For over 45 years, his career has centered on the intersection of media, technology, and advertising.  He has held many roles, ranging from founding and leading digital ad industry startups to senior executive positions at WPP. The central theme of his work is finding new ways of making technologies work for marketers. His fascination with creating value for marketers through technology led him to pioneer innovation in early digital ad networks, the uses of search engine marketing, new methods of behavioral targeting, and big data. Earlier in his career, he co-founded 24/7 Media and led the company from a startup to a digital marketing and ad technology leader. WPP ultimately purchased 24/7 Real Media for $649 million.  With this purchase, he joined WPP, where he successfully led the transformation of Xaxis offerings as the digital industry ad industry evolved and served as the global president of WPP Digital. 24/7 Real Media was transformed to Xaxis and now exists as part of GroupM Nexus. David helped to steer the digital ad industry's development as a Board member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) for over 20 years, as Chairman from 2009 to 2011, and as the first Chairman of the IAB Tech Lab. As a Board member and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Advertising Education Foundation (AEF), he helps ensure the development of the next generation of advertising executives.

Keith Gooberman is the CEO & Co-founder of Pontiac Intelligence, a transparent and powerful DSP for CTV buying. Prior to launching Pontiac Intelligence, Keith founded and managed Programmatic Mechanics, a full-service programmatic buying company. Keith started his career at Conde Nast before working for other publishers, ad networks, and agency trading desks. After mastering the details of how programmatic buying works, Keith founded his own firm to provide transparency and education alongside quality campaign management to clients of all sizes. Keith, a born and raised New Yorker, continues to live and work out of NYC and has overseen over $1b in programmatic spend over the years.

Michael Riley is the SVP of Partnerships and Innovation at Nativo, with 8 years of experience in the company. He studied Business and Economics at Western Michigan University and worked in sales roles within telcom, wealth management, and adtech. Michael's role in Nativo includes leading the Central Sales Team and Global Partnerships, focusing on agency partnerships. Outside of work, Michael enjoys traveling and contributing to charitable efforts. His contributions to Nativo include creating unique partnerships and receiving recognition for his sales leadership and philanthropy.

Christiane de Carvalho is a highly accomplished professional based in New York, boasting over two decades of experience in the fields of data, identity, adtech, and technology. She is currently serving as the leader of the Data & Identity Solutions & Strategy team at Acxiom, where she plays a critical role in enabling first-party graphs and people-based data capabilities in both the digital and offline realms. With her extensive knowledge and expertise in the industry, Christiane works closely with larger advertisers and the entire ecosystem to deliver measurable value against marketing objectives. Her clients rely on her to invent and define use cases that result in strategic and tactical advantages. Throughout her tenure at Acxiom, Christiane has played a pivotal role in expanding the use of third-party data into global markets, as well as building and growing data monetization through strategic partnerships with adtech companies, system integrators, and CDPs. Christiane's expertise in working with various types of data, including contextual, semantics, behavior, and people-based data, has given her a deep understanding of how to leverage data effectively to drive better business outcomes for her clients. Her ability to work with such diverse data sets has made her a highly trusted advisor and partner to organizations looking to maximize their data-driven potential.

Greg Taylor is the Senior Sales Director and East Coast Team Lead at LiveIntent. With over 15 years of expertise in media sales, Greg has collaborated with prominent brands and agencies in various roles, spanning from traditional media to cutting-edge cookieless activation strategies. His extensive background in working with premium publishers, implementing programmatic activation, and employing cookieless targeting techniques has brought a fresh perspective to LiveIntent.  When he's not discussing the boundless potential of email marketing in a cookieless future, Greg can be found cheering on the Giants or Rangers and spending time with his daughter.

Scott Schiller has proven experience unlocking growth, driving transformation, and delivering results in the media business.

A founder and former chairman of The Interactive Advertising Bureau with recent executive experience at Comcast/NBCUniversal, Schiller’s knowledge of content, media, and technology is deep and broad.

From Fortune 50 firms to startups, Schiller’s executive career demonstrates his proficiency in helping companies succeed in today’s dynamic business environment.

With degrees from Cornell University (BA) and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management (MBA), Schiller is focused on helping clients craft the future of media, fueling growth, and delivering lasting enterprise value.

As Executive Director, Head of Operations for CVS Media Exchange (CMX), CVS Pharmacy’s retail media network, Melissa is responsible for overseeing and leading all CMX functions related to Financial and Billing Operations, Sales Operations, Business Operations,  Ads Policy, Ad Technology Operations, Business Systems and Media Performance and Activation.    Melissa is an industry veteran with over 18+ plus years in in Product and Operations. Most recently Melissa was the SVP, Global Exchange Operations for Yieldmo. Prior to Yieldmo, Melissa ran Revenue Operations for Walmart Connect. In her role, she led the US and India-based team responsible for ad campaign performance and optimization, technical operations, API partner and self-serve Advertiser Support, Ads Trafficking, Billing, and Ads Policy. Before Walmart, she worked at Index Exchange and IAB Tech Lab. At IAB she was responsible for the Modernizing Measurement Taskforce, IAB Tech Lab Content Taxonomy, Header Tag Working Group, OpenRTB and OpenDirect protocols.    Melissa is a cum laude graduate from SUNY New Paltz with a BA in International Relations. Melissa is a mother of two and she and her family are currently based in the greater Philadelphia area.

