Meet Your Guest speAkers
FEATURING RAY DAY, ATTICA ALEXIS JAQUES, BENNIE F. JOHNSON, PRIYA KRISHNAN, DAN MORIARTY, JESSICA MURPHY, JUSTIN NORMAN, LYNN TEO, AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
The Executive Marketer Summit is thrilled to feature prestigious guest speakers consisting of industry experts from renowned organizations. With unparalleled expertise and visionary insights, these esteemed individuals will help attendees reshape their understanding of today's dynamic landscape.
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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.
Bennie F. Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Marketing Association. AMA is the largest community-based marketing association in the world, trusted by marketing and sales professionals to help them discover industry trends. AMA’s community of local chapters spans more than 70 cities and 320 college campuses throughout North America. AMA is home to award-winning content, PCM® professional certification, five premiere academic journals, and industry-leading live and virtual training events.
He most recently served as the Executive Director of AIGA, the largest professional association for design. AIGA grows the power of design as a professional craft, strategic advantage, business driver and catalyst for positive impact. While at AIGA, Bennie hosted the acclaimed Design Adjacent podcast and the design leadership fireside chat series from 2020 to 2022.
Currently, he serves on the Board of Overseers for Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies, as a Trustee of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and is a former Board Chair of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum. Bennie is also a special advisor to the People’s Graphic Design Archive.
Bennie thrives on the connections between marketing, technology, education and innovation. With experience in strategic and consumer marketing, brand management and innovation management, he is drawn to opportunities that allow him to lead and create new modes for business engagement. He has broad experience growing brands, businesses and organizations with a special focus on venture launch and brand relaunch business environments.
Bennie graduated from Yale University with a B.A. and from Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies with a M.S., Strategic Communications.
Priya Krishnan
CHIEF DIGITAL AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER
BRIGHT HORIZONS
CHIEF DIGITAL AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER
BRIGHT HORIZONS
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.
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.
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Jessica Murphy oversees Integrated Campaign Planning for the Global Marketing team at Hasbro, managing a process and team to ensure that campaign strategies are aligned with KPIs and integrated across consumer touchpoints for all brands in the portfolio. Based in New York, Jessica and her team work cross-functionally, delivering winning brand campaigns for such hit properties as Monopoly, Transformers, Furby, Peppa Pig, Baby Alive, Nerf and more. Since joining Hasbro via eOne in 2021, she’s launched several titles on Netflix in the Kids Top 10 across the Americas and Pacific region and led PR campaigns for new content n the US garnering billions of impressions. With a focus on engaging kids and caregivers where they are, Jessica strives to stretch Hasbro’s brands onto emerging platforms, ground them in purpose, and place them at the forefront of popular culture.
Prior to joining Hasbro, Jessica worked in a variety of senior marketing roles, including VP of Brand Marketing at Nickelodeon, where she oversaw the launch of Paw Patrol and the TMNT reboot. She then moved to VP of Consumer Products Marketing at ViacomCBS (now Paramount), where she launched new CP-focused social channels, spearheaded successful product launch campaigns and oversaw multiple Big Bet entertainment programs at Walmart, among other accomplishments.
She has a degree from Boston University and sits on the Hasbro Transformation Committee, and on the Board of Directors for her local YWCA chapter.
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Lynn Teo is the Chief Marketing Officer of Northwestern Mutual. Her responsibilities encompass brand strategy, product marketing, field and customer experience marketing, digital marketing, marketing technology, operations, and consumer insights/market research. She is a data-driven and revenue-centric tech sector marketing executive specializing in driving growth for the enterprise through the buildout of modern marketing capabilities.
Ms. Teo joined Northwestern Mutual in September 2022. In her 24 years in industry, she has led digital transformation initiatives in a broad range of industries: advertising, publishing, education, retail, finance, travel, and health.
She is a seasoned international executive who has lived and worked in the US, Europe, and Asia during her career. From 2014 – 2018, Lynn assumed roles as VP Digital Marketing and Head of Marketing (Asia Pacific & Japan) at CA Technologies. From 2018 – 2021, Lynn expanded her scope of responsibilities as VP (CMO) of Global Marketing and Customer Experience at Wolters Kluwer Health. Before joining Northwestern Mutual, Lynn served as the CMO of three lines of business at Thomson Reuters.
Ms. Teo received her Honors BA degree from the National University of Singapore and an MA in Professional Writing (Information and Online/Interaction Design) from Carnegie Mellon University.
Lynn enjoys international travel, experiencing new cultures and cuisines, and hiking in the National Parks across the US.
Ms. Teo joined Northwestern Mutual in September 2022. In her 24 years in industry, she has led digital transformation initiatives in a broad range of industries: advertising, publishing, education, retail, finance, travel, and health.
She is a seasoned international executive who has lived and worked in the US, Europe, and Asia during her career. From 2014 – 2018, Lynn assumed roles as VP Digital Marketing and Head of Marketing (Asia Pacific & Japan) at CA Technologies. From 2018 – 2021, Lynn expanded her scope of responsibilities as VP (CMO) of Global Marketing and Customer Experience at Wolters Kluwer Health. Before joining Northwestern Mutual, Lynn served as the CMO of three lines of business at Thomson Reuters.
Ms. Teo received her Honors BA degree from the National University of Singapore and an MA in Professional Writing (Information and Online/Interaction Design) from Carnegie Mellon University.
Lynn enjoys international travel, experiencing new cultures and cuisines, and hiking in the National Parks across the US.