2026 Young Lions
Jury Members
Digital
Bia Assevero, SVP & Strategy Director | FleishmanHillard
Soham Chatterjee, Global Creative Lead | Meta
Samantha Choi, CEO | Chief Creative Officer | Manual Labor Studio
Ephraim Cohen, Global Head, Data + Digital, Media + Platforms | FleishmanHillard
Simon Dolsten, Founder & CEO | Dolsten & Co.
Kenny Gold, Managing Director, Head of Social and Creator | Deloitte Digital
Geoffrey Goldberg, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder | Movers+Shakers
Allie Golden, Vice President, Group Creative Director | Publicis Groupe
James Gregson, Head of Brand & Creative | Wix, Base44
Melissa Jackson Parsey, Global Chief Strategy Officer | R/GA
Han Lin, Group Executive Design Director | R /GA
Kevin McGlone, Creative Director/Founder | HoneyWired
Joe Reynoso, Group Creative Director | INNOCEAN USA
Joel Rodriguez, Partner, Global Creative Leadership | FleishmanHillard
Bobby Sherlock, Head of Marketing | Lucid Motors
Niara Simon-Hollis, Head of Marketing | Tastemade
Della Sweetman, President Americas & Chief Strategy Officer | FleishmanHillard
Jade Tomlin, Executive Creative Director and Founder | CreativeAdventures.es
Ellie Tuck, Chief Creative Officer, Americas | FleishmanHillard
Nick Virginio, Brand Director | GoGo SqueeZ Groupe Bel
Film
Harry Barron, Creative Director, Social Media | Fanatics
Zeke Bowman, Partner & Executive Producer | PS260
Jesse Brihn, Head of Content Production | R/GA
Rob Drury, Founder & CEO | Cartwheel & Co. Marketing
Henry Foenande, Senior Copywriter | Pereira O'Dell
Robyn Frost, Senior Art Director | Pereira O'Dell
Nariman Hamed, VP Head of Film & Content | Invisible North
Sophia Held, Associate Creative Director | Pereira O'Dell
Gus Johnston, Global Creative Director | Saucony
Vicky Klaynman, VP, Group Creative Director | Klick
David Ma, Film Director / Creative Director / Content Creator | David Ma Studios
Felipe Machado, Creative Director and Head of Studio | SILVERSIDE
Can Misirlioglu, Executive Creative Director | CYLNDR Studios
Alfonso Ruiz Carrera, Creative Director | Johannes Leonardo
Eric McCasline, EP - Partner | Good Times Production & Technology
Rob Palmer, Executive Creative Director | Opinionated
Lucas Pimenta, Creative Director | Motion & Editing | VML New York
Debi Rubbiani, Executive Producer & Head of Production | Debi Rubbiani
Tracey Smith, US Head of Design, Creative Fellow | Deloitte Digital
Sylvain Tron, Managing Director | CYLNDR Studios
Anna Walsh Lipparelli, Social Creative | Pereira O'Dell
Media
Kamran Asghar, CEO, Co-Founder | Crossmedia
Marina Beldi, SVP Group Creative Director | MRM McCann
Todd Cadley, President | Manual Labor Studio
W. Joe DeMiero, VP Marketing | Sam's Club
Sara Fairbanks, Media Planning Director | WPPMedia
Babs Faseesin, SVP, Strategy | Starcom (Publicis Media)
Adam Friedman, Head of Strategy, US | Initiative
Annette Fonte, Head of Brand & Business | Betty
Andrea Hall, Brand Manager / Independent Consultant | Spotify
Elizabeth Hall, Managing Director | Iris North America
Chrissie Hanson, CEO | OMD US
Kristin Jones, SVP, Integrated Media Strategy & Client Development | Rise, a Quad agency
Nomi Leasure, Managing Director | Pinch
Gwendolyn C. Maass, Senior Vice President, Investment & Activation | Rise, a Quad agency
Thomas Minc, Managing Director, Client Business Lead | PHD
Joe Panepinto, SVP Executive Strategy Director | Jack Morton Worldwide
Swapnil Patel, Co-President | Attention Arc
Nicolas Piris, Global Head of Client Marketing | Bloomberg Media
Erica Rigobello, Global Strategy Director | Grey Global
Chris Turney, Chief Strategy Officer | M+C Saatchi North America
Olivia Young, Managing Director, Creativity & Brand | Noble People
PR
Alicia Alston, Vice President, Marketing Communications | Quad
Haye Anderson, Brand Director | Ubisoft
Jason Bellinger, Group Creative Director, Impact | Weber Shandwick
Alana Beseau, Executive Creative Director, Brand | Weber Shandwick
Patty Bloom, Marketing and Communications Portfolio Leader | Deloitte Digital
Tim Gingrich, Senior Vice President, Strategy Director | MSL Group
Rhonda Hiatt, Global CEO | M+C Saatchi Consulting
Allyson Hoar, Group Creative Director | Weber Shandwick
Nimisha Jain, Chief Strategy Officer | Highdive
Jim Joseph, Global Head of Brand Impact | FleishmanHillard
Kelly Kenny, SVP, Creative Director | Mbooth
CJ Magwood, Marketing Director | Unilever Knorr
Grace Martin, Creative Director | Johannes Leonardo
Richard Mcleod, Global, CMO, Merrell | Wolverine Worldwide
Carrie Miller, MD, Global Chief of Staff, Creative & Strategy | Edelman
Nubia Murray, Senior Director, North America Impact - Brand Communications | McDonald's
Sharalyn Orr, Executive Director, Global Marketing Innovation | The Estee Lauder Companies
Joe Pellingra, Senior Marketing Director | OREO, Mondelēz International
Jacob Porpossian, Global Executive Creative Director | FleishmanHillard
Rebecca Roberts, Vice President | Powell Communications
Kim Sample, President | PR Council
Alexandra Velasco, PR & Communications Consultant | Alexandra Velasco LLC
Caroline Yodice, EVP | DBC
Gabriel Araujo, Group Creative Director | BGB Group
Stevie Archer, Regional Chief Creative Officer | M+C Saatchi North America
Nick Arzhantsev, Sr. Copywriter | Amazon Brand Innovation Lab
Eduardo Basque, VP, Creative Director | FCB Health NY
Zack Browne, Creative Director | Johannes Leonardo
Tina Charisma, Advisor | Global Strategist and Founder | TED, World Travel Market
Graham Davis, Creative Director | The Martin Agency
Alison Ehrmann, CMO | American Greetings Digital, former Nom Nom (Mars)
Marcus Kawamura, Chief Creative Officer | Razorfish Health
Jane Kendall, Executive Strategy Director | New York Times Advertising
Clarence Kwan, Chief Creative Officer, Partner | NewWorld
Brooke Lindsay, Senior Designer, Growth | VML
Katyana O'Neill, Creative Director | Johannes Leonardo
Lukas Pearson, Creative Director | Johannes Leonardo
Guilherme Pinheiro, Creative Director | LePub NY
Aaron Sidorov, Group Creative Director | Deloitte Digital
Genevieve Wilkins, EVP, Executive Creative Director | ROKK Solutions
Angela Williams, SVP, Group Creative Director | Fifth Element Health
Maggie Winters, Co-Founder | This January
Valeria Vanzulli, VP, Group Creative Director | INNOCEAN USA
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