Michelle Weiskittel leads Media Planning, Activation and Operations at Albertson Media Collective where she and her team build media and content solutions by utilizing insights and targeting tied to business objectives. A passion for performance-based media and omni-channel purchase behaviors, Michelle brings deep expertise in influencing basket and product level sales for brands through her agency and Albertsons Companies enterprise marketing experience. She used this knowledge to prioritize foundational capabilities for Albertsons Media Collective. Michelle celebrates the localization Albertson Companies champions in service of their customer. Being a 20-year veteran in media and content development, she embraces the ever-changing landscape and considers herself to be on an ongoing educational journey.      Michelle holds a formal bachelor’s degree in Managerial Economics from the University of California Davis.

Briana believes that retail media isn’t just growing—it’s booming. She understands that there is a growing need for agency partners that can not only navigate the space but break new ground and innovate from within it. That's exactly the kind of thinking that Briana brings to Wavemaker as group director, commerce strategy practice lead.

Yuyu is a seasoned media executive with extensive experiences in journalism, social media, retail media and ad tech. After a successful career as a reporter for publications like Digiday, Yuyu embarked on her ad sales journey at companies like TikTok where she helped build the organization's sales functionality from the ground up as an early hire. Yuyu has worked with brands and agencies of all shapes and sizes on both global and local levels. At her current role as sales director at DSP Adlook, Yuyu is focused on helping major ad agencies and brands leverage deep learning to future proof their marketing. Outside of her professional life, Yuyu likes to explore world cultures with her husband and 3 year-old son.

Javan Rice is a dynamic and results-driven marketing leader with over 16 years of comprehensive experience in digital advertising. Throughout her distinguished career, Javan has consistently demonstrated her ability to combine strategic vision with hands-on expertise to drive transformative growth for global brands. For the past ten years, her passion and concentration have been evolving marketers' digital strategies through tech-enabled, data-driven media solutions serving as the SVP, Digital and Programmatic for dentsu US. She has had the pleasure of supporting premier brands like Hershey and P&G through various phases of marketing transformation, resulting in the successful expansion of their digital presence and their advancement to the digital landscape's cutting edge. Javan also serves as a member of the Ad Council's Media Advisory Council, assisting the non-profit group in its programmatic efforts.

Jessica Reed serves as Vice President, Product Marketing & Content Strategy, NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships. In this role, they lead a cross-functional team of product marketers, designers, and technical writers responsible for communicating the value proposition of NBCUniversal’s advertising data, technology, and measurement solutions to advertising clients, prospects, internal stakeholders, and the greater NBCUniversal organization.     Jessica has more than 20 years of experience in technology. Prior to joining NBCU, they led technical communications, product marketing, and content strategy for a variety of startups. Most recently, Jessica was at Borderfree, a full-service global ecommerce provider acquired by Pitney Bowes in 2015. Before Borderfree, they spent more than six years in ad tech, first at Mediaocean (formerly Donovan Data Systems) and later at Maxifier.    Jessica is heavily involved in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts at NBCU, serving as a member of the inaugural Advertising & Partnerships DEI Council, the Advertising & Partnerships Empowerment & Inclusion Council, and the NBCUniversal Accessibility Design Guild, as well as Communications Chair for the New York City chapter of the Out@NBCUniversal employee resource group.    Jessica holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from Oberlin College and an MFA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York. Jessica prefers gender-neutral pronouns (they/them).

As Global Brand Safety lead at IPG, William is responsible for establishing and maintaining global standards and best practices surrounding the management and governance of brand equity and perception. William is responsible for meeting and combatting challenges to brand safety across channels and platforms, including programmatic, social, digital audio and CTV, and excels at bringing data-based standardization, operationalization, and transformation to market. William has a wealth of experience anticipating and meeting the challenges of today and tomorrow across channels and across verticals. William resides in bucolic Chappaqua, New York and holds a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

As Global Chief Digital Responsibility and Public Policy Officer, Sheila leads the global data policy and digital responsibility strategies for Interpublic Group (IPG) ensuring that data and digital technology are used ethically and accountably across the enterprise and with IPG clients. This means ensuring data and tech are used in ways that serve people. She helps ensure practices operating at the leading edge of digital technology are consistent with principles of responsible, respectful, proportionate and fair data use. Sheila is responsible for public policy engagement with regulators, policy groups, clients, and other key stakeholders globally, advocating for ethical advertising and marketing practices, in ways that earn trust. She is an advisor on the development and deployment of data-driven and digital solutions and services.  She is a trusted thought partner, advisor, and reputational champion for IPG companies.   Ms. Colclasure is a recognized global thought leader on applied data ethics, accountable data governance and human-centered digital responsibility.  Sheila has extensive knowledge of laws and societal expectations governing the collection and use of information, with particular depth in the rapidly evolving data-driven advertising and marketing ecosystem and ethical AI.  She is sought out by policy makers, regulators, and government agencies for her views on data integrity and how to address the complexity of operationalizing and harmonizing next-generation data governance for the global digital data-driven ecosystem. Sheila is a Presidential Leadership Scholar, Silver Apple Honoree (MCNY 2022),  “20 Top Women in Media and Adtech – Data Demystifier” (2022), and by CSO as one of the “12 amazing women in security” (2017.) 

Leigh Freund is President & CEO of the NAI, a non-profit organization that is the leading self-regulatory association dedicated to responsible data collection and its use for digital advertising. Leigh leads the organization’s growth and helps set the agenda and strategic priorities. Leigh joined the NAI in 2015 after an eleven-year career at AOL Inc., where she served as vice president & chief counsel for global public policy. Leigh brings more than a decade of substantive expertise in privacy, advertising, and public policy in the digital sector to her work at the NAI. She has first-hand knowledge of the tremendous contributions third parties have made in the digital advertising space and she is a passionate believer in strong self-regulation. During her time at AOL, Leigh led the company’s public policy efforts and was a leading voice on global digital and technology policy. Prior to that role, Leigh headed up the AOL advertising legal team and worked with AOL’s privacy team to promote and develop responsible use and collection of data, and ensure compliance with the industry’s self-regulatory programs. Before joining AOL in 2004, Leigh worked at K&L Gates and on Capitol Hill with Rep. Fred Upton from her home state of Michigan. Leigh holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Kalamazoo College and a J.D. from Georgetown University. She is an active participant in several industry organizations devoted to compliance with key regulatory initiatives and principles.

