From 2013-2018, Gary was the CMO of Facebook, responsible for the company’s brand, consumer, and product marketing.  Prior to joining Facebook, from 2010-13, he served in various roles at Google, including CMO of Motorola upon its acquisition by Google, and VP, Consumer Marketing.

During his tenure at Google, he led marketing efforts for search, maps, commerce, Chrome, Google+, Google.org, and the Google brand overall. Prior to joining Google, Gary was CEO at Plastic Jungle, a gift card startup, where he joined from their board of directors. Before that, Gary worked at eBay from 2002-08 in roles as vice president of Consumer Marketing, general manager of eBay Canada, global marketing head of PayPal, and CMO of eBay North America.

Earlier in his career, Gary worked for six years at Pepsi, where he launched Aquafina, Pepsi’s joint venture with Starbucks and was director of Brand Pepsi. He also spent two years at IBM running worldwide brand strategy and was an engagement manager at McKinsey.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984 from Brown University and a Masters in Management in 1989 from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

He serves on the boards of Etsy, Inc (NASDAQ: Etsy) and Petco, as well as an advisor to several early stage companies.

Gary is married and has twin boys.

Carilu Dietrich is an executive coach and strategic advisor to B2B tech companies. As a former marketing executive at a Fortune 100, a pre-IPO unicorn and a Series C startup, Carilu brings a unique perspective to leadership, operational excellence and work-life balance.

Carilu was recently the CMO of Classy, a high-growth startup providing online fundraising software to nonprofits. Previous to Classy, Carilu was the Head of Corporate Marketing at Atlassian, the team collaboration software company behind Jira and Confluence. Carilu was brought into Atlassian to reposition the tech unicorn from a “developer tools provider” to a “collaboration platform for all.” She built out the team, processes and brand that helped propel the company to an incredibly successful IPO. Prior to Atlassian, Carilu was Senior Director of Awareness Advertising for Oracle where she wrote front page ads in the Wall Street Journal and spent $40M per year on global ads in airports, print and digital. She also ran Oracle’s sports marketing including America’s Cup and the Warriors’ Oracle Arena.

Carilu sits on the board of Pledge 1%, a nonprofit she co-founded in 2014 to encourage entrepreneurs to focus on both company growth and giving.

Carilu has intimate compassion for work-a-holics, overachievers and perfectionists who love what they do but also want to find more flow, balance and connection.

Alan Gellman, founder of Convivo Leadership, is an executive coach who works with leaders and their teams. His mission is to help successful people succeed more, increasing long-term joy and impact for themselves, their teams and their organizations. He has coached C-level executives as well as those at the VP and director level. He has also coached startups, non-profit leaders and a Pulitzer Prize-winning best-selling author.

His 30 year career in marketing and general management spanned multiple industries including financial services, insurance, health care and consumer packaged goods. He held senior roles in enterprises ranging in size from Wells Fargo to a startup where he built a new brand identity and which he helped significantly scale during his tenure. When he was Chief Marketing Officer at Esurance, Business Insider named him one of the 50 Most Innovative CMOs in the World, and his team won the Super Bowl “Hashtag Bowl,” according to Forbes.

He serves on the North American Advisory Board of the CMO Council; is a Fellow on the Future of Money Project at the Center for the Digital Future, part of the USC Annenberg School of Communications; and serves on the Board of Directors of Pact, An Adoption Alliance. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rochester’s Simon School.

Alan has a passion and talent for developing people to be their best. He is married with two children in the San Francisco Bay area and loves cycling and hiking in the Bay area hills.

Knight was Chief Marketing Officer for Taco Bell from 1999 to 2001.

Kip began his career at Burke Marketing Research and has worked in 65 countries during his 37-year career. He spent 10 years in brand management at Procter & Gamble and 10 years in PepsiCo’s international restaurant division, where he served as General Manager of North Latin America and the first head of marketing for KFC International.

Knight worked at eBay, the world’s largest e-commerce site. He was vice-president of marketing for eBay, North America. He was also responsible for managing eBay Canada, the leading e-commerce site in Canada. He was the first head of International Marketing and served as Regional Vice President for eBay International for Latin America, Australia and Taiwan.

Knight joined H&R Block in 2012 and served as president of U.S. Retail Operations. In addition, he served as president of H&R Block International.

He currently serves as an Independent Director for 5.11 Tactical, the global category leader in the tactical clothing category.

