David Schweidel

Professor of Marketing · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Analytics and Big Data Marketing Intelligence Social Media Customer Valuation Customer Relationship Management

Jim Signorelli

CEO/Chairman · ESW Partners/StoryLab

Understanding how stories work can help marketers, advertisers and sales people become powerfully persuasive.

Persuasion Marketing Advertising Entertaining Story

Jay Samit

CEO · SocialVibe

Top Industry expert on how Brands can leverage Social Media

Social Media Roi Engaging the Consumer Secrets of Successful Brands in Social Media

My (Myla) Bui, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration · Loyola Marymount University

Neuroplasticity Social Marketing Public Policies Promoting Consumer Wellness Nutritional Labeling Healthcare Management & Innovation

Anna McAlister

Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations · Michigan State University

Anna McAlister is a consumer behavior expert.

Developmental Psychology Consumer Behavior advertising to children Food and Nutrition

Woochoel Shin

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Woochoel Shin is an expert in online advertising, media platforms, online reviews, as well as distribution channels and store brands.

Distribution Channels Media Platforms Competitive Product Policy Internet Advertising Advertising Strategy

Beth Fossen

Assistant Professor of Marketing · Indiana University, Kelley School of Business

Beth Fossen is an expert in the areas of advertising, social media, online word-of-mouth, and political marketing.

Marketing Strategy Online Word-of-Mouth Marketing Advertising Social Media Political Marketing

Kurt Ribisl, Ph.D.

Program Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control Program; Co-Director, Cancer Control Education Program; Professor, Health Behavior, Cancer Prevention and Control · UNC at Chapel Hill

Kurt Ribisl’s primary research interest is improving the reach of population-level efforts to reduce tobacco use, with emphasis on policy.

Tobacco Regulatory Science Public Health Community Outreach Global Health Qualitative Research

Zsolt Katona

Cheryl and Christian Valentine Associate Professor · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Social Networks Search Advertising Online Marketing Network Economics

David Guarino

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Advanced Photography · Farmingdale State College

Professor Guarino is an award-winning photographer specializing in advertising. He has taught at Farmingdale since 2011.

Photoshop Lighting

Avi Savar

Founding Partner · Big Fuel

Founder and Chairman of Big Fuel. Inaugural Cannes Lions Branded Content Jury President. Sought-after industry spokesperson and author.

Branded Content Original Programming for Broadcast & Web Brand Strategy Marketing and Content Creation Social Media & Branding

Barry Cohen

Managing Member · AdLab Media Communications, LLC

Author & Workshop presenter at trade shows & conferences nationwide

Effective Creative & Media Strategies Thought Leadership & Authorship Business Startups

Philippa White

Founder and CEO · The International Exchange

I believe in the power of business and leadership to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.

Intrapreneurship (Corporate Entrepreneurship) Cultural Intelligence & Intercultural Competence Sustainability Innovation Leadership

Andrea Benoit

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) · Western University

Dr. Benoit's research interests include advertising, branding, consumer culture, and the commodification of social causes

Branding Commodification of Social Causes HIV/AIDS Awareness Advertising Theory and History Promotional Culture

Tyrha Lindsey-Warren

Clinical Assistant Professor of Marketing · Baylor University

Dr. Tyrha Lindsey-Warren studies consumer behavior and attitudes, multicultural media & advertising, movies and entertainment

Public Relations Edutainment Film & Television Development Marketing & Advertising Consumer Behavior

Karen Dill-Shackleford, PhD

Doctoral Faculty - Media Psychology · Fielding Graduate University

Media violence; Fandom and the construction of meaning from media; Media, race and gender.

Media Psychology Media Effects Social Psychology Gender Race

Leah Goold-Haws

Global Trade & Logistics - Deputy Sector Navigator · Doing What Matters - California Community Colleges

Global Trade & Logistics - Deputy Sector Navigator at Doing What Matters - California Community Colleges

Marketing Strategy Development Brand Assessment Global Trade & Logistics Global Micro-Enterprise Curriculum Development

Gareth James

John H. Harland Dean and Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management · Emory University, Goizueta Business School

Data is the sword of the 21st century, those who wield it well, the Samurai. -Jonathan Rosenberg, adviser to Larry Page & former Google SVP

Statistical Problems in Marketing Functional Data Analysis Statistical Methodology High Dimensional Regression

Peter Krapp

Professor, Film & Media Studies · UC Irvine

Expertise in: Secret communications & cryptologic history; cultural memory and media history; history of computing & simulations

Media History Cultural Memory Aesthetic Communication Cryptologic History Secret Communications

Lance Gentry

Professor of Business · University of Mary Washington

Dr. Gentry has been surveying and evaluating respondents since 1993

Market Research Data Analysis Qualitative Research Product Management Focus Groups