Simone Giertz
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Swan Sit
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From corporate to creator, Swan Sit was the Global Head of Digital Marketing at Nike, Estée Lauder and Revlon. She’s now a creator on Clubhouse with 3.7 million followers, with Forbes dubbing her “the Queen of Clubhouse.” She also is a public Board Director at Edgewell and Novabay, an advisor at AF Ventures and the AFAQ SPAC, advisor to numerous Web3 companies, and Co-Founder and CMO of Ani Energy, an energy drink launched by TikTok stars Josh Richards and Bryce Hall.
Rachel Tipograph
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Rachel Tipograph considered herself amongst the digerati since the moment she became an eBay power user at 13. Forbes listed Rachel as one of its “30 under 30 Who Are Changing The World,” Marie Claire named her one of “The 50 Most Influential Women in America,” Fast Company named her one of “The Most Creative People in Business, AdAge named her one of “The Most Creative People of The Year,” AdWeek named her one of “The Young Influentials Shaping Business and Culture,” Entrepreneur named her one of the “50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs,” Inc named her to the “Female Founders 100,” Business Insider named her one of “New York Tech’s Coolest People,” Refinery29 named her one of its “Rising Female Tech Stars,” The Wrap named her one of “The 11 Change Agents Disrupting Hollywood,” and LinkedIn named her one of its “Next Wave: Top Professionals 35 & Under.” After being the Global Director of Digital and Social Media at Gap where she oversaw strategy, implementation and measurement, Rachel traveled the world for 100 days and then founded MikMak, an eCommerce marketing platform for multi-channel brands.
Kerri Walsh Jennings
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Laura Gassner Otting
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Christina Tosi
Christina Tosi the two-time James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Milk Bar, with bakery locations across the country, an online care package business, and products in the aisles of the grocery store. She served as a judge on Fox’s Masterchef Junior, host of Netflix’s Bake Squad, and was featured in the hit Netflix docu-series Chef’s Table: Pastry. She is author of the New York Times Best Seller, All About Cookies as well as All About Cake, Momofuku Milk Bar, Milk Bar Life, Milk Bar: Kids Only, Dessert Can Save the World, and for children, Every Cake Has a Story and Just the Right Cake.
Avery Akkineni
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A pioneer in digital marketing and innovation, Avery Akkineni spearheads brand strategy, content, events, and communications as Chief Marketing Officer at VaynerX.
In six years at VaynerX, Avery has catalyzed exponential growth by launching new companies and leading international expansion. She built VaynerMedia APAC from the ground up to over 150 employees in two years, opened key Asia Pacific markets like Singapore, Bangkok, Sydney, and Tokyo. During her tenure, VaynerMedia APAC was awarded Marketing Interactive’s Agency of the Year.
In 2021, Avery founded Vayner3, an innovation consultancy focused on emerging technologies like AI and Web3. Under her leadership, Vayner3 achieved significant industry acclaim, and she was named an Ad Age Web3 Trailblazer, and an AI Thought Leader by Business Insider. Her proven ability to identify and leverage leading-edge channels to drive growth for Vayner and her brand partners has landed Avery recognition on advisory boards of top platforms including Salesforce’s AI Council, Meta’s Creative Council, and Tracer.
Based in Miami, FL overseeing VaynerX’s regional presence, Avery continues to push boundaries in marketing. She is a sought-after speaker on modern marketing and digital innovation, who empowers teams and companies to embrace new opportunities.
Claude Silver
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Claude Silver, the world’s first Chief Heart Officer at VaynerX, believes that showing up with heart and humanity is the key to unlocking greatness in people. She sees it as her job to infuse empathy into every aspect of the organization. As a speaker, podcaster, industry trend setter, and LinkedIn influencer, she’s now inspiring other leaders to do the same.
With Claude as Chief Heart Officer, Vayner has grown from 400 people to a global team of 2000 with offices in nine countries, and she helped lead VaynerMedia, its foundational company, to be named the Breakthrough Media Agency of 2022 by AdWeek. She has proven that empathy plays a role in fueling growth and she does everything she can to make each and every human feels safe, seen, valued, and included, and to ensure every leader takes a hard look at how they are showing up and the environment they are creating.
