The Executive Marketer Summit
MAY 12-13, 2025 • CHICAGO, IL
The Executive Marketer Summit is a selective, application-based event for executive marketing professionals. Designed to address real-world challenges, this vendor-free environment fosters meaningful connections and insights. Applications are reviewed to maintain a high-quality experience, where attendees explore how disruption fuels innovation and business growth.
Applicants are assessed based on leadership level and experience to ensure peer-to-peer interactions. The summit is for executives responsible for driving growth and overseeing marketing and communications strategies.
Factors considered for acceptance include:
AWARD-WINNING MARKETER, CULTURAL TRANSLATOR, PROFESSOR AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
EXECUTIVE FELLOW
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
SVP & GM, US MARKETING
ANCESTRY
CHIEF DIGITAL AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER
BRIGHT HORIZONS
CHIEF BRAND OFFICER
e.l.f. BEAUTY
FORMER CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
VOLTA CHARGING
CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
CHICAGO FIRE FC
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | GENERAL MANAGER
CHIEF MARKETING AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER
PLEZi NUTRITION
ANALOG DEVICES
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
THE DIVERSITY MOVEMENT, A WORKPLACE OPTIONS COMPANY
Dissect the internal and external factors that invoke the need to take risks from competition to innovation to social issues to organizational
change
Conduct an in-depth look at why, how, and when marketing disruptors drive innovation, turning challenges into exciting opportunities for success.
Uncover what gets in the way of risk-taking or what happens when risks don’t pay off
Effectively manage across the executive suite
Scenario planning, communication strategies, and risk assessment
Develop your skills to effectively support risk management
Identifying the insights and signals marketers need to heed to remain future-proof
Exploring the potential industry and societal disruptions ahead that will demand risk-taking and bold leadership
Equipping teams and organizations with the network, resources, strategies and tools to be disruption-ready
The agenda is subject to change.
12:00 p.m. Lunch & Networking
1:00 p.m. Welcome & Opening Session
1:30 p.m. Influencing the Inner Circle
Industry trailblazers will share how to evaluate your influence within the C-Suite, drive innovation and transform business strategies. Key topics include gaining influence at the executive table, demonstrating marketing’s value beyond traditional metrics and leading organizational strategy.
2:15 p.m. Small Group Discussion
Consider how the preceding panel insights apply to your work. Through guided questions, uncover key lessons, identify challenges and collaborate with peers to create actionable solutions.
2:45 p.m. Personalization: The New Competitive Battleground
David Edelman will describe how personalization is the key to unlocking the GROWTH potential of AI. It is a broader strategy, not just a marketing tactic, that provides marketing leaders with an opportunity to guide the C-Suite forward. He'll lay out the five "promises of personalization" -- empower me, know me, reach me, show me, delight me -- providing a framework for shaping your strategy, prioritizing investments, and planning pilots. Along the way, he'll illustrate how AI is way more than ChatGPT and public LLM's -- there are different AI capabilities that can enable the five promises, and leaders have already been incorporating them into their operations for several years. This is not the future. It is becoming a basis of competition right now.
3:30 p.m. C-Suite Synergy: Aligning Marketing with Leadership
Step into the minds of non-marketing C-suite leaders to understand their needs from the CMO for driving organizational success and enhancing influence. This panel will discuss financial considerations, technology integration, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and collaboration opportunities between marketing and other functions.
4:15 p.m. Small Group Discussion
Consider how the preceding panel insights apply to your work. Through guided questions, uncover key lessons, identify challenges and collaborate with peers to create actionable solutions.
4:45 p.m. Turn Insights into Action
In this interactive session, leverage insights from previous discussions to identify opportunities for innovation in your work. Through collaborative exercises and guided discussions, attendees will translate the lessons learned into actionable strategies aimed at fueling innovation and fostering growth within their organization.
5:30 p.m. Break Before Tonight’s Networking Event
Take some time to refresh and recharge before the evening's festivities. Network with fellow attendees or simply unwind and prepare for the evening ahead.