In his 30 years in the media industry, Marc Goldberg has held the positions on multiple seats of the aisle. Early in his career on the agency side then SVP of Business Development at About.com, CEO and GM roles at publishers and most recently in the ad tech space, the CEO of Brand Safety Company , Trust Metrics and then CRO at Method Media Intelligence.

He now runs his own consultancy, Stages Collective. Where he helps companies get to the next stage by helping with fractional sales, contingent recruitment or helping understand markets.

He has been involved with the IAB and TAG from the beginning to fight Fraud and bad actors. He was instrumental helping create and being involved in working groups to share the industries thinking in this space. He is on the advisory board of the Brand Safety Institute and various other companies.

+20 years track record in building and growing EU operations for US companies. Highly regarded in the EU internet advertising industry as a thought leader and top professional. Outstanding team builder and manager. Founder of Abakus, successfully sold to SAP in 2017. Tim also built BlueLithium Europe from inception, the largest UK ad network in 2005-2007, sold to Yahoo.

Julie Kandel is Senior Partner, Director of Brand Safety North America at GroupM. Her current role focuses on operationalizing the brand safety practice for GroupM and its agencies across North America. Prior to this role, she was the Director of Campaign Management at GroupM which included process optimization, workflow improvements, technology and new client onboarding. Julie has over 20 years of experience in digital media from planning, buying, analytics and operations, since joining Mindshare in 2005. Julie graduated with a degree from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Communication in Television, Radio and Film.

Jounce Media is the industry leader in programmatic supply chain management and is trusted by the world's largest marketers, media companies, and advertising technology platforms to enable high efficiency programmatic trades. Chris Kane founded Jounce Media in 2015.   Chris was previously Chief of Staff to the CEO and CFO at AOL. Prior to AOL, Chris managed a portfolio of enterprise accounts at Turn, a pioneer in the DSP category. He started his career as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman where he focused on the converging media and technology sectors.

David Kohl is President & CEO of TRUSTX, a premium private marketplace and a certified public benefit corporation (B-Corp), wholly owned by the non-profit trade association Digital Content Next, and backed by the world's leading news, sports, and entertainment publishers. David began his career in management consulting at KPMG and went on to develop and launch transformative digital marketing strategies and products at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young before founding TRUSTX in 2016. With over 25 years of experience in strategy, operations and technology, he is a recognized thought leader in the advertising industry and has deep expertise in programmatic and the complex issues surrounding consumer privacy, data, and identity.

Scott Cunningham, Initiative Lead for NewsPassID, Chair BSI Publisher Council, and Owner, Cunningham.Tech. Scott Cunningham is author of Defining Brand Safety Series by the Brand Safety Institute, Founder of the IAB Tech Lab, Initiative Lead of NewsPassID Ad Network and NewsNext sustainable journalism initiative at the Local Media Consortium.  Owner of Cunningham.Tech, Scott serves as fractional executive and strategic adviser in digital advertising, marketing and publishing.  

Rob has over 20 years in Software Engineering and Product Management & Operations, specializing in leading-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and web-scale technologies. He has led several national AI and search solutions for the world's largest telecommunications, publishing, and e-commerce companies. Rob is renowned for building effective teams and launch-and-growth strategies. A British native, Rob holds a BS in Business and Technology with 1st Class Honors.

Oleg Korenfeld’s 20+ year professional expertise cuts across all angles of the digital advertising ecosystem - ad technology, demand and supply sides. Recognized as a transformative AdTech leader, Oleg brings deep marketing data and technology experience, holding global executive positions at companies such as GroupM and Publicis. In his role as CTO, he helps CMI Media Group, Compas and their clients continue the momentum of decades of disruptive innovation in media as well as implementation of tech and data best practices on a global scale. He is responsible for overseeing the agencies’ global automation, technology and data strategy and development, while leading the company’s continued innovations in tech-enabled performance and precision media solutions. Oleg has hands-on experience in advertising and marketing product, audience/data, advertising operations, business development, go to market strategy and business intelligence/analytics. This deep experience across all marketing channels and environments allows for a holistic view of the marketplace and its future.   Oleg has a unique and broad perspective of a rapidly evolving marketing industry. He is passionate and focused executive helping transform and lead CMI Media Group’s vision and execution through data and technology.   This includes strategic, tactical, and general management experience at publishing companies such as Thrillist and Hearst, creative and media agencies such as TMG, Wavemaker and Spark Foundry, as well as advertising technology companies such as DoubleClick and Right Media.

Michael Learmonth is the Former Editor-in-Chief for VICE News.

Sally Lehrman created and leads the Trust Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan consortium of news organizations that implement Trust Indicators to help the public, distribution platforms and advertisers recognize journalism with integrity in the hubbub online. An internationally recognized expert and speaker on building a more trustworthy press, Lehrman was awarded a Gold Globee Award as Female Achiever/Communicator of the Year (2023) and also named one of MediaShift's Top 20 Digital Innovators (2018). Previously a reporter on medicine, science and business across magazines, newspapers and public radio, her honors include a Peabody Award, duPont-Columbia and the John S. Knight Fellowship, with bylines in Scientific American, Nature, Health, and The DNA Files, distributed by NPR, among others. Her book, “News in a New America,” argues for an inclusive U.S. news media, and her co-edited volume with Venise Wagner, “Reporting Inequality: Tools and Methods for Covering Race and Ethnicity,” offers practical solutions. She is Science and Justice Professor at the UC-Santa Cruz Center for Science and Justice.

