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Kristin Patrick has a passion for building 21st century brands and businesses that envelop the consumer across content, product and experiences. Building on a successful 20+ year career, Kristin sits at the intersection of content and commerce.

Kristin recently launched a unique venture creator group where she is incubating new businesses, making equity investments into existing companies, and revitalizing some of the world’s most iconic brands. Kristin is sought after because of her distinctive perspective building companies and brands that capture the imagination of the zeitgeist.

Named one of the “Top 50 Women in Brand Marketing” by Brand Innovators in 2015 and 2016, Kristin has developed a distinguished reputation for being a disruptive, trend-setting brand steward – breaking the barriers between pop culture and brands by creating universal relevancy across sports, fashion, technology, and music.

Most recently, Kristin was the CMO, Global Brand Development at PepsiCo, where she was responsible for delivering the company’s long-term global growth strategy and expansion plans. She was also tasked with building global plans and programs across existing and new categories, touchpoints, and experiences to build and leverage global equity and enhance PepsiCo’s global relevancy.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Kristin was the Chief Marketing Officer for Playboy Enterprises where she worked to extend the brand into new categories and launched new digital initiatives, including gaming and an e-commerce hub. Previously, Kristin served as Executive Vice President of Brand Strategy at William Morris Endeavor, and Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at GAP, Inc. In addition to GAP, Kristin held several other leadership positions at Liz Claiborne, NBC Universal, Calvin Klein, The Walt Disney Company and Revlon where she served as the Vice President for Brand Strategy and New Product Initiatives.

Peter co-leads program marketing for all original programming on HBO Max – also known as ‘Max Originals’. This includes strategy, creative, media, events, partnerships, and social media. The job requires a heavy degree of coordination with the rest of HBO, Warner Brothers, AT&T, and others.

Before HBO Max, he ran marketing strategy for TBS & TNT, focusing on initiatives that bring science to the art of marketing. His team set the goals, defined the target audience, and crafted the positioning statements for all marketing campaigns. In parallel, they ensured that the whole marketing organization wass using the most effective data-centric tools to optimize their effectiveness in reaching the right user with the right message at exactly the right time.

Peter joined Turner after eight years at Google, where he was most recently the product marketing lead for YouTube Gaming. In his time at Google he also launched Chromecast, Android TV, YouTube on TV, as well as the cornerstones of YouTube’s monetization – TrueView ads, interest based advertising and the homepage masthead. Before that he had a career in advertising, managing the accounts for American Express, Miller, Pepsi, P&G, and Wrigley’s – to name a few.

Lesley Robin is the VP of Social Content and Strategy at Comedy Central. She is responsible for Strategic Planning and Content Creation for all social content going out across Comedy Central’s social feeds, with a focus on platform-specific best practices. She has overseen social campaigns for major network priorities such as The Roast of Justin Bieber, the launch of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Clusterfest. She currently heads up the creation of original social content across multiple platforms. She reports into Jen Danielson, Comedy Central’s SVP of Digital.

Lesley joined Comedy Central in 2014 as Director of Social Strategy to focus on fan engagement and shaping the types of content that were released on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Prior to joining Comedy Central, Lesley was the Director of Digital Communities at 360i where she oversaw social content creation and community management for entertainment clients such as USA, Bravo and Oxygen. Prior to that, she served as the Group Director of Social Media for Media Storm, where she started the social media practice for the agency and launched social media campaigns for several film studios and TV networks.

Lesley graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in Dramatic Arts and distinction in her major. She lives in Brooklyn with her 2-year-old daughter who is very obsessed with Fraggle Rock.

Ben Trinh built an entertainment and influencer agency (bredfor.com) at the age of 22. Bredfor is still operating as a marketing powerhouse for companies and brands looking to collaborate with influencers and celebrities. He has spent time with Yelp, Lyft and now at Postmates. At Lyft, he launched the rideshare company into markets like Seattle, Portland and Las Vegas before heading up entertainment and influencer marketing; Ben is now at Postmates where he is the Head of Entertainment and Brand Marketing, working on cementing the brand in pop culture. Ben is also an investor and advisor as well as the host of the celebrity featured podcast, First and Featured.

Orchid Bertelsen is the Head of Digital Innovation at Nestlé USA, where she evaluates and tests emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, voice assistance, AR/VR. She has a varied portfolio, made up of 70+ brands and includes beloved brands like Coffee-Mate, Häagen-Dazs, Toll House and DiGiorno. Nestlé is also a majority stakeholder in Blue Bottle Coffee and owns and operates Starbucks at Home.

She lives in Hayes Valley with her husband and two-year-old daughter, Quinn and loves to travel back to Taiwan, where her family is from.

