Laurel Stark is a Silicon Valley based creative director and brand marketer who builds teams, structures, and experiences that challenge the status quo, pierce culture, and drive business and humanity forward. From her globally recognized inclusion efforts like the One Club for Creativity’s Next Creative Leaders program, to her boundary-pushing brand work, Laurel’s ideas have […]

Jonathan Daly is the definition of a hybrid strategist, with more than 15 years industry under his belt earned both in agency and in-house, and ranging from government relations to public relations to pure play advertising. He joins Johanness Leonardo from Droga5 where he served as Head of Communications Strategy. Prior roles include senior engagements […]

Zuri Godfrey is an Associate Product Marketing Manager at Google, leading social and influencer for Google Ads. He is a former division one athlete and alumnus of Howard University, where he played Varsity Football and majored in Business Management. Zuri has interned with ESPN in Sports Marketing, Google in Brand Strategy, and PwC in Management […]

Zach Burton is a high-spirited multihyphenate who uses his influence as a marketer to tell authentic, culturally relevant stories in the moments that matter most. With several years of marketing experience across product, martech, ad tech, social, and brand, Zach now works for the world’s leading audio streaming app, Spotify. An Associate Manager of Product […]

Yaritza Vallejo is a Brand Marketing Specialist at McDonald’s Corporation and is currently pursuing her MBA at Northwestern – Kellogg School of Management. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business with a major in Economics from DePaul University. Prior to joining McDonald’s, she worked at Fortune 500 companies such as Deloitte and Amazon. Within […]

Toni Walker is a driven marketing professional especially skilled at engaging and connecting with diverse audiences through creative storytelling. Since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Toni has been eagerly pursuing a career in media and entertainment. She is an avid admirer of the industry’s ability to initiate […]

Stephanie Ologan’s career path into the creative industries may seem unconventional to some, as she graduated from NYU with a Bachelor’s in Biomolecular Science and a minor in the Business of Entertainment, Media, and Technology. Through her minor, she would partake in different marketing and sync licensing internships. Her decision to pursue a career in […]

Roberto Del Real Jr., also known as Betito or STRAWS, is a Latino Art Director and Illustrator based on the South Eastside of Chicago. He specializes in art direction, illustration, graphic design, storyboarding, sketching, video editing/directing, and concepting. Currently at Leo Burnett Detroit, he is developing concepts and content for Buick, GMC, and HUMMER EV, […]

Daredevil, thought leader, and active dreamer, Nafisa Hassan leverages her personal background on professional perspective. A skydiver, kickboxer, travel fanatic, and slam poetry coach, she navigates a complex industry through creative storytelling from a unique perspective. With an intersectional identity, she has a broad perspective on the different types of diversity that exist in our […]

Merc Heredia-Ferran is a dedicated and constantly learning student of strategy. Currently working at 72andSunny in the data strategy department and teaching at University of Illinois, Merc’s goal is to help democratize and break the barriers that are currently in place when trying to enter the world of advertising. A first generation American and 3rd […]