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FQ Loungeâ„¢ @ Advertising Week

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WINNING THE CONVERGENCE

Media has moved beyond traditional definitions—content, commerce, and community now form one interconnected ecosystem. Organizations must touch infinite touch points while creating authentic human connections that matter. This conversation unpacks how forward-thinking leaders build media strategies that transcend categories, leveraging emerging platforms to deliver genuine engagement that drives both cultural impact and bottom-line results.

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Every assumption about how brands grow is being challenged. Attention is spread across more platforms than ever, loyalty is easier to lose than it's ever been, and the playbook that built the last era of brands won't build the next one.

 
The FQ Loungeâ„¢ brings that conversation to Advertising Week, where industry leaders get specific about what's working: how brands stay relevant when culture moves faster than campaigns, what AI changes about creativity and what it doesn't, and why trust and community have become the strongest growth strategies in the business.

 
Across three days, the conversations move from creators to sports to leadership itself. This is where the industry comes to talk honestly about where it's headed. Join us!

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Past Agenda & Speaker highlights

june 17, 2025

LIFT AS WE CLIMB

Inspired by the words of American civic activist and trailblazer Mary Church Terrell, "Lift As We Climb" explores how today’s women leaders are shaping the future by elevating others as they rise. This compelling panel series, developed by Condé Nast’s Chief Revenue Officer, Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, in collaboration with Female Quotient since 2021, invites influential leaders from across the industry to share pivotal lessons and career-defining moments, reflect on their mentors who paved the way, and discuss how they’re championing all voices to build a better tomorrow. This inspiring conversation will focus on what it means to lead with purpose, resilience, and profound impact.

 june 18, 2025

BREAKING BOUNDARIES: WOMEN CRAFTING THEIR LEGACY IN SPORTS

With unprecedented levels of engagement and investment, the spotlight on female athletes, coaches, and commentators has never been brighter. This panel conversation brings together influential voices to explore the multifaceted impact of women in sports today. We'll unpack how they are navigating their careers, harnessing increased visibility to transform the next generation, and consciously constructing legacies that transcend the field.

 JUne 19, 2025

THE CREATIVE INSTINCT: MARKETING AT THE SPEED OF CULTURE

Today’s marketers are required to flex their creative muscles daily—navigating shifting trends, crafting culturally relevant narratives, and making brand moves in real time. While jumping on viral moments can spark buzz, real impact comes from knowing which moments to engage with and how to show up with purpose. This session explores how marketers can sharpen their creative instincts to stay in sync with culture by reading the room, spotting opportunity, and responding with realness and resonance.

 june 19, 2025

INNOVATION ARCHITECTS: THE WOMEN DESIGNING TOMORROW

The future of innovation is being reimagined by visionary women who have moved beyond traditional viewpoints. Female leaders are pioneering solutions that combine technical excellence with human understanding, creating more inclusive and impactful advances. This panel welcomes leaders who are reshaping innovation, demonstrating how diverse leadership creates better outcomes, and inspiring the next generation of female disruptors.

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MEDIA'S NEW FRONTIER: WOMEN LEADING THROUGH DISRUPTION

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Beverly Jackson

Vice President, Brand, Product, and Integrated Marketing, Zillow

Jess Park

Chief, Brand & Fan Engagement,

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee

Sally Barton 

 Marketing Excellence Lead, Mondelez International

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MEDIA'S NEW FRONTIER: WOMEN LEADING THROUGH DISRUPTION

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CULTURAL CURRENCY: TAPPING INTO THE ZEITGEIST

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DESIGNING FOR EVERYONE: WHY WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES MATTER

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BUILDING YOUR TRIBE: FROM CONNECTIONS TO CATALYSTS

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UNLEASHING YOUR LIMITLESS SELF: A JOURNEY OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION

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BOLD VISIONARIES: HOW LEADERS ARE ELEVATING BRANDS & PEOPLE

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FINDING CLARITY AND CONNECTION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES: REWRITING THE RULES OF LEADERSHIP

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BRAND SUCCESS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

