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2023 Young Lions
Jury Members

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· DaLeyna Adkinson, Director, Marketing - Brand Heat & Culture, PUMA

· Samira Ansari, Chief Creative Officer, Deutsch

· Rob Baiocco, Co-Founder, Chief Creative Officer, The BAM Connection

· Mike Benson, President & Chief Marketing Officer, CBS

· Spencer Campbell, Creative Director, Pereira O'Dell

· Joao Coutinho, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Atlantic New York

· Therese Jonsson, Creative Director, Pereira O'Dell

· Matt Kappler, Creative Director, Pereira O'Dell

· Josh Kovolenko, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Discovery, Animal Planet, Science Channel

· Rob Lenois, Chief Creative Officer, VaynerMedia

· Andrea Nordgren, Director, Producer & Founder, Heroine Films

· Brad Roth, Partner & President, Studios, Known

· Russell Wager, Vice President, Marketing, Kia

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· Jenny Awasano, Senior Vice President, Creative, Digitas

· Kiser Barnes, Head of Design, Digitas

· Carmen Brown, Director of Media Investment, Meta

· David Cuccinello, Executive Creative Director, BBDO New York

· LaRonda Davis, Senior Vice President/Creative, Publicis New York

· Oriel Davis-Lyons, Chief Creative Officer, Mother NY

· Craig Elimeliah, Chief Experience Design Officer, VMLY&R

· Nicola Grant, Senior Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Mastercard

· Ari Halper, Global Head of Creative Excellence, R/GA

· Oliver Joyce, Global Chief Transformation Officer, Mindshare

· Seth Kelly, Senior Vice President, Content Creative Director, FCB New York

· Ricki Maybruch, Associate Director, WebMD

· Danielle Parkes, Head of Business Development, Deloitte Digital

· Emily Portnoy, Chief Strategy Officer, McCann New York

· Mark Snow, Group Creative Director, Copywriter, Digitas

· Josh Spanier, Vice President, Marketing, Google

· Kellie Streat, Advertising & Brand Partnerships Director, UPS

· Amber Ward, Co-Founder & CEO, Invisible North

· Shanna Weinblatt, Vice President, Innovation, Beauty Tech, & the Metaverse, Coty

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· Dimas Adiwiyoto, Senior Vice President, Group Account Director, FCB New York

· Jennifer Ball, Senior Vice President, Marketing, BBC Studios

· Pele Cortizo-Burgess, Chief Culture & Inclusion Officer, Initiative

· Riley Eckert, Head of Premium Video, Amazon XCM

· Brad Feinberg, Vice President, Media & Consumer Engagement, Molson Coors

· Mason Franklin, Executive Vice President, Managing Partner, Strategy, UM

· Paul Furia, Head of Content & Creative Packaging, Media by Mother

· Rebecca Kaplan Haase, Vice President & General Manager, States, POLITICO

· Lauren Levitt, Managing Partner, Strategy, UM

· Lynn Lewis, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Mediabrands & UM

· Neil Sawhney, Director of Media (West), Pereira O'Dell

· Aaron Sanchez, Creative Director, LinkedIn Creative Studio

· Lindsey Seyman, President, Fancy

· Laurel Stark Akman, Group Creative Director, Electronic Arts

· Myia Thompkins, US Chief Strategy Officer, UM

· Robin Triplett, Head of End to End Connections & Media, The Coca-Cola Company

· Christine Villanueva, US Chief Strategy Officer, UM

· Ben Winkler, Senior Vice President, Agency Strategy, TripleLift

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· Perle Arteta, Creative Director, VMLY&R

· Heather Berko, Director of Brand Marketing, Zocdoc

· Chris Cannon, Creative Director, Terry & Sandy

· Candace Faircloth, Associate Creative Director, Goodby Silverstein & Partners

· Mark Feldstein, Partner & President, Studios, Known

· Abel Gachou, Manager, Brand Marketing & Integration, Audi of America

· Seth Gaffney, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Preacher

· Evelyn Harper, Copywriter, TBWA\Chiat\Day

· Steve House, Group Strategy Director, Dagger

· Han Lin, Group Executive Design Director, R/GA

· Thomas Mori, Creative Director, FCB New York

· Jennifer Murillo, Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Discover

· Marco Pupo, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Atlantic New York

· Christopher Serven, Copywriter, We Believers

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· Kirsten Avila, Senior Associate, Acquisition Marketing, Away

· Suzanne Ayello, Partner, Grey

· Julie Bowerman, Chief Marketing Officer, Kellogg’s

· Craig Buchholz, Chief Creative Officer, General Motors

· Mary Kate Callen, Vice President, Audience Impact & Intelligence, Paramount Advertising

· Madeline Chadwick, Senior Vice President, Communications & Corporate Affairs, Papa Johns

· Taryn Crouthers, Chief Operating Officer, ATTN:

· Nina Devlin, Chief Communications Officer, Vertex

· Jason Farkas, Partner, Brunswick Group

· Alicia Francis, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Weber Shandwick

· Krupa Hemraj, Senior Brand Manager, Frida

· Amanda Henry, Vice President of Brand Partnerships, Therabody

· Tony Lederer, Chief Strategy Officer, The&Partnership

· Justin Mayer, General Manager of Hess Toy Truck, Hess Corporation

· Molly McKenna, Senior Director, Global Brand Communications, McDonald’s

· Nicki Petrosini, Senior Director of Partnerships, (RED)

· Tim Robinson, Senior Vice President, Consumer Markets, Hill & Knowlton Strategies

· Beth Roden, Senior Vice President & Head of Communications, Bayer US

· Marianne Stefanowicz, Chief Community & Communications Officer, Mother USA

· Lewis Williams, Executive Vice President, Client Experience, Weber Shandwick

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