I am a senior growth and marketing professional known as a thought leader and marketing innovator. I have extensive expertise working in businesses of all sorts, from start-ups to the Fortune 500, spanning the whole digital media, advertising, and marketing ecosystems. I have analytical and entrepreneurial skills and know how to use data to improve paid media acquisitions and growth across all platforms. I am also involved in several press and speaking engagements.

In order to conceptualize and implement change, drive exponential development, and generate multimillion-dollar income, I have used quantitative and analytics-based tactics. I am a skilled talent developer, capable of guiding international teams through considerable expansion and transformation. At all levels, I have highly developed interpersonal and communication abilities.

Katie joined Ampersand as Head of Agency Partnerships where she is responsible for providing overall management and strategic direction, alongside her agency partners, to drive business growth. Prior to Ampersand, Katie held various sales, sales leadership and marketing strategy roles, and has a diverse mix of experience across TV, digital video, data/analytics and enterprise solutions – most recently in client partnerships at VidMob where she partnered with fortune 500 brands to help maximize their overall creative effectiveness via VidMob’s creative technology solution. Previously, as VP, Advanced TV Sales at Cadent, Katie and her team built and successfully scaled the organization’s suite of advanced TV solutions. Katie currently resides in NYC with her family, and when not at work, can be found chasing after her young son.

As the SVP, US National Video Innovation for dentsu’s Media Service Line, Brad is tasked with the development of innovative, consistent and scalable buying and investment capabilities across Addressable TV, Data Driven Linear, Connected TV, Online Video and emerging technologies and platforms.   Over the last decade, Brad has held several media strategy roles focused on delivering result-driven buying strategies across various client categories including Pharmaceuticals, Quick Service Restaurants, Entertainment and Consumer Package Goods. Prior to joining dentsu, Brad served as a Media Manager for Henkel in which he oversaw the North America Beauty omni-channel media portfolio.   Brad studied Marketing at Ramapo College of New Jersey where he was also a collegiate athlete. 

Media executive with 20 years of digital media experience. 15 years ‘sell side’ publisher and ad tech with most recently 5 years in a global agency holding company “buy side” leadership. Exemplary achievements in partnerships that improve brand identification in highly competitive advertising market, across diverse industries with a track record surpassing goals. Direct & Programmatic background successfully achieving success driving revenue & monetizing content across display, mobile, gaming, social, audio, video & OTT media platforms. Respected lead representative on multiple industry executive boards with a strong reputation, senior level contacts & references across holding companies and clients.

Mallory McCandless is Legal Counsel for Nestlé Health Science.

Leigh Freund is President & CEO of the NAI, a non-profit organization that is the leading self-regulatory association dedicated to responsible data collection and its use for digital advertising. Leigh leads the organization’s growth and helps set the agenda and strategic priorities. Leigh joined the NAI in 2015 after an eleven-year career at AOL Inc., where she served as vice president & chief counsel for global public policy. Leigh brings more than a decade of substantive expertise in privacy, advertising, and public policy in the digital sector to her work at the NAI. She has first-hand knowledge of the tremendous contributions third parties have made in the digital advertising space and she is a passionate believer in strong self-regulation. During her time at AOL, Leigh led the company’s public policy efforts and was a leading voice on global digital and technology policy. Prior to that role, Leigh headed up the AOL advertising legal team and worked with AOL’s privacy team to promote and develop responsible use and collection of data, and ensure compliance with the industry’s self-regulatory programs. Before joining AOL in 2004, Leigh worked at K&L Gates and on Capitol Hill with Rep. Fred Upton from her home state of Michigan. Leigh holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Kalamazoo College and a J.D. from Georgetown University. She is an active participant in several industry organizations devoted to compliance with key regulatory initiatives and principles.

Rob is the principal provider of operational, strategic and tactical counsel for solutions for better digital advertising infrastructure and opportunities for revenue growth to some of the worlds largest companies.  Rob publishes a regular monthly column for Marketing Land and his thought leadership has been featured in AdAge, AdWeek, Mediapost, AdExchanger, Business Insider and MyersBizNet. While at The 614 Group, Rob has led strategic engagements for clients such as Condé Nast, Interpublic / Mediabrands, IBM Watson, TAG, and Panasonic and has worked to recruit a world class board of advisors and a team of consultants who properly represent the brand and make customer satisfaction a core value. He has extensive experience in digital media and is a distinguished leader in the Ad Tech industry.  Among his many accomplishments, Rob has served as Board Member and Executive Advisor to the IAB on International Affairs, as the CFO/COO and President of the global advertising network CPXi.

Dominic Chu is a senior markets correspondent for CNBC, located at the network’s Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. He appears during CNBC’s Business Day programming and contributes to CNBC.com. Previously, Chu was a New York-based markets correspondent for Bloomberg Television, where he covered the stock, bond, currency and commodities markets. During that time, he interviewed some of the world’s top money managers and business executives, and he also was part of the team that covered Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombings. In addition, Chu handled sports business reporting for the network. Chu brings extensive knowledge of the financial markets, having worked in sales and trading for UBS Investment Bank, mutual fund management for Hennessy Advisors and investment management for Seascape Capital. He has spoken at numerous industry conferences and was a regular contributor to radio and television outlets across the country. Chu holds a Bachelor of Science degree in hotel administration from Cornell University.

