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On this episode of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome Professor Verne Harris, Acting Chief Executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Verne Harris has been the archivist for the papers of Nelson Mandela since 2004, as Head of the Memory Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue.

Before that, he had worked for South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and was the Director of the South African History Archive (SAHA). From 1985 until 2001 he was an archivist with South Africa’s State Archives Service and, beginning in 1997, the newly established National Archives of South Africa; he served as deputy director from 1993 to 2001.

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Emma Lacey is Senior Vice President EMEA at Zefr, where in her two years with the company she has helped position Zefr as the leading technology provider for brand safety and suitability across Meta, TikTok and YouTube in the region. Prior to joining Zefr, Emma spent 15 years’ building successful commercial teams across the advertising industry, including being part of the EMEA leadership team at OpenX where she worked as Senior Director of Buyer Development to secure strategic partnerships with media agencies and brands. In addition, she has held senior positions within a range of media and adtech businesses, including AOL, Sky and Blis.

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On this episode of Great Minds, we welcome Andrea Pezzi, Chairman of MINT. Andrea walks us through his amazing and diverse career, from DJ to MTV to present, with many interesting stops along the way.

Please note that at the time of this recording, Andrea was CEO of MINT but is now Chairman.

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Amy Williams is the founder and CEO of Good-Loop, the purpose-led advertising platform that makes it easy and profitable for big brands to do good, at scale.Working with the world’s biggest advertisers, including Nike, Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and L’Oreal, Good-Loop’s ad formats drive engagement and build brand love while donating millions to charities around the globe. Good-Loop’s carbon-neutral advertising has raised over $10m for charities around the world and planted over a million trees – all whilst supporting high-quality journalism and diverse publications.Amy founded Good-Loop in 2016 after quitting her job at ad giant Ogilvy to volunteer at a soup kitchen in Argentina, impassioned by creating a company that could transform advertising into a force for good around the world.Amy was listed as one of Forbes’ 30 under 30, is among Ad Age’s Women to Watch Europe an EY Entrepreneur of the Year and a face of the United Nations #SheInnovates global campaign. She’s also an Adweek contributor, a Cannes SDG Lions judge and a passionate Bloom mentor.

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Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, seventh generation descendant of shipping and railroad tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt, is an American singer, composer, songwriter, designer, actress, philanthropist and entrepreneur. At a young age, Consuelo studied with famous singing teachers such as Ron Anderson and Seth Riggs and went to Italy and studied music in Fiesole and began performing in cafes and restaurants around Florence. At age 21 she signed her  first record deal in London, and after many years of touring around the globe, in regions including Germany, France, and Australia, she launched her own record label, C&R Productions, and found herself in the top 20 Billboard Dance Charts with her top 10 hit singles. Consuelo’s debut single “Naked” spent 16 weeks on the charts, while her follow-up “Feel So Alive” earned her Billboard’s #2 Breakout Artist honor. Her latest hit “Body Needs” broke Billboard’s Top 5.

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Kicking off season 5 of Great Minds, we’re pleased to welcome actress, comedian, producer, and writer, Susie Essman back to the show.

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Liz Ulmer is a theatrical management professional based in NYC with over 16 years of producing and administrative experience.

She works as the Director of Stage Rights at Sony Music Publishing where she handles music licensing for Broadway shows such as MJ the Musical, The Outsiders, Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical, and Moulin Rouge, as well as various live stage events throughout the world.

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On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to feature Ren Akinci, EVP, People & Culture, Emerald and Advertising Week, and host of Advertising Week and Emerald’s newest podcast, Great Minds: People & Culture. Ren walks us through her career journey.

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Chris uses his 20+ years of data, digital identity, and technology expertise as CRO at Lotame. He is a globally experienced senior leader with a track record of establishing and delivering commercial growth across EMEA markets and was instrumental in Lotame’s European rollout of Panorama ID – one of the leading cookieless identity solutions solving both publisher and marketer challenges on data connectivity, activation and collaboration. As an industry heavyweight, Chris is highly proficient in understanding client’s needs to establish partnerships with enterprise marketers, digital advertising agencies, media companies, and technology vendors.