Matt Lawler is the director of digital media for the Global Partnerships division of AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company. Acting as an internal agency for AEG, Global Partnerships oversees worldwide sponsorship sales and activation for over 135 world-class platforms across five continents and numerous other assets, including venues, sports franchises, events, tours, festivals and digital content among other AEG holdings. In 2017, AEG Global Partnerships managed $2 billion in contractually obligated income across its global assets and was responsible for generating $525 million in annual revenue.

Within AEG Global Partnerships, the company’s most profitable division, Lawler is responsible for the execution of strategic digital media initiatives, including the development and management of digital and social marketing campaigns, engaged communities and engaging partner and fan-generated content. As part of these efforts, Lawler concentrates on monetizing digital capabilities and integrating them into the larger Global Partnerships business strategy. He also works alongside the strategy and analytics teams to ensure that sales and activation teams across AEG Facilities, Presents, and Sports are using the company’s digital facets to drive and enhance value for all partners.

Prior to joining AEG Global Partnerships, Lawler served as vice president and group director of social for media agency Canvas Worldwide. While there, he was responsible for developing connected technology solutions for clients across a range of industries, including retail, entertainment, non-profit, and automotive. Lawler also managed a social media-spend budget of $35 million and spearheaded business development efforts that lead to a 20 percent increase in the agency’s annual media-spend budget.

Previously, Lawler served as social media account director at Initiative, a global communications agency, where he led a team in the execution of social media strategy across clients’ paid, owned and earned media channels. Lawler worked with clients such as Kia and Hyundai, and oversaw social production elements for major international events, including MTV’s Video Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Vidcon, Super Bowl, NBA Finals and more.

Stephen currently serves as Executive Director of Growth for R/GA. Prior to R/GA, Stephen was the Chief Marketing Officer for 180LA. During Stephen’s tenure at the agency, 180LA experienced tremendous momentum and growth including winning roster spots with Pepsi and HP, projects with Mattel, Dollar Shave Club, Pacific Life, and AOR duties for both University of Phoenix and Miller Lite. Stephen also led assignments with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Hollywood Foreign Press and 180LA’s UnFairy Tales campaign for UNICEF which won five Lions at Cannes including the Grand Prix for Good. Prior to 180LA, Stephen spent a decade at Mullen leading new business and running their Pittsburgh office as Managing Director. Stephen also spend significant time at Hill/Holliday as well.

Simmi Singh is an Indian-American actress/comedian and martial artist. Singh appears in the AwesomenessTV/Go90 anthology series ‘Love/Daily,’ and is set to star in the upcoming YouTube Red ½ hour comedy ‘Overthinking with Kat and June’ written by Mackenzie Yeager. In addition, Singh has amassed a strong following of over 1,000,000 loyal fans via her videos where she shares personal experiences, sketches, all the while focusing on sending a positive message with a comedic twist.

Kritarth Chhabra is the CEO of Lemonade Social, a platform enabling people to get offline, make new friends and empower creators to build hyperlocal communities on a global scale.

Kritarth’s passion for entrepreneurship and online-to-offline supersymmetry reflects in his past experience across brand, product and tech. His first real job was creating bots for an online MMORPG to earn money to travel when in college. From there he went onto join the early Red Bull India team to help define the energy drink brand and category for the first time in a market that thrives on tea and coffee. From there he moved onto join the early Uber India team, juggling multiple hats across operations, expansion and growth. And early team at One Plus to lead Global Brand based out of China.

Prior to recently founding Lemonade, Kritarth was Global Director of New Business Verticals at Glovo, a Barcelona based recently turned unicorn, where he was responsible for launching new business and revenue products.

Kritarth doesn’t really care for an educational degree, but he was fortunate enough to have parents who pestered him to get one- which made getting the first job somewhat easier. It was in economics and Social-Behavioral sciences.

Having lived and worked in the US, China, India and Europe, using consumer tech platforms across geographies, Kritarth is passionate about the pursuit of tech enabled O2O supersymmetry.

Linda Ong is the Chief Culture Officer at Civic Entertainment Group, a Seacrest Global Group company, one of the nation’s most award-winning marketing services companies with special practice areas in Big Event and Experiential Marketing, Strategic Marketing Partnerships, Public Relations, Influencer Campaigns, Pro Social Initiatives, Cultural Insights and Brand Strategies.

As head of the Cultural Insights + Strategy practice, Ong leads a team of analysts devoted to helping clients navigate consumer sensibilities in fast-changing times. By translating cultural shifts into actionable takeaways, she and her team ensure that brand marketers, content creators and researchers stay ahead of the curve with their audiences.

