
Mentor Network
Our mentors are a diverse group of executive marketers, representing brands, agencies, and platforms across the globe. Mentors are engaged in the second half of the program, following the multi-day learning immersion, and invest their time and expertise to foster future industry leaders.
During each Effie Bootcamp cycle, mentors provide one:one mentorship and play a vital role in determining certificate eligibility.
MELISSA BELL
Chief Marketing Officer
2K
SAMI THESSMAN
Senior Vice President, Global Creative
2K Games
ANN RUBIN
Executive Vice President, Marketing & Communication
4A’s
CHRIS MILLER
DVP, Global Brand Strategy & Innovation
Abbott
JANET BARKER-EVANS
Chief Creative Officer
AbelsonTaylor
DIMITRI MICHAILIDIS
Global Director, Brand & Creative Effectiveness
ABInBev
KENDRA HATCHER KING
Global Account Lead
Accenture Song
DONNIE BROXSON
President
Acento Advertising
VICTOR LEE
President
Advantage Unified Commerce
THOMAS SCOVELL
Chief Creative Officier
Alkimi
ANGELA RODRIGUEZ
Head of Strategy
Alma
ANN POULOSE
Director of Media & Audience Management
American Family Insurance
SUSAN HAGER-MERRILL
Chief Marketing Officer, Operating Partner
Andreessen Horowitz
AISEA LAUNGAUE
Partner, Chief Strategy Officer
Anomaly
KARINA WILSHER
Chief Executive Officer
Anomaly
STUART SMITH
Global Strategic Adviser
Anomaly
LAUREN ELLIOT
Senior Vice President, Strategy
Arc
CATHERINE SHEEHAN
Executive Vice President, Director of Brand Strategy
Arnold
SABRINA SEXTON
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Communications & eCommerce
Arthritis Foundation
ADAM MCHEFFEY
Chief Marketing Officer
Artiphon
MARC BURNS
VP, Advertising & Social Media
AT&T
DAVE ARNOLD
Chief Creative Officer
Audigent
RACHAEL ZAHN
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Avenue Z
GREG ANDERSEN
Chief Executive Officer
Bailey Lauerman
RACHEL CONE GORHAM
Vice President of Strategy
Barker
AMIE CHAN
Partner, Head of Strategy
Barrett Hofherr
NEAL DAVIES
Chief Executive Officer
BBDO
NEIL WHITE
President & Chief Executive Officer
BBDO Minneapolis
SHAHNAZ SHROFF
Executive Vice President, Senior Director
BBDO Worldwide
YURI LEE
President GCL
BBH
JENNIFER BALDWIN
Head of Strategy
BBH USA
KIM ROSENBLUM
Chief Marketing Officer
Betterment LLC
NICOLAS PIRIS
Global Head of Strategy and Client Marketing
Bloomberg Media
MAIJA HOEHN
Chief Experience Officer
Broadhead
NEIL PUNWANI
Senior Vice President, Global Communications & Planning Excellence
Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel’s, etc)
NORM SHEARER
Partner and Chief Creative Officer
Cactus
LACHLAN BADENOCH
Chief Strategy Officer
Carmichael Lynch
MARCUS FISCHER
Chief Executive Officer
Carmichael Lynch
JAIME KLEIN-DALEY
Vice President of Strategy
CBX
JEFF CHAPMAN
Founder and Managing Partner
Chapman Brand LLC
JOE LAMPERTIUS
President
ChaseDesign
ALEXA MCGRIFF
Global Strategy Director
Chemistry
WILL BENHAM
Vice President, Executive Creative Director
Chemistry
DON LANE
Brand Strategy & Marketing
Chewy
GEORGE FELIX
Chief Marketing Officer
Chili’s Grill & Bar
THOMAS RANESE
Chief Marketing Officer
Chobani
MARIA CECILIA CORREA
Senior Director, Cisco Secure Brand Marketing
Cisco
EMILY JOHNSTON
Senior Vice President, US Strategy
Citizen Relations
MICHAEL TREFF
Chief Executive Officer
Code & Theory
SAM CHOTINER
Head of Strategic Accounts
Code & Theory
ANDREW GIBSON
Chief Strategy Officer
Creature
FLORA JOLL
Strategy Director
Creature
TONY MOKRY
