2025 Young Lions
Jury Members
Digital
Elizabeth Anderson, VP, Associate Creative Director | Area 23
Diego Bertagni, Executive Creative Director, Americas | Burson
Rachel Braude, Senior Vice President | Powell Communications
Yi Chen, Comms Strategy Director | Media by Mother
Samantha Choi, CEO, Chief Creative Officer | Manual Labor Studio
Jed Cohen, Executive Creative Director | Mother LA
Jessica Doolittle, Director, Media | T-Mobile
Gustavo Dorietto, Executive Creative Director | Mother New York
Brad Feinberg, VP Media, Digital & eCommerce | Molson Coors Beverage Company
Jason Ferguson, Creative Director | StreetEasy (Zillow Group)
Alex Foster, Head of Creative Studios (ECD) | Code And Theory
Stacey Gersten, SVP | Burns Entertainment
Scott Goodson, CEO | StrawberryFrog
David Kim, Executive Creative Director | Postmates (by Uber)
D’Arcy O’Neill, Creative Director | WorkInProgress
Marco Pupo, Co-Founder, CCO | Atlantic New York
Giancarlo Rodas, Executive Creative Director | Droga5
Joel Rodriguez, Global ECD / Head of Creative New York | FleishmanHillard
Rachel Theberge, Creative Director | Reach Agency
Film
Jason Apaliski, Creative Director | Pereira O'Dell
Lachlan Badenoch, Chief Strategy Officer | Carmichael Lynch
Tanya De Poli, CEO | Founders
Andre Felix, VP Creative Director | Publicis
Lauren Hale-Rieckhoff, President | Andiamo Pictures
Rachel Herskovitz, SVP, Content Partnerships | iHeartRadio
Buchun Jiang, Creative Lead/CCO | Breaking and Entering Media
Jason Kahner, Global Chief Client Officer | Grey
Matt Kappler, Creative Director | Pereira O'Dell
Lia Khayami Quinones, Group Creative Director | Colle McVoy
Gabrielle Lamontagne, Design Director | JKR Global
Ricky Lu, Creative Director | Pereira O'Dell
Kieran Murray, Copywriter | MullenLowe US
Zack Roif, Creative Director | Johannes Leonardo
Jameson Rossi, Group Creative Director | McKinney
Jeff Schermer, Creative Director | GUT
Andrew Tobin, Creative Director | Johannes Leonardo
Ashley Veltre, Creative Director | Mischief
Joseph Yakuel, CEO and Founder | WITHIN
Brad Zeifman, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer | SHADOW
Media
Rachel Arlin, Associate Director, Planning | Wavemaker
Courtney Ballantini, Head of Client Experience | Rise
Jo Cronk, President, North America | Whalar
Taryn Crouthers, President | ATTN
Sarah Donohue, EVP, Global Managing Partner | UM
Marcelo Szpigel Dzialoszynski, Associate Creative Director | EssenceMediacom
Sara Fairbanks, Planning Director | Mindshare
Kristin Fallon, VP, Advertising | AT&T
Mason Franklin, EVP, Managing Director, Strategy | UM
Lisa Giacosa, Chief Investment Officer | Spark Foundry
Kerry Hemmerich, Chief Client Officer | Spark Foundry
Shannon Jones, Co-Founder | Verb
Tony Kalathara, VP Group Creative Director | INNOCEAN USA
Angela Mayfield, EVP, Global Growth | IPG Mediabrands
Jim McKinnis, Chief Creative Officer | Omnicom Commerce Group
Leah Meranus, CEO, North America | dentsu X
Kindra Meyer, Executive Creative Director | Verb
Jatinder Singh, Global Data & AI Lead | Accenture Song
Blythe Sivie, SVP, Paid Strategy and Planning | Publicis Constellation Groupe
Brendon Volpe, Chief Strategy Officer | UM
PR
Robyn Adelson, Chief Strategy Officer | Weber Shandwick
Mykola "Nick" Arzhantsev, Sr. Copywriter | Amazon, Brand Innovation Lab
Dana Bontemps, CMO | The League
Laurel Dusenberry, SVP Creative | CBS/Paramount
Alison Ehrmann, Consulting CMO | American Greetings, DTC Division
Kamya Elawadhi, Chief Client Officer | Doceree
Ben Herson, Storytelling & Creative | Amazon
Jeff Immel, CCO | Weber Shandwick
Carole Irgang, Head of Brand | Bentley Systems
Patti Kim, VP Business Development | Live Nation
Stephanie Lawrence, Head of Agency Partnerships | Nextdoor
Elizabeth Luke, Brand Communications Lead | Pinterest
Jackie Jinse Moran, Associate Creative Director | Peloton
Sharalyn Orr, Executive Director, Global Marketing Innovation | The Estee Lauder Co's
Margaux Pepper, SVP, Strategic Planning | Weber Shandwick
Andrea Kerr Redniss, Managing Director, MediaLink and Partner, UTA | MediaLink
Meghan Reynolds, Senior Director, Growth | Oura
Jaclyn Ruelle, VP Head of Brand | Papa Johns
Tyler Stewart, Head of Marketing | Gopuff
Amber Ward, CEO Co-Founder | Invisible North
Greg Auer, SVP, Executive Creative Director | Fusion92
A.P. Chaney, Senior Director, Creative Sparkling Flavors NAOU | Coca-Cola
Damien Collot, Creative Type Director | Monotype
Alex Dousie, SVP, Brand Marketing | Dow Jones & The Wall Street Journal
Mark Feldstein, Partner & President, Studios | Known
Michelle Froah, Global Chief Marketing & Innovation Officer | ETS
Steve Gorski, Head of Strategy | Forsman & Bodenfors
Sean Griffin, Head of Creative Account Management | WITHIN
Tiffany Guarnaccia, CEO & Founder | Kite Hill PR
Lauren Kaiser, Senior Director of B2B Marketing | New York Times Advertising
Becca Lee Keith, Account Director | Jones Knowles Ritchie
Brooke Lindsay, New Business Development Designer | VML
Bec Matlioski, Associate Creative Director | McCann Worldgroup
Carrie Miller, Global Chief of Staff, Creative & Strategy | Edelman
Lara O'Shea, Founder and Chief Strategist | Strategy Latitudes
Nathan Reese, Creative Director | New York Times Advertising/T Brand Studio
Sergio Rodriguez, Creative Director | PPK
Sara Soskolne, Creative Type Director | Monotype
Oliver Trower, VP, Group Creative Directgor | Klick Health
Ecole Weinstein, Global Creative Director Lead | Uber
Titanium Award
Scott Goodson, Founder, CEO | StrawberryFrog
Nick Sonderup, CCO | StrawberryFrog
Tyler DeAngelo, CCO | StrawberryFrog
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