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James Cornish is SVP of International Sales & Partnerships for Vevo. With over 20 years of experience in selling digital media, he is responsible for managing and growing Vevo’s sales partnerships across its international territories. Prior to Vevo, James worked for Virgin Media and Fox Interactive Media.

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On this episode of Great Minds we’re pleased to present a long overdue conversation with Aaron Reitkopf, Senior Advisor to IPG on Open Architecture.

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On today’s episode of Great Minds we head to the Pacific Northwest to speak with Michael Boychuk, CCO and Co-founder of Little Hands of Stone, and Matt McCain, Co-founder of Little Hands of Stone, an award-winning creative agency based in Seattle.

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Composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Malcolm Bruce has toured, performed, recorded and appeared on records with some of the biggest names in music including Little Richard, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Dr John, Steve Cropper, Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamassa, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath), Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who, Jeff Beck), Leslie West and Corky Laing (Mountain), Tony Butler and Mark Brzezicki (Big Country) and his father the late Jack Bruce of Cream.

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On today’s episode of Great Minds we’re thrilled to welcome Tony Marlow, Chief Marketing Officer at LG Ad Solutions. Tony walks us through his career path. From his days at Nielsen and Yahoo! to IAS and now LG Ad Solutions,  Tony has worked with some of the best and brightest in the industry.

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As a strategic, business-minded B2B marketer, Margaret drives innovative strategies that grow company profit, profile, and pride. Said simply, “marketing is in my DNA”—an unexpected statement from a farmer’s daughter and immigrant, but it was on her family’s dairy farm in Ireland where she learned the value of hard work, keeping promises, and a commitment to community and connection—the same values that are essential to top-performing brands and businesses.

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Brian O’Kelley is CEO and co-founder of Scope3, leading the decarbonization of the media and advertising industry.

A respected entrepreneur and executive with a track record of building companies that have defined and led multi-billion dollar categories, Brian was the co-founder and CEO of AppNexus through its $1.6B sale to AT&T in 2018. He co-founded Waybridge, a supply chain technology company, and served as CTO of Right Media through its successful acquisition by Yahoo. Brian is an active board member of LiveRamp (RAMP), Tech:NYC, and the IAB Tech Lab, and is an executive producer of the Wonderstruck podcast.

Credited with the invention of programmatic advertising and the online ad exchange, Brian is deeply committed to technology-driven innovations that benefit society while improving the health of the planet.

Brian has been named to Crain’s 40 Under 40, Adweek 50 and Silicon Alley 100 lists, holds multiple patents, and was recognized as an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in the New York region in 2012. Brian was an early supporter of Girls Who Code and Moms First and is deeply committed to making the technology industry more inclusive.

Brian has a B.S.E. in Computer Science from Princeton University. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, two daughters, and two cats.

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On this very special episode of Great Minds we welcome Jeff Kollath, Executive Director of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.

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On this episode of Great Minds we welcome Murphy “Murph” Dunne,  Dunne played “Murph”, the keyboardist for the Blues Brothers, in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, a role he reprised in the sequel, Blues Brothers 2000.

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On this episode of Great Minds we’re very pleased to welcome legendary saxophonist and composer Louis Marini Jr. Louis has played with everyone from Frank Zappa to Blood, Sweat & Tears. He was an original member of the SNL house band, as well as The Blues Brothers.

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Jonathan Gudai is the co-founder and CEO of Adomni.com – a leading platform for digital advertising on screens in the real world. He is passionate about driving innovation to deliver performance marketing results through technology and enhanced creative content on-screen. He sees a world where social media advertising, video advertising and digital out of home advertising converge for performance and brand marketers.

Jonathan serves on the board of directors of the DPAA (Digital Place Based Advertising Association) and the Innovation Committee of the OAAA (Outdoor Advertising Association).

He also is the creator of Shoutable, a platform that brings together social media and digital out of home.

