Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble (aka Dr. Alfiee) is a pioneering psychologist, scientist, author, media maven, Melinda French Gates Global Leader, and founder of the innovative nonprofit, The AAKOMA Project. She is also the Chief Mental Wealth Officer for Charlamagne Tha God’s foundation, the Mental Wealth Alliance.

A thought leader in her field, Dr. Alfiee focuses on mental health and suicide prevention (for intersectional Youth and Young Adults of Color, including LGBTQAI+ youth and those with disabilities) along with educating the public about culturally relevant burnout prevention, mindfulness and gratitude practices. Dr. Alfiee envisioned The AAKOMA Project in 1999.  While it began as an academic medicine research lab (first at Duke Medicine then at Georgetown Medicine), in 2018, she boldly transitioned AAKOMA into the thriving Woman of Color led, million-dollar mental health nonprofit it is today.

Dr. Alfiee is a regular media contributor for outlets like The Grio, Today Show, The Breakfast Club, the New York Times, and others. She co-hosts the Audacy Radio suicide prevention special I’m Listening with Carson Daly and Katie Neal, and co-hosted the Born This Way Foundation’s World Kindness Day short film The Power of Kindness, with Lady Gaga. Mixing rigorous science, popular culture and thoughtfulness about diverse population, she is a thought leader and passionate advocate for youth and young adult mental health.  Dr. Alfiee recently had the honor of moderating a National Governors’ Association forum on adolescent mental health with 19^th and 21^st U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy and Governor Phil Murphy (NJ).

An author/co-author of 3 books: The Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth (academic textbook), Community Mental Health Engagement with Racially Diverse Populations (academic textbook) and I want to See You Shining: The Guide (co-authored with super-producer Mark ‘King’ Batson) she is respected for her ability to capture audiences and inspire. Dr. Alfiee embodies her belief that there is enough love and light (informed by good culturally relevant science) to help everyone achieve #optimalmentalhealth.

She lives by the mantra that everyone deserves #optimalmentalhealth which should always be informed by #lovelightscience.

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.

I'm a marketing communications specialist whose curiosity, analytical mind and real world experience enables me to help clients and colleagues appraise risks and opportunities, and re-engineer how they operate in order to minimize risk and maximize growth in our increasingly complex, volatile world. I'm a great believer in De Bono's assertion...'If you can't do it the way you've always done it...how would you do it?" Always looking for the next problem to solve and solution to find.

Mario Diez is the CEO of Peer39, a leading global provider of contextual suitability and quality solutions. He took over as CEO after Peer39 was acquired from Sizmek in 2019, when the company became independent. With over 20 years of experience in digital advertising, he has led multiple companies throughout his career that have centered in where new advancements in technology converge across the advertising landscape. Under his leadership, over 67,000 advertisers and agencies across the globe trust Peer39’s solutions to ensure their advertising meets their suitability and relevance standards.

Christal Dolan is the US Vice President of Enterprise Excellence at OneVue, where she supports the Kenvue business. With 9.5 years of experience at UM, she brings a strong background in digital investment to her role, driving innovation and operational excellence across the organization. While her role touches all aspects of digital, brand safety and technology are an area of passion she digs in on.

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).

Jennifer Helm is the Global Policy Council and Industry Lead at Meta where she works to build trust and listen to customers through regular forums that cover topics at the intersection of technology and society. Over the last 7 years at Meta, Jen has also served on Meta’s Content Policy Team and previously led advertising partnerships with political, government and nonprofit organizations. Prior to Meta, Jen spent a decade working for global media companies and public affairs marketing agencies. She is based in Washington, DC.

Ryan McBride is a contextual advertising specialist and chief strategy officer at Illuma. He has worked across agencies, ad platforms and data providers for around 15 years, and formerly operated as an executive leader in Oracle's acquisition of Grapeshot. Ryan joined AI-firm Illuma in November 2023, where he plays a pivotal role developing innovation and partnerships.

Sonia Jackson Myles has over 20 years of experience (managing $20 Billion) in corporate America, working for Fortune 500 companies such as Ford Motor Company, The Gillette Company, and Procter & Gamble.  She is the Founder, President & CEO of The Sister Accord®️ Foundation and The Accord Group LLC. 

Sonia is a philanthropist, author, inventor and highly respected advisor.  She is on a mission to have 1 billion girls and women learn how to love themselves and each other, while understanding their value and worth.  She is the author of The Sister Accord®️:  51 Ways To LOVE Your Sister, which was nominated for a 2013 NAACP Image Award.  Her second book is titled 51 Ways To LOVE Your Children. Sonia is married and the mother of two sons.

Elizabeth is currently working as the Head of the Marriott Media Network, Global Ad Revenue for Marriott International. Leading the industry's first hospitality media network. She manages the advertising revenue growth plan, GTM marketing strategy, pricing & and inventory, sales operations, new product innovation, and ad tech solutions for the Marriott Media Network. She is an Advisor for several boards focusing on women’s empowerment in the media and technology community. Most recently announced, Genuin.

Before joining Marriott, Elizabeth had developed her successful multi-platform sales career at AccuWeather. She managed client direct, agency, and programmatic advertising, in addition to data monetization and location-based advertising solutions. YoY she was a top-revenue performer, partnering with the top global brands. She developed and grew new revenue streams for the Pharmaceutical/Health, CPG, Travel and Government/Political verticals. Elizabeth brought the first presidential campaign partner to the company, a revolutionary partnership with a focus on how weather and location – can impact voter turn-out. She spends her free time with her family, traveling, mentoring next-generation professionals and enjoys gardening.

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.

David has a passion for helping content owners create, maximize and future-proof monetization channels, and operationalize a “success-as-a-service” culture. He has spent the last 20+ years focused on revenue operations and ad technology, helping media owners of all sizes build out ad operations teams and ad tech stacks. Specifically, he has helped companies like Advance Local, NBCU, SheMedia and Travelzoo expand their programmatic capabilities, campaign analytics, in-house creative, yield management, and also spearheaded the strategies on industry-wide issues like the cookieless future, self-serve, ad blocking, brand suitability, and more. He's currently working as Global VP, Revenue Technology at News Corp, helping navigate the company on the strategies and technologies for taking a user-first approach to monetization from advertising, subscriptions, and more.

Kenji Yoshino is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law and the Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. He specializes in constitutional law, antidiscrimination law and law and literature, and previously served as Deputy Dean at Yale Law School. He currently serves on the board of the Brennan Center for Justice and on advisory boards for diversity and inclusion for Morgan Stanley and Charter Communications. He has won numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship and has published four books, including his most recent book (co-authored with David Glasgow), Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity and Justice (Simon & Schuster, 2023).