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Past Speakers

Bringing exceptional speakers to the Triangle is one of the AMA Triangle’s core missions. In the past few years, we’ve had the privilege to welcome some of marketing’s greatest thinkers, strategists and authors to our stage. Some of our past speakers include:

  • Steve Gavatorta, President, Steve Gavatora Group, Inc.
  • Luke Goetting, Event Keynote Speaker, Puffingston Presentations
  • Peter Shankman, Founder, ShankMinds Business Masterminds & Help A Reporter Out

  • Noreen Allen, CMO, Bandwidth
  • Susan Amey, CMO, Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Mary-Ann Baldwin, Vice President / Executive Director, Holt Brothers, Inc.
  • Eric Boggs, Founder, Argyle Social
  • Jeffrey Bowman, Co-Founder and CEO, REFRAME
  • Christopher Butler, COO, Newfangled
  • Lucy Caldwell, Founder, Mockingbird Lab
  • Linh Calhoun, CMO, Replacements, Ltd.
  • Daniella Gray, Owner, DG Marketing Company
  • Brett Jewkes, CCO, NASCAR
  • Sophia Hitchcock, Owner / Lead Producer, SOMO Studios
  • Sallyann Hulick, CMO, BSA LifeStructures
  • Brian Irish, Vice President, Marketing, Bell and Howell
  • Yogi Jashnani, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Insights & Analytics, Advance Auto Parts
  • Jeff Jones, CMO, Target
  • Katy Jones, Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, FoodLogiQ
  • Jason Keath, Founder + CEO, Social Fresh
  • Kim Kitchings, Senior Vice President, Consumer Marketing, Cotton Incorporated
  • Devon Kelley, Vice President of Client Services, Method Savvy
  • Russ Klein, CEO, American Marketing Association
  • Daniel Lemin, Co-Founder and CMO, Selectivor
  • Chris Leone, CMO, WebStrategies
  • Layla Masri, Vice President, Digital Innovation, Yes& Agency
  • Chris Moody, Vice President of Marketing, Compendium
  • Dan Moore, CMO, The Redwoods Group
  • Greg Ng, CMO, Brooks Bell
  • Betty Noonan, Executive Consultant for women-owned businesses,
  • Michael Schinelli, CMO, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
  • Joe Schmidt, CMO, Cafepress
  • Amanda Slavin, Founder & CEO, CatalystCreativ
  • Hillary Sutton, CEO, HSL Digital
  • Millie Tan, CMO, Quintiles
  • Donald Thompson, CEO, Walk West
  • Doug Warf, CMO, MDO Holdings
  • Maria Bartolome Winans, CMO, IBM North America and Canada
  • Lindsay Wrege, Chief Executive Officer, 321 Coffee

  • Tim Allen, Partner, Director of Design, Microsoft
  • Aaron Draplin, Founder, Draplin Design Co.
  • Gert Garman, Global Creative Development Manager, Disney
  • Mark Garrison, Founder and Executive Producer, dash
  • Amber Naslund, Content, LinkedIn
  • Eddie Opara, Partner-in-Charge, Creative Director, Pentagram
  • Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute
  • Mig Reyes, Director, Product Design, Sprout Social

  • Jenny Adams , Sr. Solutions Consultant, Marketo
  • Jay Baer, President, Convince and Convert
  • Michael Aaron Bepko, Global Online Community Manager, Whole Foods
  • Kipp Bodnar, Director of Marketing, HubSpot
  • Douglas Burdett, Principal and Founder, ARTILLERY
  • Evan Carroll, President, Attended Events
  • Jeffrey L. Cohen, Founder, SocialMediaB2B.com
  • Joe Comm, Live Video Marketing Expert, Joe Comm, Inc.
  • Mara Craft, Director of Sales, Raleigh Convention Center
  • Gilad de Vries, Senior Vice President, Outbrain
  • Jess Ekstrom, Founder, Headbands of Hope
  • Matt Fanelli, SVP Digital Sales and Operations Executive, MNI Media
  • Loren Gold, Executive Vice President, Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitor's Bureau
  • Josh Golden, Senior Vice President & Sr Creative Director, Yes& Agency
  • Chuck Hemann, Group Director – Analytics, WCG
  • Jason Hibbets, Community Manager, Opensource.com (Red Hat)
  • Hank Hoffmeier, Sr. Manager, Client Solutions, iContact
  • Doug Holroyd, Founder , The Norgay Group
  • Philip Jones, Director of Social Media, UNC Chapel Hill
  • Spike Jones, Managing Director - SVP - Digital, Edelman
  • Avinash Kaushik, Analytics Evangelist, Google
  • William Lewis, Executive Director, PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music
  • Sonja Likness, Director of Social Media and Content Strategy, Duke University
  • Candice Lyna, Director of Design And Development, Go Fish Digital
  • Carmel McDonagh, Sr. Vice President, Account Management, Yes& Agency
  • Derrick Minor , Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager, City of Raleigh, NC
  • Amber Naslund, Co-Founder and President, SideraWorks
  • Marcus Nelson, CEO & Founder, Addvocate
  • Mark O’Brien, CEO, Newfangled
  • Kelly O’Brien, Director – Interactive – Digital – Social, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
  • Rebecca Quinn-Wolf, SVP, Director, Client & Community Relations, PNC
  • Sarah Rassi, Director, Yes& Agency
  • Cara Rosseau, Social Media Manager, Duke University
  • Elizabeth Ruf, Account Executive, Walk West
  • Karl Sakas, Agency Consultant & Executive Coach, Sakas & Company
  • Scott Stratten, Unmarketing
  • Drew Sykes, Director of Social Media, NC State
  • David B. Thomas, Senior Director of Content and Community, Salesforce
  • Jim Tobin, Founder, Ignite Social Media
  • Billy Warden, Co-Founder, GBW Strategies
  • Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy, Edison Research

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