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James ‘Jim’ Peck, currently serves as the Executive Chairman and CEO of NIQ. Jim, in partnership with Advent International, acquired the business from Nielsen in March 2021.  

Previously, Jim served as the CEO of TransUnion. He joined TransUnion in 2012 when it was owned by Advent International and Goldman Sachs. As CEO, he led the company’s transformation into a market leader in innovation, driven by organic growth programs, tech re-platforming and strategic transactions. Prior to TransUnion, Jim oversaw growth at LexisNexis, spearheading the $4 billion acquisition and integration of ChoicePoint into LexisNexis and the acquisition of Seisint while serving as CEO of Risk Solutions from 2004 to 2012. Jim also served as SVP and Chief Product Officer of LexisNexis from 2001 to 2004.  

Jim received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton and an M.B.A. from The Ohio State University. Additionally, Jim received a CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight, issued by the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. 

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A proven marketing and communications leader. Cyhan-Bowles specializes in guiding teams towards long-term success through data-driven rigor and a personal bias for innovative campaigns that captivate, engage and ultimately drive measurable growth. 

As Global Marketing COE, she leads the charge in unifying the global team at NIQ across communication, brand, digital and thought leadership efforts. The goal, to bring transformational value to C-Suite leaders across the retail and manufacturing sectors. 

Prior to her role at NIQ, Cyhan-Bowles served as the Chief Marketing Officer at Catalina Marketing and held positions of CMO and Executive Vice President of Strategy and Entertainment Partnerships at MAC Presents. Additionally, she has contributed her expertise as a senior marketing advisor to the President of North America at Avon and as Vice President of Marketing at Kellogg, where she led corporate wide partnership campaigns and led global teams to deliver campaign resonance across key markets. 

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Troy Treangen is a product and technology executive with over 30 years of experience driving innovation across the consumer-packaged goods industry. As Chief Product Officer at NIQ, he sits at the intersection of product, AI, data, and strategic partnerships — driving a unified agenda globally. 

Troy is currently at the center of NIQ’s AI transformation, building the company’s enterprise AI capability and leading the development of agentic commerce products that combine NIQ’s proprietary retail intelligence with emerging AI to help clients move from insight to action faster than ever before. His work spans AI product strategy, risk governance, and competitive positioning as NIQ establishes itself as the AI-forward leader in commerce intelligence. 

Before his current role, Troy held leadership positions across NIQ, Nielsen, Deloitte, IRI, and Conagra Brands, consistently blending deep technology expertise with commercial impact. He began his career with a computer science degree and has spent three decades translating emerging technology into business results. 

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Jacqueline Flam is Managing Director of Beauty and Health at NielsenIQ (NIQ), where she partners with leading manufacturers and retailers to accelerate growth through advanced analytics, emerging technology, and deep consumer insight. She oversees strategic initiatives that help brands navigate category disruption, optimize commercial performance, and uncover new opportunities using NielsenIQ’s full suite of data and intelligence solutions. 
 
With more than 20 years of experience across the beauty, health, and wellness industries, Ms. Flam has held senior leadership roles spanning marketing, sales, and general management. She is known for blending creative brand-building expertise with a rigorous, data-informed approach, enabling organizations to innovate with confidence and strengthen their connection to today’s consumer. 
 
Throughout her career, she has guided global teams, shaped high-impact go-to-market strategies, and built collaborative partnerships that drive sustained business results. Ms. Flam is widely recognized for her ability to translate complex consumer behavior into clear, actionable strategies that empower brands to lead in a rapidly evolving marketplace. 
 
She is a graduate of Lehigh University with a bachelor of science in marketing. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children. 

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Tara is NielsenIQ’s Global Account Development Leader and the founder of its Beauty Vertical — a practice she built from scratch in 2019 and scaled globally in 2022. With 26+ years driving consumer insights across beauty and personal care, she has become one of the industry’s most trusted voices on where the market is heading and why it matters. 

In her global role, Tara leads strategic client partnerships that unlock growth for some of the world’s leading manufacturers — connecting NielsenIQ’s omnichannel data capabilities to real business decisions. Her team develops innovative solutions, surfaces unmet consumer needs, and translates complex data into commercial strategy. 

