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Adrienne Becker, CEO, Level Forward / Killer Content
Alicia Ortiz, Premium Whisky Market Manager, Brown-Foreman
Allison Bradley, Assistant, Desk Yogi
Allison McIndyre
Amie Green, Global Head of Brand Solutions, Flipboard
Amy Adrion, Director/Producer, Leocadia Films
Ananya Joshi, Operations Intern, DivInc
Anna Grace Christiansen, UX Specialist / Podcast Host Danner Boots / We Got To Hang Out Pod
Annie Augustine, Communications Director, VICE
Annalisa Fish, Co-Host, We Got To Hang Out
Audra Rooney
Beatrice Fischel-Bock, CEO & Co-Founder, Hutch
Becky McMaster, Flipboard
Berenice Magistretti, Reporter, VentureBeat
Brittany Dejean, CEO, AbleThrive
Camila Jimez, Co-President & Chief Content Officer, Fusion Media Group, Univision Communications
Cara Gresser Manager, Global Brand Content, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Carey Evenson, VP Creative & Content, C+C
Carina Wong, Syndication Sales Analyst, CBS Television Distribution
Caroline Dell, Senior Manager, Customer Strategy & Operations, LOLA
Christiana DiMattesa, Director of Retail Marketing, Under Armour
Christine Lubrano, SVP, Original Programming, IFC
Christy Gressman, Partner, Night Vale Presents
Cindy Whitehead, CEO & Founder, The Pink Ceiling
Claudia Carasso, Founder Elastic Minds, LLC
Concetta Rand, Chief Revenue Officer, iFundWomen
Cy Wakeman, Founder & CEO, Reality-Based Leadership
Dana Callender, Co-Founder & COO, DivInc
Darlene Gillard, Director of Community, Digitalundivided
Dawoon Kang, Co-Founder, COO, Head of Marketing Coffee Meets Bagel
Denise Melanson, Social Community, Paradigm Talent Agency
Eliza Barclay, Science & Health Editor, Vox.com
Elizabeth Gore, President & Co-Founder, Alice
Ellen Gilbert, Talent Agent, Paradigm Talent Agency
Elizabeth Koshy, Founder & CEO, INVAR Studios
Emiliana Guereca, Founder, Women's March LA
Erica Kewsin
Erica Pyatt, Account Executive, LinkedIn
Esther Perel, Master Trainer, Therapist, Speaker, Esther Perel Global Media
Georgia Clark, Novelist & Creator, Generation Women
Hilary Shor, President, Hilary Shor Productions
India Kieser, Producer, VaynerMedia
Jacqui Burge, Founder & CEO, Desk Yogi
Jaime Bettencourt, SVP, Mood Media
Jamie Glushon, Public Relations Director, Hutch
Jas Bohrman Director, Corporate Communications & Marketing, AMC Networks
Jayna Zweiman, Co-Creator & Co-Founder, Pussyhat Project
Jenna Lee, CEO, SmartHerNews.com
Jennifer Hinkle, Vice President, Digital Marketing Washington Redskins
Jennifer McFadden, Associate Director/Lecturer/Founder Yale/WE@Yale
Jennifer Sanders, Executive Director, Dallas Innovation Alliance
Jennifer Matthews, Sr Director Marketing, Monumental Sports Network
Jennifer Oswald, CEO, we.moxie
Jennifer Perri, VP, Univision Creator Network
Jenny Olson, Director, Strategy and Partnerships, Branded Entertainment Network (BEN)
Jessica Barth, Writer, Actor, Producer, Blogger, Child Advocate & Activist
Jia Hyun, Head of Americas, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, LinkedIn
Joanne Chen, Partner Foundation, Capital
Jocelyn Johnson, Founder, VideoInk
Juliet Litman, Managing Editor, The Ringer
Karen Page, Venture Partner, Xfund
Karen Polonsky
Kate Richling, VP Marketing, MediaMonks
Katie Couric, Journalist, National Geographic
Katie Soo, SVP Marketing, Warner Brothers Digital Networks
Kelley Walton, Head of Global Event Marketing, Under Armour
Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, Chief Digital Officer, BrainTrust CAA-GBG
Kenya Wiley, Founder & CEO, Fashion Innovation Alliance
Kerry Nordstrom,Computer Programmer
Kimberly Wolff, VP Marketing & Business Operations, MoodMedia
Kristin Glushon, EVP Client Development, Branded Entertainment Network (BEN)
Laura McNutt, Tax Partner, Weaver
Lina Renzina, Talent Relations & Partnerships, Ad Council
Lindsay Ratowsky, Co-Founder & COO, Esther Perel Global Media
Lisa Frame, Founder, New Money
Lisa Taback, Awards Strategist, LTLA Communications
Lisa Plachy, Senior Copywriter, VSA Partners
Lisen Stromberg, COO, The 3% Movement
Luvvie Ajayi, Writer & Speaker, Awesomely Luvvie
Maile Pacheco, Founder, beGlammed
Margon Hamel
Melissa Hartwig, CEO, Whole30
Michele Beno, Director of Marketing, VICELAND
Michele Calhoun, VP, North American Sales, Flipboard
Michelle Lee, Design for Play Lead, IDEO
Minda Harts, CEO, The Memo LLC
Miranda Mims, Curator, University of Rochester
Molly Burke, Motivational Speaker/YouTuber, Molly Burke Inc
Monica Morales, Development & Fundrasing, DivInc
Nancy Giordano, Strategic Futurist, Play Big Inc.