6:30 p.m. Dinner & Discussions
8:00 a.m. Breakfast & Networking
9:00 a.m. Dare to Disrupt: Bold Moves in Marketing
Join visionary leaders as they share their stories of leveraging bold strategies to transform marketing. Discover how exploring new customer segments, disrupting traditional channels, leveraging community power, and adopting cutting-edge technologies have driven significant growth and organizational change.
9:45 a.m. Small Group Discussion
Consider how the preceding panel insights apply to your work. Through guided questions, uncover key lessons, identify challenges and collaborate with peers to create actionable solutions.
10:15 a.m. Trailblazer Talk
Discover bold stories of reshaping the marketing landscape through unconventional strategies. This engaging interview-style session features an individual or organization, followed by an interactive Q&A.
11:00 a.m. Future-Proofing Marketing: No Crystal Balls Required
Explore strategies to thrive in the future of marketing by embracing innovation, data, and experimentation. In this dynamic discussion, we'll delve into strategies to evolve with emerging trends and lead your organization toward success in a rapidly changing world.
11:45 a.m. Small Group Discussion
Consider how the preceding panel insights apply to your work. Through guided questions, uncover key lessons, identify challenges and collaborate with peers to create actionable solutions.
12:15 p.m. Lunch & Networking
1:15 p.m. Turn Insights into Action
In this interactive session, leverage insights from previous discussions to identify opportunities for innovation in your work. Through collaborative exercises and guided discussions, attendees will translate the lessons learned into actionable strategies aimed at fueling innovation and fostering growth within their organization.
2:00 p.m. Closing Session
2:30 p.m. Conclusion of Event
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While we recognize the potential for business collaborations within our network, it is paramount that the Executive Marketer Summit remains a confidential and trusted environment for all participants.
We enforce a stringent non-solicitation policy, prohibiting any form of proactive sales or marketing efforts, as well as solicitation of goods or services intended to generate future business among Executive Marketer Summit attendees. This includes overt, indirect, and implied solicitations, unless expressly invited to do so. Spamming, such as posting repetitive or multiple variations of content, is strictly prohibited.
With limited seats available, we invite CMOs, CEOs, VPs, SVPs, and EVPs to apply for an opportunity to attend this exclusive gathering of industry leaders dedicated to the vanguard of marketing excellence.
May 12-13, 2025
Chicago, IL at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
HOW ARE INVITE REQUEST FORMS REVIEWED, AND WHAT IS THE EXPECTED RESPONSE TIME?
Our AMA Business Team carefully evaluates Invite Request Forms based on the outlined acceptance criteria.
After your application is assessed, you will receive an email outlining the next steps or providing the reasons for rejection.
If accepted, you will be provided a payment link.
Please note that your spot is not confirmed until payment is received. Given the limited availability, we recommend completing payment promptly.
WHY ARE EXECUTIVE MARKETERS IN ROLES THAT ACTIVELY SELL TO FELLOW MARKERS INELIGIBLE TO ATTEND?
To preserve the purpose and integrity of the event, we prohibit solicitation activities. This policy ensures that attendees can engage in meaningful discussions and establish authentic connections with their peers in a trusted environment.
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Priya Krishnan, Chief Digital, and Transformation Officer at Bright Horizons, has a storied background as an entrepreneur who founded India’s leading child care and schooling service provider with more than 150 company-owned, company-operated centers across the country. At Bright Horizons, she leads all client relationships for the US, International M&A, and innovation projects. She is also currently driving a business and technology
transformation within the organization as part of the company’s OneBH vision – to go-to-market as an education and care benefits company. Priya joined Bright Horizons after founding and running KLAY India’s largest high-quality childcare provider. She initially started the business with the intent of enabling women to return to work after childbirth. She won numerous entrepreneurship recognition awards, as her startup venture expanded to 180 company-owned, company-operated centers across the country, staffed with empowered employees taking care of more than 16,000 children. Priya’s company went on to provide high-quality child care services onsite, and worked with varying workplace models to help companies create solutions for their employees. She also founded a not-for-profit school for marginalized children which has been recognized worldwide for its pedagogy and approach to blended learning. Prior to her entrepreneurial stint, Priya had a global career in IT consulting across Singapore, New York, and London, working with companies including Accenture, PwC, Mphasis, EDS, and HP.
