Jay Kamath is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of HAYMAKER, an independent creative agency. He’s helped launch the Seattle Kraken, grown a couch potato farm for Pluto TV, and taken foster kids to their first beach for Reef. When HAYMAKER became a certified minority-owned business in 2023, he celebrated by flying in his mom […]

Nidia Serrano is a visionary marketing leader and dynamic storyteller, currently serving as Vice President of B2B Marketing at SiriusXM Media. With nearly two decades of experience, she has transformed the advertising landscape through cultural insight, strategic excellence, and fearless innovation. She founded Fluency, SiriusXM’s cultural marketing practice, and launched La Marea Collective, a vibrant […]

Shannae Ingleton-Smith is a creator, strategist, and multi-hyphenate entrepreneur conquering the media space. With a background in sales managing a multimillion-dollar portfolio for one of Canada’s largest media conglomerates, she eventually set her sights on social media and launched Kensington Grey, an influencer management agency in 2019. To date, Ingleton Smith’s agency represents over 100+ […]

In America, there is an invisible injustice. Cannabis (marijuana), once illegal, is now a $40 billion industry. So what happens when something that was once a crime is no longer? The answer is nothing. People ignore it. People now legally buy it in fancy stores. They enjoy smoking in parks. Or eat gummies of it […]

Molson’s “See My Name” campaign addressed a design flaw in women’s hockey jerseys: players’ names were often hidden by their long hair. Instead of simply sponsoring the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), Molson took an unprecedented step: purchasing the jersey space above the number and relocating the players’ names to a lower, more visible position. […]

Growing up as a queer kid and trying to get sexual wellness advice is a struggle. Hispanic queer youth face especially unique challenges: language barriers that get in the way of clear communication; cultural norms, including religious beliefs, that lead to rigid views on gender and who is even “allowed” to talk to them about […]

Schitayetsya.kz is an NGO initiative dedicated to raising awareness about domestic violence in Kazakhstan through data visualization and storytelling. By transforming complex statistics into engaging, impactful visuals, we make the scale of the issue clearer to the public, media, and policymakers. Our “Now You See” campaign turned raw data into shareable content, sparking nationwide discussions. […]

To address the stigma around menstruation in sports, which silences athletes and disproportionately discourages menstruators’ participation, Knix introduced “Sport Your Period” by partnering with Megan Rapinoe. The idea was simple: every time athletes spoke about their period in official competitions, they got paid. No need to mention Sport Your Period or Knix. To further support […]

Rosakebia, a distinguished poet and Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow, is honored as a Sakharov Fellow by the European Parliament’s Human Rights Action Unit. The only Latin American representative in the 2022 Sakharov Fellowship, he is the second Peruvian to receive this honor and the most awarded living poet under 35 in Peru. A keynote speaker […]

Asha Shivaji is redefining innovation in marketing and ad tech. As a first-generation woman of color and former Google executive, she co-founded SeeMe Index in 2023 to create the first AI-powered platform measuring brand inclusivity across advertising, products, and purpose. Previously, she led marketing strategy for Google’s Advanced Brand Acceleration Team and partnered with the […]