Nicole Hilliard-Forde, Producer, Motel Pictures Inc.
Nicole Parker, Brand Marketing, LOLA
Nyrie Toukmanian, Guest Recognition & Relationship Marketing Coordinator, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Ondi Timoner, Executive Producer/Director, Interloper Films
Patricia Baumhart, Director, Threatcare
Phoebe Connelly, Deputy Director, Video, The Washington Post
Rachel Nevers, Senior Event Marketing Manager, LinkedIn
Rachel Whitney, Head of Country Music Programming, Pandora
Rebecca McMaster Zenith, VP, Digital Investment, Zenith
Rich Runnels
Samantha Snabes, Co-Founder, 3D Inc.
Samantha Snyder, Art Director, VSA Partners
Sara Ruiz, Regional Manager, lululemon
Sarah Elliott, Founder, Ellivate Alliance
Sarah Freed, President, Plaid for Women
Sarah Ann Masse, Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian, Singer, Advocate, We Are Thomasse
Senain Firstenberg
Shannon DeJong, CEO, House of Who, Inc.
Stacy Nadeau, Professional Speaker, Stacy Nadeau
Staplon Lawrence
Stephanie Breedlove, Co-Founder, Care.com & HomePay
Stephanie Garby
Stephen Cox, VP, PR, IFC
Suzy Starke German, LUNAFEST Program Manager, Clif Bar & Company
Tracey Welson-Rossman, CMO & Founder, Chariot Solutions/TechGirlz
Tricia Lee, Director, Film Monkey Productions
Wilma Lam, Upstream Innovation and Digital Solutions Manager, Johnson & Johnson
Zoe Zigler
Sharon Waxman, CEO and Editor In Chief, is an entrepreneur, An Award-Winning Journalist And Best-Selling Author. She Founded TheWrap In 2009 And Has Led Its Rapid Growth To A Leading Position Covering The Business Of Entertainment And Media. Waxman Is Also The Creator Of The Power Women Breakfast Series, Which Launched In 2010 In Los Angeles.
Waxman Is A Former Hollywood Correspondent For The New York Times And A Leading Authority On The Entertainment Business And Media. Before The Times, She Was A Correspondent For Eight Years For The Washington Post. She Started Out As A Foreign Correspondent, Covering Europe And The Middle East For A Decade. She Is The Author Of Two Books, Including, “Rebels On The Backlot: Six Maverick Directors And How They Conquered The Hollywood Studio System” And "Loot: The Battle Over The Stolen Treasures Of The Ancient World."
Katie Couric (@katiecouric) is an award-winning journalist, Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) co-founder, and New York Times best-selling author. SU2C has raised over $500 million to fund scientific research teams. She launched her production company, Katie Couric Media in 2015 and is involved in a number of scripted and unscripted projects. Her eponymous podcast on Stitcher, features conversations with names in politics, media and popular culture. Couric's documentaries include: Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric, for National Geographic; Under the Gun, which aired on EPIX; and Fed Up, available on Netflix. Couric’s upcoming six-part National Geographic series, America Inside Out with Katie Couric, premieres on April 11.
Couric joined CBS as the first woman at the helm of an evening news cast after a 15-year run as co-anchor of NBC’s Today Show. Her awards include a duPont-Columbia, Peabody, two Edward R. Murrows, a Walter Cronkite Award, and multiple Emmys.