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PASSION PLAY: SCORING BIG WITH SPORTS COMMUNITIES

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Ruba Borno

Vice President, Global Specialists and Partners,

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Taylor Ash

GM, Inventory Development,

The Trade Desk

Lianne Sinclair

 AVP Corporate and Brand Advertising,

AT&T

Isabelle Sakai

Chief Marketing Officer,

Mark Anthony Brands

Susan Boster

Founder and CEO,

Boster Group

Corey Rados

Head, Global Creative Strategy,

Uber Advertising

Stacy DeRiso

US CEO,

Initiative

Jordan Chiles

Two Time Olympian, Gold Medalist and NY Times Best Selling Author

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La La Anthony

Founder,

LaLaLand Foundation

Rob Gronkowski

NFL Legend Fox Sports' & Fox NFL Sunday Analyst

Rebecca Minkoff

Founder & Chief Creative Officer,

Rebecca Minkoff

Patrick Arthur

Chief Marketing Officer,

Washington Commanders

Sabrina Callahan

Senior Vice President,

Chief Digital & Marketing Officer,

Southwest Airlines

Michelle Crossan-Matos

Chief Brand & Experience Officer,

SharkNinja

Maria Del Rio

Chief Marketing Officer,

DNA Vibe

Radhika Duggal

Chief Marketing Officer,

Major League Soccer

Alex Frias

Chief Marketing Officer,

Steve Madden

Sarah Gavin

Chief Marketing Officer,

The Trade Desk

Carla Hassan

Chief Marketing Officer,

JPMorgan Chase

Laurie Lam

Chief Brand Officer,

e.l.f. Cosmetics

Alycen McAuley

Chief Business Officer,

WNBA Washington Mystics 

Nilofer Vahora

Chief Marketing Officer,

amika

Alexa Raff

Chief Marketing Officer,

goop

Lauren Weinberg

Chief Marketing Officer,

Supergoop!

William White

Chief Marketing Officer,

Walmart U.S. 

Maha Abouelenein

Chief Executive Officer,

Digital and Savvy

Monica Austin

Chief Marketing Officer,

Blizzard Entertainment

Lauren Anderson

US Head, Brand Innovation Lab,

Amazon Ads

Ally Appelbaum

Vice President,

Global CTV Partnerships,

Nexxen

Heidi Arthur

 Chief Campaign & Program Officer,

The Ad Council

Debra Aho Williamson

 Founder & Chief Analyst,

Sonata Insights, Writer,

The AI Ad Economy on Substack, 

Sonata Insights

Sara Badler

Chief Advertising Officer,

North America,

The 

Guardian

Liz Baclear

Former Global Head of AI & Advanced Analytics,

Under Armour

Anna Banks

 Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer,

AARP

Emma Barker Bonomo

Sr. Editorial Director,

TIME

Shannon Blakely

Global Chief Brand Officer,

Ford Motor Company

Rachael Blinkhorn

Deloitte Digital Marketing,

Data & AI Leader,

Deloitte Digital

Stacy Bohrer

Senior Vice President,

Global Buyer Development,

OpenX

Laurel Burton

 Chief Executive Officer,

Instrument

Jonnie Cahill

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, International Foods,

Pepsico

Jennifer Carfley

Head of SMB Growth,

Direct Response Advertising & Partnerships,

Scripps

Maggie Carney

Vice President,

Customer Success,

Rokt

Lois Cook

 Lois Cook,

Pro Athlete,

Founder,

FootballHer

Laura Cosgrove

Senior Vice President,

Retail Partnerships,

Rokt

Luz Corona

Executive Director of Content,

The Clios

Coltrane Curtis

 Co-Founder & Managing Partner,

Team Epiphany

Jill Cress

 Chief Marketing Officer,

Babylist

Taryn Crouthers

 Chief Executive Officer,

Big Spaceship

Jessica Cruel

Editor-in-Chief,

Allure Magazine

Marissa Dacay

Global Vice President,

Enterprise Marketing,

Adobe

Lydia Daly

Executive Vice President,

Head of Ad Marketing & Intelligence,

Paramount

Maria Del Rio

Chief Marketing Officer,

DNA Vibe

Anthony DeMaio

Global Head of Sales,

Business Insider

Joyce DiDonato

Multi Grammy Award Winning Singer 

Nicolina Duhs

 Head of Retail Partnerships,

Rokt

Shane Dwyer

Vice President,

Advertiser Solutions,

Lyft

Elizabeth Earnshaw

Founder,

A Better Life Therapy

Arinze Emeagwali

Vice President of Brand Marketing,

Cadillac Formula 1 Team 

Carina Ertl

Chief Marketing Officer,

Bucherer USA

Brendan Fallis

Influencer,

Entrepreneur & DJ,

Fallis Studios

Kelly Fanning

Senior Vice President,

General Manager, Clinique & Dr. Jart North America,

Estee Lauder Companies

Rene Federico

Head of Marketing,

US,

Primark 

Amy Ferris

 Vice President, Marketing,

Expedia Group

Melanie Fish

Vice President of Global PR,

Expedia Group 

Manny Flores

 Executive Vice President,

Head of Commercial Strategy & Transformation,

Ipsos

Kerry Flynn

Media Reporter,

Axios

Katy Friday

 Vice President,

Central & Canada,

StackAdapt

Lauren Gabriele

Vice President,

Enterprise Business Development,

TripleLift

Nicole Gartner

Director, Sports Partnerships,

Yahoo Ads

Kate Godbout

Head of Vaseline, North America,

Unilever

(Moderator)

