Academy Member Directory

The Academy consists of luminaries from advertising, media, entertainment, and technology. Members are grouped into juries based on their individual areas of expertise. The Marketing & CMO juries are responsible for judging the Shorty Awards for brands & organizations.

Emily Kortlang

Yerba Madre
CMO

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Mitesh Kothari

White Rivers Media
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer

Jared Kozel

Super Nice
Chief Creative Officer, Co-Founder

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Jones Krahl


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Marissa Kraines

Salesforce
Vice President, Social, Content, & Influencer Marketing

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Erica Kraus

I Am Rollerskating LLC
Producer

Praveen Kumar Krishnamurthy

Adobe Inc.
Senior Product Marketing Manager

Katerina Kulp

HILLOW HILLOW
Head of Marketing, Content Creator

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Bharat Kumar

Havas
Executive Creative Director

Grace Kwak

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CMO

Cindy Kynard

United Way Worldwide
VP Marketing Communications

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Stephanie Lager

Mango Creative Co.
Co-founder, Head of Creative & Strategy

Jessalin Lam

Publicis Groupe
VP, Impact, Equity & Community

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Sami Lambert


Director of Social

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Hung Lang

Digitas
Senior Connections Strategist

Leslie Laredo

Academy of Digital Media
President

RJ Larese

Creator Economy Leader (Formerly Paramount, Disney, PopSugar)
N/A

Cassidy Lashaway

The Refinery
Associate Creative Director

Stephanie Latham

Roblox
VP, Global Brand Partnerships

Samuel Lau

Human Rights Campaign
Vice President of Communications

Diego Lauton

Ogilvy Amsterdam
ECD

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Michelle Lawrence

Laundry Service
Creative Director

Kai Deveraux Lawson

Valerie
Co-Founder, CEO

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Kirill Lazariev

Lazarev.agency
CEO and Founder

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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