Priya holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and has an MBA from London Business School. You can follow Priya on her LinkedIN for updates and her point-of-view.
Attica Alexis Jaques is a game-changing brand marketing leader with 20+ years of experience driving growth for global icons like Google, Under Armour, Gap Inc and PRADA. A sought-after thought leader, Attica drives business results while putting people first. She is a Board Director at Brilliant Earth and is a Founding Member of Chief NY and San Francisco. At Google, she led Brand Marketing across Consumer Apps with award-winning campaigns for Google Search. As Under Armour's SVP of Global Brand Marketing, she led brand and marketing across all sports divisions worldwide. Prior to her tech and sports experience, she held leadership roles across retail and luxury fashion, Gap and Prada respectively.
Attica is a global citizen having lived in Tokyo, Milan, New York and San Francisco. She holds an MS from Columbia University and BA from UCLA.
A sought-after advisor on digital transformation and marketing strategy, David developed foundational business concepts such as “The Customer Decision Journey,” and “Segment-of-One Marketing.” Most recently, he guided Aetna (now part of CVS Health) through becoming a digitally-oriented, customer-centric enterprise.
David has been repeatedly recognized by Forbes as one of the “Most Influential CMOs in the World,” and by AdWeek as one of the “Top 20 Marketing and Technology Executives.” His writing and work has attracted over 1.1 million followers to his LinkedIn blog, and he has delivered dozens of keynote presentations at conferences around the world.
Dr. Marcus Collins is an award-winning marketer and cultural translator. He is the former chief strategy officer at Wieden+Kennedy, New York, a marketing professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, and the author of the best-selling book, For The Culture: The Power Behind What We Buy, What We Do, and Who We Want To Be. Marcus is an inductee into the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement and a recipient of the Thinkers50 Radar Distinguished Achievement Award for the idea most likely to shape the future of business management. His strategies and creative contributions have led to the launch and success of Google’s “Real Tone” technology, the “Made In America” music festival, and the Brooklyn Nets, among others. Before his advertising tenure, Marcus worked on iTunes + Nike sport music initiatives at Apple and ran digital strategy for Beyoncé. He writes a column for Forbes CMO Network and contributes to business scholarship.
Anup is an innovative brand leader with 25+ years of diverse experiences in consulting, marketing, and general management for multinational CPG companies such as PepsiCo, Molson Coors, Constellation brands and SC Johnson as well as the startup space. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer for PLEZi nutrition which is PE backed startup trying to disrupt the kids beverage market with lower sugar, more nutrient dense options for kids. He is responsible for the P&L and strategic delivery of plan to the board and oversees marketing, strategy, finance, operations, and HR.
He has led the growth of multiple iconic billion-dollar brands through consumer driven innovation, digital transformation, award winning integrated marketing campaigns, and flawless go to market execution. He is a collaborative leader who builds high performing teams inspired to win in the marketplace. Anup challenges his team to push creative boundaries by encouraging bold brand action and embracing risk. Passionate about employee engagement and career development, he serves as a coach and mentor to his team, empowering them to create impactful work, while championing the rising generation of brand marketers.
Outside of his professional career, Anup spends his time being an avid outdoorsman– running, biking, basketball, golf, or snowboarding. He is originally from Mendota Heights, Minnesota and still is hoping his Vikings break the curse one of these days. Anup, his wife Seema, and their three daughters, Sienna (15), Aria (13) and Naya (9) reside in Vernon Hills, IL (suburbs of Chicago).
He also serves on the board of MMA North America. Crain’s notable marketing executives of 2021. Campaign Live 40 over 40 recipient. He holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA in business from the University of Michigan.
