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Brian Napack is President and CEO of John Wiley and Sons (Wiley), a global research and learning company and one of the world’s leading publishers. He is the Chairman of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) which protects and promotes the central role that publishers play in enhancing culture, scholarship, education, the workforce and democracy. Brian also serves on the board of Zero-To-Three (Treasurer), a science-based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. Prior to joining Wiley in 2017, Brian was a Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners, a leading investor in media, education, information, and communication. He has served as an active member on numerous boards including those of Blackboard Inc., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Burning Glass, Ascend Learning, Recorded Books, Ingram Industries, myON, EDMC, and Synergis Education. Prior to joining Providence in 2012, Brian served as president of Macmillan, the global publisher, in the U.S. from 2006 to 2012. During his tenure, he oversaw businesses in education, consumer books, digital media and magazines. Prior to Macmillan, Brian was a partner at L.E.K. Consulting, a global management consulting firm, serving as co-head of its Media and Entertainment practices and leading its Publishing and Education practices. He also founded and served as CEO of ThinkBox, an education software company focused on the early childhood market. At The Walt Disney Company, Brian founded Disney Educational Publishing and was a co-founder of Disney Interactive. He has also held senior roles at Simon & Schuster, the publishing company and at A.T. Kearney, a leading management consulting company. Brian received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College.

As Chairman & CEO of Jack Morton Worldwide, Josh’s vision for the agency is to foster an ideas-led culture that creates the world’s most powerful and engaging brand experiences, and to help Jack Morton’s clients build the world’s most talked-about experience brands. Josh became CEO in March 2003 and added the title of Chairman in 2007. Under his leadership, Jack Morton has invested in its core offerings to help launch products and brands; engage customers and consumers; and align employees and sales channels. Through his stewardship, the agency has grown globally, with offices in the US, UK, Australia, China and the Middle East and has invested in enhanced planning, measurement and digital capabilities. During his tenure the agency has elevated its creative talent, winning dozens of awards from industry bodies including the Cannes Lions, Effies, Stevies, EX Awards and Webby Awards. Josh is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and serves on the board of City Year Boston, a national youth service corps.

Jeff Katz is a VP:Operations at Definition 6. He has worked as President and Chief Operating Officer at Definition 6 and General Manager at CORNERSTONE PROPANE LP. Jeff studied at Jacksonville University between 1996 and 1997 and University of Maryland between 1987 and 1992.

Simon Kelly is a Chief Operating Officer at Story Worldwide and is based in Seattle, Washington. He has worked as General Manager at McCann Relationship Marketing Inc. Simon works or has worked as Employee at IDG IPG (notice a pattern here?). He studied at Harwich High School between 1974 and 1979 and UNIVERSITY OF HULL between 1979 and 1983.