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.

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Nickie Thongton

Ogilvy
Creative Director

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Julie Thorne

Media Experts
Group Account Director

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Liam Tjoa

GoSpooky
CEO

Tamara Tkachuk

Kinesso
Director, Social Craft

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Jim Tobin

Ignite Social Media
Chief Executive Officer

Eric Toda

Meta
Director, Business Social Marketing and Executive Director of Meta Prosper

Mantwa TOKA

Publicis Groupe Africa
Group Head (Art)

Daniel Tolentino

AKQA
Senior Art Director

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Ashley Tolusic Einhorn

TALOOP
President & Sales Consultant

Joanne Tombrakos


Storyteller, Marketing Strategist, NYU Professor, Author, Podcaster

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Mary Toves

Disney
Group Creative Director

Dan Trimarchi

VML New York
Creative Director

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Michelle Underwood

Havas
SVP, Group Creative Director

Jonathan Unger

Unger Media
CEO & Founder

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Val Vacante

dentsu
SVP, Solutions Innovation

Sunny Vachher

SUNNY
Founder : CEO : Executive Producer

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Carolina Valencia

Epicenter-NYC
Director of Partnerships and Communications

Dafne Vallejo

Ogilvy México
Creative Strategist

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Renee Van den Oetelaar

Head Of Boomerang FT.
Boomerang FT.

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Angel Van Der Biest

Netflix
Title Social Lead

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Christian Varsava

Pilot
Sr. Social Media Manager & Strategist

David Vasquez

Fizz Social
Product Lead

Francisco Vial

Rompecabeza
Creative Director

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Nkululeko Vilakazi

Machine_
Creative Director

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