He has written numerous articles for national and industry publications, educating the world on the power of programmatic digital out of home advertising and the future of the industry.

Prior to Adomni, Jonathan spent most of his career in the eCommerce and Adtech sectors – with 20+ years in web and mobile software development.

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Jonathan is a seasoned CEO with leadership experience in managing complex organizations in business, government and nonprofit environments.

He currently serves as CEO of ADL, the oldest anti-hate organization in the world and one of the longest standing civil rights groups in the US. Since joining in 2015, Jonathan has transformed the agency by modernizing its operations, innovating its products, overhauling its governance, increasing its revenue and enhancing its impact. He has been named to the list of Top 50 Nonprofit Leaders by the Nonprofit Times in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Jonathan has launched and led successful high-growth companies and worked in senior positions at several public companies. In these roles, Jonathan has achieved multiple exits (IPO, trade sales) while generating shareholder value and social impact. He is the co-founder of Ethos Water (acquired by Starbucks Coffee Company, 2005); founder of All for Good (acquired by Points of Light, 2011); former CEO of GOOD Worldwide; and former VP, Consumer Products at REALTOR.com (IPO, 1999; acquired by News Corp, 2014).

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Ed Horne is the President of 160over90. In this role, he is responsible for managing all aspects of the business, and for setting the foundation for 160over90’s global growth strategy across all forms of culture. A key element of his role is to help establish and build relationships with major global clients, as they seek to utilize all areas of culture as a business-building platform.

Ed has more than 25 years of experience as an executive in the marketing industry, having started his career in advertising.

Prior to joining Endeavor, he spent 15 years at the National Hockey League leading the business side of professional hockey. At the NHL, he was involved in and oversaw the majority of the global NHL business, including marketing, sponsorship, media, licensing, communications, fan development and events.

Some of Ed’s most notable professional moments include helping to negotiate the first-ever Super Bowl halftime show sponsorship; helping Amazon Alexa normalize voice technology through TV and film integration; and playing a primary role in creating the partnership with the IOC and relevant NOCs and NGBs that saw NHL players participate in the Olympic Winter Games.

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For our final episode of 2023, Great Minds is thrilled to speak with Jessie Peck of the legendary R&B vocal group, The Spinners. Great Minds returns January 2024!

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Slovenian entrepreneur and CEO of Celtra, Miha Mikek founded a creative development and serving platform for mobile advertising that became a pioneer of mobile advertising technology. Today, the company provides cloud-based Creative Automation software for creative and marketing teams to collaborate, design and deliver digital campaigns across the ever-growing media ecosystem. Powering 400+ creative teams and 2/3 of Fortune 500 companies, brands and publishers alike use Celtra to transform their creative production and collaboration. Miha was recognized with several business leadership awards in Europe and honored as a 2012 Rising Star by Babson College. He lives with his wife Maja, Celtra’s co-founder, and two kids in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Sophie is an experienced business leader, entrepreneur, marketer and bestselling author who has worked in and with multinational companies, successful start-ups and agencies. An ‘acceleration addict’ she is constantly curious about how to speed up success.
Her book on leadership ‘Superfast: Lead at Speed’ was published by John Murray Press and was shortlisted for Business Book of the Year as well as getting to a no.1 spot on Amazon.

Sophie is an acclaimed keynote speaker, talking to organisations and at events regularly. Her highly creative and commercial approach comes from a career which began with classic management training at Procter & Gamble and then Coca-Cola. She later moved agency-side with Leo Burnett in the Middle East and Interbrand in London.

She has personal experience of being a successful entrepreneur, setting up her own award-winning e-commerce business in the middle of the recession which she sold before running a luxury gifts business. Her most recent role has been as CEO of The Caffeine Partnership, a unique business consultancy which helps leaders to work with purpose and pace, where she has worked with impatient business leaders across the world.

In July 2020 Sophie became the new CEO of The Marketing Society, a global community of senior marketers whose purpose is to empower brave leaders.

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