CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2024 TOP WOMEN
IN MEDIA & AD TECH HONOREES!
The Top Women in Media & Ad Tech Awards recognize, celebrate, inspire and bring together the women who are making an impact in the greater digital media and advertising technology community. On June 3, 2024, AdExchanger and AdMonsters presentED awards to the 2024 Top Women in Media and Ad Tech Honorees at the always fun and inspiring Top Women Awards Gala in New York City.
2024 INDUSTRY IMPACT HONOREE
Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan
Senior Director of Product Management
Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan is a Senior Director of Product Management at Snowflake, leading the product vision and strategy for Snowflake Data Clean Rooms. She is the co-founder and former CEO of Samooha, a data collaboration company that was acquired by Snowflake in 2023. A repeat founder, her previous company Drawbridge was acquired by LinkedIn in 2019 where she led the integration and identity charter for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions until 2021. Prior to founding Drawbridge, Kamakshi was a Senior Research Scientist at AdMob, which was acquired by Google in 2010. She serves on the Board of Overseers at Boston University and has served on the Board of Directors at iHeartMedia since 2018. She received her Ph.D. in Information Theory and Algorithms from Stanford University.
2024 Catalyst Award Honoree
As Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President for The Trade Desk, Samantha Jacobson manages strategic investments and cross-functional initiatives to reinforce TTD’s position as an industry leader. She joined The Trade Desk’s Board of Directors in 2024. Samantha joined The Trade Desk after six years at Oracle where she managed the global business development and strategy team. Prior to Oracle, Samantha was at Datalogix where she crafted partnerships with industry giants like Twitter, Pinterest, Microsoft, Google, and Apple. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with concentrations in Finance and Management and received her Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. In her free time, Samantha enjoys traveling, reading and scuba diving with her husband Phil and their five children.
Samantha Jacobson
Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President
2024 HONOREES
Brilliant Brand Marketers
Brand-side women in CMO or senior leadership who have spearheaded remarkable digital advertising strategies for their brand portfolio.
Patti Boyle
CMODstilleryNina George
Chief Growth OfficerLeaf HomeGail Horwood
Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer USNovartisSherry Weiss
Chief Marketing OfficierDow JonesChange-Makers
Women who have successfully altered the course of their brands or the industry for the better in the last year.
Kristi Argyilan
SVP, Retail MediaAlbertsons Media CollectiveElizabeth Brennan
General Manager for AdvertisingPermutiveObele Brown-West
PresidentTracerHannah Buitekant
Managing Director, DigitalMail Metro MediaErika Burghardt
Head of Growth1440Verna De Jesus
VP, CTV and Audio InventoryThe Trade DeskHannah Diddams
SVP of Global B2B Marketing & Creative StudiosBusiness InsiderSarah Engel
PresidentJanuary DigitalStephanie Geno
Senior Vice President, Marketing & StrategyAffinity SolutionsMarcy Greenberger
US Chief Investment OfficerUMJana Hartz
VP, Demand Partnerships - Ads Plus, AmagiAmagi CorporationKhara Hutchinson
Head of ProgrammaticBayer Healthcare LLCJiYoung Kim
Chief Operating Officer, GroupM North AmericaGroupMYara Marquez
Regional Manager - CACEKN SolutionsKaren Nelson-Field
CEO and FounderAmplified IntelligenceRachel Nyswander Thomas
COOTAGKedma Pognon Brown
Chief Operating Officerdentsu Media - AmericasShobana Radhakrishnan
Senior Director of Engineering - Google TVGoogleKara Rousseau
Vice President of Marketing at Walmart ConnectWalmart ConnectJackie Rousseau-Anderson
Chief Revenue OfficerBlueConicJessica Trainor
Head of PartnershipsProximic by ComscoreLauren Wetzel
COOInfoSumContent Captivators
Editors, communicators and content marketers whose content from the brand perspective has increased or driven brand engagement with their audience, customers, and/or readers.
Jessie Dowd
Editorial DirectorPath to Purchase InstituteAyla Ellison
Editor-in-Chief, Fierce Healthcare and Life ScienceQuestexKerry Nelson
Brand & Content Marketing Lead, Samsung AdsSamsung ElectronicsTeagan Nurse
Director, Customer SuccessTIMEData Demystifiers
Women with expertise in data science or analytics, using their prowess to inform decision-making, prove out business cases or test new ideas.
Ana Calabrese
Vice President, Data ScienceOpenXGina Cavallo
Chief Revenue OfficerAudigentChen Chen
Sciences DirectorBillupsKathleen Dundas
President, Data Strategy & AnalyticsZenithRachel Herbstman
VP Data InnovationAmpersandRojin Kianian Svenning
Manager, Data ScienceLiveIntentNancy Marzouk
CEO and FounderMediaWallahSimona Mihaela Nemes
Director of Data ScienceTriton DigitalEllen Mulryan
Senior Director, Data PartnershipsThe Trade DeskSoyeong Park
Head of Measurement Insights and Data StrategySam's Club MAPPooja Ranjan
Lead Data ScientistIQM CorporationMelissa Scarlino
VP, Research & AnalyticsUMSonia Sharma
Director, Data ScienceEffectvSangeeta Singh
Director, Data ScienceKroger Precision Marketing/84.51°DEI Champions
Women who’ve had an exceptional impact on diversity and inclusion in their teams, companies and the media industry as a whole.
