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CEO of Hawthorne Advertising and a prominent voice in performance marketing, known for bridging traditional direct response TV with modern digital attribution and privacy-first measurement strategies.

Jessica Robertson is a media and advertising executive at Togethxr, the sports and culture media company co-founded by elite female athletes, driving brand partnerships and revenue at the intersection of women's sports and modern marketing.

Co-founder and President of Arkadium, Jessica Rovello pioneered casual gaming as a publisher monetization and audience engagement strategy, growing the platform to 45M+ monthly users across 400+ global publishers.

Chief Marketing Officer of LiveRamp (since March 2022).

Chief Marketing Officer at Babylist, Jill Cress is a seasoned brand and marketing executive known for transforming consumer engagement strategies at major media and entertainment companies.

Americas CEO of FleishmanHillard and former CEO of Porter Novelli, Jillian Janaczek is a senior PR and communications industry executive known for leading major agency transformations and integrations.

CEO of HUMAN Security, the cybersecurity company that has become the industry standard for bot fraud detection and prevention, protecting billions in ad spend and dismantling major botnet operations.

Senior media investment leader at OMD, known for driving data-driven buying strategies and large-scale media partnerships across major advertiser portfolios.

Senior Principal Analyst at Forrester Research covering the AdTech/MarTech convergence, programmatic advertising, and identity solutions — a go-to strategic voice for brands and vendors navigating the cookieless future.

Principal of The Spanfeller Group (media consulting); former CEO of G/O Media and longtime head of Forbes.com.

CEO of Madhive, the AI-driven local TV advertising platform; a 20+ year media-and-technology operator who founded TEGNA's Premion CTV platform and has repeatedly scaled and transformed businesses across streaming, OOH, and broadcast advertising.

Jo Cronk is a senior commercial leader at Whalar, driving creator economy and influencer marketing solutions at the intersection of social media and brand advertising.

VP & GM of Buy-Side Advertising at Yahoo, leading the company's DSP strategy and programmatic advertising solutions for brands and agencies in a privacy-first era.

CMO at HyphaMetrics driving go-to-market strategy for the panel-based TV measurement challenger taking on Nielsen's dominance in cross-platform audience measurement.

Chief Intelligence Officer, North America at Omnicom Media Group, Joanna O'Connell is a veteran AdTech strategist known for translating programmatic complexity into actionable intelligence across agency, trade, and analyst roles.

AdTech creative leader specializing in AI-driven brand engagement across voice and emerging platforms.

Publicis Media VP driving cookieless identity and privacy-safe targeting strategies for major agency clients at the forefront of AdTech's post-cookie transition.

Joanne Hsu directs the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers, the gold-standard measure of U.S. consumer sentiment that moves financial markets and informs advertising spend decisions globally.

Senior media and AdTech executive at dentsu, leading global media partnerships at the intersection of advertising technology, data strategy, and media investment.