2024 Speakers

2024 Speakers

Matt Turner

Social Media Specialist, National Park Service

Kathy Baird

Chief Communications Officer, The Washington Post

Martha Boudreau

Executive Vice President and Chief Communications & Marketing Officer AARP

Onney Crawley

CMO, Goodwill Industries International

Trovon C. Williams

SVP, Marketing and Communications, NAACP

Trisch Smith

Global Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Edelman

Daniel Allott

Chief Opinion Editor, The Hill

Michael Vanderhoof

Digital Product Director, Charles Schwab

Greg Kihlström

Best-selling author, speaker, and entrepreneur

Brian Reed

CMO, Appdome

Josh Morton

VP, Head of Corporate Communications, Nestlé North America

Larry Weber

Founder & Chairman, Racepoint Global

Scott Stanzel

Chief Communications Officer, Truist Financial Corporation

Lydia Sermons

Chief Communications Officer, Howard University

Jeff Greenfield

CEO, Provalytics

Mia Libby

SVP of Enterprise Sales, Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal

Colby Proffitt

VP of Marketing, Shift5

Tommi Marsans

Associate Director Marketing Technology Strategist, Verizon Business Group

Ted Moon

Founder, Pathfinder Interactive

Katie Jacobs

Senior Director of Media Strategies, American Institute of Architects

Colleen Gallagher

President and CEO, OnWrd & UpWrd

Mark Listes

CEO, Pendulum Intelligence

Jeffrey Wolinsky

Publisher, Federal News Network

Troy Blackwell

Deputy Chief Communications Officer, USPTO

Joseph Ferguson

TikTok Host and Producer, The Washington Post

Stephanie Geiger

CEO and Founder, Geiger Consulting Group

Mike Kapetanovic

President, GrowthLab

Tuesday Poliak

Chief Creative Officer, RP3 Agency

Anne Austin Strader

Director of SEO, Silverback Strategies

Tim Alexander

Social Media and Influencer Marketing Strategist

Tisa Sinclair

Director of Social Response, AARP

Brandon Clark

Vice President Marketing & Communications, Washington Spirit

Gretchen Carswell

President, AAF DC

Mark Listes

CEO, Pendulum Intelligence

Dan Hinckley

Co-Founder, Go Fish Digital, An Agital Company

Denise Kennedy

Founder, Anthology

Sharon Reis

Principal, The Reis Group

Sean O’Leary

Vice President, SDI

Alyssa Pettus

Director of External Communications, Leidos

Moe Chughtai

Head of Advanced TV at MiQ

Josh Wilson

Executive Director of External Communication, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Terry Carr

Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, HUD

Brian Chidester

Head of Industry Strategy - Public Sector Head of Industry Strategy - Public Sector, Adobe

Francis Lyons

CEO, ooPoll

Cassandra de la Cruz Oshinnaiye

Director, Multicultural Communications, ICF

David Rochkind

Founder and CEO, GROUND

Larry Parnell

Fellow, PR and Communications, George Washington University

Nancy McNee Newell

Head of Strategic Alliances & Marketing Experiences, Adobe

Stephen Ellis

Director, Public Sector Product Marketing – Global Defense, ServiceNow

Morgan Roth

CMO, Muscular Dystrophy Association

Michael Tirone

Senior Vice President, Digital, Powell Tate

Adam Zuckerman

Founder, Buried in Work

Imani Greene

Founder/Principal, AAmplify.MEDIA

Doug Simon

CEO, D S Simon Media

Brittaney Bethea

Vice President, Public Health, CMRignite

Josie Smoot

Sr. Director of US Public Sector Marketing, Zscaler

Dr. Walker Tisdale III

Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA

Tory Hairston

Founding Partner, Meraki Communications Group

Maureen Beddis

SVP, American Gaming Association

David Ostroff

Creative Director, ICF Next

Laura Pair

Chief Business Officer, 4media Group

Sarah Lovenheim

VP External Relations, AARP

Jeffrey Davis

Founder, J. Davis Public Relations

Marley Rosario

CEO and Founding Partner, MJV

Alyssa Rosenberg

Letters and Community editor, The Washington Post

Jessy Tolkan

President, CEO of Drive Agency

Lisa Chensvold

SVP of Strategic Communications, Opportunity Finance Network

Alex Love

VP of Marketing and Communications, RIVA Solutions

Robin Bectel

SVP, Public Relations, REQ

LaShawn Douglas

Account Director, CMRignite

Daisy Thornton

Digital Managing Editor, Federal News Network

Lynne Kingsley

VP, Marketing and Strategic Services, Ironmark

Airen Washington

Founder, Airen Washington Creative LLC

Steve Lewis

Digital Media Solutions Consultant, Adobe Public Sector

Josh Greene

CEO, The Mather Group

Nick Wakeman

Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology

Trenholm Boggs

Principal, Korn Ferry

Sonya Gavankar McKay

Director of Digital Strategy, Axiom Space

Micha Green

Managing Editor, Washington Informer

Megan Battaglia

VP of Marketing, ThunderCat Technology