A CEW Board Member, Tara brings both the numbers and the narrative to every conversation. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and began her career as a fragrance evaluator — a grounding in craft that still shapes how she thinks about the consumer. 

She lives in northern New Jersey with her husband and two children, and draws creative energy from the arts, gardening, yoga, travel, and cooking. 

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Beryl Sanders is Uber’s Head of Retail Partnerships, leading strategic relationships across the company’s retail business. Over a decade at Uber, she has played a key role in shaping and scaling some of the company’s most important growth initiatives. 

Beryl joined Uber Eats in its early days, shortly after the standalone app launched, and helped establish and grow some of the platform’s most iconic partnerships, including McDonald’s and Starbucks. She later helped build Uber’s Grocery & Retail business from the ground up, founding and scaling the non-restaurant Partnerships organization and building the team responsible for bringing on and managing the company’s grocery and retail partners. 

Darren Caudill has over four decades of experience working in both grocery wholesale and retail. As Wakefern’s chief sales officer, he oversees center store, own brands, fresh and prepared foods departments along with digital and innovation, marketing, merchandising and sales and analytics divisions. Wakefern Food Corp. is the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative with member companies that own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market banners. Caudill came to Wakefern after spending a decade at Cub Foods, Supervalu and UNFI, where he was the senior vice president of merchandising, marketing and sales. He began his career at The Kroger Company where his experience would lead him from a store manager’s position through roles as a category manager, merchandiser in the grocery and meat divisions, pricing strategy, loyalty marketing, and data analysis. A graduate of Ohio State University, Caudill has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Minnesota Grocers, Kemba Columbus Credit Union and as a member of the Advisory Board of Directors for the Institute for Research in Marketing at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. 

Peter is the head of industry & client engagement at Flywheel, the commerce acceleration division of Omnicom. Previously, Peter held leadership roles at Fetch Rewards, PowerReviews, CVS Health, dunnhumby, IRi and priceline.com. He holds a BA from Wesleyan University, a MBA from The Stern School of Business at New York University and Executive Education Certificates from the Business Schools at Columbia University and Cornell University.

Natalie Fong is a digital product and retail technology executive with over a decade of experience leading enterprise transformation for specialty retail organizations. She is recognized for building and scaling digital commerce capabilities that connect customer experience, operational excellence, and revenue growth across complex omnichannel environments. 

Natalie has led large-scale initiatives spanning SAP S/4HANA transformation, chain-wide POS modernization, mobile platforms, and enterprise retail systems. Her expertise extends across digital product strategy and marketplace innovation, including launching marketplace capabilities, expanding tender and payment ecosystems, enabling omnichannel fulfillment, and developing scalable commerce platforms that support evolving customer expectations. 

She also brings deep experience in applied AI and emerging commerce technologies, including deploying machine learning models, developing intelligent shopping agents, and enabling offsite agentic commerce experiences. Natalie specializes in translating emerging technologies into commercially viable digital products that drive personalization, increase customer lifetime value, and extend engagement beyond traditional retail channels. 

Known for aligning business strategy with technology execution, Natalie partners across executive, product, engineering, and operations teams to deliver scalable digital solutions that accelerate growth and modernize the specialty retail experience. 

Kirti leads P&G’s global Consumer Market Knowledge (CMK) organization and Analytics and Insights in leveraging cutting-edge data, analytics, behavioral science and visualization to discover consumer, shopper and market insights—and transform them into actionable outputs that drive growth of P&G’s global product portfolio. Under Kirti’s leadership, CMK has become an invaluable partner in shaping the direction of our ten product categories to grow brands, guide strategies and portfolio choices, and design in-market executions.

Since joining P&G in 1993 as a CMK manager in India, Kirti has held numerous leadership positions across P&G businesses, including Beauty Care, Feminine Care, Health Care, Grooming, and most recently Baby Care. He has worked across many geographies including India, China, Singapore and the U.S.

Outside of P&G, Kirti lends his expertise to academia and the public sector to foster development in the areas of consumer insights and research.

Nicholas Bertram joined Michaels as President and Chief Operating Officer in April 2025. A purpose-driven leader with more than 20 years of experience in the retail and grocery industries, Nick oversees Stores, services, Artistree, and the real estate division.  

