook’s Head of Industry for Emerging Disruptors, a group of high-growth digitally-native D2C companies that are changing their respective industries. Jake joined Facebook from Wish Shopping, where he built their North American & European Business development groups, along with launching their merchant advertising platform. He has worked with ecommerce companies all over the world and technology startups for the past 13 years, including running all advertising and international for Overstock.com. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his better half and three kids. Jake loves a good laugh and has an acute weakness for good Mexican food.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, Erin Fujimoto studied finance at Arizona State University before beginning her career as a financial adviser at JP Morgan. After listening to her husband’s relentless frustrations with ill-fitting undershirts, Fujimoto and Tom Patterson founded Tommy John in 2008 with the goal of bringing more comfortable and innovative solutions to market. Together they’ve spent the last 10 years reimagining the fabric, fit, and function of men’s underwear and apparel before successfully introducing their debut women’s collection in 2018.

Tom Patterson was born and raised in South Dakota. He studied at Arizona State University, eventually becoming a successful Medical Device Salesperson. In 2008, after years on the road as an unsatisfied consumer in need of more fitted and functional base layers, he founded Tommy John. He initially developed an innovative collection of undergarments made of propriety materials – patented stay tucked undershirts, non-bunching underwear and socks that never fall down. Now Tommy John is recognized as an exciting menswear brand, ever expanding, and leading the way in terms of fabric, fit and functionality.

Catherine Clifford is the senior entrepreneurship writer at CNBC. She was formerly a senior writer at Entrepreneur.com, the small business reporter at CNNMoney and an assistant in the New York bureau for CNN. Clifford attended Columbia University where she earned a bachelor’s degree. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is an avid yogi. You can follow her on Twitter at @CatClifford.

Randall has been the CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau since 2007. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Director of Intellectual Capital at Booz Allen Hamilton, the international strategy and consulting firm where he also directed the award-winning business journal strategy+business and other electronic and print publications. Earlier, Randall spent six years at The New York Times, where he was the technology and politics editor of the Sunday magazine, daily advertising columnist, and a media and marketing reporter. He is author of Where the Suckers Moon: An Advertising Story. He received a B.A. in Classics from Princeton University and resides in New York City.

Jen Rubio is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Away, a global travel brand designing thoughtful objects for modern travel. Since Away launched in 2016, the company has sold more than 200,000 suitcases, raised more than $31 million, and launched several new products and experiences that are inspiring more people to travel the world. The innovative direct-to-consumer startup has redefined its category and is working to make everything about the travel experience more seamless. In 2015, Jen was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising. She lives and works in New York.

Dave Morgan is the CEO and Founder of Simulmedia, a New York City-based television advertising company. A lifelong entrepreneur, Morgan focuses today on helping advertisers improve the outcomes of what is often their biggest line item: TV advertising. Dave previously founded TACODA, Inc., an online advertising company that pioneered online behavioral marketing and which was acquired by AOL in 2007. He also founded Real Media, Inc., one of the world’s first ad serving and online ad network companies and a predecessor to 24/7 Real Media, which was later sold to WPP.

In the early 1990s, Morgan served as General Counsel and Director of New Media Ventures at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.

Morgan is a Political Science graduate of The Pennsylvania State University and holds a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law. He serves on the Advertising Research Foundation and was a long-time member of the executive committee and board of directors of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Dave, his wife, writer Lorea Canales, and their two daughters live in Manhattan.

Steven Gutentag is the co-founder and CEO of Keeps, a full-service healthcare company that combines virtual diagnosis and FDA-approved treatments to create access to preventative medicine and care for millions of men. Steve started his career working as a management consultant at BCG. He then co-founded Get Maid, an on-demand home cleaning service, which sold to Homejoy. Via a Homejoy acqui-hire, Steve then worked at Google on the Search Ads Product Management team, responsible for launching a new type of ad unit for the local services industry, which sits on the search results page today. He holds a B.S. in Marketing and Finance from NYU Stern School of Business.

Shane Pittson is the Head of Marketing at quip, the design-driven, direct-to-consumer oral care brand based in Dumbo, Brooklyn. He studied Information Systems at BYU where he was a Crocker Innovation Fellow. Shane joined quip inn 2015 as their first employee, where he has developed systems for growth and operations. Marketing strategy at quip has been covered by engadget, Fast Company, and the Wall Street Journal.

Deepa Miglani is the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Babbel, the #1 selling language-learning app worldwide. In this role, she oversees all aspects of marketing including customer acquisition and CRM. Since joining Babbel in 2015, she has been instrumental in driving brand and customer growth for the brand in the USA, which has resulted in triple digit revenue and subscriber growth two years in a row. 