Formerly the CEO and Founder of TruthCo., an omnicultural branding and insights firm, Ong has been at the center of some of the most high-profile brand transformations in the media and entertainment industry over the past 20 years and was named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2014.

Ong is a founding LA member of AllBright, a London-based women-only membership club launching in West Hollywood in Spring 2019, and serves on the advisory board of Women in Entertainment. In 2016, she served as a delegate to the United Nations Media for Social Impact Summit and as “Innovation Ambassador” to the 2014 United Nations World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Ong is a founding member of the Creative Alliance for Civic Nation, a non-profit, non-partisan organization started by the former President and First Lady, Barack and Michelle Obama, to address some of the nation’s most pressing challenges.

Brandon Rogers is an actor, comedian, and personality with a fan base of over 5 million YouTube subscribers. His comedic skills were recognized at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival as a New Face: Creator in 2017. Brandon created and starred in two seasons of his very own series Magic Funhouse for Fullscreen, which was a 2017 Streamy nominee for Best Comedy Series. Brandon took home the Best Comedy Streamy Award in 2018 for his own channel featuring his cast of original characters and won two Streamys for his popular web series Blame The Hero in 2019. Recently Brandon has collaborated with Comedy Central on their popular recurring series within the highly successful Under The Influencer digital program.

Mitch Lewis is EP and Creative Director for Comedy Central Digital Studios. He is responsible for the creation of content across social platforms for Comedy Central Originals. His team has built several repeatable formats including Mini-Mocks (Clio Gold, ProMax Gold, Shorty Awards), That’s an App?, As Seen on CC, Tales from the Trip, Worst Fears Confirmed and many others. He pitched and developed the “Under the Influencer” program in which YouTube talent are featured across our repeatable formats for a week each month.

Prior to joining Comedy Central in 2018, Mitch was a co-founder of the online sketch comedy group The Kloons, which has amassed more than 1.4 million followers across platforms and more than 300 million views. The Kloons made multiple appearances on Ellen, created branded integrations with The Rolling Stones and Trulia and made content for TruTV’s Late Night Snack Seasons 1 & 2.

Mitch graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a B.A. in Theater. He lives in Brooklyn with his fiancé and an abundance of houseplants because he is a walking, talking cliché.

Norel Mancuso is the CEO of Social House, Inc. an award-winning, social content and strategic innovation group that has broadcasted content to more than 70 countries worldwide. With more than 15 years of experience working with beauty, fashion, and luxury brands, Norel has represented global industry giants including Pepsi, Revlon, Henkel, SONOS, Playboy, and L’Oreal.

In 2010, Norel created Social House, Inc. Since then, Social House, Inc. has become the leading authority in the digital and experiential marketing space, and has paved the way for brands to authentically engage with social media influencers. In 2017, Norel also co-founded CoFrame, a fully integrated social management, and publishing software. Norel has become a sought after expert for media as well as a speaker and educator for Fortune 500 companies.

Wen Miao is the co-founder and CEO of LAVA, a new marketing platform that activates real time data to create engaging guest experiences during live entertainment events including sports, concerts, and at casinos. He is a recognized leader and innovator in real time customer experience and engagement.

Prior to LAVA, Mr. Miao served as Senior Vice President at TIBCO Software, where he was responsible for the development and launch of a new real time, predictive customer engagement platform that won the 2012 Stevie Award winner for most innovative Enterprise software. He also oversaw the success of over 4,000 enterprise customers around the world. In 2015, IDG’s Computer World named Miao to the Premier 100 IT Leaders list for 2015.

Mr. Miao holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA and two graduate degrees in Engineering from Stanford University.

Anthony Padilla is an American actor and comedy writer known for satirizing internet culture across mediums. Most recently, Padilla reprised his role starring opposite Jason Sudeikis and Maya Rudolph in Columbia Pictures “The Angry Birds Movie 2,” following the success of the 2016 animated film “The Angry Birds Movie.” In 2018, he was seen as the host of the Nickelodeon series “Throw Back” and was a series regular on the Facebook Watch series, “Starter Pack” by AT&T Hello Lab. In addition to lending his voice to “The Angry Birds Movie” during 2016, Padilla voiced the role of Freddy in the Lionsgate animated film,
“Arctic Adventure: On Frozen Pond.” During 2015, Padilla co-created and starred in his first feature film, “Smosh: The Movie,” in partnership with Lionsgate. Following the success of his first film, he was tapped as the lead for the YouTube Red feature, “Ghostmates”, which he also executive produced.

In addition to his acting career, Padilla co-founded the media company, SMOSH, in 2006. During his decade long tenure as founder and star, the comedy empire garnered 22 million subscribers on YouTube, released two feature films in partnership with Lionsgate & YouTube Red, and created over ten short-form scripted shows.