


Chart a Curriculum for Modern Marketing
The 2025 Future of Marketing Leadership Conference, February 12-13 in New York, was a collaboration between the ANA Educational Foundation, the ANA Global CMO Growth Council, and Columbia University and was curated around the Growth Council's four leadership priorities: Talent and Marketing Organization, Technology and Data, Society and Sustainability, and Brand and Creativity. This one and a half day conference brought together industry and academia to chart a 'curriculum for modern marketing,' offering inspiration, practical education, and the opportunity to explore the talent competencies essential to future success.
Conference Speakers

Alex Craddock
Chief Marketing and Content Officer
Citi

Emily Culp
Chief Strategy & Brand Officer
BodyHealth

April Denn
VP, Ad Sales
A+E Networks

Dan Dipiazzo
Chief Marketing + Experience Officer
Georgia Aquarium

Obioma (Oby) Enyia
Head of North America Consumer Connections and Media
The Coca-Cola Company

Michael Fox
Sr. Director, Marketing Transformation, Media & Marketing Effectiveness
Verizon

Julia Goldin
Chief Product & Marketing Officer
The LEGO Group

Lisa Gottardo
Executive Director of Employer Relations
Columbia Business School

John Hardy
SVP, MarTech
ANA

Jerusha Harvey
SVP Marketing Capabilities & Curriculum Design
ANA

Sheila Holman
Vice President, Marketing
United States Postal Service

Soyoung Kang
Chief Marketing Officer
EOS Products

Harry Kargman
Founder & CEO
Kargo

Bob Liodice
Chief Executive Officer
ANA

Gord McLean
President & CEO
ANA Educational Foundation

Oded Netzer
Vice Dean for Research & Arthur J. Samberg Professor of Business
Columbia Business School

Chi Ogbuehi
Vice President, Marketing Technology & Consumer Products
NFL

Joseph Prota
Global Director of Brand Marketing
IBM

Florian Péquignot
Vice President Human Resources – Global Brand Building
Procter & Gamble

Matt Quint
Director, Center on Global Brand Leadership
Columbia Business School

Prof. Miklos Sarvary
Carson Family Professor of Business
Columbia Business School

Bernd Schmitt
Robert D. Calkins Professor of International Business
Columbia Business School

Rajan Sehmi
Executive Director, Strategic Planning
OMD

Matt Silver
Head of Marketing Technology
Barclays US Consumer Bank

Manos Spanos
Chief Commercial Officer
Sunny Sky Products

Heather Strickland
Director of Global Marketer Learning
American Express

Sadie Thoma
Director, Americas Ads Marketing

Alicia Tillman
Chief Marketing Officer
Delta
AEF Talent Partners






