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.

Imelda Suriato

PubMatic
VP, Brand & Creative Services

Gaby Surkin

Bader Media Group
Marketing Director

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Greg Swan

FINN Partners
Senior Partner

Scott Swartz

Target
VP Creative

Shani Syphrett

Pinterest
Sr Lead, Brand Marketing

Erica Tappin

New Balance
Global Dir. Marketing Running

Mijal Tenenbaum

Small Girls PR
Associate Director

Teodora (Teddy) Tepavicharova

The Telegraph
Head of Programmatic Sales

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Scott Terry

BarkleyOKRP
Director of Business Affairs

Joanne Tombrakos

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

Dan Trimarchi

Freelance
Creative Director

Jonathan Unger

Unger Media
CEO & Founder

Sunny Vachher

SUNNY
Founder : CEO : Executive Producer

Dafne Vallejo

GUT México
Copywriter SR

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Christian Varsava

Pilot
Sr. Social Media Manager & Strategist

Jason Ve

PAPER
President

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

Jacob Wallach

Social4TheWin
Founder

Paige Weber

ShineThru LLC
CEO & Creative Director

Ran Wei

Microsoft for Startups Microsoft
Head of Marketing

Simge Weinling-Dogrular

Tony’s Chocolonely
Head of Brand, Growth & Innovation

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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