Guest Speakers at Medill
We routinely welcome professionals from the marketing communications industry to our campuses and classes to share their expertise and network with students. Some of these professionals present in classes and some serve as speakers or panelists at Medill events.
They provide great learning opportunities for students and help connect them with current changes in the industry.
Here are some of the speakers who have visited Medill recently, some of whom are Medill alumni and former or current colleagues of Medill faculty members:
- Joe Rosenthal (MSJ94), Content Director at OgilvyOne Worldwide
- Justin Skala, Chief Operations Officer at Colgate
- Jack Modzelewski (MSJ80), former Global President, Senior Partner at FleishmanHillard
- Rachel Smith, Assistant Vice President - Customer Marketing, Coca-Cola
- Shekar Swamy (MSA80), CEO at RKSwamy
- Jesse Unger (IMC14), Planner at Energy BBDO
- Randy Sprenger, Manager - Customer Lifecycle Marketing at Harley-Davidson Motor Company
- Gary Behlow, SVP and Director of Client Services at Nielsen Company
- Adam Rogowin, Senior Executive Eirector of Communications at the Chicago Blackhawks
- Brad Prenger, Senior Sales Consultant at Google
- Sara Granack, Senior Director at Grainger
- Mike Moynihan, VP Global Marketing Excellence at LEGO
- Jason Patterson, VP, at comScore Marketing Solutions
- Sara Granack (IMC02), Senior Director at Grainger
- Rich Lehrfeld, Senior VP of Global Media, Communications, and Experiences at American Express
- Phil Barden, author of "Decoded" and former VP of Consumer Business at T-Mobile
- Michael Rucker, Co-founder and COO of OmniVirt
- Josh Davis, Founder of Epic Digital
- Kevin Plashton, Head of Brand Marketing at GoFundMe
- Andrea Collins, Head of Marketing at Hippo
- DJ Capobianco, Research Manager at Twitter
- Melissa Lavigne-Delville, Founder of Culture Co-Op