He most recently served as CEO of Flashfood, a digital marketplace focused on reducing food waste through affordable grocery solutions. Prior to that, he was President of The GIANT Company, a subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize, where he led strategic growth and transformation initiatives in merchandising, operations, and corporate strategy. Earlier in his career, Nick held leadership roles at Walmart in operations, human resources, and innovation. 

Nick holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Eastern Kentucky University and a Master of Business Administration from University of Phoenix. 

Mark Ibbotson is a senior global retail and technology executive currently serving as Chairman of VusionGroup North America, Retail Advisor to Qualcomm, and Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Central Operations and Real Estate at Walmart U.S., overseeing innovation, online grocery pickup, fresh operations, and enterprise operational transformation, and prior to that served as COO of Asda. Mark brings deep operator and advisory experience scaling retail, data, and technology platforms globally.

Babir Sultan is an accomplished entrepreneur, public speaker, and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience in the retail, creativity and gas station industries. As the president of multiple gas stations and founder of FavMarketing Co., Babir excels at combining data-driven strategies with innovative marketing to drive business growth. His creative content has reached millions monthly through platforms like YouTube, where he has built a loyal community with his channel, FavTrip.

Known for his leadership and adaptability, Babir inspires teams by leading with kindness, empathy, and a solutions-focused mindset. He is passionate about leveraging technology, including machine learning and data visualization, to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.

Beyond his professional achievements, Babir is a family man, devoted father of four, and a husband. He values continuous learning, creativity, and health, recently achieving significant personal milestones in fitness and well-being. His adventurous spirit fuels his passion for travel, with aspirations to explore destinations like Japan and Morocco. Babir’s storytelling prowess, whether through marketing or his creative scriptwriting, reflects his deep commitment to sharing impactful and meaningful narratives.

In every endeavor, Babir remains dedicated to uplifting his community, supporting charitable causes, and innovating for a better future.

Amber Turley is Vice President of Omni Convenience and Commerce Partnerships at Sephora, where she helps the company anticipate how customers want to shop next and translate those shifts into practical, scalable retail experiences.  

Over the course of her career at Sephora, she has helped shape the company’s evolution across omnichannel convenience, on-demand marketplaces, social commerce, and, more recently, AI-powered shopping. 

Her work has included launching and scaling capabilities such as Buy Online, Pick Up In Store, Auto-Replenishment, Same-Day Delivery, Same-Day Unlimited, and partnerships with Instacart, DoorDash, and Uber Eats — all grounded in a focus on making shopping easier, more connected, and more responsive to how clients actually behave. 

Most recently, she has helped extend Sephora’s presence into emerging AI shopping environments, including the Sephora app in ChatGPT and the company’s expanding work in agentic commerce, as new platforms reshape how customers discover, evaluate, and purchase products. 

Before joining Sephora, Amber was a retail analyst at Morgan Stanley covering specialty retail, department stores, and off-price retail for a top-ranked team. She holds a B.A. in Political Science: International Relations from the University of California San Diego and a M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business.

As Chief Customer Officer (CCO), Carrie Sander is our face to the retailer and is responsible for our customer and commercial operations in the US business.

Carrie has been with the company since 2002. Over the past two years, she has led the global Sales organization through the merger with Mars Inc. and is integral to the organizational design and integration planning process.

Prior to her CCO role, Carrie served as General Manager of the Portable Wholesome Snacks (PWS) business, where she led the strategic direction, growth plans and operations of some of our most iconic brands, including Pop-Tarts, Rice Krispies Treats, Nutri-Grain and RXBAR.

Carrie has held many senior commercial roles, including sales leadership and planning roles in Away From Home (AFH). She has led regional account teams, large customer teams and served as Vice President of National Account sales from 2019 to 2021.

Throughout her career, she has led strategic joint business planning partnerships resulting in successful joint share gains, sales and profit growth across the portfolio. Carrie was awarded the distinction of being named one of Progressive Grocers Top Executive Women in recognition of her influence.

