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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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

GUT México
Copywriter SR

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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

Jason Ve

PAPER
President

Francisco Vial

Rompecabeza
Creative Director

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Nkululeko Vilakazi

Machine_
Creative Director

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Denise Vitola

Bayer
VP Brand Integration PR, Social and Influencer

Maria Vorovich

GoodQues
Co-founder

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Rae Votta

Netflix
Head of Podcasts

Steven Wakabayashi

Stranger Creative
Founder

Matthew Walker

We Are Social
Executive Creative Director

Eric Wallace

Glo Navy
Head of Gaming and Esports

Jacob Wallach

Social4TheWin
Founder

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Nick Walsh

Hulu
Director, Social Media

Jiayuan Wang

Vision Studio
Design Director

Maya Warburg

Ad Council
Director, Media Engagement

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Michelle Waring

Tom's of Maine
Steward for Sustainability and Everyday Good

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!