✉️ anupshah77@gmail.com
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Dan Moriarty was appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Chicago Fire FC in December 2023. As an experienced marketing executive, he oversees branding, advertising, media, and promotional activities to boost ticket sales, enhance corporate partnerships, and expand awareness of the Club both locally and globally. He also leads initiatives for the Chicago Fire Foundation, Fire Pitch, youth and recreational soccer, and serves as the primary link to Major League Soccer’s marketing department.
Before joining Chicago Fire, Moriarty was Vice President of Marketing for the Chicago Bulls, where he unified brand, digital, and performance marketing teams, launching a strategic framework that grew corporate partnerships and ticket revenue. His earlier roles included Senior Director of Digital for the Bulls, where he modernized digital strategy, and Digital Consultant to the Chicago White Sox, strengthening digital capabilities and cross-departmental collaboration. Moriarty also spent five years at Hyatt Hotels, guiding international digital strategy, and began his career with marketing agencies.
Originally from England, Moriarty holds a B.Sc. in Business Management from the University of East Anglia, along with certifications from Harvard Business School and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Managemen
Nadya Kohl is an award-winning business leader, domain expert, and seasoned operator with over 25 years of experience in driving top and bottom line business growth by harnessing data, analytics, marketing and technology for premier Media, Retail, Consumer Products, and Technology organizations. She is also a frequent industry speaker and commentator on data-driven digital marketing, customer analytics, privacy compliant identity management, location intelligence, business management, and “women in business” topics.
In addition to her active presence in the high-growth data and technology industries, she also currently serves on the Advisory Boards of early-stage data companies.
Nadya’s entre- and intrapreneurial background highlights her ability to innovate at the intersection of data, technology and consumers – and to develop the next generation of experts. Most recently, Nadya served as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Data Services/Decision Sciences at Volta Charging. Acquired by Shell [NYSE: SHEL] in 2023, Volta was the industry-leading electric vehicle charging and media company, and a key player in driving toward a clean energy future. As Volta’s first ever Chief Marketing Officer, she designed and delivered a successful commercial marketing growth engine -for multiple vertical markets- from “scratch” for the 10-year-old late stage start up. She also created the company’s first growth-aligned data strategy, developed and launched novel product offerings, and transformed Volta’s Data and Decision Sciences capabilities.
Her leadership delivered strong top line growth, created new data monetization revenue streams, increased brand awareness of the benefits of a carbon-neutral charging and media network, established new client-centric content franchises, retained top talent, and set a foundation for continued growth in key markets.
Prior to joining Volta Charging, Nadya directed Business Development, Data Sales, Channel Partnerships and Marketing at PlaceIQ, the leader in geolocation intelligence. Previous to that, Nadya held multiple positions overseeing corporate strategy, business development, digital platforms and for Experian’s Marketing Services $1B global business, where she co-founded Experian’s global Audience Services platform – a pillar of the digital marketing economy today.
A fluent Spanish speaker, Nadya was the President of the Latin American Business Group and the Co-Chair of the International Business Group during her MBA studies at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She remains actively involved with her alma mater. She earned her BBA in Economics with a minor in Philosophy, cum laude, from Loyola University of Chicago.
A native of Chicago, Nadya has adopted the New York metro area as her current home. She enjoys traveling with her husband and two children, mentoring young professionals, and actively volunteering for organizations focused on poverty alleviation.
Shelley Willingham stands out as a seasoned entrepreneur, founder, and accomplished C-suite executive renowned for her multifaceted business expertise and often likened to a “Swiss Army knife” in the business world. With substantial experience across start-ups and large-scale, enterprise corporations, she’s forged an impressive track record of driving revenue growth, devising innovative business strategies, and fostering inclusive marketing practices and corporate cultures.
She is the Chief Revenue Officer for The Diversity Movement, a Workplace Options company. In this role, she leads the client acquisition strategy and execution while supporting each TDM business unit's development. She focuses on enhancing customer value, building competitive differentiation, and driving revenue and profit growth.
Shelley speaks at various business events and leadership conferences, coaches and consults aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners, and is a frequent on-air contributor to CNBC.