Prior to joining Kellogg, she worked in merchandising analytics at Target Corporation. Carrie also serves as a member of the Kellanova Fund Board of Directors.  The Kellanova Fund serves as a charitable arm of the company, making grants around the world in support of their Better Days Promise.

Carrie is the mother of three, she and her husband reside in Mason, OH.  She earned her degree in Marketing,  Management and Economics from Indiana University.

Ron Cole is an accomplished and results-driven executive with a distinguished career spanning consumer goods and entrepreneurship with an expertise in operations, brand & product development, sales, and M&A. As the newly appointed President of Pronghorn, he now spearheads the organization’s mission to advance economic equity and diversity, aiming to generate $2.4 billion in economic value within the spirits industry by 2032.

He holds an Executive MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.A. from the University of Rochester, bringing both strategic insight and operational expertise to the role.

Ron’s career spans leadership roles at global powerhouses like Nestlé Purina, Kerry Foods, and Reckitt, where he managed and built multiple billion-dollar P&Ls and stood up organizational capabilities like digital media and integrated commercial planning.  A dedicated servant leader, he’s known for developing high-performing, values-driven teams and mentoring the next generation of talent. 

As the Global Head of Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Goods GTM at Amazon/AWS, Justin leads a team dedicated to driving digital transformation across the consumer landscape. Amazon’s mission is to be the earth’s most customer-centric company and his team’s mission is to empower businesses with supply chain, advertising, ecommerce, physical store, artificial intelligence, digital core, and customer experience capabilities. Recognized as the 2024 Innovator of the Year by Mass Market Retailer and 2026 Top AI Thought-Leader by Rethink Retail, Justin is passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex industry challenges. Beyond his professional endeavors, he serves on a Coalition of Action for Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the Western Michigan Food Marketing Association (FMA) advisory board, the Leadership Atlanta board, and CHRIS180 board. Justin also hosts the top global consumer industries entrepreneurship podcast – The Contender Cast. 

Greg Rush is the President of Houchens Food Group, a subsidiary of Houchens Industries, Inc., one of the largest and the most diversified 100% employee-owned companies in the country.  Houchens Food Group operates over 400 locations throughout 15 states.  These locations include grocery, convenience, and hardware stores, as well as quick service restaurants. Mr. Rush’s retail experience began at age 15 with a local independent grocer.  While attending Western Kentucky University he worked full-time in Dollar General’s Scottsville, KY distribution center, interned with various departments and upon graduation joined the Internal Audit department before transitioning into Merchandising where he had the opportunity to lead sourcing and category management for numerous departments. In 2009, Mr. Rush joined Houchens Food Group as a Convenience Category Manager and has served in roles of increasing responsibility until most recently serving as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Merchandising.   

Mr. Rush is an active Board member of Associated Wholesale Grocers, Houchens Food Group, Feeders Pet Supply, and is the Chairman of the Board of Alliance Retail Group. He previously served on the Boards and is still actively involved with IGA, Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.  Greg holds a BS in Accounting from Western Kentucky University.  Greg and his wife Stephanie are the proud parents of three sons, Hamilton, Jackson, and Jett. 

Jose takes the helm of the Google Cloud business in the U.S., focused on the retail, consumer and travel industries. He brings a wealth of retail, brand and consultancy experience, and a deep understanding of the complex retail market.

A passionate leader that cares deeply about his team, colleagues and Customers alike. Seeking to empower and inspire them to reach further than they thought possible.

Jose spent 12 years at Dunnhumby, partnering with retailers and brands to leverage data and analytics to put their customers first. Most recently, he was President of North America, where he worked with the likes of Kroger, Macy’s, Hilton, McDonald’s, Meijer, P&G, and Kraft, centering the customer across strategy, loyalty, personalization, merchandising and supply chain decisions. With a strong emphasis in fostering collaboration between retailers and brands, his work also focused on the monetization of retailers’ data assets via shopper insights, media targeting and closed loop measurement.

Jose is currently based in Chicago with his wife and two young daughters. Originally from Portugal, they are a family of explorers like their ancestors before them, and between them have been brought up, studied and worked in 12 countries, transforming their passion for travel and food into a way of life.