Adrienne Griffen

 Executive Director,

Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance

Cheryl Guerin

Executive Vice President,

Global Brand Strategy & Innovation,

Mastercard

Bianca Guimaraes

Founding Partner & Executive Creative Director,

Mischief

Rhonda Hiatt

Global Chief Executive Officer,

M+C Saatchi Consulting

Kheri Holland Tillman

Chief Marketing Officer,

Primo Brands

Julia Hood

Executive Editor,

CMO Insider,

Business Insider

Christine Hong

Executive Vice President,

Revenue Operations,

Paramount

Kay Hsu

Global Head of Creative Lab,

Spotify

Kelli Hurley

Senior Vice President,

Content & Podcast Sales,

SiriusXM 

Shama Hyder

Applied AI Evangelist, Wispr Flow

Lauren Israel

Head of Commercial Design,

Omnicom Media

Marnie Kain

Vice President,

Brand Marketing,

Grubhub

Chris Kaiser

Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Rock Entertainment Group

Rosalie Kennedy

Senior Director of Marketing,
Athletic Brewing Company

Donna Kirkland

Senior Vice President Marketing & Communications,

Tarte Cosmetics

Sarah Kinsley

 Singer-Songwriter & Producer

Nili Klenoff

Executive Vice President, Commerce Media & Innovation, Mastercard

Christina Kothari

Global Head of Consumer Marketing,

Reddit

Megan Kovacs

Vice President, Head of Media & Entertainment,
LG AD Solutions

Laurie Lam

 Chief Brand Officer,

e.l.f. Cosmetics

Leslie Lee

Head of Marketing,

T-Mobile Advertising Solutions

Kyle Lembke

Senior Director, Marketing,

PetIQ

Ali Levitan

AWS AdTech & AI Innovation Leader,

Amazon Web Services

Whitney Magnuson

Head of Brand & Media, 

Zoom 

Meridith Maskara

Chief Development Officer,

Girl Scouts of the USA

Kim Marchan

Head of Agency Development,

Americas,

StackAdapt

Jennifer Mennes

Vice President,

Global Head of Digital Marketing & Strategy,

Mondelēz International

Lala Milan

Entertainer,

Viral Creator,

Social Media Educator,

The Rouge Maison

Krissie Millan

Global Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Digital,

Cole Haan

Adam Monaco

Executive Vice President,

Sales,

Disney Advertising

Talia Monroe

Senior Vice President,

Commercial Growth,

Chobani & La Colombe

Camille Moore

Founder,

Third Eye Insights

Inc. 

Ashley Nicole Moss

Basketball Analyst & Sideline Reporter,

CBS Sports

Sona Movsesian

Co-host of Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend & Author,
Team Coco & SiriusXM

 Elyse Myers

 Comedian,

Writer,

Creator,

Underscore Talent Management

Mary Holland Nader

Founder & Chief Executive Officer,

Mary & Pip

Joy Ogunneye

Global Innovation & Brand Comms Lead,

Aveeno Body, 

Kenvue

Erin Oles

President,

Chief Marketing Officer,

Salesforce

Haley Paas

Senior Vice President, Media, Marketing Effectiveness & Agency Management,

Verizon

Claire Papp

Senior Group Director,

Global Agency Partnerships,

Yahoo

Stephanie Paturzo-Swingle

Head of Commercial Marketing,

Instacart

Ashley Penn

Senior Director,

Global Enterprise Marketing, 

Adobe

Smita Pillai

Senior Vice President,

Head Regeneron Innovation Center,

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Kirby Porter

Chief Brand Officer,

Unrivaled Basketball

Jayde Powell

Social Strategist & Content Creator,

The Em Dash Co.

Karen Pugliese

Chief Executive Officer,

Weber Shandwick

 

Anisha Raghavan

Chief Marketing Officer,

Seed Health

Alexis Regan

Chief Commercial Officer,

Graza

Allison Repetto

Vice President, Retail,

Rokt

Erin Lim Rhodes

E! The Rundown & Bang Bang TV/Digital Host,

E! 

