communication Experts

Tony Ulwick

Founder & CEOStrategyn

Tony is the pioneer of Jobs-to-be-Done Theory and the inventor of Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI).

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar, Ph.D.

Board of Trustees Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar’s research interests include the 20th century United States, with a focus in African American history.

Victoria Harres

Director, Audience DevelopmentPR Newswire

Duchess of Twitterville! An organization's online voice is a key to building brand awareness, authenticity, and audience engagement

Gordon K. McIvor, Ph.D.

PresidentEmpire Club Foundation

Distinguished leader in the Canadian public relations and communications industry with a wealth of first hand experience

Hillary Berman

FounderPopcorn & Ice Cream

Small business marketing. Passionate about customer engagement, customer experience, small/local business, startups and entrepreneurship.

Robbin Phillips

Courageous President

The Firestarter! Putting a match to word-of-mouth marketing campaigns that ignite a sustainable movement of brand identity & loyal support

Elizabeth Monier-Williams

Career Strategist / Fractional MarketerCircle Star Consulting

Experienced marketing and communications professional

Merry Robertson

CEOJump Marketing and Business Solutions

Professional, energetic speaker and master of business and personal communication. Build your business and your career!

Mitchell Hamilton, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Avi Savar

Founding PartnerBig Fuel

Founder and Chairman of Big Fuel. Inaugural Cannes Lions Branded Content Jury President. Sought-after industry spokesperson and author.