Chief Marketing Officer
Cricket Wireless
ANNE BOLOGNA
Chief Strategy Officer
Crossmedia, Inc
NIC ALLUM
Founder
Cultureland
JEFF WARMAN
Chief Creative Officer & Partner
Curiosity
CHRISTIAN HUGHES
Principal & President
CUTWATER
PAULA VAMPRE
Global Chief Strategy Officer
DAVID
TOMAS GONSORCIK
Global Chief Strategy Officer
DDB
MAGGIE GROSS
Principal & Head of Strategy
Deloitte
KELLY LEGER
Partner Managing Director
Deloitte Digital
MARK SINGER
Experience Agency Lead & Chief Marketing Officer
Deloitte Digital
MILTON CORREA
US Head of Creative
Deloitte Digital
TRACEY SMITH
US Head of Design
Deloitte Digital
CRAIG BAGNO
Senior Advisor, Brand Strategy
DEMANDBRIGHT
SIMONE TAM
Chief Executive Officer
Dentsu International
SCOTT DALY
Chief Client Officer
Dentsu X
MARIALEJANDRA URBINA
Chief Strategy Officer
Dieste
ALI AMARSY
Chief Strategy Officer
Digitas
ALAN BROWN
Founder & Chair
DNA
CHRIS WITHERSPOON
Chief Executive Officer
DNA
DAVID VAWTER
Executive Vice Chairman
Doe-Anderson
LEYLA TOUMA DAILEY
President, Chief Creative Officer
Doe-Anderson
BEN GROSSMAN
Chief Strategy Officer
Doner
CHRISTOPHER HIBI
Executive Vice President & Head of Business Strategy
Doner
ERIC BRUNO
Head of Brand Planning
Doner
PETE SPENDER
EVP Managing Director Healthcare
Doner
STEPHANIE KELLY
EVP Head of Brand Strategy
Doner
PAUL HIRSCH
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer
Doremus + Co
LIV LEWIS
Executive Vice President
Egami
JOHN KIRKMAN
Global Vice President, Marketing and Market Expansion
Electrolit
CARLA EBOLI
Executive Vice President of Multicultural, DEI Lead
Energy BBDO
CHRIS PLATING
Chief Strategy Officer
EP + CO
JOHN CORNETTE
Chief Creative Officer
EP + CO
JEFF LIANG
Head of Digital Product
EssenceMediaCom
RICK WILLIAMS
Co-Founder
Fable.works
SHEKHAR DESHPANDE
Head of Strategy, Global Accounts
Facebook
MOLLIE PARTESOTTI
Chief Strategy Officer
FCB
PETER GEARY
Principal
Fernwood Marketing
FRANK CARVALHO
Chief Marketing Officer
Foap
LYNN SCHLESINGER
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Forbes, Inc
MARK-HANS RICHER
Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager, Director Commerce
Fortune Brands Innovations
LEESA EICHBERGER
Chief Marketing Officer
Fractional
ALLAN NG
Vice President, Marketing
Freenome
GREG AUER
Senior Vice President, Executive Creative Director
Fusion92
KRISTIN FALLON
Global Head of Brand
GE HealthCare
SIALOREN SPAULDING
Director of Marketing, Brand & Creative
GEICO
MELISSA WILDERMUTH
Global Creative Director
General Mills, Inc
TIMOTHY MAHONEY
Retired CMO, Global Chevrolet
General Motors
TAMARA SEABROOK
Global Omnichannel Strategy Director
Geometry Global
YIOTA AVRAAM
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Getaround
CORBIN BROWN
Chief Transformation Officer
Giant Spoon
AMANDA JONES
Strategy Director
Given
CRAIG GREIWE
Chief Strategy Officer & President of Marketing
Go Digital Media Group
MARK MULHERN
Head of Brand Marketing
Goldman Sachs
PAUL PARTON
Group CSO
The Golin Group
LESLIE BARRETT
President & Partner
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
STEPHANIE ESTES
Chief Media Officer
Goodway Group
BOON LAI
Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager
Google
ENSHALLA ANDERSON
Director, Global Head of Brand & Creative
Google
MARVIN CHOW
Vice President Global Marketing
Google
PRIYANKA NATH
Head of Performance Marketing - APAC
Google
STEPHANIE ESTES
Chief Media Officer
Goodway Group
MANS TESCH
Chief Strategy Officer, AMEA
Grey