Kelly Metz is the Managing Director of Advanced TV at Omnicom Media Group’s Center of Excellence.  She works to establish best practices for television that include cross-platform video planning, measurement and audience activation.  As a veteran of the data, software and media industries, Kelly’s expertise lies in enabling clients, co-workers and partners to achieve their objectives via  technology solutions.  She spent her early career at Oracle, Yahoo! and Adobe  as well as a wide variety of technology startups, with her most recent experience at the Los Angeles based cross-platform media measurement start-up VideoAmp. Particular areas of focus are media data management, media planning and buying and attribution.

Dominick Vangeli serves as Senior Vice President & General Manager of Advanced Advertising at NBCUniversal. In this role, Dominick helps to set the strategic vision for NBCU’s Digital and Advanced TV advertising sales business and partnerships. He also manages the strategy for data-driven linear, audience-based buying on digital video (inclusive of programmatic and self-serve platforms) and data cleanroom initiatives. Throughout his tenure at NBC, Dominick has played an integral role in modernizing the way brands use data to market to their consumers.     Since joining NBCUniversal in 2016, Dominick has held various leadership positions and has helped NBCUniversal grow its Digital and Advanced TV advertising sales business. Dominick’s strong relationships throughout the industry, has allowed him to serve as the leading point of contact with a variety of clients, agencies and ad tech partners supporting the programmatic initiatives. With over 20 years of experience in media, product management, strategy and analytics, Dominick is actively involved in driving thought and product leadership throughout the advanced advertising space.    Prior to joining NBCUniversal, Dominick served as Vice President of Advanced Advertising for Cablevision Media Sales where he launched and scaled the company’s addressable TV business. Dominick is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and earned an MBA in Media Management from Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business.

Nick is the Creative Chairperson of Accenture Song. He joined in February 2022 as Global Lead for Design and Creative Tech.   Prior to Accenture, Nick was VP, Marcom Integration at Apple where he was one of three VPs leading the global design and marketing group. His role connected classic narrative advertising to social and performance marketing, and a suite of owned and partner digital channels. He helped integrate social into the core marketing teams and elevate lifecycle marketing for Apple services. His role included leading the Interactive team to redesign apple.com into a more modern DTC channel, integrate screen based digital experiences into Apple Stores, and expand the digital commerce and marketing for thousands of global channel partners. During his time in Cupertino, Apple won multiple Brand of the Year awards. Media Arts Lab, one of the vendors he directed, also won many creative awards, including Agency of the Year. Before Apple, Nick was Chief Creative Officer Publicis Groupe, President Publicis Communications where he helped drive a unified creative vision across all Publicis Groupe’s creative brands (including Leo Burnett, Saatchi and Saatchi, Publicis Worldwide, and BBH), while leveraging the power of data and technology, across all solution hubs (Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Publicis.Sapient, Publicis Health and Publicis One). As a member of the executive committee he also helped shape the strategy of the Groupe.   Previously, as Vice Chairman, Global Chief Creative Officer, at R/GA, Nick led the strategic and creative vision of one of the most storied and innovative companies in the world. He worked with clients such as Nike, Beats by Dre, Samsung, HBO, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Verizon, and Google. In 2001 when Nick started at R/GA it was a 100-person web design agency. 17 years later it had grown to 2,000 people, across 18 offices, with a world class reputation in product and service design, advertising, consulting and ventures.   During his tenure, R/GA became one of the most awarded agencies in the world, winning every major creative accolade, including five Cannes Lion Grand Prix, one D&AD black pencil, 20 entries from the AICP show in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art, and one Emmy (after being nominated three times). R/GA also won agency of the year from key award shows and industry publications (including Cannes and D&AD), and Adweek named R/GA Digital Agency of the Decade and Nike+ Campaign of the Decade.   Nick’s career in design, advertising and digital media has spanned 30 years and four continents, working with the brightest and best across multiple creative disciplines. He has twice been named in the Creativity 50, a list of the world’s most influential creative people.   A native of Sydney, Australia, he now lives in Brooklyn.

Rachel Nyswander Thomas is Chief Operating Officer of the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), the leading global initiative fighting criminal activity and increasing trust in the digital advertising industry. She oversees TAG’s work in setting industry standards, facilitating the sharing of threat intelligence, and promoting brand safety, as well as its business operations. She serves concurrently as Chairwoman of the Brand Safety Institute’s Board of Advisors and as an Executive in Residence at Progress Partners.Rachel has spent her career studying, creating, and implementing digital policy in the business, non-profit, and academic sectors. Prior to joining TAG, she served as Vice President of Advocacy & Accountability at the Data & Marketing Association (DMA), advocating before Congress and federal agencies on behalf of thousands of business and nonprofit organizations. She served concurrently as Executive Director of the Data-Driven Marketing Institute, facilitating academic research on how the use of consumer data shapes industry, society, and the economy. Before joining DMA, Rachel led data privacy compliance for The McGraw-Hill Companies, auditing worldwide publishing operations and managing a global corps of 80 Privacy Officials in more than 40 countries.Rachel earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University. She is a Certified International Privacy Professional and was among the first in the advertising industry to become a Certified Brand Safety Officer. Her scholarship on cybersecurity public-private partnerships has been published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Thomson Reuters Press.

