Guest Speakers
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:
- Bradley Akubuiro, Partner, Bully Pulpit Interactive
- Allison England, Head of Communications for U.S and Canada, GE HealthCare
- Sean Griffey, CEO and Co-founder, Industry Dive
- Sam RothKopf, Chief Growth Officer, C Space
- Simran Yadav, Senior Data and AI Consultant, EY
- Max Bryla, Data Scientist, Expedia
- Aaron Winters, Senior Director of Government Affairs, Medline
- Alyssa Lynner (Bush), Senior Marketing Manager, Coors
- Jon Carbone, VP Commercial Strategy, Qualtrics
- Ben Nelson, Experience Design, Marriott
- Brian Hargreaves, Global Brand Manager, SteelSeries
- Luke Siuty, Copywriters, SteelSeries
- Cindy Halvorsen, Executive Sales Coach, Google
- Rachel Radecki, Shopper Marketing Senior Manager, Fairlife
- Ben Chardell, Lead Associate Trading Director, The Trade Desk
- Jamie Zoufal, Senior Product Marketing Manager, The Trade Desk
- Sanjiv Gajiwala, Founder, Wet Sand
- Matt Withington, Senior Director of Marketing, Boston Beer,
- Zach Walz, Go-to-Marketing Strategy & Operations Principal Lead, Google
- Brian Azzarello, Vice President Commerce Experience, Arc Worldwide