Prior to joining Babbel, Deepa was the VP of Marketing at Ladders, a leader in the professional-level job search. A marketing veteran with 15+ years of experience, Deepa has driven growth and scaled consumer acquisition for brands like eHarmony and Rosetta Stone. 

A resident of Brooklyn, Deepa was born and educated in India, and has a Masters Degree in Communications. 

Hernan Lopez is Founder & CEO of Wondery, A Network Of Storytellers. Wondery became the fastest network to join the Top 10 ranker by Podtrac, propelled by immersive hit shows like Dirty John, American History Tellers, Business Wars, Hollywood & Crime and American Innovations. Prior to founding Wondery, Hernan was President & CEO of Fox International Channels, a $3bn division of Fox. Hernan has been a speaker at Cannes Lions, SXSW, Promax and Natpe, and his articles have been published by Ad Age and Fast Company. He holds an MBA from University Of Miami and lives in Los Angeles.

Marshall Williams, CEO of Ad Results Media, specializes in influencer audio/digital in which products or services are recommended by credible, influential audio personalities. Ad Results Media is the largest purchaser of podcast advertising in the world, leveraging strong relationships within podcasting, AM-FM radio, network radio and satellite radio to connect advertisers with the world’s most high-profile news, sports and entertainment creators.

Jared Cluff is Blue Apron’s Chief Marketing Officer.  Before joining Blue Apron in 2014, Jared served as senior vice president of marketing at e-commerce company Fab.com, senior vice president of marketing at Ask.com, and director of online marketing at Match.com. Prior to that, Jared held several marketing positions with E*TRADE, an online financial services company. Jared holds a B.A. degree in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University.

Katie Jokipii is the Senior Manager, Acquisition and Mass Media at Dollar Shave Club, a personal care products company and one of the original disruptors in the DTC space. In this role, she manages all paid media efforts across TV, video, and audio. Since joining Dollar Shave Club, Katie has introduced digital video into the media mix and helped launch Dollar Shave Club’s first ever brand campaign. Prior to Dollar Shave Club, Katie was a Partner and Associate Strategy Director at Mindshare in NY, leading cross-channel media strategy and execution for a variety of clients, including Intercontinental Hotels and Royal Caribbean.

Katie grew up in NY and is a proud alumna of UNC-Chapel Hill. While at Mindshare, she was recognized for her grit and speed in the space and helped build the XXCHANGE female mentoring program. She currently is an active member of the Tuesday’s Children Junior Board, DSC Cares, and UNC-Chapel Hill’s MJAA Mentorship Program. She spends her spare time training for the latest half marathon or marathon, most recently running the NYC Marathon in 2017.

Jean Feroldi is a Designer on Facebook’s Creative Shop bringing ideas to life through prototyping and design to help advertisers make better creative for Facebook and Instagram. She is passionate about developing delightful physical and digital experiences that help people use creativity to connect with each other. Jean is a graduate of University of Virginia’s School of Architecture and VCU Brandcenter where she studied architectural design and art direction, respectively. She lives in San Francisco.

Brittany Johnson is a Creative Strategist and Instagram Specialist at Facebook’s Creative Shop. She works with global brands, such as Coca-Cola, Estee Lauder, and P&G, to build people-first campaigns that simultaneously drive brand impact. With a background in Art Direction, she is able to hone in on the craft and user experience of an execution while unlocking insights and solving problems strategically. Brittany is an award-winning creative with a curious spirit and passion for culture.

Randall has been the CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau since 2007. Previously, he was the Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Director of Intellectual Capital at Booz Allen Hamilton, the international strategy and consulting firm where he also directed the award-winning business journal strategy+business and other electronic and print publications. Earlier, Randall spent six years at The New York Times, where he was the technology and politics editor of the Sunday magazine, daily advertising columnist, and a media and marketing reporter. He is author of Where the Suckers Moon: An Advertising Story. He received a B.A. in Classics from Princeton University and resides in New York City.

Mark Shmulik is a former McKinsey & Company Associate Partner and currently supporting the IAB with the Direct Brands initiative. Mark has over a decade of experience setting digital grwoth strategies and building digital & direct businesses on behalf on his TMT clients: he has been an evangelist for delivering personalized consumer experiences and has taken over the marketing function at several of his clients to deliver on this vision.

Prior to McKinsey, Mark spent time across several Media-focused VC funds and Telus Mobility. Mark has a BA, Honors from the Richard Ivey School of Business and an MBA from the London Business School. Mark is an avid long-distance swimmer including part of several English Chanel crossings and lives in NYC with his wife and (now) two daughters.