Knight is the founder of the U.S. Marketing Communication College (USMCC), a pro bono organization which works with the State Department to train diplomats on marketing strategy and implementation. Kip has worked with the National Security Council and State Department since 2008 in developing CVE strategies and training, including ways to deal with the emergence and growth of “fake news”.

Knight earned his Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Louisiana State University (recognized as one of LSU’s Alumni of the Year in 2007) and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati. He has two sons. He and his wife Peggy live in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Jennifer Leuer is a senior operating executive and board member with more than 20 years of experience, focusing on launching, scaling and optimizing digital and SaaS businesses. Jennifer has led both B2C and B2B organizations, driving vision and strategy through creating high performing teams and prioritizing customer needs. She brings expertise in business transformation, M&A transactions and integration, leadership, and creation of intentional culture. Jennifer also brings corporate governance experience from her private and public board roles.

Jennifer’s most recent operating role was CEO of CyberScout, a global provider of identity and cyber defense services. She also served on its Board of Directors. She and her fantastic leadership team reinvigorated the business’ growth before she negotiated the company’s sale to private equity in 2021.

Prior to that, Jennifer held a variety of roles during two tenures with Experian (LSE: EXPN), including President of Experian Partner Solutions. She returned that B2B2C business to growth by reorienting the vision and strategy, overhauling service delivery globally and leading a transformative acquisition. While at Experian, she also launched ProtectMyID and later helped scale the Consumer Services business while leading product, membership and acquisition integration. Jennifer gained real estate transaction experience at Auction.com, where she launch the consumer residential business as General Manager and went on to scale the commercial real estate group there.

Jennifer is an Independent Director for BigRentz, a private equity backed company that is the largest equipment rental organization in the U.S. She is a member of the Audit and Strategy committees. Jennifer also served on the board of Collectors Universe (NASDAQ: CLCT), the leading provider of grading and authentication services. She joined during negotiations with an activist investor and had the unique opportunity of serving during the sale of the company. She was a member of the Strategy and Compensation committees.

Jennifer also serves on the Executive Committee of Octane, a nonprofit focused on connecting people, resources and capital to bring technology jobs to Southern California.

Jennifer earned her MBA from University of California Irvine Paul Merage School of Business and her BA in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. She is also a graduate of the College of Executive Coaching’s Intensive Coach Training Program. Jennifer is pursuing her Directorship Certification through the National Association of Corporate Directors and is also a member of Women Corporate Directors.

Chief Marketing Officer, Farmers Group, Inc.

Mike Linton has been in marketing and general management for over 30 years. After graduating from Bowling Green State University and Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, he began his career in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble in 1980. He went on to Progressive Insurance, James River Paper Company and Remington in various Marketing and General Management positions. In 1999, Mike moved to Best Buy where he became its first ever Chief Marketing Officer responsible for all marketing, brand management, research, customer relationship management, call centers, the internal advertising agency and public and investor relations. In late 2006 he moved to eBay, first in general management as the Senior Vice President of eBay Motors, Canada, Half.com and eBay Stores and then as the CMO. He left eBay in early 2009 and consulted for a number of companies while writing for Forbes.com. In 2010, he joined a Silicon Valley start-up, and was recruited to Farmers Insurance in October 2011 as its Chief Marketing Officer. His responsibilities include marketing, research, internal and external communications, the customer experience function and the company’s digital and mobile efforts.

Linton is on the Board of Directors of The Wine Group and Medical Solutions and advises a number of early stage companies. He previously served as a Director of Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Capella Education, support.com and the Allen Edmonds Shoe Company (private equity). During his board service he has chaired both the Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.

Mike was named by Promotion Magazine as a Marketer of the Year in 2004 and by Ad Age as one of the most influential 30 marketers in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He was named one of the 50 Most Innovative CMO’s in the World and Think L.A. Client of the year in 2017, has won 4 Effies and has been a speaker at numerous conferences. He is a charter member of the Marketing-50, was elected to the Retail Advertising Hall of Fame in 2008, rang the opening bell at the NYSE and has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, the Boyden Leadership Series, Wine & Spirits, Advertising Age and Promo Magazine. Mike’s hobbies include biking, travel, wine, and reading. He and his wife Deb live in Northern California and have two grown children and two Rhodesian Ridgebacks.

Bob has played a key role in building two media firms that are ranked in the top 50 worldwide. Most recently, he was involved in building an 800-person firm, W2O Group, which is centered on algorithms, machine-learning and innovative media models that lead to insights-driven marketing communications
campaigns. He has served as Chief Technology Officer, President and Vice-Chairman.

