Driven by Global Leaders Determined to Close the Leadership Gap

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.

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
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Charisse Hughes
Chief Growth Officer, Kellanova
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Kenny Mitchell
Global CMO, Levi Strauss & Co.

Kory Marchisotto
CMO, e.l.f. Beauty & President, Keys Soulcare
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Vineet Mehra
CMO, Chime
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Musa Tariq
Founder, TBA

Leslie Berland
CMO, Verizon
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Rick Gomez
EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, Target

Marie Gulin-Merle
GVP, Ads Marketing, Google
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Tariq Hassan
former Chief Marketing & CX Officer, McDonald’s USA

Andrea Burchett
CMO, Virgin

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

Brian Irving
CMO, Lyft

Carlos Zepeda
SVP Strategy, Marketing Capability, Moet Hennessy

Charisse Hughes
former Chief Growth Officer, Kellanova

David Mogensen
VP of Global Marketing, Uber

David Rubin
CMO, The New York Times
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Debora Koyama
former Chief of Staff to CEO, Unilever; former CMO, Mondelez international

Deirdre Findlay
former Global Chief Commercial Officer, Sonos
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Diana Haussling
CEO, Hello Products
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Doug Jensen
Head of Business Development, Ekimetrics; former SVP, Estee Lauder
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Fara Howard
CMO, GoDaddy
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Gretchen Saegh-Fleming
Head of Global Marketing, Volvo Cars

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

Jeremy Lowenstein
CMO, Milani Cosmetics
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Julie Channing
former Global VP of Marketing, Allbirds

Katie Babinea
CMO, Beyond Yoga

Kelley Walton
CMO, Snipes

Kjetil Njoten
Global Head of Creative, IMAX

Laura Jones
CMO, Instacart

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

Laurie Blair
VP, Head of Global Marketing, Hyatt

Linda Bethea
Head of Marketing, Danone
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Linda Boff
CEO, Said Differently; former Global CMCO, GE

Lisa Licht
former CMO, Live Nation
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Melissa Dias
Global CMO, Cadillac - General Motors

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

Melissa Wildermuth
Global Creative Director, General Mills

Ricky Engelberg
Partner, Maximum Effort; former CMO, Vista

Shachar Scott
VP, Global Marketing at Meta Reality Labs

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

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

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

Steven Fuld
former SVP, Marketing, Sony

Surabhi Pokhriyal
EVP, Chief Digital Growth Officer, Church & Dwight Co.
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Tariq Hassan
former Chief Marketing & CX Officer, McDonald’s USA

Thomas Ranese
CMO, Intuit

Tina Davis
Managing Director, Head of Enterprise Marketing, Citi

Wanda Young
CMO, Ford Motor Company
Past Professors and Mentors

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

David Edelman
Board Director, former CMO, Aetna, Harvard Business School Professor
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Deborah Wahl
Board Director; former Global CMO of GM, Cadillac and McDonald's

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
CMO, Fanatics Collectibles
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Kimberly Paige
EVP & CMO, BET

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

Leslie Berland
CMO, Verizon

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

Mary Alderete
former CMO, GAP; CMO, Banana Republic and SVP, BBDO
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Michelle Hagen
EVP Global Partnerships, Paramount Pictures

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

Tim Ellis
CMO, NFL

Vineet Mehra
CMO, Chime
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William White
CMO, Walmart