Speakers Lilian Ajayi-Ore, Ed.D. Lecturer Rick Andrews Instructor, The Magnet Theater Adrianna G. Bevilaqua Chief Creative Officer M Booth Kristine Billmyer, Ph.D. Program Director, M.S. in Strategic Communication; Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Professional Studies; Dean Emerita of the Faculty of Professional Studies Audrey Black (‘25 SPS) Student Rachel Catanach General Manager of FleishmanHillard New York Ephraim Cohen Global Lead for Data and Digital (GenAI), FleishmanHillard New York Paul Dalessio Senior Vice President & Partner, FleishmanHillard New York GiGi Downs Managing Director, Brooklyn Brothers Troy J. Eggers Dean, Columbia University School of Professional Studies Lauren Glover Lecturer, Strategic Communication; Managing Director of Marketing, Blue Seedling Kyle-Beth Hilfer, Esq. Principal Attorney, Hilfer Law; Of Counsel, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman Sheena S. Iyengar, Ph.D. S.T. Lee Professor of Business in the Management Division at Columbia Business School Riley Michael Lopez (‘26 SPS) Student Alex Lyall SVP and Partner, FleishmanHillard New York Ethan McCarty Lecturer, Strategic Communications; CEO, Integral Craig Minassian Chief Content, Communications and Marketing Officer, Clinton Foundation and Clinton Global Initiative Khushi Mittal (‘25 SPS) Student Frank Oswald Lecturer, Strategic Communication; Communications Consultant and Writer, Frank J. Oswald, LLC Carrie Patterson Reed Head of Insights, Fantasy Arshia Pramod (‘25 SPS) Student Noah Rodriguez (‘25 SPS) Student Jesse Scinto Deputy Program Director, Strategic Communication; Founder/CEO of Public Sphere Samantha Stark Founder & Chief Strategist at Phyusion Jimmie Stone VP, Global Head of Creative Shop, Meta Ellie Tuck Partner & Executive Creative Director, FleishmanHillard New York Ketaki Sonali Upasani ('25 SPS) Student Kevin Visconti, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer and Associate Director of Curriculum, Strategic Communication Rajiah Williams Leong Hygge Hooga Mindfulness Teresa (Terry) Yoo Vice President, Brand and Content Strategy, IBM Corporation