ANDREA DIQUEZ
Global Chief Executive Officer
GUT
BENJAMIN HENNES
Chief Creative Officer / Co-Owner
HappyLucky
EMILY STUTZMAN
Chief Executive Officer
HappyLucky
SADIRA FURLOW
Chief Marketing Officer
Happy Money
BELLE FRANK
Chief Strategy Officer
Health Practice
NICK VALENTA
Chief Executive Officer
The House Of Agency
HUMPHREY HO
Managing Partner
HyLink
BENOI WIESSER
Impact Investor and Advisor
Impact
LUIS CAMANO
Creative Director
Imper/active
JONATHAN RIGBY
Chief Strategy Officer
Initiative
NICOLETTE SPENCER
Senior Vice President, Head of Integrated Production
INNOCEAN Worldwide America
RAMESH KUMAR
Founder & Strategy Consultant
Inplain Insight Consulting
LAUREL BURTON
Chief Executive Officer
Instrument
AMY WINGER
Global Client Lead/GM
Intel
JANELLE JAMES
Senior Vice President
Ipsos
TANIA BARR
Vice President, Brand Planning
Jellyfish
STANLEY LUMAX
Executive Brand Director
JP Morgan Chase
ZIAD AHMED
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
JUV Consulting
KELLEY BARON
Executive Vice President, Global Clients
Kantar
KASHA CACY
Chief Media Officer
Known
JENNA YOUNG
Sr. Client Partner / Head of Client Creative
Korn Ferry
JESS VULTAGGIO
Vice President, Brands & Creativity
Kraft Heinz North America
KAITLIN ROE
Director of Marketing
KraftHeinz
SHAINA FOX
Growth Excellence, Business Integration
Kraft Heinz
MARK CARLSON
Chief Strategy Officer
Laughlin Constable
JAMES GREGSON
Creative Director
LEGO
EMILY KETCHEN
Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President, Intellegent Devices Group & International Sales Group
Lenovo
KRISTIAN MAY STEWART
Executive Vice President, Head of Multicultural Intelligence
Leo Burnett
RADIM SVOBODA
Executive Vice President, Global Business Management
Leo Burnett
MIKE TREHARNE
Head of Insight
Leo Burnett London
CLIFFORD STEVENS
Vice President, Managing Director
Liberty Mutual Insurance
FREDRIK BORESTROM
Head of Agency, International
Linkedin
MICHAEL BOYCHUK
Founder & Executive Creative Director
Little Hands of Stone
ADAM READER
Senior Vice President, Head of Strategy
M&C Saatchi One-to-One
CHRISTA PERRY
Head of Advertising & Sponsorships
MassMutual
EDGARDO TETTAMANTI
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Mastercard
PERNILLA WINBERG BABTIST
EVP, Global Sponsorships and Partnership Models
Mastercard
LIZ DER
Senior Vice President, Executive Account Director
McCann New York
JAMIE PEATE
Global Head of Retail Strategy / UK Head of Effectiveness
McCann Worldgroup
JOHN DUNLEAVY
President, North America
McCann Worldgroup
DAVID QUEAMANTE
Senior Vice President, Media Planning
Universal McCann
NEENA KOYEN
Global Chief Communications Officer
UM WW
JASMINE DADLANI
Chief Strategy Officer
McKinney
JOE MAGLIO
Chief Executive Officer
McKinney
JON CUDE
Partner, Creative Chairman
McKinney
KARL SPANGENBERG
Executive Vice President
MediaLink
JEREMY DALY
Chief Strategy Officer
Mekanism
MATT NAEGER
Chief Strategy Officer
Merkle
DANA DIGREGORIO
Global Managing Director
MESH Experience
ANA MARIA HENAO
General Manager and Chief Marketing Officer Americas Consumer Channel & Partner Marketing
Microsoft
VICTORIA VITARELLI
Vice President Marketing
Millennium Systems International
JEFF MCCRORY
Chief Strategic Officer
Mischief @ No Fixed Address
SHAUN BROWN
Senior Vice President, Shopper & Marketing Innovation
Momentum Worldwide
HUGH MUNRO
Chief Strategy Officer
The Monkeys
DIANA CAVERLY
Global Chief Strategy Officer
MRM
KATERINA SUDIT
Global Chief Media Officer
MRM
