Frictionless Marketing

Laura Duda is senior vice president and chief communications officer at The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, where she leads all internal and external communications globally for Goodyear, including public and media relations, employee communications, corporate reputation management, philanthropy, and community relations, as well as Goodyear’s fleet of world-famous airships...

Peter Land has been with DICK’S Sporting Goods since mid-2020, where he currently serves as their Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer. He is also an adjunct professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, a position he has held since 1998. 

Prior to joining the team at DICK’S, Peter specialized in corporate reputation and consumer marketing as a partner in New York strategic communications agency Finsbury Glover Hering...

Pam Forbus is the Chief Marketing Officer of Pernod Ricard North America, a role she has held since July 2020. In her role, she oversees the marketing strategy for Absolut, Jameson, Malibu, Avion, and multiple other spirits, wines, and champagnes. Before joining Pernod Ricard, Pam worked for Walt Disney Studios, where she led the insights, analytics, and CRM functions...

Chris Fuller is the Chief Communications Officer of Inspire Brands whose portfolio includes Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, Rusty Taco, and SONIC Drive-In restaurants. Chris’ prior experiences include stints at Yum! Brands and Pizza Hut as well as an early position as press secretary for the US House of Representatives...

Adam Collins is the Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs Officer at Molson Coors. In years prior, Adam spent four years working for the office of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and was the Communications Director for the Chicago Police department...

Maggie Schmerin leads the global advertising and social media team at United Airlines where she's been for over five years. Her previous experience includes multiple years at Edelman where she worked on such brands as BlackBerry, Shell, Kellogg’s, Mars,  Proctor & Gamble and Samsung among others. 

Maggie has also been honored by Crain's Chicago Business, and named a 40 under 40 by PR Week...

Michael Gonda is the Chief Communications Officer of McDonald's, a position he's held for the past 8 months.

Michael is responsible for setting integrated communications strategies that advance the message of the brand and drive business impact in more than 100 markets around the world...

Wendy Lund is a women’s health advocate, adviser, and activist with more than 30 years of experience in marketing and communications. After working at Planned Parenthood, the National League of Nursing, and some of the country’s leading healthcare communications firms, Wendy joined Organon, the largest women’s health company of its kind. As Chief Communications Officer, she’s working to change how women’s health is approached, treated, shaped, and especially talked about...

Mark Truby is chief communications officer at the Ford Motor Company where he leads all global communications and public relations activities. This includes building the company’s reputation globally and helping to lead communications that reach Ford’s external and internal audiences, including customers, employees, dealers, suppliers, news media, communities, governments, and policymakers. He reports directly to  Ford CEO Jim Farley...

Jonathan Adashek is the Chief Communications Officer and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications at IBM. Before joining IBM, Jonathan was at Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance in Paris, as well as Nissan Motor Co. in Yokohama, Japan, and prior to that had stints at Microsoft and Edelman. 

One of Jonathan's first roles was as a special assistant at the White House before becoming director of the national delegate strategy for the John Kerry presidential campaign...