Lois Castillo
Head of Diversity, Equity and InclusionBasis TechnologiesDona Fraser
SVP, Privacy IntiaivesBBB National ProgramsMaria Teresa Hernandez
Head of Brand Partnerships & Diverse Supplier MarketplaceMirriadCrystal Johnson
Vice President of People OperationsSonobiTammy Johnson
SVP of Revenue at Alpha Precision MediaAlpha Precision MediaFarryn Pearson
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion LeadMediavineSandy Rubinstein
CEODXKultureMeredith Tehan
SVP of SalesCognitivSamara Winterfeld
VP Product StrategyXperiLouisa Wong
CEOXREntrepreneurs
Women who’ve launched or rebuilt brands or companies and continue to work tirelessly towards their success.
Crystal Foote
CEO & FounderDigital Culture Group, LLCBecky Jones
Chief Marketing & People OfficerViamediaMari Nieves
Founder and Head of Digital Mediapink studiosPriti Ohri
COO, Co-FounderAdvertibleIsabel Rafferty Zavala
Founder and CEOCanela MediaRachel Tipograph
CEO & FounderMikMakMagnanimous Mentors
Women who’ve made an extraordinary effort and impact on the careers of their colleagues. Women who are sending the elevator back down!
Diana Bojaj
Chief Media OfficerCarat USLisa Coffey
CROLoopMeDiana DiGuido
Chief Client OfficerTinuitiAnnie Fong-Anderson
VP, Ad OpsHavas MediaTaraLynn Marinho
Senior Manager, Performance SalesRokuElizabeth Maughon
Chief Customer OfficerSimpli.fiBlair Roche
Director of Client ServicesKoddiBrenda Salce-Garcia
Head of Client SuccessMadhiveLainie Sullivan
VP of Life Sciences sales, SharecareSharecarePrivacy Powerhouses
Women who are confidently steering their media brand's ship amidst the changing tides of privacy regulation. From privacy managers and compliance officers to corp counsel, or business affairs, these are the women who are leading their company's data privacy, legal policies, and practices.
TJ Albert
VP, Business Integration and AssuranceGumGumPascale Arguinarena
Data Protection OfficerUtiqMelissa Bonnick
Executive Director, Head of Programmatic, Paid Media Tagging & TraffickingJPMorgan ChaseMaria Breza
VP, Audience Data Operations & Ad Quality MeasurementSiriusXMRowena Lam
Sr Director Privacy & DataIAB Tech LabKatie Madding
Chief Product OfficerAdjustDivya Sridhar
VP of Global Privacy and Privacy Initiatives OperationsBBB National ProgramsProgrammatic Storytellers
From ad tech product to programmatic sales and ops, these women are expert translators who use marketing and content to simplify messaging and drive engagement, or use their sales mastery to make the programmatic case to their partners.
Stacy Bohrer
VP, US SalesOpenXJennifer D’Alessandro
Head of Ad Sales and MarketingFuture TodayVanessa Eng
Head of ProgrammaticQortexAnne Frisbie
SVP, Global Business DevelopmentAdsWizzJoy Hines
Director of Programmatic OperationsBroadsignMichelle Kim
VP Programmatic and Strategy, NBCUniversal Advertising and PartnershipsNBCUniversalMelisa Kindelan
Head of Sales & Business DevelopmentBRAVELaura Manning
SVP, MeasurementCintKelly McMahon
Senior Vice President of Global OperationsLG Ad SolutionsPaula Novacki
VP, US Agency PartnershipsSmartMedia TechnologiesJen Scheel
EVP, Head of Digital & Programmaticdentsu MediaSarah Scherer
Director, Offsite MediaKroger Precision Marketing/84.51Lindsay Teague
SVP, Advanced TV Sales and SolutionsCadentTech Trailblazers
The tech-focused women who are creating and improving ad tech and media products. They break through walls of success in product and engineering--the most male-dominated sectors of the media and advertising industry.
Anastasia-Nikita Bansal
CEOTeqblazeIdil Canal
General Manager of AdTechAppLovinCharlene Charles
Head of DG Media Network OperationsDollar GeneralDebra Fleenor
Founder and PresidentAdapex IncJennifer Gavin
SVP, Creative and Ad InnovationsPadSquadMichelle Gelman
SVP, ProductNielsenKimberly Gilberti
Chief Product OfficerExperianMelinda Han Williams
Chief Data ScientistDstilleryLindsay Hong
CEO and co-founderSmartAssetsDiana Horowitz
Chief Revenue Officer, Co-Chief Operations OfficerDriver StudiosNikky Hudson
Head of Product -Nano InteractiveMandy Hunsicker Adams
Senior Director, Retail Media+The Home DepotJo Kinsella
PresidentXRStephanie Layser
WW Head of Publisher AdTech SolutionsAmazon Web Services (AWS)Kunwei Lin
VP, Platform and IntelligenceKinessoJo McCawley
Senior Director of ProductEmodoMala Munisamy
Director of EngineeringTatariJackie Paulino
Chief Product OfficerPixabilityMarcy Pentoney
SVP, ProductCadentHema Ramaswamy
SVP, EngineeringTracerRoli Saxena
CEONextRollHillary Slattery
Director Programmatic, Product ManagementIAB Tech LabCarrie Ward
Data Science LeadVIOOHYushi Xu
VP, Architecture and OptimizationEmodoTremendous Tech Marketers
A new category for women CMOs and heads of marketing in the ad tech industry who are taking their company’s B2B/SaaS marketing to the next level.
