With riches to choose from, it’s never easy to pick a final 40 for these awards, now in their eighth year. We regretted those we had to pass over; we celebrate those we chose (and we each recused ourselves from judging those we knew personally).
Next stop, all aboard the Aqua Azul, a luxury four-story yacht, to toast the winners as we sail around the island of Manhattan. We look forward to seeing you on September 19 to cheer, feast, and network.
Here they are:
Enrique Arbelaez
co-founder and CIO, CIEN+ and managing partner, Culturintel
Tessa Barron
senior director of marketing, ON24
Arthur Beavis
CMO, Hackster.io (an Avnet Community)
Seth Besmertnik
CEO and founder, Conductor (a WeWork Company)
Andrew Bolton
SVP, global partnerships, Knotch
Caroline Canty
creative director, Epsilon
Hayley Coxon
senior director, brand & digital; Conga
Zack Dugow
CEO and Founder, Insticator
Jami Eidsvold
CEO, Smarty Social Media
Aaron Evans
CEO & co-founder; Drips
Ben Gaddis
President, T3
Anneka Gupta
President and head of products & platforms, LiveRamp
Ashleigh Hansberger
co-founder and chief of strategy, Motto
Amanda Hellman
managing director, FF New York
Kyle Jackson
EVP performance media & content, Performics
Joel Kaplan
executive creative director & associate partner, M/H VCCP
Brian Long
CEO and co-founder, Attentive
Benjamin Lord
executive director, global omnichannel marketing, CRM & loyalty; NARS Cosmetics
Josh MacCarty
director of data science, MARC USA
Christina May
CMO, Illumine8 Marketing & PR
Luke Mulks
director of business development, Brave Software
Ryan O’Donnell
director & site head – digital health & innovation, Amgen
Nick Palmer
general manager, ICON Fitness
Kelly Patterson
VP corporate marketing, Fluent, Inc.
Stephanie Pendrys
marketing manager, Gage Brothers Concrete Products, Inc.
Sophia Powe
Co-founder and Managing Director of The Relentless Collective
Formerly Content & Editorial Lead, Mercer International
Marjorie Powers
SVP CPG, Stella Rising
Lindsay Rapoport
VP of digital marketing, The Corcoran Group
Elizabeth Ray
senior director of client experience, Movable Ink
Sara Robertson
global VP, product engineering, Xaxis
Juliana Roding
VP planning and analysis, Horizon Next
Joe Root
founder, Permutive
Evan Rutchik
CRO, USA, Ogury
Michael Sallander
SVP of digital strategy, Antenna Group
Maria Sotra
VP of marketing, Geotab Inc.
Clint Tasset
CEO and founder, Adswerve
Alex Tshering
VP of marketing, FIGS
Elo Umeh, CEO, Terragon Group
Taylor Williams
senior director, data science, FullContact
Katie Wilson
founder & CEO, TapOnIt