Prior to becoming the Co-CCO of Wieden+Kennedy NY, Marques spent multiple years in creative leadership on several accounts in the New York office including McDonald’s, Delta and HBO.

Maria Salmeron Melendez, an advocate for Black, Indigenous, and intersectional Latine communities, is an Afro-Indigenous, Garifuna immigrant from Honduras. Her profound commitment to closing opportunity gaps through policy reform is grounded in her life experiences. A recipient of the 2016 National Hispanic Heritage Foundation Youth Award for Education, Maria’s dedication to promoting educational equity in […]

Soon Mee Kim is Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for the Omnicom Public Relations Group and Omnicom Brand Consulting Group, comprised of 27 global agency brands across communications, public affairs, and brand consulting. She is a catalyst for systemic equity, working with intention and urgency to drive systemic change. Recognized as a communications industry […]

With more than two decades of experience on both agency and client-side, Jiah has a proven track record of reinvigorating brands to help drive business growth. She joined Wieden+Kennedy’s New York office as President in 2022, and prior to that spent six years at Anomaly LA where she helped start the Los Angeles office. Before […]

Jason strives to “give little guys a voice and big guys a conscience”. As Curaleaf CMO he launched social equity brand B Noble with Fab 5 Freddy. As Beats marketing head, he shaped stories for LeBron, Pharrell, Serena and DJ Khaled. At W+K, he led Nike China, Nike Global, W+K Shanghai and now W+K Portland. […]

Denny Tu was appointed Chief Marketing Officer in February 2019. He joined the Company in August 2017 as Executive Vice President, Global Brand & Creative and SVP, IMAX Corporation. He leads the Company’s marketing efforts and is responsible for the IMAX brand across 80 countries globally. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tu spent six […]

Darla is President of Ogilvy NY, bringing rich global experience that delivers business and culture-driving ideas for clients. She made history in 2021 as the first Black female President of DDB New York, helping deliver business growth and increasing diverse talent. In 2022, Darla was named to Ad Age’s list of Leading Women and was […]

David started his career in account management at agencies in Washington DC working on clients including Microsoft, CoStar, National Geographic and several associations. In 2004, he moved to LA and has since worked for Omnicom agencies KERN, RAPP and Omnicom Precision Marketing Group leading client relationships including AT&T, DIRECTV, Symantec, T-Mobile and American Express. He […]

Head of Brand Strategy for Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Bonnie Wan’s leadership has earned GS&P the Cannes Grand Prix Lion in Creative Strategy; gold, silver and bronze Effies; a Grand Ogilvy; and ANA’s Grand Multicultural award. As author and teacher of “The Life Brief,” Bonnie helps people live with greater clarity, creativity and courage by […]

Benny Luo is the founder of NextShark, a leading AAPI media company covering news, business, politics, entertainment, and culture that reaches up to 20 million people per week across social platforms. NextShark has been cited by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, BBC, CNN, Fox, and more and has led coverage of anti-Asian […]