Samantha Stetson is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of marketing and sales experience in technology and healthcare IT. Samantha’s career reflects a proven track record of building and leading programs that extract a huge amount of impact from small teams.  She is seen as a visionary who can make things happen. She has a deep passion for striving for excellence and pushing the boundaries of what is possible. She has served in a global capacity, which has allowed her to develop a deep empathy for the world we live in and the challenges outside of the United States. Samantha is currently the VP of the Client Council and Industry Trade Relations Team at Meta. The team’s mission is to foster a “customer first, customer best” culture throughout Meta. During her 9 years at Meta, Samantha has been responsible for building Meta’s Client Council franchise. The Councils are made up of top marketing and agency executives from Meta’s key clients and agency partners such as P&G, Unilever, Netflix, Pepsi, Coke, Walmart, etc., and the six major agency holding companies. She grew the franchise from one global council in 2011 to 14 global and regional Councils by end of 2020. Through these councils, she learned how to build deep cross functional relationships and manage complex issues to drive internal and external alignment.  The Councils are seen as an indispensable part of Meta’s commitment to listening to their Customers and building deep relationships grounded in trust. The feedback gleaned during these meetings has helped influence some of Meta’s most important go-to-market strategies Samantha and her team are also responsible for leading relationships with the industry trade associations to partner on some of the most complex challenges facing the future of the digital ecosystem from brand safety to cross media measurement to data privacy.Samantha lives in Newtown Square, PA with her husband David and two children, Hadley (13) and Hunter (15). In her spare time, she enjoys Bikram Yoga and skiing. She grew up as a competitive figure skater and competed in the US National Championships.

Mike Lyden is TAG's Vice President of Threat Intelligence, where he manages the digital advertising industry’s Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO), the TAG Threat Exchange. TAG's Threat Exchange enables the TAG Community to share real-time threat intelligence, stay abreast of emerging threats that could affect their operations, and protect the digital advertising supply chain.   Mike spent 17 years as a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, where he most recently served as the Senior Intelligence Officer and Associate Director for the Department of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), a federal law enforcement organization. Earlier in his career, Mike specialized in counterintelligence, cyber threat pursuit, and supply chain risk management support to critical infrastructure, emerging technology, and the U.S. innovation base.     Mike enjoys volunteering as a coach and mentor for startup accelerators, is an advisory board member for several national security-focused companies and serves on the board of directors for the nonprofit National Security Career and Leadership Institute.  Mike earned his B.A. from Case Western Reserve University and his M.S. in Applied Intelligence from Mercyhurst University.

Ben Nimmo is Global Lead for Threat Intelligence at Meta. He was one of the co-founders of the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), and later served as Graphika’s first Head of Investigations. He has helped to expose foreign election interference in the US, UK and France, documented troll operations in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, and been declared dead by an army of Twitter bots. A graduate of Cambridge University, he speaks French, German, Russian and Latvian, among other languages.

Mike Lee is on Global Campaign Governance and Operations, Media Lab where he has led Brand Safety for Google Marketing over the last 6 years. In his current role, Mike is responsible for managing and operationalizing Brand Safety practices at-scale across all global paid media campaigns for Google Marketing (Pixel, YouTube, etc). Mike has over 20 years of industry experience, with 13 years at Google and 8 years in ad agencies. Mike earned his BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia, MFA in Interactive Design from the Academy of Art University, and MBA from the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.

Parvathy Bavishi is the Global Lead, Brand Suitability for Google.

Oleg Korenfeld’s 20+ year professional expertise cuts across all angles of the digital advertising ecosystem - ad technology, demand and supply sides. Recognized as a transformative AdTech leader, Oleg brings deep marketing data and technology experience, holding global executive positions at companies such as GroupM and Publicis. In his role as CTO, he helps CMI Media Group, Compas and their clients continue the momentum of decades of disruptive innovation in media as well as implementation of tech and data best practices on a global scale. He is responsible for overseeing the agencies’ global automation, technology and data strategy and development, while leading the company’s continued innovations in tech-enabled performance and precision media solutions.   Oleg has hands-on experience in advertising and marketing product, audience/data, advertising operations, business development, go to market strategy and business intelligence/analytics. This deep experience across all marketing channels and environments allows for a holistic view of the marketplace and its future.   Oleg has a unique and broad perspective of a rapidly evolving marketing industry. He is passionate and focused executive helping transform and lead CMI Media Group’s vision and execution through data and technology.   This includes strategic, tactical, and general management experience at publishing companies such as Thrillist and Hearst, creative and media agencies such as TMG, Wavemaker and Spark Foundry, as well as advertising technology companies such as DoubleClick and Right Media.

Alex and his team are responsible for the development of agency level partnerships with key media, data, and technology vendors across all marketplace mediums. Alex developed the agency’s strategic approach to partnerships maximizing negotiations with key partners emphasizing areas of interest that provide the greatest value to the agency’s clients in the form of innovation, competitive rates, research, data, programmatic and education.  He has worked closely with his peers on an SPO strategy for the agency and has played a key role in the development of new curated marketplaces products.   Most recently, Alex merged the Advanced Video Solutions team with Agency Partnerships where he leads the charge behind advanced and addressable Video opportunities while pressing forward on innovative agency ventures.

Tracy Elizabeth is TikTok's Head of Family Safety & Developmental Health. She oversees teams that ensure TikTok's policies are designed to keep youth safe and that catalog content based on family comfort. Tracy holds a doctorate in Adolescent Development & Media and a Master's in Risk & Prevention from Harvard University. Prior to TikTok, Tracy managed Netflix's Kids & Family Metadata team and established Netflix's Global Maturity Ratings department. She is a former elementary school teacher, turned entertainment tech enthusiast. Tracy specializes in designing media that bolster kids' and teens' social, emotional, and academic well-being. Most importantly, Tracy is the mother of a little girl growing up in a media world.