Prior to W2O Group, Bob worked as VP of Communities and Conversations at Dell to develop the Fortune 500’s first global social media function—an industry-leading approach to the use of social media, as highlighted in the best seller, GroundSwell. Before Dell, Bob was Head of Global Corporate Communications and Head of
Global Pharma Communications at Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Basel, Switzerland, where he served on the Pharma Executive Committee and he held the role of Vice President of Media and Public Affairs for Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (now Sanofi).

He is an author, frequent speaker and blogger on digital marketing, as well as an adjunct professor at Syracuse University and The University of Texas McCombs School, where he is teaching a new course on digital media models. He is a Visiting Scholar at The University of Southern California, where he has designed a new graduate-level class that is focused on emerging analytics and digital models. Bob is also a guest lecturer at the U.S. State Department’s Marketing College with a focus on digital media and how to counter disinformation and extremism. He works in a digital media capacity as a contractor for OTI/USAID and the U.S. Agency for Global Media.

He has written two digital media books (PreCommerce and Storytizing) based on key learning’s from the firm’s work with innovative companies and individuals. Bob’s third book, Countering Hate, explores how bias, hate and extremism forms and how we can counter it. His fourth book, Crafting Persuasion, was written with Kip Knight & Ed Tazzia about their learning’s in teaching companies and diplomats how to tell their story effectively. Bob is currently working on his first novel (a technology thriller).

Bob currently serves on the board of Vetted.org (vice-chair), as an advisor for several media software companies and as CEO of the MedicAlert Foundation. Bob resides in Austin, Texas.

Susan is a partner and co-owner of ChangeCast, a boutique organizational development firm founded in 2009 and specializing in organizational change and transformation for Marketing and creatively driven organizations and their leaders. Her work includes both executive coaching (1:1 and team) and organizational development consulting.

Previously, Susan spent over 18 years in marketing. Her prior roles include serving as Chief Marketing Officer for Old Navy and Executive Vice President and Co-Leader of Account Management at Leo Burnett, where she earned Advertising Age’s “Women to Watch” honor. At both companies, Susan served on the Executive Leadership Teams.

Susan has a lifelong passion for transformational work – at the leadership, team and organizational levels. Her work draws on vast and varied experiences in corporate leadership, marketing as a function, and human & systems change. She has experience across multiple sectors – e.g., consumer goods, retail, fashion & beauty, financial services, high-tech and non-profit.

Susan received her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and BA from Dartmouth College. She is a certified Executive and team/systems Coach (CTI’s CPCC certification plus Organizational & Relationship Systems Coaching training at CRR Global). In addition, she is an ordained Interfaith Chaplain. A Chicago native, she has lived in San Francisco since 2003 with her wife, Diane.

Zwiers began her career at Procter & Gamble in 1980 in brand management. In her decade of working in CPG, she also worked at Tambrands, Inc. (formerly Tampax Inc.) and Heinz Pet Products.

In 1990, she joined Mattel and rose to Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for the Barbie® brand. She was responsible for a brand representing 80% Mattel’s profits and led her team to reach its highest peak ever in financial performance. She ultimately became General Manager of the Girls Toys division for Mattel.

She founded her consulting firm, Funosophy, Inc., in 2000 with 60+ independent contractors. Her company had over 200 clients, from start-ups to large multi-nationals, including Disney, Hasbro, Leapfrog and other leading companies. Her clients appreciated Nancy’s strategic thought leadership and her ability to help them significantly grow their businesses.

In 2015, Nancy joined Spin Master, Inc. to become EVP/CMO at Spin Master, the world’s fourth largest toy and children’s entertainment company, and makers of Paw Patrol® and Hatchimals® brands. She led the company’s eight global business units and helped drive +80% growth during her 3+ years.

Helping people learn and grow is Nancy’s purpose and passion. As Executive Board member of Women in Toys, Licensing, and Entertainment, she has been Co-Chair of the Empowerment Committee (and Empowerment Day, established in partnership with Walmart). As an industry thought leader and female role mode, Zwiers has received numerous awards and accolades, including Entrepreneur of the Year, Inventor of the Year, and the prestigious 2018 Mentorship Award. Zwiers has served on the Toy Association Board of Directors and has volunteered as a CASA mentor as well as a faculty member for the US Marketing Communication College serving the U.S. State Department.

Nancy earned a BS in Marketing at the University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champagne and worked on a Masters in Organizational Psychology at Columbia University in NYC.