Driven by Global Leaders Determined to Close the Leadership Gap

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Built with Purpose

Our flagship leadership program LEAP (Leadership Empowerment Acceleration Project) was created in 2020 by one of the world’s most recognized and influential CMOs Antonio Lucio to address an industry-wide leadership gap.

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Fueled by Community

Led today by marketing industry veteran and visionary Nadine Dietz who has spent three decades driving growth for the biggest brands and helping top marketing leaders excel through the power of community-driven development. 

Our Advisory Board

Charisse Hughes

Charisse Hughes
Chief Growth Officer, Kellanova

Kenny Mitchell

Kenny Mitchell
Global CMO, Levi Strauss & Co.

Kory Marchisotto

Kory Marchisotto
CMO, e.l.f. Beauty & President, Keys Soulcare

Vineet Mehra

Vineet Mehra
CMO, Chime

Musa Tariq

Musa Tariq
Founder, TBA

Leslie Berland

Leslie Berland
CMO, Verizon

Rick Gomez

Rick Gomez
EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, Target

Marie Gulin-Merle

Marie Gulin-Merle
GVP, Ads Marketing, Google

Tariq Hassan

Tariq Hassan
former Chief Marketing & CX Officer, McDonald’s USA

LEAP Essentials Fall 2025 Mentors

Andrea Burchett

Andrea Burchett
CMO, Virgin

Andrea Hopelain

Andrea Hopelain
GM, SVP Marketing & Commercial, EA SPORTS

Andrea Perez (3)

Andrea Perez
former SVP, Global Marketing, Playstation and global VP & GM - Jordan Women's, Nike

Brian Irving

Brian Irving
CMO, Lyft

Carlos Zepeda

Carlos Zepeda
SVP Strategy, Marketing Capability, Moet Hennessy

Charisse Hughes

Charisse Hughes
former Chief Growth Officer, Kellanova

David Mogensen

David Mogensen
VP of Global Marketing, Uber

David Rubin

David Rubin
CMO, The New York Times

Debora Koyama (1)

Debora Koyama
former Chief of Staff to CEO, Unilever; former CMO, Mondelez international

Deirdre Findlay

Deirdre Findlay
former Global Chief Commercial Officer, Sonos

Diana Haussling (1)

Diana Haussling
CEO, Hello Products

Doug Jensen (1)

Doug Jensen
Head of Business Development, Ekimetrics; former SVP, Estee Lauder

Fara Howard (1)

Fara Howard
CMO, GoDaddy

Gretchen Saegh-Fleming

Gretchen Saegh-Fleming
Head of Global Marketing, Volvo Cars

Heather Malenshek-1

Heather Malenshek
SVP & CMO, Land O' Lakes Inc.

Jeremy Lowenstein

Jeremy Lowenstein
CMO, Milani Cosmetics

Julie Channing (2)

Julie Channing
former Global VP of Marketing, Allbirds

Katie Babinea

Katie Babinea
CMO, Beyond Yoga

Kelley Walton

Kelley Walton
CMO, Snipes

Kjetil Njoten

Kjetil Njoten
Global Head of Creative, IMAX

Laura Jones

Laura Jones
CMO, Instacart

Lauren Gallo

Lauren Gallo-Rodriguez
Sr. Director, Brand Marketing Creative, Nike

Laurie Blair

Laurie Blair
VP, Head of Global Marketing, Hyatt

Linda Bethea

Linda Bethea
Head of Marketing, Danone

Linda Boff (1)

Linda Boff
CEO, Said Differently; former Global CMCO, GE

Lisa Licht

Lisa Licht
former CMO, Live Nation

Melissa Grady (1)

Melissa Dias
Global CMO, Cadillac - General Motors

Melissa Waters

Melissa Waters
former CMO, Upwork; former Global VP of Marketing, Instagram

Melissa Wildermuth

Melissa Wildermuth
Global Creative Director, General Mills

Ricky Engelberg

Ricky Engelberg
Partner, Maximum Effort; former CMO, Vista

Shachar Scott

Shachar Scott
VP, Global Marketing at Meta Reality Labs

Shiv Singh

Shiv Singh
Co-founder, Al Trailblazers; former CMO & CXO, LendingTree

Sophie Bambuck-Vasquez

Sophie Bambuck
CMO, Audemars Piguet; former CMO, The North Face

Steven Wolfe Pereira

Steven Wolfe Pereira
CEO, Alpha & Co; former CEO, Encantos

Steven Fuld

Steven Fuld
former SVP, Marketing, Sony

Surabhi Pokhriyal

Surabhi Pokhriyal
EVP, Chief Digital Growth Officer, Church & Dwight Co.

Tariq Hassan (2)

Tariq Hassan
former Chief Marketing & CX Officer, McDonald’s USA

Thomas Ranese

Thomas Ranese
CMO, Intuit

Tina Davis

Tina Davis
Managing Director, Head of Enterprise Marketing, Citi

Wanda Young

Wanda Young
CMO, Ford Motor Company

Past Professors and Mentors

Danielle Lee

Danielle Lee
Board Director, former President, Warner, Music, Chief Fan Officer, NBA

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David Edelman
Board Director, former CMO, Aetna, Harvard Business School Professor

Deborah Wahl (4)

Deborah Wahl
Board Director; former Global CMO of GM, Cadillac and McDonald's

Gail

Gail Tifford
Board Director; former CBO, WW (Weight Watchers)

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John Dillon
President, la Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe; former President, CBO, CMO, Denny’s

Ken Turner-1

Ken Turner
CMO, Fanatics Collectibles

Kimberly Paige (1)

Kimberly Paige
EVP & CMO, BET

Kory Marchisotto

Kory Marchisotto
CMO, e.l.f. Beauty & President, Keys Soulcare

Leslie

Leslie Berland
CMO, Verizon

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Linh Peters
former CMO, Walgreens and Global CMO, Calvin Klein

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Mary Alderete
former CMO, GAP; CMO, Banana Republic and SVP, BBDO

Michelle Hagen (1)

Michelle Hagen
EVP Global Partnerships, Paramount Pictures

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Rebecca Messina
Board Director, Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Co, former Global CMO at Uber and Beam Suntory

Tim Ellis-1

Tim Ellis
CMO, NFL

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Vineet Mehra
CMO, Chime

William White (2)

William White
CMO, Walmart