Stephen Balkam is a seasoned nonprofit leader with over 30 years of experience in the US and UK, currently serving as the Founder and CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), an international organization dedicated to creating a safer online environment for children and families. Stephen has been recognized globally for his contributions to online safety, which include spearheading the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) and Recreational Software Advisory Council (RSAC) and serving on boards such as the US Child Online Protection Commission (COPA). Additionally, Stephen is a celebrated media contributor who has been featured on nationally syndicated broadcast programs such as CNN, NPR, and MSNBC, and interviewed by leading newspapers like The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Brittany Scott is an accomplished professional with an extensive background in the digital marketing and media industry. Currently serving as the Vice President of Measurement Partnership at Zefr, she is well-versed in various aspects of the industry, including digital media, brand marketing, and platform brand safety. Her diverse experiences allow her to comprehend the brand safety ecosystem from multiple perspectives, including those of clients, platforms, and the industry as a whole. Before joining Zefr, Brittany made significant contributions at Meta, where she played a pivotal role in spearheading go-to-market efforts for brand safety-related initiatives. Her responsibilities at Meta included overseeing the successful launch of 1st party brand safety controls and independent 3rd party verification.  Prior to her time at Meta, Brittany had a successful digital marketing and media career on the client-side. She held key positions at S.C. Johnson, Hershey’s, Goodyear Tire, and Kellogg’s.

Michael Marando is a Content Policy Director at Meta, where he leads various teams focused on issues such as misinformation and the abuse of Meta's platforms. Michael also previously led Meta's advertising policy team. Prior to joining Meta, Michael served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C., where he worked on various high-profile cases, including matters related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.

Bill Adair is Knight Professor for the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University and Director of the Duke Reporters' Lab.

Strategic minded global media professional, driven by a desire to harness opportunities arising from advancements in ad tech to create a safer and more transparent digital ecosystem for all.

Michael Learmonth is the Former Editor-in-Chief for VICE News.

As a seasoned Product Marketing leader with over 10 years of experience in the technology industry, I am passionate about creating exceptional customer experiences. My collaborative leadership style has enabled me to develop and execute successful product marketing strategies and go-to-market plans for some of the world's leading technology companies. With strong communication skills and a customer-obsessed approach, I am committed to building positive team cultures and mentoring future marketing leaders.

Jasmine Presson is the Chief Strategy Officer for Mediaplus Group North America.

I recognize the beauty of diversity and strive to create an inclusive space where every voice is valued, respected, and celebrated. As an expert in The Future of Work by transforming workplace culture to optimize their AI and diversity goals, I build strong foundations with core values, paving the way for impactful milestones.

As EVP, Global Head of Brand Assurance, Deva leads dentsu’s US and Global Media Brand Assurance offerings, bringing together Brand Responsibility, Brand Safety, and Brand Suitability to address evolving media threats and enable clients to make the best, most responsible media decisions. In this role, Deva partners closely with others across the organization, including on the Investment and Economic Empowerment teams, to constantly monitor and understand best practices in deliverability, suitability, viewability, responsibility, and sustainability. Deva is also leading the creation of a global Brand Assurance steering committee. Prior to taking on the Brand Assurance leadership role this year, Deva served as the EVP, Head of Digital Investment, leading marketplace strategy and positioning across digital & publishing for dentsu’s US media agencies. A true digital native with nearly 20 years of experience in the media industry, Deva spent several years within GroupM and Publicis agencies, with client experience spanning the Technology, Pharmaceutical, CPG, Retail, Financial Services and B2B verticals. Deva also spent three years on the client side within the KFC Corporation and was responsible for the development and launch of the brand’s digital marketing discipline.

Traci Spiegelman, Vice President, Global Media at Mastercard, is responsible for guiding regions and markets on Mastercard’s overall media strategy and driving consistency across the world as it relates to KPIs and Measurement.  Traci has worked both agency side and brand side in her 18 years in the business. Working across several categories from B2B to Non-Profit to Beauty, she has spent a lot of time understanding consumer behavior and ultimately driving innovation to keep up with the changing media landscape. Prior to her role at Mastercard, Traci led Global Media for the Aramis & Designer Fragrances division of Estee Lauder, transforming their go-to-market media strategies. She currently spends most of her time at Mastercard guiding seamless execution and innovative integrations, enabling a solid planning foundation, and growing the collective media knowledge of the organization. She is also a co-chair of the ANA’s #SeeHer in Media Taskforce.

Dave Byrne is the Director, Global Advertising Platform Integrity at Spotify, where he works cross functionally and with external partners to improve the digital advertising ecosystem. Dave represents Spotify in discussions around building trustworthy and safe creative environments for brands. Previously, Dave was at TikTok for 3 years and Google for 11 years - working out of Dublin, London, and New York during that time. Outside of Spotify, he is a startup mentor, podcast host and runs storytelling workshops.

I have special expertise in the changing digital landscape and its impact on consumers’ lives from many years in the industry, having been for more than a decade the CMO of IAB, where I observed the forces at play from a privileged position. Recently, I founded DD Digital Perspectives to advise such clients as The 614 Group, ad tech companies and publishers including Google. I’ve been lucky to learn from and can call on a wide variety of industry contacts, wiser than I am, in marketing, publishing, agencies and ad tech. I dig into timely topics, analyze the mainstream memes and then bring a learned POV to the biggest issues of the day, separating the common wisdom from what’s really happening. My views on digital advertising have appeared in Adweek, AdExchanger, and Medium, and I have written on a variety of sub

Olga O'Donnell is the Global Head of Brand Safety at Twitch, where she helps ensure that advertisers appear alongside safe and appropriate content on the interactive livestreaming service. Before joining Twitch, she was at dentsu, looking after technology partnerships and business operations, and later developed the agency's brand safety consultancy practice. Previously, Olga worked at Yahoo, Microsoft, Gannett and MarketWatch. She began her career at DoubleClick, an ad technology startup now owned by Google, and she considers herself extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to shape the nascent digital media and advertising industry from scratch.