Heidi Andersen
Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Revenue OfficerNextdoorMeredith Brace
Chief Marketing OfficerXR by Extreme ReachStephanie Dolgins
Chief Marketing OfficerRaptiveKatie McAdams
Chief Marketing OfficerBasis TechnologiesJessica Shapiro
Chief Marketing OfficerLiveRampUp and Comers
Women in ad tech who are on the rise and making their mark within their first 10 years in the industry.
Caroline Clark
Manager, Publisher DevelopmentColossus SSPEmma Delaunay
Media project leadfifty-fiveIana Feliciano
Senior Director of Programmatic AdvertisingRaptiveEmily Giel
Audience Insights LeadRokuRaven Lemon
Client Solutions ManagerKepler GroupLauren Mendoza-Routt
Head of Social1440Jessica Pearce
Sr. Product Manager, Revenue ProductsGannettShraddha Pednekar
Chief Experience OfficerViewLiftJocelyn Perron
Sr. Director of User ExperienceHubSpotGarima Singal
Data ScientistBillupsSavannah Westbrock
Director of Innovation and DevelopmentCoegi2024 Top Women in Media & Ad Tech Gala
On June 3, 2024, AdExchanger and AdMonsters will present awards to the 2024 Top Women in Media and Ad Tech Honorees at the always fun and inspiring Top Women Awards Gala in New York City.
When:
Doors: 6:30 PM
Attire: Cocktail / Fun & Formal
Where:
Metropolitan Pavilion (19th Street entrance)
110 W. 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
VENUE
Metropolitan Pavilion (19th Street entrance)
110 W. 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
FAQ
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
GALA FAQ
✅ IF I WIN, DO I NEED TO BE PRESENT ON JUNE 3 TO ACCEPT MY AWARD?
It’s encouraged for honorees to attend the Top Women Awards Gala on June 3, 2024 in NYC, but not required. We understand not everyone’s schedule or geography allows for it.
🎟️ DO HONOREES NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO THE AWARDS GALA?
Yes. Honorees receive a generous discont on their tickets. Many honorees bring colleagues, partners and family to celebrate with them, and discounted tables of ten are available as well. It’s a night to remember!
🎤 WILL I ACCEPT MY AWARD ON STAGE? DO I HAVE TO SPEAK?
Yes. All honorees present are called to the stage to accept their award. Each honoree is invited to say a brief 30 second remark from a specific prompt we’ll give you in advance. This helps keep the remarks interesting!
👉 CAN SOMEONE ELSE ACCEPT MY AWARD ON MY BEHALF?
Yes and No. You can authorize someone else to pick up your trophy, but we do not permit in loco acceptance remarks due to program length.
ENTRY FAQ
🏆 CAN I WIN A 2024 TOP WOMEN IN MEDIA & AD TECH AWARD IF I WON IN A PRIOR YEAR?
YES! Nominees may be nominated (and win) multiple times, in multiple years. Each year’s entries are judged discreetly.
🗳️🗳️CAN I SUBMIT A NOMINEE INTO TWO OR MORE CATEGORIES?
ABSOLUTELY YES! In fact, nominees are encouraged to submit their application in multiple categories. Each category is judged discreetly and discounted pricing applies to your 2nd category and beyond.
🌏 CAN INTERNATIONAL NOMINEES ENTER AND WIN?
YES! The program is open to national and international nominees. We’ve had Top Women from all over the U.S., Canada, South America, EMEA, and APAC. Top Women know no geographical boundaries!
🧑🎤 IS THERE A REQUIRED SENIORITY LEVEL TO ENTER OR WIN?
NO. The Top Women in Media & Ad Tech program honors rock star women at every stage of their careers! Please see category descriptions to determine where you or your nominee may fit best. We have Up & Comers for more junior stars, and we have categorys for executives and even C-suite nominees.
🙋🏽♀️ CAN I NOMINATE MYSELF?
HECK YES! Self-nominations are welcome. No one knows how hard you work better than YOU.
👩🏽💻 ONLY WOMEN ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE NOMINATED?
YES. We welcome all applicants who identify as a woman. We celebrate diversity in the workplace, and we’re here to celebrate the Top Women in the industry!
🗓️ WHEN ARE THE HONOREES NOTIFIED?
AdExchanger and AdMonsters will announce the 2024 Top Women in Media & Ad Tech Honorees by April 30. Specific timing will be announced to all nominees as judging wraps up.
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