Advisory Board


Social Media Week would not be possible without the guidance and ongoing support from our Global Advisory Board.

Advisory Board members:

  • Toby Daniels – Founder and Executive Director of Social Media Week
  • Andrew Rasiej - Founder of Personal Democracy Forum
  • Brian Solis – Principal at FutureWorks PR and Blogger at PR 2.0 & bub.blicio.us
  • Ian Schafer – Founder & CEO, Deep Focus
  • Jamie Daves – Cofounder of ThinkSocial and Venture Partner at City Light Capital
  • Pete Cashmore – Founder & CEO, Mashable
  • Adam Hirsch – COO, Mashable
  • Colin Nagy – Partner, Attention USA
  • Shiv Singh – Global Social Media Lead, Razorfish
  • C.C Chapman – Creative Director, Campfire
  • Seth Goldstein – Founder & CEO, SocialMedia.com
  • Gary Vaynerchuk – Host of Wine Library TV, Author of Crushit & CEO of Vaynermedia
  • Shaun Abrahamson – Community Organizer, Mutopo
  • Jesse Kirshbaum – CEO of NUE: Agency and Founder of SoundCtrl
  • Stephanie Agresta – EVP, Global Director of Digital Strategy and Social Media, Porter Novelli
  • Michael Nicklas – Founder, SocialSmart Ventures
  • Celia Chen, Founder & Editorial Director, Notes on a Party

Events in each participating city are brought to you by our local event partners.

  • Chris Heuer, Founder Social Media Club (San Francisco)
  • Bastian Unterberg – Founder and CEO of Jovoto.com (Berlin)
  • Eli Singer – Founder & CEO, Entrinsic (Toronto)
  • Sam Michel – CEO of Chinwag (London)
  • Alexandre Formagio – Media Education (São Paulo)
  • Diego Remus – Founder, Startupi (São Paulo)