Adweek CEO and leadership

Danny Wright is a Chief Brand Officer at Adweek and is based in New York City, New York. He has worked as CEO at DoneWright Strategic Consulting, Director of Video Promotion at Universal Records, and SVP Strategic Partnerships at STILLWELL PARTNERS. Danny attended The Wharton School between 2010 and 2010 and Hunter College between 1988 and 1991.

Award-winning content, events and community strategist with longstanding ties to key players in the marketing, media, entertainment and technology space. Creative thinker with an entrepreneurial spirit focused on innovation and transformation. Agile, collaborative executive with stellar communication, coaching and operational skills. Always curious. Always game.

Innovative Finance/FP&A Executive

15 years+ of hands-on experience directing all areas of advertising/sales finance, accounting, analysis, reporting and sales support at both large and small companies/start-ups. A highly skilled reporting and modeling/ forecasting specialist with outstanding Excel, Crystal Reports (Business Objects), FileMaker Pro, QuickBooks and PowerPoint skills. Self-taught on most software and highly adept at learning new systems. An excellent manager who drives system and process innovations that improve productivity, customer service and ROI. Salesforce.com administrator/programmer. MBA in Finance from Columbia University.

Katie Jokipii is an Adweek CMO Mentee and Rising Mentor at Adweek and is based in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. She has worked as Head Of Marketing at bande; Senior Associate at Mindshare; and Director, Acquisition & Mass Media at Dollar Shave Club. Katie attended UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill between 2007 and 2011, and UCLA Anderson School of Management between 2020 and 2020.

Michelle Gattenio is an Adweek CMO Mentee at Adweek and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey. She has worked as Marketing and E-Commerce Associate at Of a Kind; PR, Marketing & Events Intern at Boston Common magazine; and Sales Associate at GAP INC. Michelle studied at Walsh Jesuit High School between 2004 and 2009 and Boston University between 2009 and 2013.

Mila Englert is a Marketing Manager / Head of Evian France at DANONE and Adweek's Executive Mentor Program CMO at Adweek and is based in Paris, Paris Department, France. She has worked as Global Marketing Manager Growth Transformation & Purposeful Brands CMO Team Headquarters at DANONE; Content Creation & Data Management Communication Agency at icue medienproduktion; and Assistant Brand Manager Schwarzkopf got2b, Drei Wetter Taft Cosmetics (Hairstyling, Haircare) at Henkel. Mila attended Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt between 2006 and 2012.

Co-Founder and Chief Strategist of Blue Thread Marketing, a boutique Israeli digital agency working with clients that have spanned across 8 countries, ranging from startups to the city of Jerusalem. I'm part of Huawei's global network of key opinion leaders. I've written for Fast Company and have been cited in Buzzfeed, CMO.com, Forbes & Inc. My content has been featured on industry-leading sites including Social Media Today Business2Community, Social Media World and Post Planner, and Coschedule.

Stephanie Paterik is an Editor In Chief at Adweek and is based in New York City, New York.

Innovative Finance/FP&A Executive

15 years+ of hands-on experience directing all areas of advertising/sales finance, accounting, analysis, reporting and sales support at both large and small companies/start-ups. A highly skilled reporting and modeling/ forecasting specialist with outstanding Excel, Crystal Reports (Business Objects), FileMaker Pro, QuickBooks and PowerPoint skills. Self-taught on most software and highly adept at learning new systems. An excellent manager who drives system and process innovations that improve productivity, customer service and ROI. Salesforce.com administrator/programmer. MBA in Finance from Columbia University.