She has been integral to the success of the Emmy® Award-winning Portlandia, created by and starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, and produced by Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. She was also the lead creative force behind the critically acclaimed Documentary Now!, created by Bill Hader, Seth Meyers and Fred Armisen, also produced by Broadway Video. Most recently, she oversaw new series Brockmire starring Hank Azaria and Stan Against Evil created by Dana Gould, both breakout hits which premiered to strong first seasons. In addition, she has brought the Baroness Von Sketch Show, an all-female satirical sketch comedy series, to IFC.
Lubrano oversaw Comedy Bang! Bang!, hosted by Scott Aukerman, and she was responsible for the Funny or Die production of The Spoils Before Dying, the second entry into the popular The Spoils of Babylon miniseries franchise, starring and executive produced by Will Ferrell. She also brought back the cult hit Todd Margaret, created, written by and starring David Cross. She continues to serve as the executive producer of the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which has aired on IFC for more than two decades and celebrates the achievements of independent filmmakers.
A passionate television executive, she is active in a variety of industry organizations, including Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT), New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).
Jayna Zweiman is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. Her independent practice combines architecture, art and new media to focus on experiences that overlap physical, virtual and conceptual spaces.
Perhaps best known as the co-creator and co-founder of The Pussyhat Project, an international network and movement of women’s rights supporters, Zweiman has become a leading advocate of utilizing design innovation to enact social change. The Pussyhat Project became a worldwide phenomena at the 2017 Women’s Marches with one of the largest crowd-sourced art advocacy projects ever. She is also the creator and founder of Welcome Blanket, a reconceptualization of the 2000-mile length of the proposed border wall as 2000-mile length of yarn to make individual welcome blankets for new immigrants coming to the United States.
Zweiman received her AB from Brown University in visual arts and economics and her Masters in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
Described as endlessly optimistic, Nancy is a strategic futurist with a drive to help enterprise organizations and visionary leaders transform to meet the escalating expectations ahead. Recognized as one of the world’s top female futurists, she has spent her career building, shaping and evolving a portfolio of $50 billion worth of major global brands. With growing conviction of what will (and needs to) shift, executives value her unique abilities to sense and synthesize the terrain ahead and to guide those ready to build more relevant and sustainable solutions.
Camila Jimenez Villa, Co-President and Chief Content Officer of Fusion Media Group, a sector of Univision Communications. A groundbreaking role model with a powerful voice, Camila is a key player in the evolution of FMG as it grows into one of the leading multiplatform mainstream media brands. Paving the way for cutting-edge, multicultural media content, Camila helps FMG serve over 100 million young, smart and diverse consumers monthly.
Camila grew up between Colombia and Italy, where she used to be a fencer. She trained in London as a film director at the National Film and Television School. In 2007, she co-founded Cut the Papaya, an independent production company, where she directed, produced and shot a variety of projects. Cut the Papaya’s films won 20+ awards and participated in 100+ international film festivals but did not pay the bills, so Camila moved to NYC (and to the dark side) to get an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. In 2011 she joined Univision, where she has always worked at the intersection of content and business. She is also a horrible surfer, a decent soccer player, and a mom.
Gabriella Schwarz is the Managing Editor and Head of News at Flipboard, a content and curation platform with over 100 million users. In her role at Flipboard she oversees coverage globally around news, business, technology, politics, sports and celebrity news in the app, on the Web and in external communications, including notifications and email. She was chosen as one of The Drum's 50 Under 30, profiling women in digital media in 2017.
Before her time at Flipboard, she was a producer at CNN covering politics and then the White House. She won an EMMY award for her coverage of Election Night 2012, traveled around the world covering President Barack Obama and produced a 90-minute documentary about the president that included interviews with him, the first lady, secretary of state and speaker of the House, among others. Earlier in her career she worked at Fox News and Congressional Quarterly. A native of Seattle, she attended Lakeside School and then George Washington University, where she majored in political science.
Women Media Execs review where we've come from since #MeToo and more importantly how we get to parity moving forward.
Moderated by: Nancy Giordano, Strategic Futurist, Think Big Inc
Featuring:
Christine Lubrano, SVP, Original Programming, IFC
Camila Jimenez Villa, Co-President and Chief Content Officer
Fusion Media Group, a sector of Univision Communications