
Doug Simon
Founder & CEO,
D S Simon Media,
Founder, The SPOKEies®

Alex Josephson
Head of Global Brand Strategy,

Andrew Buher
Executive Director,
Dialog

Anna Lingeris
Strategic Communications Leader,
The Hershey Company

Anna Marie Johnson Teague
Chief Communications Officer,
A Call to Men

Art Stevensx
Managing Partner
The Stevens Group

Bob DeFillippo
Former Chief Communications Officer, Prudential Financial
Senior Counselor, Zito Partners & Ketchum Zito Financial

Chris Hook
Senior Director Global Marketing and Public Relations,
Radeon Technologies Group at AMD

Dana Holmes
CEO
Dana Holmes Media

Don Bates
Senior Counselor,
Gould & Partners Professor,
New York University

Fay Shapiro
Publisher/CEO,
CommPRO Global, Inc.

Gini Dietrich
Founder & CEO, Arment Dietrich
Author of “Marketing in the Round”
Founder, Spin Sucks Pro

Grace Leong
Managing Partner,
Hunter Public Relations

Jack Monson
Director of Digital Strategy,
Qiigo

Jack O’Dwyer
Publisher & Editor-In-Chief,
O’Dwyer’s

Jamey Wilson
Owner,
Pipevyne Inc.

Jennefer Witter
CEO & Founder,
The Boreland Group Inc

Jeremy Pepper
Founder, Communimatic

Judith Harrison
Senior Vice President of
Diversity & Inclusion,
Weber Shandwick

Julie Estrada
Head of Media Relations,
LEGOLAND California Resort

Katherine Hutt
Director of Communications,
Council of Better Business Bureaus

Keith Trivitt
Vice President of
Corporate Communications,
AXIS Capital

Kenneth Meyer
Vice President of
Healthcare Media,
Edelman

Kristy Wallace
CEO,
Ellevate Network

Lauren Rublin
Deputy Managing Editor,
Barron’s

Lewis Goldberg
Managing Partner,
KCSA Worldwide

Liz Hart
Principal,
Liz Hart Events & Design LLC

Marisa Long
Vice President,
U.S. Green Building Council

Michael Smart
Principal at
MichaelSMARTPR, LLC

Mike Schwager
President,
Worldlink Media Consultants Inc.

Neil Foote
Principal, Foote Communications LLC
Dialog
President National Black Public Relations Society

Olga Gonzalez
CEO & Founder, Pietra PR
President, PRSA New York

Patrice Tanaka
Former Co-Founder,
Chief Counselor & Creative Strategist for
PadillaCRT
Chief Joy Officer, Joyful Planet LLC

Paul Duning
Publisher & Co-Founder,
Capitol Communicator

Peter Himler
Founder, Flatiron Communications LLC
President, Publicity Club of New York

Renee Wilson
President,PR Council

Scott Monty
Former Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager, Ford Motor Company,
CEO & Co-Managing Partner, Brain + Trust Partners

Silvia Davi
Chief Marketing Officer,
Equities.com

Suzanne Blackburn
Global PR Lead,

Tiffany Guarnacci
Founder & CEO,
Kite Hill Public Relations Founder,
Communications Week

Tina McCorkindale, Ph.D.
President & CEO,
Institute for Public Relations
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Elizabeth Rosenberger
Account Executive,
D S Simon Media

Eric Wright
Senior VP of Marketing & Business Development,
D S Simon Media

Mike Bako
Director of Media & Content Strategy,
D S Simon Media

Sarah Katz
Senior Vice President of Client Services,
D S Simon Media

Tameeka Henry
Executive Marketing Manager, Reporting & Analytics,
D S Simon Media