Kate Lesniak is an award-winning strategist focused on the data, stories, and systems that define our lives. Currently a Fellow at HubSpot, Lesniak drives the strategic framework and narrative for the company's solutions partner program and ecosystem at large. A recognized industry leader, she previously served as Chief Strategy Officer at ThinkShout, where she led digital transformations for some of the world's largest NGOs, including the World Resources Institute and Freedom House. A featured speaker at SXSW and Online News Association inductee, Lesniak's work combines technological vision with scalable development. Learn more at katelesniak.com.
Mike Linton is host of CMO Confidential, an Apple Marketing Top 5 weekly podcast, garnering over 10,000 subscribers with more than 125,000 downloads since it’s 2023 launch. He is known for building businesses, brands and teams with fourteen of his reports going on to become CMOs across multiple industries. His appointments include CMO at Farmers Insurance, eBay and BestBuy and most recently as CRO at Ancestry.com. His responsibilities often extended past Marketing to include Communications, Digital, International, Customer Experience, and Investor Relations with oversight of budgets up to $900 million. Linton also served as a general manager in several companies.
Amanda Todorovich is the Enterprise Executive Director of Digital Marketing at Cleveland Clinic. In her role, she leads a team of 100+ caregivers responsible for the website, blog, social media, video, podcasts, email and more. The Cleveland Clinic website is among the top 30 most-visited sites in the world. Todorovich joined Cleveland Clinic in 2013. In 2016, she was named Content Marketer of the Year by Content Marketing Institute. She is also a 2019 inductee of the Healthcare Internet Hall of Fame Innovative Individuals. Previously, she was the Chief Content Officer and co-founder of MedCity News. Todorovich holds a bachelor’s in public relations from Ohio Northern University and a master’s in communication from The University of Akron.
Cathy McPhillips is Chief Growth Officer at the Marketing AI Institute, overseeing marketing, growth, and customer experience, including MAICON and AI Academy for Marketers. Previously, Cathy led marketing at Content Marketing Institute and Content Marketing World, managed community growth for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, and owned her own strategic digital marketing business focused on restaurants and the service sector. She started her career at two Cleveland advertising agencies. Cathy was an Ohio University Jerry L. Sloan Visiting Professional in Public Relations, is a Folio: Top Women in Media, and a MarTechExec Woman You Need to Know in Martech.
