Bradley Akubuiro
Partner, Bully Pulpit Int'l & Author, “Faster. Messier. Tougher.: Crisis Communication Strategies in an Era of Populism, AI & Distrust”
— The Voices
The people
setting the pace.
CMOs, founders, deans and operators — the thought leaders, builders and provocateurs convening at Velocity to talk relevance, reinvention and what comes next.
Harry Allen
Journalist, MLK Jr Visiting Scholar, MIT & Former Head of Enemy Relations, Public Enemy
Danielle Bell
Associate Professor, Clinical and Academic Director of Medill Executive Education (Individual programs)
Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University
Pete Blackshaw
Founder & CEO
BrandRank.ai
Jeff Brecker
Partner, Growth & Innovation
Siberia
Doug Chavez
EVP, Global Retail Strategy
OneMars Publicis Commerce
Wendy Clark
Partner & President
The Consello Group
Dr. Marcus Collins
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Rex Curtiss
Chief Tractor Officer
John Deere
David Freeman
Founder & CEO
Kynetic Ventures
Robert Gibbs
Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer
Warner Bros. Discovery
Jon Halvorson
Chief Marketing & Digital Officer
Kenvue
Angie Hannam
Chief Global Talent Officer
R/GA
Jen Hartmann
Global Director, Corporate Reputation & Brand Marketing
John Deere
Tariq Hassan
Former CMO
McDonald's
Drew Ianni
Co-Founder
The Athena Project
Arpit Jain
Global President, Marcel.ai
Publicis Groupe
Veronika Kryuchkova
Global Head of Capability Building | The Marketing Academy
Reckitt
Tara Walpert Levy
VP, Americas
YouTube
Helen Lin
Chief Digital Officer
Publicis Groupe
Mike Linton
Host
CMO Confidential
Renetta McCann
Chief Inclusion Experiences Officer
Publicis Groupe
Ann Mukherjee
Director, Global CEO Program, Chicago Booth & Former US CEO, Pernod Ricard
Myra Nussbaum
VP, Global Brand, Moen & House of Rohl
Fortune Brands
Sheena Rubin
Head of Earned & Social Media
U.S. Army
Kim Sample
President
The PR Council
Shelby Saville
CEO
Starcom
Molly Schonthal
Managing Director, Agentic Commerce Transformation
VML Commerce
Clive Sirkin
Advisor, Board Member & Host
The Unstuck! Podcast
Marla Skiko
Global Head, Media & Marketing Intelligence
Ford
Sherina Smith
Enterprise CMO
American Family Insurance
Matt Spiegel
EVP, TruAudience Growth Strategy
TransUnion
Rishad Tobaccowala
Co-Founder
The Athena Project
Vijay Viswanathan
Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications and Associate Dean, IMC, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University
Anthony Vitagliano
Founder & Creative Director
TONOS
Charles Whitaker
Dean and Professor
Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University