Jennifer Rooney, Chief Brand and Community Officer, AdWeek

Jenny is an award-winning innovator, curator and connector among the world’s leading CMOs and beyond. She’s built a professional reputation as a trusted, unbiased thought leader, trend-tracker and visionary. Having served as a marketing-industry journalist for more than 25 years, she has a deep understanding of the dynamics of marketing and its leadership. She’s conceived of and successfully launched multiple initiatives, platforms, series and events for CMOs, other C-suite executives, and the broader advertising and marketing community. Through interviews with hundreds of marketing leaders, participation and membership in the marketing industry’s foremost alliances, summits and organizations, and collaboration with premier business schools nationwide, she’s cultivated an extensive and valuable network of relationships with the most influential global chief marketers, business leaders, educators and futurists. 

Currently Chief Experience Officer at Adweek, she’s tasked with bringing a community-first lens to everything Adweek does, creating new initiatives, resources and experiential offerings to better connect with and serve marketing decision-makers and the overall marketing ecosystem, building consistency and value across all touchpoints. 

She previously served as Managing Director and Cofounder of CMO House at Black Glass, an IPG marketing consultancy, advising CMOs and providing them with needed resources and access to excel. 

Prior to that, she spent 10 years at Forbes as Communities Director, Assistant Managing Editor and Editor and Chair of the Forbes CMO Network 

Jenny Rooney

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