James has led the development and evolution of merchandising and retail programs at Rouses Markets for over 20 years. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for driving market-leading innovation across prepared foods, natural and organic produce, service meat and seafood, bakery, deli, and meal kit programs. In addition to his extensive fresh food leadership, James also oversees key responsibilities within center store operations, strategic pricing initiatives, and data analytics, helping shape company-wide merchandising decisions and performance strategies.

James has consistently driven sales growth and margin expansion through strong vendor partnerships, disciplined negotiations, data-driven decision making, and operational execution. His leadership has helped position Rouses as a differentiated market leader focused on quality, innovation, and local relevance.

Over the course of his career, James has held numerous leadership roles within the grocery industry, including Vice President of Fresh Category and Operations, Director of Meat and Seafood, Director, along with multiple operational leadership positions. His broad expertise across fresh foods, center store merchandising, pricing strategy, analytics, and operations reflects a deep commitment to excellence and innovation within the grocery industry.

James is married to Candace Breuhl and is the proud father of two children.

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Kaleigh has 9 years of NIQ experience and considerable background working with clients in multiple categories.  She has been involved with the Beverage Alcohol category for the last five years working on Thought Leadership, industry insights, and client specific business questions and projects.  Kaleigh brings a unique skillset of analytic capabilities, as well as commercial selling story creation, and has significant background in bringing consumer insights to the forefront in support of sales trends.  She has been pivotal in the NIQ strategy and tactics for Beverage Alcohol as the industry changes and develops.

Jo O’Hazo serves as Deputy Chief Information Officer & Chief Data Officer for Advantage Solutions. Jo joined Advantage Solutions in December 2023 as SVP, Chief Data Officer, where she architected our enterprise data foundation — creating one source of truth for our Enterprise, unlocking value from our data, accelerating speed to insight, and enabling AI.

Jo brings deep experience across CPG, prestige beauty, and retail. She previously served as Chief Data Analytics Officer at Giant Eagle, VP of Enterprise Data at The Estée Lauder Companies, CIO at Newman’s Own, and 15+ years at Unilever leading global information and analytics across 101 countries.

Jo was named the 2025 CDO Magazine #DataGuru “Visionary Shaping Data & AI Leadership” award winner, recognizing her work operationalizing AI responsibly and embedding trust into enterprise decision-making, and is a frequent CDO Magazine contributor and sought-after voice on data and AI leadership. She is based in the Greater New York area and fluent in Italian, English, and Spanish, and is a passionate mentor.

Sri Rajagopalan is an experienced CPG brand commercial leader & co-host of the industry’s largest podcast & growing media platform for brands, retailers, and service providers – ‘The CPGGUYS (www.cpgguys.com)’. He is also partner at Think blue consulting, who embrace the modern 365-24-7 digitally anchored shopper in store, online and on social media at the intersection of growth strategy, technology, and commerce, working closely with brands, retailers, and the service providers that anchor ‘seed to shelf’ for them. By focusing on today’s common challenges in sustainable topline growth, category management, merchandising, market share and retail media via strategy and managed services; their deep practitioner experience ensures a focus on today’s changing retail dynamics and ensures sustainable outcomes that anticipate the future. Prior to entrepreneurship, Sri was Chief customer officer for General Mills’ $13BN+ US retail business where he oversaw a team of over a 1000 + people managing retail relationships and growth across 50 + retail chains. In other past experiences he was SVP of sales for Revlon, VP ecommerce for Johnson & Johnson and several commercial leadership roles at PepsiCo & Frito-Lay. He is also grounded by his past in insights and analytics starting his career at Circana. He is well known in the CPG industry as an ‘OG’ of scaled ecommerce, a retail media expert, people connector and is frequently seen as host and keynote speaker at many industry events.

A graduate of Virginia Tech, Sri lives in Los Angeles, with two pop star daughters Lara Raj (band Katseye) & Indie artist, former American idol finalist Rhea Raj, whose songs are streaming in the multiple tens of millions on music platforms and can often be seen at popular music festivals such as ‘Wango Tango’, ‘Lollapalooza’ & ‘Jingle ball’. His wife Kavita is an entrepreneur with her own record label ‘Misschief records’.

