David Vogt

Facebook

Dave Vogt leads programs on the Business Education team for Facebook, helping to scale education to non-industry experts, with a focus on in-person training and certifications. Before Facebook, he worked within Media Agencies leading media strategy, investment, and partnerships with big tech companies on behalf of global CPG and Retail clients.

Sally Ivester

Google

Sally Ivester is a Google marketer working on Marketing Operations. She has worked on Hardware marketing (Google Home - Hub, Mini, Max, Google Wifi), Small Business Marketing, and Google+ marketing in the past. Besides work, she is a mom, skier, travel addict, and a sports lover. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business in 2012.

Amber Jin

Amazon

Amber Jin led partnerships and product marketing for Microsoft’s cloud stack before moving to the Bay Area to head up strategy and operations for growth stage start-ups. Her career has spanned multiple industries from mobile advertising and the wedding industry to education. Today, Amber is the Head of Product for Amazon Moments, Amazon’s innovative rewarded advertising service.

Chris Cole

Keynote Speaker

In his current role, Chris was appointed as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Community Engagement where he is responsible for the vision, leadership, strategic planning and implementation to inculcate DEI into overall operations of the AMA and within the programs experienced by AMA community.

Elizabeth Pekar

Starcom

Elizabeth Pekar is a Supervisor at Starcom in Chicago, currently working in strategy and planning for Lowe’s. In addition to her day job, Elizabeth sits on the Young Professionals Board for the Chicago Advertising Federation. With her spare time, Elizabeth enjoys traveling, reading, and rooting for the Hoosiers!

Anna Chen

Microsoft

Anna is a manager in Business Planning and Strategy at Microsoft’s Xbox division. Prior to Microsoft, she worked in management consulting for technology clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. Anna graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Nicole Goldstein

Facebook

Nicole leads growth and partnerships strategy - customer acquisition and retention for Facebook’s long tail clients — small businesses, job-seekers, educators and students. She has a policy background - having been part of Facebook's EMEA Policy team and also in senior government roles. Before Facebook, she was an advisor in the UK’s Foreign Service and undertook long-term diplomatic assignments in Ghana, Sierra Leone and shorter assignments in India and Bangladesh, and then for the UK's Prime Minister on Syria. Previously, she worked at the World Bank, where she advised client countries on economic development.

Bridget Labe

Compass Experience Labs

Bridget Labe is the Senior Director of Operations Consulting at Compass Experience Labs, a customer experience and digital consulting group. Previously, she worked in sales, business development, and program management at Google. Bridget holds a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Wharton School.