Alison Huffman is Vice President of Product for Community Health at Twitch, the interactive livestreaming service for content gaming, music, sports, and more. She oversees all safety products and proactive detection for Twitch’s diverse global audience, developing tailored solutions for the unique needs of live content and interactive live streaming communities. She has over 14 years of experience in helping online communities build, find, and engage with each other safely, leading with an empathy-first approach to product strategy and development. Prior to Twitch she served as Director of Platform Products at Kongregate, a community-focused web gaming platform.

Mark Proulx is the global head of media responsibility for Kenvue, where he oversees brand safety strategy, sustainability in media, and data ethics. His role is dedicated to the safe and effective
placement of digital media, while mitigating fraud and waste. In tandem with this workstream, he
facilitates the creation of effective policies that guide responsible data collection and usage at a market level. His passion for media is fueled by the desire to help in the creation of a more sustainable and responsible digital environment that serves both the industry and society.

Previously, Mark was part of Integral Ad Science’s publisher development team and spent almost a
decade as part of The Washington Post’s advertising operations organization.
Mark earned a degree in marketing management from Virginia Tech.

Tinuola Adebukola is a medical affairs intern for the North American Public Health Team at Kenvue. She is a passionate public health professional pursuing her Masters degree in Public Health with a certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. With a background in Anthropology focused on Global Health and the Environment, Tinuola is dedicated to leveraging technology to reduce health disparities and champion health equity. Her expertise encompasses health communication strategies, data analysis, project management, program development and conducting health and wellness workshops.

Mahmoud Khedr is the founder of FloraMing and is a globally-recognized youth mental health leader scaling culturally-grounded healing. Through FloraMind’s programs, consultations, and advisements to youth-centric entities and governments, coupled with the impactful Hidden Healers campaign with MTV, he’s collectively touched over 15M lives, gently reshaping mental health discourse. His focus has been on preventative mental health equity for youth, youth leadership, digital wellbeing, holistic healing, and innovation. His distinguished recognitions from the Biden-Harris White House and appearances at esteemed venues like the UN and Harvard, amplify his enduring advocacy in the global mental health landscape. He currently serves on the Mental Health America board & graduated from CCNY in Harlem.

Sean Giancola is a Digital Advertising and Publishing Executive with over 20+ years experience. He is currently the Publisher and CEO of the New York Post. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at the Post, where he was responsible for revenue operations across all lines of business units including the print editions of the Post and Alexa, NYPOST.com, Pagesix.com, Decider.com, POST Studios, Page Six TV and News IQ. Prior to joining the New York Post Sean served as Vice President of National Sales, at AOL Advertising, with responsibility for strategic sales, corporate marketing and advertising sponsorships. He oversaw multiple integrated sales teams servicing Aol’s top advertising clients including American Express, Pfizer, Citi, Mercedes, and Delta. In addition to the New York Post and AOL Sean has held senior advertising and marketing positions at American Express and Time Inc. Sean holds a bachelors degree from The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. He lives in Wilton, CT with his wife and son. In his free time, Sean enjoys golfing, hiking, traveling and birding.

Jonah Goodhart is the Co-Founder of Mobian and Montauk Labs. Previously, Jonah was the Co-Founder and CEO of Moat (acquired by Oracle) and founding investor in Right Media (acquired by Yahoo).

Yale Cohen serves as the EVP of Global Digital Standards for Publicis Media, encompassing all areas of media quality, safety and suitability, and now Brand Integrity to help advertisers understand the value of each individual impression and how culture has impacted marketers’ decision process. He has become Publicis Media’s industry voice for Standards, incorporating client needs for partners to adhere to Publicis’ stringent expectations.   Throughout his 18 years of digital advertising experience, 12 of them with Publicis, Yale has worked alongside clients including Bank of America, Verizon, and Kellogg’s to simplify the complexities of our industry. He’s the chair of the 4A’s Advertiser Protection Bureau, honoree of Adweek’s Young Influential list, and part of numerous charity organizations.   Yale currently resides in Jersey City but grew up in Houston. Outside of the office, he is a dedicated father to his son, Cassius and daughter Vera. Fun fact: Yale was an alternate to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens for the sport of Fencing.

Rob is the principal provider of operational, strategic and tactical counsel for solutions for better digital advertising infrastructure and opportunities for revenue growth to some of the worlds largest companies.  Rob publishes a regular monthly column for Marketing Land and his thought leadership has been featured in AdAge, AdWeek, Mediapost, AdExchanger, Business Insider and MyersBizNet. While at The 614 Group, Rob has led strategic engagements for clients such as Condé Nast, Interpublic / Mediabrands, IBM Watson, TAG, and Panasonic and has worked to recruit a world class board of advisors and a team of consultants who properly represent the brand and make customer satisfaction a core value. He has extensive experience in digital media and is a distinguished leader in the Ad Tech industry.  Among his many accomplishments, Rob has served as Board Member and Executive Advisor to the IAB on International Affairs, as the CFO/COO and President of the global advertising network CPXi.

A respected thought leader and advisor, Lauren is committed to advancing social good in business, media and politics.

She leads a boutique consulting practice supporting a wide array of companies and institutions with critical human capital, leadership, ESG, diversity and communications challenges.

Lauren is also co-founder and CEO of All In Together, a non-partisan women's civic leadership organization.

She previously led several successful for-profit and non-profit organizations and spent several years with Deloitte and Oliver Wyman advising a wide range of companies on critical social impact and human capital issues. She was a 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholar and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

She speaks at wide-ranging forums, around the world and contributes to Politico Magazine, MSNBC, CNN and many more. Her book, Crossing the Thinnest Line argues for the power, possibility and impact of diversity on the American economy.