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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Amy Starnes

Best Friends Animal Society
Chief Innovation Officer

Byron Stewart

Team Epiphany
Director of Social Media

Christian Stewart

Logitech
Lead Brand Planner

Ronnie Stewart

OH HEY COACH
Founder & Principal

Svetlana Stotskaya

Independent Consultant
Marketing and Brand Strategist, Mentor

Ashley Sullivan

WE ACT for Environment Justice
sr Comms Manager fed policy

Imelda Suriato

PubMatic
VP, Brand & Creative Services

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Greg Swan

FINN Partners
Senior Partner

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Scott Terry

Forsman & Bodenfors NY
Director of Business Affairs

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Ashley Tolusic Einhorn

TALOOP
President & Sales Consultant

Joanne Tombrakos

New York University
Storyteller, Marketing Strategist, NYU Professor, Author, Podcaster

Dan Trimarchi

VML New York
Creative Director

Matthew Tsang

AndHumanity
Brand Director, Co-Founder

Chidera Ufondu

Netflix
Sr Manager, Brand Creative

Jonathan Unger

Unger Media
CEO & Founder

Sunny Vachher

SUNNY
Founder : CEO : Executive Producer

Francisco Vial

Rompecabeza
Creative Director

Steven Wakabayashi

Stranger Creative
Founder

Matthew Walker

We Are Social
Executive Creative Director

Eric Wallace

Glo Navy
Head of Gaming and Esports

Ran Wei

Microsoft for Startups Microsoft
Head of Marketing

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Christine Whitemarsh

La-Z-Boy Incorporated
Director of Retail Marketing

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Lewis Williams

Williams Creative Group Chicago
Founder/Chief Creative Officer

Trovon Williams

NAACP
SVP, Marketing and Comms

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