Justin Gold is a food entrepreneur best known as the founder of Justin’s, a leading brand of natural and organic nut butters, snack packs, and peanut butter cups. He founded the company in 2004 in Boulder, Colorado, after experimenting with homemade nut butters to support his vegetarian, active lifestyle. 

Gold initially built the business from the ground up—selling at farmers markets, pitching retailers, and handcrafting products—while working other jobs. 

He revolutionized the category by introducing single-serve squeeze packs, which provided a convenient and accessible way for consumers to try nut butter and helped grow the broader market beyond traditional peanut butter. 

Justin’s rapid growth led to its acquisition by Hormel Foods in 2016 for approximately $286 million, cementing Gold’s reputation as an innovative leader in the natural foods space. Gold stayed on and worked with Hormel at Justin’s through 2021, then with the help of Forward Consumer Partners was able to re-acquire a controlling interest in the company he founded.

He also serves as the chair for the non-profit Wild Bear Nature Center, is an active board member for USBiathlon and speaks at Universities regularly including CU’s Leeds School of Business. 
Outside of his professional and community goals he is constantly pursuing Father of the Year and Husband of the Year accolades.

Amy McClellan is responsible for marketing and merchandising for C&S grocery retail and food distribution independent customers. Amy previously was SpartanNash’s executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Prior to that, she served as the Company’s senior vice president and chief marketing officer for two years and spent 20 years with Martin’s Super Markets in a variety of store operations roles and leadership positions in marketing, merchandising and operations. She joined SpartanNash in 2019 when the Company acquired Martin’s Super Markets. Her passion for the grocery industry was sparked in high school when she was hired as a part-time cashier.

She played a critical role in the SpartanNash acquisition of Martin’s, leading to her appointment as Division Vice President, Retail for SpartanNash. In March 2021, Amy was promoted to Vice President, Fresh Merchandising, overseeing the fresh product categories across 140+ company-operated stores and 2,100 independent customer locations.

Amy is a three-time Top Women in Grocery honoree (2018, 2020, 2025) and was recognized in 2019 as a NextGen 40 under 40 award winner by Progressive Grocer.

Amy earned her bachelor’s degree, as well as her M.B.A., from Indiana University.

Bozoma Saint John is a Hall of Fame inducted Marketing Executive, author, entrepreneur, and general badass.

Boz got her start in her marketing career at Spike Lee’s ad agency, SpikeDDB. She then went on to manage brands in the PepsiCo beverages portfolio, before becoming Head of Music and Entertainment Marketing at the CPG giant. After that, she led Global Consumer Marketing at Apple Music & iTunes; before serving as Chief Brand Officer at Uber; she then took on the Chief Marketing Officer role for Endeavor (including WME, IMG, UFC, Miss Universe etc.); after which she served as the Global Chief Marketing Officer at the entertainment behemoth, Netflix.

In an exciting new chapter, Bozoma left her traditional corporate tenure track to publish her memoir The Urgent Life in February 2023: and has now taken her fierce personality and unmatched flair to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as a full-time cast member. In 2024, Bozoma also launched Eve by Boz, a hair and hair care line created to revolutionize the hair extension industry with a unique approach that blends cultural authenticity and premium quality. In 2025, she brought her visionary leadership to NBC’s marketing competition series On Brand with Jimmy Fallon, where she teamed up with Jimmy Fallon to mentor aspiring marketing creatives.

Bozoma’s work has been widely recognized and celebrated across the industries in which she has made her mark. She has been inducted into both the American Marketing Association Hall of Fame and the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement. Forbes named her the #1 Most Influential Chief Marketing Officer in the world. Additionally, she has been inducted into Billboard’s Women in Music Hall of Fame after being listed among the Most Powerful Women in Music for 10 consecutive years, and she was honored as Executive of the Year. Bozoma has graced the cover of Adweek, where she was described as “one of the most exciting personalities in advertising.” She has also been featured on an array of prestigious lists, including The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Power 100, Fast Company’s and Ad Age’s Most Creative People, Ebony’s 100 Powerful Executives, Black Enterprise’s Most Powerful Women in Business, and Fortune’s Most Influential CMOs.