Caroline Riby

Professor of Practice ADV Graduate Program Director,

Emerging Technologies Fellow,

2026-2027,

Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications

God-is Rivera

Chief Strategy Officer,

BCG Worldwide

Christy Roach

Chief Marketing Officer,

AirOps

Will Rochfort

B2B Agency Head of Creative Studio,

Deloitte Digital

Jenny Rooney

Chief Brand & Community Officer,

ADWEEK 

Zoe Ruderman

Chief Content Officer,

ADWEEK

Julie Scelzo

Chief Creative Officer,

Xfinity,

Comcast Corporation

Christie Sclater

Senior Vice President of Global Marketing,

Clinique

Aisha Shaw

Senior Vice President of Direct Response & Advanced TV Advertising Sales and Marketing,

TV One & CLEO TV

Pam Sherman

President, ShermanEDGE

Arden Shore

Editor-in-Chief,

The Infatuation

Marisa Lucia Smith

Head of Growth,

Blue Bottle Coffee

Melissa Sofo

 Vice President,

US Sales,

Vevo

Anna Spanfeller

 Vice President,

Head of Sales,

Cognitiv

 Ryan Spicer

Chief Revenue Officer,

Atmosphere TV

Jen Sposeto

Vice President, Partner,

Category Marketing & Brand Development,

Best Buy

Jamie Stenziano

Executive Vice President,

Tech & Media Sector,

IPSOS

Lee Sterling

Chief Marketing Officer,

Simon Property Group

Zelle Steyn

Principal Solutions Architect,

Amazon Web Services

Jenny Stojkovic

Host,

The AI Download

Scott Strickland

 Chief Commercial Officer,

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Lindsay Sutton

Senior Vice President,

Head of Marketing, Atmosphere TV

Jason Tartick

Founder,

Creator,

Author,

Rewired Talent Management

Kati Tikkanen

Senior Director, Business Development,

The Trade Desk

Diana Tomassetti

Senior Director,

Brand & Product Marketing,

Carnival Cruise Line

Becky Vinter

Vice President,

Creative Strategy & BI Studios,

Business Insider

Gina Waldhorn

Senior Vice President,

Sales Marketing,

Genius Sports

Stacy Warner

Marketing Director,

Consumer Brands,

Cargill

Suzi Watford

Chief Strategy Officer,

Washington Post

Madi Webb

Content Creator & Digital Entrepreneur

Dylan Wells

WP Creator Host,

Washington Post

Mandi Woodruff-Santos

Host, Executive Producer,

Brown Ambition LLC

Jacs Wyatt

Managing Director,

Global Marketing,

American Airlines

Cass Zawadowski

 Executive Creative Director,

Global Brand,

Lyft

Lisa Zielinski

Head of Offer & Thought Leadership,

Ipsos Creative Excellence

Maggie Zhang

Director of Ads Measurement,

UCAN,

Netflix

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Every assumption about how brands grow is being challenged. Attention is spread across more platforms than ever, loyalty is easier to lose than it's ever been, and the playbook that built the last era of brands won't build the next one.

 
The FQ Loungeâ„¢ brings that conversation to Advertising Week, where industry leaders get specific about what's working: how brands stay relevant when culture moves faster than campaigns, what AI changes about creativity and what it doesn't, and why trust and community have become the strongest growth strategies in the business.

 
Across three days, the conversations move from creators to sports to leadership itself. This is where the industry comes to talk honestly about where it's headed. Join us!

Experiences

 

We are an EXPERIENTIAL,

media and ADVISORY company

The FQ creates spaces, online and in person that help women be their best at work and in life.


We activate the FQ Loungeâ„¢ at tentpole industry conferences and key cultural moments, host FQ Summits, and curate bespoke experiences.

 Media

We are an EXPERIENTIAL,

media and ADVISORY company

The FQ makes stories personal, cultural, and worth talking about.


We produce, distribute, and amplify branded, sponsored, and targeted media — including original social series, custom branded content, and creator campaigns.

transformation

We are an EXPERIENTIAL,

media and ADVISORY company

The FQ partners with companies and leaders to shape workplaces that work for everyone.


We provide advisory to advance inclusion, strengthen leadership, and elevate executive presence.



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A huge thank you for such an inspiring and energizing experience with The Female Quotient at this year’s event. Every time I walk into the FQ Lounge, I’m reminded why this community is so special. It’s a space where connection, conversation, and collaboration come to life in the most authentic way. As someone who’s been in the industry for over a decade, I’ve been to countless events, but FQ continues to set the bar higher every year.

STACY MARTINET

Chief Communications Officer,

Adobe


 It was such a treat to start the day with this conversation, and we couldn’t have asked for a better group to speak to the power of partnership! As always, huge thanks to TFQ for having us.

Jennifer Gardner

Chief Client Solutions Officer,

Carat US

I thoroughly enjoyed being part of exciting programming at the FQ Lounge to host the panel and had several afterwards mention how much they enjoyed the conversation. Thank you again!

RUBA BORNO

Vice President, Global Specialists and Partners,

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Curiosity at Scale: The Innovation Skill Every Leader Needs

Leaders shaping what's next often share one defining trait: they never stop learning. As technology expands what's possible, curiosity has become the foundation for lifelong growth, mental agility, and fresh thinking. This conversation explores how today's leaders can cultivate a mindset that sparks innovation, strengthens resilience, and unlocks new opportunities throughout their careers.

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