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.

Tessa Banks

GALE
Group Executive Producer

Emery Barnes

DoorDash
Marketing, Brand & Creative

Leandro Barral

WILD FI
Creative Director

Tristan Barrocks

Barrocks INC
Director & Writer

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Armani Barron Elder

Empire Entertainment
Creative Director

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Justin Baum

Lenovo
Creative Director

Megan Baumann

State Farm
Marketing Director

Vanessa Beaulac

Media Experts
Group Account Director

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Mikki Bennett

Warner Bros. Discovery
Senior Manager, HBO + Max Originals Creative Marketing

Nick Bianchi

MR NICE WEIRD đź« 
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

Rachel Birnbaum

T Brand Studio at The New York Times
Creative Director

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Jennifer Blanco

Indeed
Head of Global Social Media

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Carmen Boon

Food Bank for New York City
VP, Public Affairs

Rit Bottorf

Leo NY
Executive Creative Director

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Erika Bradbury

Morning Brew
Director, Event Programming

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Peter Bray

Bray & Co.
Founder / ECD

Danielle Brigida

World Wildlife Fund
Sr. Director of Wildlife Communications and Strategy

Alex Brodsky

Playsense
CEO

Jiri Bures

Imagination
Executive Creative Director

Christopher Butler

Uber
Executive Producer

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Kiran C K

Independent Designer
Design Consultant (Digital Product)

Jorge Cabrera Ruiz

Ogilvy
Associate Creative Director

Anthony Cain

Liquid Media
Head of Agency

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

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