Adina Smith is a CEO, celebrated for building brands at the intersection of culture, creativity, and business performance. An entrepreneurial leader and integrated marketing specialist, she is known for simplifying complexity, anticipating market shifts, and driving unified growth across start-ups and Fortune 50 organizations. Adina was a founding launch leader at Pad and REVOLT Media & TV, where she served as SVP of Integrated Marketing, Brand & PR, helping define one of the most influential Millennial and Gen Z culture platforms. Previously, she spent over 15 years at top-tier agencies, including Ogilvy, Dentsu Creative, VMLY&R, and Deutsch, leading brand and growth strategy across luxury, beauty, financial services, media, technology, hospitality, retail, and consumer brands. Her Fortune 50/Corporate experience includes senior marketing leadership and strategic work for TIAA, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Kroll. A Midwesterner turned Manhattanite, Adina is a Loyola University Chicago graduate with a global perspective and a reputation for bold thinking, disciplined execution, and solving the problems others avoid.
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