Branding Speakers

Daymond John

Credited with creating the urban apparel market, Daymond John is the founder of FUBU & the branding guru on ABC's Shark Tank. His message draws on his experience as an entrepreneur & consultant.

Jeff Taylor

As founder of Monster and Eons, Jeff Taylor is recognized as an innovator and visionary business leader in the Internet and careers industries. As an inspirational and enthusiastic keynote speaker, Taylor zeroes in on what lies ahead by drawing on his experience as a big picture entrepreneur and expert at technology, ...

Sir Richard Branson

A global entrepreneur known for his unique vision, creative management style, and brilliant ability to motivate employees, Richard Branson is the branding guru behind Virgin Group, Ltd. - an empire he has built of over 360 companies in areas of entertainment, travel, and lifestyle. With his signature wit and down-to-earth ...

Troy Carter

Troy Carter is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Coalition Media Group, a talent management and full-service film and television production company. Carter is responsible for establishing the careers of numerous recording artists, including multi-platinum Grammy award winner Lady Gaga.

Douglas Holt

Douglas Holt is one of the world's leading experts on branding and innovation. Prior to the launch of the Cultural Strategy Group, he was a professor at the Harvard Business School and then the L'Oréal Chair in Marketing at Oxford.

Rhonda Kallman

Recognized as the "Pioneering Woman in the Beer Industry," Rhonda Kallman is the co-founder of Boston Beer Company (the maker of Sam Adams beers), where she helped revolutionize craft brewing. She is currently the CEO of McMillan Distillery.

Sam Graham-Felsen

Sam Graham-Felsen is a pioneer in the rapidly growing fields of emerging media and movement building, both as a strategic advisor and as a key member of President Barack Obama's online campaign team.

Susan L. Taylor

As editorial director of Essence, Taylor was the driving force behind one of the most celebrated black-owned business success stories in recent times. Her firm belief in personal empowerment and tapping into the power within motivates and inspired her employees to lead Essence to become a successful global ...

Jason Recher & Doug McMarlin

Recher & McMarlin have served as aides to prominent US officials, creating major media & strategy campaigns for the likes of George W. Bush & Sarah Palin.

Kevin Colleran

Facebook's pioneering sales executive and among its first ten employees, Kevin Colleran was an integral part of the social networking behemoth's sales force. As the company's Global Partnership Lead, he was responsible for creatively monetizing the site without hampering user experience.

Arun Chaudhary

As official videographer for candidate and then President Barak Obama, Arun Chaudhary was witness to both historic official business as well as behind-the-scenes personal, casual time spent with friends & family.

Soraya Darabi

At the young age of 23, social media maven Darabi became Manager of Digital Partnerships and Social Media at The New York Times and single-handedly established award-winning social media campaigns across multiple platforms. Now co-founder of Foodspotting, a geolocation-based mobile application, and a digital ...

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most influential and innovative filmmakers of our time. As the maverick founder of American Zoetrope, he personally initiated and nourished the careers of talents such as directors George Lucas, Carroll Ballard, John Milius, Gordon Willis, and daughter Sofia Coppola, and actors Al Pacino, ...

Barbara Corcoran

Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran is the real estate contributor for NBC's Today Show, where she comments weekly on trends in the real estate market. She's also an investor/shark on ABC's reality hit Shark Tank. As a speaker, she brings her frontline experience and infectious energy to every group she ...

John Y. Brown Jr.

Renowned as one of America's foremost entrepreneurs, Governor John Brown has always challenged the traditional methods of doing business. Excelling as both the owner of KFC and during his governorship in Kentucky, Brown now brings his talents to the podium as a sought after keynote speaker on business, motivation and ...

Jesse Dylan

Jesse Dylan isn't the first director to make the jump from music videos to feature films, but he's certainly one of the most creative and successful. His recent project with will.i.am for Barack Obama led to the video/speech, "Yes We Can." The viral sensation has since been seen by tens of millions and won an Emmy Award.

Keith Ferrazzi

Keith Ferrazzi is the world’s foremost expert in professional relationship development. He has transformed the lives and careers of clients and readers worldwide, bringing 20 years of research and experience to the art and science of business relationship development. His signature focus on success through relationships ...

Philip Kotler

Philip Kotler is the Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, which was voted the "Best Business School" for six years in Business Week's survey of US business schools. Professor Kotler has consulted for such companies as IBM, ...

Chris Brogan

Chris Brogan, the president of Human Business Works, is a pioneer in the social media revolution. An 11-year veteran of using social media like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, Brogan speaks on using both web and mobile technologies to build digital relationships for businesses, organizations, and individuals.

Ayesha Khanna

Ayesha Khanna is Partner of Hybrid Realities, a research and consulting firm headquartered in New York, and Director of the Hybrid Reality Institute, a think tank which explores human-technology co-evolution in the "hybrid age" and its implications for society, business, and politics. She is a strategy advisor with over ...