Tina Sharkey is an entrepreneur and investor, passionate about building movements with soul and social-minded businesses at scale. Most recently, she co-founded Brandless, a new kind of company, a community that puts people first and makes better products at a fairer price: $3. Previously, Tina was a venture partner at Sherpa. She has served as the Chairman and Global President of BabyCenter, a Johnson and Johnson company where she was also a leader in the global consumer group. Tina led Networks and Community at AOL, and co-founded iVillage, where she coined the term social media. Tina currently sits on the Board of Directors of Brandless, ipsy and Brit + Co, and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

Jeff Weiser is the Chief Marketing Officer at Shopify and joined the company in February 2018. Prior to joining Shopify, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE). Prior to that, Jeff held multiple senior level positions with Beachbody LLC (creators of P90X and Shakeology), and Strategy and Analytics roles at SGN (Social Gaming Network), MySpace and Yahoo! Jeff holds a B.A. in English from Yale University and an M.B.A from Columbia Business School.

Leigh Radford, is the Vice President of P&G Ventures – an agile and entrepreneurial group of individuals, who identify New Brands, Partnerships and Business Models designed to fuel future growth.  Leigh has over 20+ years of experience within P&G. She is an experienced business leader who has led the strategic and creative development of brands across multiple categories, including Skin Care Personal Cleansing, Health Care, and Oral Care. Leigh has a talent for taking small ideas with promise and turning them into proven global brand success. Brands under her leadership have delivered significant and sustained business growth (i.e. Olay became the #1 Global Skincare Brand, and Vicks achieved $1 Billion+ status).

Leigh’s passion for growing businesses, delighting consumers, and proven track record, resulted in her dream job, leading the P&G Ventures group. Within P&G Ventures she leads some of the world’s most innovative thinkers, scientists and entrepreneurs.

Leigh received her B.A. in Advertising/Business Administration from University of Florida and M.B.A from Kellogg Graduate School of Management,

Northwestern University, M.B.A., 1991.

Ellie Wheeler is a Partner at Greycroft and is based in the firm’s New York office.

Prior to joining Greycroft, Ellie worked in a similar role evaluating investment opportunities at Lowercase Capital. Ellie also worked at Cisco in Corporate Development doing acquisitions, investments, and strategy within the unified communications, enterprise software, mobile, and video sectors. While at Cisco, she was involved in multiple acquisitions and investments, including PostPath, Jabber, Xobni, and Tandberg. She began her career in growth capital private equity at Summit Partners in Boston.

Ellie graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a BA in Psychology and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

James Ledbetter is the editor of Inc. magazine and Inc.com. Prior to that position he was the founder and editor of The Big Money, Slate’s business and finance site, and the Opinion Editor for Reuters. He has also been deputy managing editor of CNN Money and senior editor at TIME.

Ledbetter is the author or editor of six books, most recently One Nation Under Gold. His writing on business, media and politics has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Quartz, Rolling Stone, The Nation, The American Prospect, The New Republic, Mother Jones, VIBE, and dozens of other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

Melissa Duren Conner is a publicist and strategic thinker with over 10 years of industry experience.

Melissa began her career at HL Group, where she led PR services for TOMS, David Yurman, and Sotheby’s Diamonds. In 2010, Melissa joined Starworks Group as Senior Manager of Public Relations, where she oversaw the 10th anniversary of INTERMIX, in addition to PR operations for Monique Lhuillier, Zimmermann, Kelly Wearstler, and Jack Spade.

After Starworks, Melissa joined Theory to oversee the press strategy of the core brand in addition to the recently launched Theyskens’ Theory followed by her role as PR Director to launch Joe Fresh, Canada’s leading fashion brand, in the U.S., where she positioned the brand competitively within the thriving accessible fashion market. Melissa joined Jennifer Meyer as Partner and Managing Director at Jennifer Bett Communications in July of 2014. With Jennifer, Melissa has grown the company into the leading agency for fast-growing consumer brands who are redefining the modern marketplace.

Poppy is a strategic storyteller who has spent her career helping build creative businesses and creating brand marketing for some of the world’s most disruptive companies. A rare Los Angeles native, Poppy has spent much of her life at the intersection of culture, entertainment and technology, working in technology startups and marketing agencies across Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Poppy led brand strategy for companies including Netflix, Twitter, Pepsi, and Samsung. Her work has been recognized by Cannes Lions, One Show, AICP, D&AD, DigiDay, Webbys and Clios as well as being featured in the New York’s Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. Poppy was also co-chair of IPG’s women in leadership group, helping to mentor and bring more women leaders into advertising agencies with programming and resources.

Poppy is currently the Head of Brand Marketing and Strategy at Glossier, where she leads all of the brand strategy and marketing initiatives.