Laurie Lam is the Chief Brand Officer at e.l.f. Beauty, a multi-brand global portfolio which includes namesake brand e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, Naturium, Well People and Keys Soulcare. She is responsible for strengthening e.l.f.’s branding and setting its strategy for growth across all categories, as well as championing their mission to make the best of beauty accessible to every eye, lip, face and skin concern.
With nearly 20 years of experience building global brands, she’s an accomplished business leader and dynamic marketer in the beauty industry. Prior to joining e.l.f. Beauty, Laurie was at L’Oréal USA where she has held several leadership positions within the group’s Professional Products Division and Consumer Products Division in the US, France and Asia-Pacific. Her experience spans across Marketing, E-commerce & Digital, Acquisitions & Business Development and Innovation.
Nitin Mathur is a high-impact senior executive who delivers global business impact through sustainable revenue growth and digital acceleration. He brings expertise in marketing, digital transformation, and technology with broad experience across industrial, semiconductors, technology, consumer internet, and retail ecommerce industries. Nitin crafts omni-channel customer strategy, including direct-to-consumer, while managing channel complexity, directing brand to demand marketing efforts, and leveraging customer insights and commercial dynamics to deliver frictionless customer experience and business growth.
Throughout his career, Nitin has led through a variety of innovative business transformations as well as organizational performance, culture, and capability improvements. He balances executive presence, strong interpersonal skills, and clear expectations to build consensus through day-to-day initiatives and special projects; operates with urgency in fast-paced, high-stakes environments; and fosters a highly connected cross-functional internal ecosystem.
As Chief Marketing & Digital Transformation Officer for Analog Devices, Inc., Nitin led global marketing, digital
transformation, eCommerce, customer insights, and data analytics teams. In this role, he developed a unified digital GTM roadmap to create the industry’s best E2E digital customer experience and pathway to building a multi billion dollar eCommerce business. He also launched a Generative AI pilot solution to boost field sales productivity; rebuilt the global marketing and digital transformation organization; led company-wide brand strategy to reposition ADI as a leader of the intelligent edge; and established ADI’s first VPC/customer insights program, resulting in NPS improvement from 18 to 31 in under two years.
Prior, Nitin served as the first Chief Digital Officer for TE Connectivity where he created a new digital business function, conceptualized and planned for a differentiated global digital customer strategy, developed a roadmap for entering the SMB market, launched an entirely new online business model, and drove hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue. In addition, as Chief Marketing Officer of the Industrial Solutions Segment, Nitin developed a global vision for segment marketing to create a scalable growth engine, strengthened marketing talent and digital capabilities, and established a new brand development strategy. Previously, Nitin led marketing strategy for the APAC region based out of Singapore as VP, Digital Customer Experience. Upon returning to the U.S., Nitin unified the global digital customer experience team under a new organizational structure, appointed key leaders and SMEs, and formed a Digital Steering Committee.
Earlier in his career, Nitin led marketing in key growth markets for Yahoo! as Senior Director of Marketing (APAC) and Head of Media (India & Southeast Asia). As Director of Marketing for Sapient, he partnered with sales and customer experience teams to grow brand awareness by more than 50%, positioned the company as a leading employer brand in India, received multiple Best Employer awards, and led work on developing the client feedback processes as a catalyst for account growth.
A respected industry thought leader, Nitin is a marketing and digital acceleration expert currently serving as an Advisory Board member for startups Zuddl and Seintiv, and CXO Advisor for Fusion Fund. He was a member of World 50’s Digital 50 Group, was featured in Campaign India’s A-List of Marketing & Advertising Professionals, served as a keynote speaker at several industry conferences, and has been interviewed as an expert by many media outlets, including WSJ, BBC, CNN, and CNBC.
Nitin holds a post-graduate diploma in management from EMPI Business School (India) and a bachelor’s degree in statistics and economics from University of Lucknow (India). He completed the MIT Enterprise Leadership Program at MIT Sloan School of Management.
Nitin is an avid traveler, and open networker who coaches both mid career and C-Suite marketing and digtial executives. He is passionate about leveraging technology and new ideas to improve customer experience and business outcomes in complex B2B and consumer businesses.