KATHLEEN DIAMANTAKIS
Chief Strategy Officer
MRM
ANNA ANDREIS
Executive Vice President, Sustainability & Social Impact
MSL
ELLIE GOGAN-TILSTONE
Head of Strategy
MullenLowe
LINDSAY CARDINALE
Vice President, Strategy Director
MullenLowe
AMY TUNICK
Chief Marketing Officer
National CineMedia (NCM)
PAM PILIGIAN
Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President
Navy Federal Credit Union
CHRISTINA GLORIOSO
Senior Vice President, Sales Effectiveness
NBCUniversal
SARI FEINBERG
SVP of Marketing and Content Partnerships
NBCUniversal
TED CHI
Senior Vice President, Digital Marketing & Media Strategy
NBCUniversal
YUSUF CHUKU
Executive Vice President, Client Advisory
NBCUniversal
BRUNO FRANKEL
Head of Strategy, Marketing Partnerships
Netflix
JESSE KATES
Executive Vice President, Managing Director
Neon - an IPG Health Company
BRIAN LANE
Senior Vice President, Agencies, North America
Nielson
DAVE HOHMAN
Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Agency Solutions
Nielsen
TINA WILSON
Executive Vice President & Global Head of Product, Tech., & Operations
Nielsen
LYNN TEO
Chief Marketing Officer
Northwestern Mutual
SHELLEY ELKINS
Chief Creative Officer
NVE Experience Agency
TRACEY OWENS
Owner/President
o2kl
BRUNO CARDINALI
Head of Global Marketing
OAKBERRY
KATE CHARLES
Chief Strategy Officer
Oberland
LISA TOPOL
Partner, Executive Creative Director
Oberland
ANIBAL CASSO
North America Chief Strategic Officer
Ogilvy
ASIM NAQUI
Chief Executive Officer
Ogilvy Pakistan
LIAM PARKER
Global Brand Marketing Lead
Ogilvy
MARLICE JOHNSON
Global Business Director, DEI & GTM
Ogilvy
MICK MCCABE
Global Chief Strategy Officermul
Ogilvy
RACHEL POOL
Head of Strategy
Ogilvy
MICHAEL ROCA
Executive Director
Omnicon Media Group
TRISH ADAMS
President
Opinionated
SUZY HILL
Director, Media
Panera Bread
MICHAEL PAVONE
Chief Executive Officer
Pavone Marketing Group
MONA MUNAYYER GONZALEZ
Chief Growth Officer
Pereira O’Dell
MIKE CAGUIN
Chief Creative Officer
Periscope
MATT FOLEY
VP Markeing, Absolut, Mailibu, Kahlua, Agave Brands, & Gins
Pernod Ricard USA
LAURA THOMAS
Head of Strategy & Senior Vice President
PETERMAYER
MICHELLE EDELMAN
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Strategy OFficer
PETERMAYER
TOM KUHN
Vice President, Marketing
PGA Tour
DAN LACIVITA
Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer
Play
SUZANNE POWERS
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Powers Creativity
GARRETT GARCIA
President
PPK
ROGER ADAMS
Principal Consultant
Pragmax LLC
PHILLIP HAID
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Public Inc.
ANDREAS MOELLMANN
Global Strategy Director
Publicis Group
BEN ZUMSTEG
Executive Vice President, Head of Strategy
Le Truc, Publicis Group
TONY LEDERER
Head of Strategy
Publicis
KARINA KOGAN
Chief Commercial & Marketing Officer
PVOLVE
DUNCAN JAMES
General Manager, North America
QA Workforce Learning
JOSH GOLDEN
Chief Marketing Officer
Quad
COLLEEN LEDDY
Chief Strategy Officer
Quality Experience
MELANIE WILLIAMS
Executive Vice President, Head of Strategy
Quantasy + Associates
CARL FREMONT
Chief Executive Officer
Quigley
QUINCY JACKSON
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
The Quincy Marketing Group LLC
SUSAN BOLAND
Vice President, Brand & Communications Strategy
Rain the Growth Agency
AYANNA TELFORT
Executive Vice President, Client Services
Razorfish Health
MARTA LAROCK
Global Chief Strategy Officer
Red Fuse Communications
STEPHEN HAHN-GRIFFITHS