Brian is driven by a passion to share great wine with as many people as possible. The role of Winc co-founder and Chief Wine Officer furthers his mission to create and connect great products with today’s consumer. As Chief Wine Officer, Brian combines his years of experience as a sommelier, winemaker and brand builder to oversee the world’s most innovative and culturally relevant wine program. A firm believer in creative collaboration, Brian led Winc to partner with Charity Water, Baja East and Jonathan Simkhai, among others. Brian and his team of winemakers carefully craft more than 100 wines a year from grape to glass. Prior to Winc, Brian founded successful finance and fashion startups. His previous wine experience includes creating the wine program for the tech-enabled Clo Wine in New York and founding the millennial cult brand Jolie Folle rosé.

Anu Verma is Head of Marketing at Care/of, a wellness startup that launched in 2016. Care/of has reimagined the experience of shopping for vitamins, giving customers the ability to get personalized recommendations based on their diet and lifestyle and delivering them in convenient, personalized daily packs. Prior to Care/of, Anu was a marketer at Jet, where she joined pre-launch, and has held roles at the Boston Consulting Group and at Tiffany and Co. Anu earned a degree in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Wharton Business School.  

Eric John, Deputy Director, Video, works with media companies, publishers, and marketers to help grow their video business through industry standards, research, and buyer/seller best practices. He brings nearly 15 years of technology marketing and partnership development to this position. Prior to joining IAB, Eric led digital strategy and initiatives for the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) where he helped launch their cross-platform Magazine Media 360° reports. Prior to MPA, he served as head of Digital Services at the Alliance for Audited Media, delivering certified publisher metrics and platform audits to IAB and MRC standards. In addition, he has held senior management and product marketing positions with Nokia, Yahoo!, and DoubleClick and has been a featured speaker at CES, Mobile World Congress, and Adobe MAX. Eric holds degrees from Miami of Ohio (BA) and Indiana University (MA) and is a graduate of the Product Management Program at Columbia University.

Liza is a founder at the helm of GlobeIn, the leading social enterprise subscription box company – and the only subscription box company to achieve official Fair Trade designation for its work supporting artisans from around the world and in developing countries where, after agriculture, artisan goods are the second largest source of employment.

Through her work, GlobeIn has invested more than $2 million in fair wages into artisan communities over the last two years alone.

Liza was recruited from her native Russia to swim at the college level for Old Dominion University, where she began her social impact work before graduating. She went on to found the first online community for social entrepreneurs in Russia before joining the GlobeIn team as co-founder.

She has a tenacity of spirit and a notable mix of strength and empathy that have made her a rising star in the social good space, leading her to speak at such industry events as the groundbreaking 2017 Haiti Tech Summit, among others. Both her personal journey and her professional work make her an inspiring founder to watch.

Yoav Naveh is currently SVP, People Operations at Taboola. He previously served as Vice President of Video at Taboola, following its acquisition of outstream video SSP ConvertMedia, which he co-founded and served as CEO. After successfully integrating video into Taboola’s offering, he is now responsible for supporting Taboola’s growth through recruitment, analytics and organizational development. Prior to founding ConvertMedia, Yoav spent twelve years building predictive systems for online advertising and internet security startups.

Marketing leader carrying over a dozen years of experience with Fortune 500’s & high growth start-ups including Groupon, Staples & Home Chef. Skill-set ranging across multiple marketing channels both online & off. Currently focusing on customer acquisition & retention through intelligent use of data, predictive analytics and media mix optimization.

Laura Lisowski Cox is the Co-Founder and CMO of Oars + Alps, a direct to consumer skin care brand for people who lead an active, on-the-go lifestyle. The products are made with natural
premium ingredients. The company launched in 2015 after Laura quit her high-profile job at Facebook. Laura has spent most of her career focused on the digital space. She started her career at Digitas NYC in Strategy & Analytics advising Fortune 100 companies on digital acquisition and retention strategies.

Clients included American Express and Delta. She then become Director of Consulting at OgilvyOne in Hong Kong helping companies such as Louis Vuitton and IBM on integrating customer data in their digital space to drive overall growth. Finally, Laura ended up at Facebook advising companies like Apple and GoPro on how to best advertise on facebook to drive both revenue and brand – and closely working with their teams to measure and optimize budgets across channels.

Laura holds an International Master of Finance from the Brandeis Business School. She has a double major from Brandeis University in Economics and Psychology. She has always held a fascination with data and human behavior. Laura raced downhill skiing for 7 years and was the captain of her ski team in high school. Her husband is an avid skier as well and has completed a handful of marathons – he is currently training for his first triathlon.