After a highly competitive selection process, we picked 30 emerging leaders from marketing, media, advertising and communications to join our prestigious Scholarship program. Over the next 9 months, Scholars will enjoy one-to-one mentoring from industry icons, executive coaching, three immersive residential Bootcamps, and access to our exclusive learning platform, The Marketing Academy Virtual Campus.
A massive thank you to our sponsors for their continued generous support: Salesforce, Bazaarvoice, Mars, Lenovo and Workday. And thank you to all our judges who kindly dedicated their time to the selection process.
Please join us in congratulating The Marketing Academy US Scholarship 2025 Scholars:
- Alistair Vines, Senior Vice President, Group Solutions, OLIVER
- Alyson DeMelo, Senior Director, Sports Marketing, Salesforce
- Amy Gilbert, Director of Social, Mindgruve
- Ashley Moran, Executive Director, Experience Design & Research, Comcast Business
- Ben Herson, Head of Creative (ICC Creative Studio), Amazon
- Catherine Ross, Director, Field Marketing, Insight Enterprises
- Christina Tziallas, Director, Growth Transformation, Kraft Heinz
- Clare Noble, SVP, Agent3 Group
- Danielle DiMarino, Group Account Director, Droga5, Part of Accenture Song
- Danielle Dos Santos, Associate Brand Director, M&M’S, Mars Wrigley
- Diana M Campos, Director, North America Marketing Strategy & Operations, Lenovo
- Ellen Durbin, Lead Product Marketing Manager, Bazaarvoice
- Ellis Ffrench, Director, Marketing – Brooklyn Nets, BSE Global
- Fadi Maktabi, Vertical Lead – Big Box, Marketplaces & RMN’s, Snap Inc
- Gregg Clunis, Founder & CEO, Kojo
- Isabel Gaeta, Director Brand Marketing, PepsiCo
- Jennifer Kohen-Clark, Senior Marketing Manager, Brand & Reputation, YouTube
- John Dawson, VP, Strategy, Jellyfish
- Jon Scott, VP, Integrated Marketing, Brand and Operations, United States Soccer Federation
- Kayla Dixon, U.S. Integrated Marketing Lead, TikTok
- Keith Bendes, Chief Strategy Officer, Linqia
- Kevin J. Husson, Vice President, Brand Management, Live Nation Entertainment
- Kuppy Sampale, Global Brand Director, Pernod Ricard
- Martin Lande, Director, WPP Unite
- Megan Garvey, VP, Marketing Strategy, Analytics & Planning, Workday
- Nandita Vijayaraghavan, Global Brand Marketing Manager, WhatsApp
- Rachelle Schuimer, Associate Director Digital Capabilities, Unilever
- Sarah Leinberger, VP, Head of Marketing, Yoobi
- Tobiah Cramer, Director, Lifecycle Strategy, GEICO
- Vanessa Santana, Brand Marketing Director, Maesa
A huge congratulations to our new cohort, who join us tonight in New York for our Reveal Party. We’re excited to welcome them to The Marketing Academy, alongside many mentors, coaches, and friends of the Academy who will be in attendance.
