Kendrick Sampson is an actor, activist who leverages his platform and storytelling to shift culture for good. Growing up in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, Kendrick gravitated to the arts and sought to create nuanced portrayals of people of color in his projects. Kendrick is most known for the Vampire Diaries (CW), How to Get […]

Neisha is a compulsive problem solver, recovering perfectionist and unrelenting challenge-seeker. Which luckily works out for her as a creative strategist, creative director, copywriter and a diversity and inclusion advocate. She currently works at Facebook & Instagram where she aims to put the capital A in Awesome for brands and advertisers looking to evolve and […]

Karli Henriquez is an exceptional representation of the possibilities that come to those who lead with purpose and follow up with persistence. As a culture insider infused with start-up and corporate business acumen, she built her expertise through household names like MTV, iHeart Media, Beats by Dre and Dell, proving to be a leader both […]

Brian is BCW’s Corporate Practice Lead. He was the lead strategist in the effort to win marriage equality in New York, creating New Yorkers for Marriage Equality. He also provided strategic counsel on the marriage wins in Maryland, Minnesota, Maine and Washington. Brian was a senior aide in the Bloomberg Administration, working to transform public […]

Dhane Scotti is the Global consumer marketing lead at Google responsible for developing communications strategy, brand positioning and go to market plans for Pixel and nest. Prior to his current role, Dhane was EVP, Global Business Lead responsible for McCann Worldgroup’s Coca-Cola Co. and he spent 10 years leading marketing efforts for brands such as […]

Thas takes pride in being “the first former-figure-skating-coach-Canadian-Sri-Lankan ad agency CEO.” She is tasked with the growth of the independent creative agency Omelet, as it reaches past its adolescence, and into its fifteenth year. Championing the growth of the agency – creatively and financially- with the ultimate hope to prove out that “nice guys” can […]

Ted Chung is the Founder/Chairman of Cashmere Agency and a proud recipient of AdColor’s Legend honor. Ted drives Cashmere’s business development and vision of fluidity. Cashmere Agency is recognized as AdAge’s Multicultural Agency of 2019 and A-List of 2020. Ted leads a diverse Client roster including: Google, Amazon, BMW, Jack in the Box, Disney, Netflix, […]

Stephen Kim is a longtime promoter of Diversity & Inclusion in the media, advertising, and technology industries. In addition to having served in senior advertising sales leadership roles for 15 years at Microsoft and Verizon, Stephen was formerly an attorney, a journalist, and a startup entrepreneur. Currently, he leads the Communication & Information department at […]

Stacey Mahoney is a veteran of the digital advertising industry, with roots in agency, non-profit, tech, and government. She transforms culture through people. As a natural enabler, Stacey works across teams and business groups within Microsoft to drive programs that focus on recruiting, hiring and developing diverse talent in the industry. In her day-to-day, Stacey […]

Sofia Hernandez spent her career leading iconic global marketing campaigns and recently pivoted to Technology where she is Chief Client Officer at Suzy, a consumer insights software company dedicated to democratizing market research. Sofia is responsible for revenue retention/growth, informing the product roadmap, and ensuring the company is rooted in a ‘customer first’ approach. In […]