In 2021, Harvard Business School published a multi-media case study on her career, titled “Leading with Authenticity and Urgency”; through which she developed and taught a program at the University aptly named “The Anatomy of a Badass.” Boz has also created a public online class, The Badass Workshop, to teach the nuances of achieving success and building your life on your own terms.

As part of her global impact, Bozoma was appointed Ambassador to the African Diaspora and Special Envoy to the President of Ghana from 2017–2024. During that time, she authored the groundbreaking marketing strategy for The Year of Return, a national campaign that sparked a cultural and tourism renaissance—growing annual travel interest from 40,000 to over 1 million applicants within two years. Her leadership helped reposition Ghana as a global destination for heritage, investment, and belonging across the diaspora. She serves on the board of Vital Voices, a global non-profit that invests in and empowers women leaders who are driving economic, political, and social change around the world.

All of that said, she counts her highest achievement as being a mother to her 16-year-old daughter, Lael.

Chandan Mendiratta is the Chief Brand Officer at Zepto, a quick commerce startup from India. Zepto services over 2M orders a day delivering 50,000+ SKUs across 40+ cities within minutes. Chandan runs the overall creative and brand mandate. 

Curtis (Curt) Miller serves as President of Activation and Enterprise Solutions, which covers NIQ’s Activation line of Analytics, Innovation and Custom Research products in addition to our Enterprise offerings of eCommerce, Consumer Panel, Media and Product Insights offerings.   His leadership reinforces the organization’s commitment to providing clients with the Full View ™.

Curt joined NIQ in March 2021, serving first as Chief Transformation Officer and later Chief Strategy Officer, accountable for strategy and corporate development. Prior to NIQ, Curt was a Senior Advisor to Advent International and was part of the investment team that worked with Advent and Jim Peck on their diligence and acquisition of the company.

Previously, Curt spent 13 years at TransUnion, a Chicago-based, global information services company, where he was Chief Strategy Officer with responsibility for Strategy, Corporate Development and Pricing. During his career he has also held roles in Product, Sales, Client Service, Operations, Integration and Strategic Alliances at TransUnion, Bank of America, Capital One, and JP Morgan.

Curt serves on the board of Child Rescue Coalition, a nonprofit organization that rescues children from abuse by building innovative technology for law enforcement in over 100 countries. He lives in the greater Chicago area with his wife and their three children.

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Robert (Bob) Nolan is the Senior Vice President of Demand Science at Conagra Brands, where he leads the company’s insights, analytics, and foresight capabilities to drive data-informed growth across its portfolio of iconic brands. With over two decades of experience in consumer insights, advanced analytics and strategy, Bob is known for transforming how organizations understand and anticipate consumer behavior. At Conagra, he has advanced the integration of predictive modeling, AI-driven insights, and real-time analytics to optimize decision-making across marketing, innovation, sales, and supply chain. Prior to Conagra, he held senior leadership roles at PepsiCo, where he helped elevate global insights and deliver impactful, data-led strategies. A recognized thought leader in demand science and the evolving food landscape, Bob is frequently interviewed by national media outlets for his perspectives on consumer behavior, food trends, and market dynamics.

Jessie Mazur is a commercial and retail technology executive with more than 15 years of experience leading large, complex partnerships at the intersection of data, retail media, and AI-enabled platforms. She is recognized for translating emerging technology into commercial outcomes and for building the operating models that sustain growth within the world’s most consequential retail ecosystem.

At NielsenIQ, Jessie leads the company’s strategic retail business, working closely with retail and CPG partners to drive growth through data, retail media, and AI-enabled platforms. She has deep experience guiding organizations through technology transformation, connecting NielsenIQ’s predictive intelligence to the decisions that matter most for her clients.

Her career spans senior commercial leadership at Procter & Gamble, where she ran large-scale businesses across mass, club, grocery, and specialty retail, and at Quotient Technology, where she built and scaled retail media partnerships as CPG clients navigated the structural shift from trade spend to performance-driven investment. She brings equal fluency in enterprise deal architecture, AI platform commercialization, and organizational leadership.

Jessie holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the Fordham Gabelli School of Business and a BA in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado. She serves on the Retail Advisory Board at the Walton College of Business and is committed to developing the next generation of leaders in retail and technology.