Global Executive Vice President, Enterprise Growth & General Manager
The RepTrak Company
JORGE PLASENCIA
Chief Executive Officer
Republica Havas, LLC
HANNAH MIRZA
Founder
The Responsible Marketing Agency
LARRY FISHER
Chief Executive Officer
Rise, A Quad Company
FERN MCCAFFREY
EVP, Executive Account Director
RPA
BRIAN SALZMAN
Founder/CEO
RQ
RAIG ADOLFO
President & Chief Strategy Officer
Saatchi & Saatchi
MONICA BELSITO
Chief Marketing Officer
Sabra Dipping Co
DOUG ZANGER
Senior Vice President, Creative & Content
SalientMG
DAWN LYONS
Chief Operating Officer
Sandy Hook Promise
SARAH WATSON
Executive Coah
Sarah Watson Luminous Coaching LLC
JIM LESSER
Senior Vice President, Chief Brand Officer
Service Now
ELIZABETH ROSS
Chief Executive Officer
Shift Paradigm
MARK RENSHAW
Chief Marketing Officer
SiteMinder
NICHOLE ROBILLARD
Chief Marketing Officer
Smokey Bones
STEVEN FULD
Chief Marketing Officer
Sony America
BRITT CUSHING
Executive Vice President
Spark Foundry
LISA GIACOSA
Chief Investment Officer
Spark Foundry
ELIZABETH WOLSTENHOLME
Strategy Director
Spark44
KELSEY HODGKIN
Chief Executive Officer
Special Group
LIZ BAINES
Head of Planning- Specsavers Creative
Specsavers
MICHELLE WONG
Chief Marketing Officer
Sprinkles Bakeries and Picnik Restaurants
KIMBERLY EINAN
President, Head of Strategy
Starcom
YOSHITAKA MATSUURA
Chief Executive Officer
StrategyX
JOHN COLASANTI
Chief Executive Officer
Solve
RYAN MURRAY
President
Solve
CHRISTY PROVINES
Group Director
SwellShark
MARY PERHACH
President
SwellShark
ANDREW TINDALL
Senior Vice President Global Partnerships
System1
SILVINA CENDRA
Custom Marketing Strategy Director
Taco Bell
TODD WATERBURY
Chief Creative Officer
Target
JAMES SOWDEN
Chief Strategy Officer
TBWA Chiat Day
TIM WANG
Founder & Principal
TDW+Co
CRYSTAL RIX-ZERRENNER
Chief Marketing Officer
Thinx
KATRIN ZIMMERMANN
Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director
TLGG Consulting
QUINCY CHERRY
Chief Executive Officer
Traits Agency
CHERYL POLICASTRO
Chief Strategy Officer
TPN
GEOFF COTTRILL
Chief Brand Officer
TopGolf
MICHAEL SHARP
Vice President, Partnerships
TVision
ALEX BARDOFF
Global Creative Director
UnderArmour
DAVID PORTER
Vice President Global Media
Unilever
JAYME JANSKY
Head of Omni-Shopper Marketing
Unilever
NELSON FREITAS
Founder
UNKNOWNS
VERCHELE WIGGINS
Vice President, Brand Management
U.S Cellular
DAVID MULLEN
Chief Executive Officer, Partner
The Variable
SHANNON JONES
Co-Founder
verb.
YADIRA HARRISON
Co-Founder
verb.
CHRISTINE DILANDRO
Senior Manager, Consumer Media
Verizon
CARRIE PHILPOTT
Chief Client & Integration Officer, North America
VML
SASAN SAEIDI
Chief Executive Officer, Global Client Lead, Global Chief Business Officer
VML
WILL SANDWICK
Chief Data Officer, NY
VML
ALISON TILLING
Chief Strategy Officer
VMLY&R
LARA O’SHEA
Chief Strategy Officer
VMLY&R
TINA CERVERA
Chief Creative Officer
Weber Shandwick
JENNY (HUA) CHEN
Head of Marketing
Wild Fork
JIM ELMS
Co-Founder
WINGS
TASS TSITSOPOULOS
Global Strategy Director
WKNY
DOUG CHAVEZ
Executive Vice President, Digital Commerce & Media
WPP
BRANDON CHUANG
Chief Creative Officer
Wunderman Thompson Health
LISA CHECCHIO
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
AMANDA CHANDLER
Head of Brand Engagement
Xerox
ZACHARY ROSENBERG
Founder
Zach Rosenberg Consulting, Inc
ALICE CRIPPA
Creative Futurist
Zeus Jones
JINAL SHAH
Chief Marketing Officer
ZIP
TIM GORDON
Chief Creative Officer
Zulu Alpha Kilo NY