2025 Young Lions
Finalist Teams
Digital
Megan Teshima, Jessie Kwan (Whalar)
Kaity Butcher and Maria Pia Rodriguez (Microsoft)
Grace Carbonari, Emily Rawson (Mindshare)
Alexandra Jones, Eunie Jang (Amazon Brand Innovation Labs)
Roberto Del Real Jr, Alex Lofaro (BarkleyOKRP)
Film
Andrew Rhee (Google), Dillon Hansen (McCann)
Dan Persaud, Edwin Aristilde (Havas)
Julia Merten (Widen + Kennedy), John Johnson Jr (Movers+Shakers)
Palak Kapadia (Amazon Brand Innovation Labs ), Catarina Barcala Gosende (MullenLowe)
Davey Robinson, Graham Barbour
Media
Ebin Joby, Stella Tse (Initiative)
Morgan McAlister, Dana Nathanson (Initiative)
Allison Wolf, Casey Wolk (Mindshare)
Arleigh Haskal, Lydia Pamudji (Havas Media)
Alex Northcutt, Kyla Alberto (Initiative)
PR
Jenny Yoo, Lauren Brook (Weber Shandwick)
Chris Gutierrez, Josephine Cheng (FleishmanHillard)
Casey Medlin, Samatha Amo (FleishmanHillard)
Lauryn King, June Hernandez (Weber Shandwick)
Ariana Catalano, Madeline Neubert (Methods+Mastery)
Ryan Kane, Alex Bohner (VML)
Julia Sanbe, Gianna Centurion (GUT0
Ellen Brown, Hannah Lewis (TracyLocke)
Hailey Skinner, Kendelle Cragun (Crispin)
Anna Kennedy, Dhairyata Jain (Weber Shandwick)​​​​​
TEAM USA will be announced at a live event on April 9th.
Congratulations to all finalists!
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE 2025 COMPETITION SPONSORS
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