At a young age, Claude was repeatedly told she thinks too much with her heart — something she has now learned is her superpower and has evolved into what she calls “emotional optimism,” a concept that is key to her heart-first leadership style. A graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies, a cofounder of an outdoor adventure and surf company in San Francisco (where she was in the cold Pacific Ocean coaching 275 days a year), an Outward Bound instructor (who spent 93 days living in the wilderness at age 19 and had the epiphany that it was up to her to show up and change the narrative of her life), and a former global advertising executive at JWT London, JWT San Francisco, Publicis London, and others, Claude brings years of training in transpersonal psychology, positive psychology, and the study of Buddhist and other spiritual traditions to ground her leadership style with her trademark ability to create change through action.
Claude has received the Campaign US’s “Female Frontier Award” and AdWeek’s “Changing the Game Award” and speaks at major national and international conferences and corporate events. She has been interviewed on dozens of leading podcasts and quoted or featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., and the Wall Street Journal.
She lives in the New York City area with her wife and two young daughters and (still) loves snowboarding, road trips, listening to ‘80s music and Trance (Loud!), and spending time with friends.
Dominique Dawes
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BIO: Owner of the Dominique Dawes Gymnastics & Ninja Academies, Dominique opened the gyms to continue her commitment to developing a healthy and compassionate culture in the sport of gymnastics. Her first academy opened in the midst of a global pandemic, July 2020 and her second location opened in 2023. Dawes also holds minority ownership of the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League, and served as the co-chair of the President’s Council for Fitness, Sports and Nutrition under the Obama administration alongside Drew Brees. Alongside LeBron James and Maverick Carter, she recently served as Executive Producer of the Peacock docu-series “Golden”, the journey of USA’s elite gymnasts on the road to the Tokyo Olympics, which has been nominated for a Sports Emmy.
Dawes holds her degree from the University of Maryland and was inducted into UMD’s prestigious Hall of Fame in 2022 . In 2024, her hometown of Montgomery County, Maryland will honor her career and legacy with a life size statue to continue inspiring the next generation to follow in her footsteps.
As a wife, mother of four, Olympian and business owner, Dominique Dawes has transcended the world of sports, politics, entertainment and culture.
Amy Landino
Amy Landino is the bestselling author of Good Morning Good Life and award-winning host of the massively popular YouTube series AmyTV. As founder of GATLUW (pronounced “GAT-loo”) House, and with her new book, 365 Days of Good Morning Good Life (arriving January 2023), she continues to shine bright in the world of business, marketing and entrepreneurship. Amy inspires ambitious women around the world to chase their full-time freedom and go after the life they want. It all started when Amy dropped out of college during the 2008 financial crisis. Now, not many folks would have taken that path, but Amy knew that what was ahead of her could not only change her life, but help change others as well. When her creative juices began to flow, YouTube and speaking to so many others with a connection that was needed, she found her passion. That passion brought skills, knowledge and inspiration to everyone around her. For over a decade, Amy has been a leading authority on getting digital attention and has been trusted by global brands including Adobe, Oracle, Audible, Twitter, Skillshare, Linkedin, Facebook, YouTube, Intuit Quickbooks, Wonderful Pistachios, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and many more. In her second book, Good Morning Good Life, Amy shares the importance of starting every day on your terms. Discover how to master your mornings with the 3 Ms: Movement, Mindfulness and Mastery, so that you can upgrade your life. And no, you don’t have to be a morning person to do it! In her newest book, 365 Days of Good Morning Good Life, Amy offers the advice you need to get in the right mindset necessary for taking on the day’s challenges. An internationally renowned motivational speaker, Amy travels worldwide to teach businesses how to leverage digital tools to promote a positive image that uplifts and motivates their communities. Her work has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and has been featured by prestigious publications such as Business Insider, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Reach out to Amy directly on Instagram & Twitter, @Schmittastic, or find more information at amylandino.com.
