Board of Directors

National Board of Directors

Andrya Smith

Andrya Smith

partner, PwC

Chair

Maria Salcedo

Maria Salcedo

senior vice president, merchandising, Ulta Beauty

Vice Chair

Tara Farnsworth

Tara Farnsworth

CFO, Bayshore Global Management

treasurer

Suzanne Norr

Suzanne Norr

COO, AvatarLabs, Inc.

secretary

Vanessa Salinas Beckstrom

Vanessa Salinas Beckstrom

investigation + forensics partner, PwC

Celina Blanks

Celina Blanks

vice president, Lockton 

Southern Chair

April Carr

April Carr

Senior Director Innovation Platforms, PepsiCo

Tiffany Chow

Tiffany Chow

SVP, Strategy & Business Development, NBCU News Group at NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Garnesha Crawford Ezediaro

Garnesha Crawford Ezediaro

portfolio lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bernadette Fitzpatrick

Bernadette Fitzpatrick

full stack marketer

Tonya Garrett

Tonya Garrett

director, agency development North America, LinkedIn

eastern chair

Minda Harts

Minda Harts

founder and CEO, The Memo LLC

Charity Johns

Charity Johns

CEO, Illinois Cafe & Service Company

midwest chair

Marnie Kain

Marnie Kain

VP brand Marketing, Grub Hub

Kaye Poposfky Kramer

Kaye Poposfky Kramer

founder, Step Up

Katie Mayne

Katie Mayne

executive consultant

Melanie Barr

Melanie Barr

CEO, She Built It®

Delores Druilhet Morton

Delores Druilhet Morton

CEO, Step Up

Mark O. Page

Mark O. Page

executive, AT&T (retired)

Monique Saunders Patrick

Monique Saunders Patrick

Chief Operating Officer, CDC Foundation

Beth Radichel

Beth Radichel

partner, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Barri Rafferty

Barri Rafferty

CEO, Americas, Morrow Sodali

Jenny Dinh Safransky

Jenny Dinh Safransky

founder, head of partnerships and talent management, JDS Projects

western chair

Tara Simon

Tara Simon

global brand president, Too Faced Cosmetics

Maggie Stockdale

Maggie Stockdale

global enterprise sales director, Double Verify

Judie Verb

Judie Verb

executive vice president, west region small business and branch banking, U.S. Bank

Regional Board of Directors

Eastern Region Board

  • Tonya Garrett, director, LinkedIn marketing solutions | agency development, LinkedIn Chair
  • Usheen Davar, Senior Director, Digital Ad Sales, Healthline Media Vice Chair
  • Quincy Evans, principal-investment analyst, Davidson Kempner Capital Management
  • Cori Fernandez, Global Platforms Account Executive, Google
  • Taylor Foxman, founder + CEO, The Industry Collective
  • Stacey Jenkins, VP, People and Culture, GSTQ

Midwestern Region Board

  • Charity Johns, CEO, Illinois Cafe & Service Company Chair
  • Baaba Holland, founder and CEO, Baaba Holland Agency Vice Chair
  • Rose Ann Abraham, partner, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
  • Tonya Gauff, Finance Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US)
  • Kelly Hougom, Director of Specialty Products, BMO Harris Bank
  • Jennifer Kobus, VP transportation & logistics, Ulta Beauty
  • Ashley Kwateng, senior sales strategy manager, Club Channel-Quaker Oats, PepsiCo
  • Leila Shin,Principal, Advisory, KPMG

Southern Region Board

  • Celina Blanks, vice president, Lockton Chair
  • Tamara Beverly, senior strategy & transformation associate, Daimler Truck Financial Services Vice Chair
  • Bridget Biagas, vice president, partner relations and business diversity, Hudson Group
  • LaKeysha Brooks, general manager, global sales, Delta Airlines
  • Kimberly S. Clay, CEO + founder, Play Like a Girl!
  • Kimberly Cockrell, chief human resources officer, Toyota Financial Services
  • Lisa Crawford, managing director, Accenture
  • Ashley Miller, diversity programs manager, Goldman Sachs
  • Briana Torres, director for healthcare providers, Microsoft
  • Claire Walters, senior vice president human resources, Private Health Management
  • Tamera Woodard, vice president/associate general counsel, AT&T

Western Region Board

  • Jenny Dinh Safransky, founder, head of partnerships and talent management, JDS Projects Chair
  • Camille Rustia, business affairs executive, Apple TV+ Vice Chair
  • Monica Cooper, Treasury Management Officer, CTP, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Brieanne Gershick, managing director, strategy and consulting, health industry, Accenture
  • Beth Helmstetter, creative director, Beth Helmstetter Events | founder, The Good Beginning
  • Meghan Birmingham Leader, Strategic Business Executive
  • Gina McIntosh, Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, Universal Pictures
  • Stacey Mendoza, Senior Team Lead, Brand Partnerships - Hulu, Disney Streaming
  • Hali Resnick, business and legal affairs executive, Roku
  • Kim Richardson, VP, Chief Privacy Officer, Tandem Diabetes Care
  • Nyanza Shaw, Managing Attorney/Owner, Shaw Esquire
  • Helen Textor, director, program management; diversity, equity & inclusion, Google
  • Deborah Thomas, senior vice president, entertainment publicity, NBCU
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