Tori Wechsler is an Agent in the Digital Media group at Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Based in the Los Angeles office, Wechsler identifies and represents multi-hyphenate talent, overseeing many areas of their business, including Anna Akana, Massy Arias, Giannina Gibelli, Morgan Simianer, Jessamyn Stanley, and Madison Pettis, among others. Wechsler specializes in securing, negotiating, and creating dynamic new business opportunities, as well as endorsement campaigns for her clients. Working with brands challenges her to find campaigns that raise talents' profiles, leverages their audience & reach new ones, and compliments their core business. With a shared passion for lifestyle and wellness, Wechsler has led global campaigns with Adidas and Fabletics, and has worked with CoverGirl, Calvin Klein, Dove, H&M, Tinder, and Tastemade. Prior to joining the Digital Media department, Wechsler worked in CAA's Music department with many high-profile artists including Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, and Troye Sivan, among others. Wechsler co-founded Camp CAA in 2016, an annual CAA Foundation initiative taking underserved students from LA's Communities in Schools on an impactful and educational weekend retreat. She is originally from Long Island, New York and joined CAA in 2011. Wechsler graduated from The University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a degree in Business and Event Management.

Emiliano Saccone is the founder and CEO of COCINA, a minority-owned digital platform, media company and content studio engaging more than 90M people globally, co-founded by Fox’s Masterchef co-star, Aarón Sánchez. Prior to COCINA, Saccone served as the President of Global Content Development for Fox International Channels, where he oversaw the creation and promotion of thousands of original hours of content across multiple territories and languages. He co-developed and globally launched “The Walking Dead” across more than ninety countries while acquiring and running multiple content production engines in the US, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil. In early 2020, Saccone executive produced “El Robo Del Siglo” (“Robbery of the Century”) an original feature film that became Argentina’s second-highest grossing film of all time. He also built, launched and ran MundoFox, a Spanish language national broadcast television network in the US, in addition to serving as the Creative Director for Casanova Pendrill, Inc., overseeing brands like California State Lottery, El Pollo Loco, General Mills, Bank of America, Eveready, Reebok and more. Saccone holds a B.A. in film and an MBA from UCLA. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

Liz Johnson DeAngelis, Vice President of Growth and Managed Platforms, The Ad Council: Liz comes from a performance marketing background with a specialty focus in digital and mobile. At the Ad Council she oversees development of pro-bono media partnerships across biddable media platforms including SEM, social, programmatic and ad operations. In 2020 she launched a first to market donated media private marketplace to support COVID-19 and now COVID-19 vaccine campaigns.

Ousman Sahko Sow is the co-founder and president of Blacktag. A son of Sierra Leone and having bore witness to unspeakable tragedy, Ousman’s passion is helping carry untold and underserved stories and bringing them to life in visually stunning and unique ways. A jack of creative trades, Sow has worked as a photographer, film director, creative strategist, brand marketer, and business strategist. Prior to Blacktag, Sow launched a multicultural creative agency — Lunchbox Studio based in Atlanta, Georgia in which he worked intimately with some of the world’s most recognizable brands including Google, Spotify, Adidas, Coca-Cola, as well as independent artists. Ousman was scouted by Google’s agency division where he produced campaigns for their products and services in urban markets. While working in the tech world, Ousman was frequently faced with the stark imbalance between Black creative power and economic equity — the common thread that connected him to Akin and the founding of Blacktag. Through creating Blacktag, Ousman and Akin hope to solve for the fact that there is no modern, unified platform that successfully celebrates creators and brings brands and audiences together to consume, connect, celebrate, and empower Black people around the world.

Adam Hua, Head of Business Development and Media Innovation, CitizenNet, Conde Nast: For the past 19 years, Adam has had an active role in market development and business innovation across the advertising industry. Early in his career, he helped transition Haymarket Media US, from print to digital. He has dedicated the past 12 years to bringing to market social ad innovations that help media organizations improve monetization strategies across the social advertising space. Additionally, he has contributed to 3 M&As in the social ad space. More recently, he has led the Conde Nast owned social ad agency, CitizenNet to nine agency awards, a successful pivot during the pandemic, and revenue growth of 80% YoY. In his spare time, he has co-founded an Entertainment Talent marketplace, assisted in the launch and capital raise of a social advertising platform, and participates on the Advisory Board for the Branded Content Marketing Association. Adam graduated from Rutgers University with a double major in Public Relations and Finance. Outside of the office, Adam is unfortunately a die-hard New York Jets Fan, enjoys a good ‘dad joke' and is on the never ending search for the perfect slice of Pizza'.

Mark Kapczynski has a successful track record as a serial entrepreneur, chief executive, and cross-industry expert. He serves as an Executive Director of the UCLA Venture Capital Fund, helping to foster innovation connected to the university. Programs include early stage investing, mentoring, and access to Intellectual Property from university patents. Mr. Kapczynski advises startup businesses as part of the LA Chamber of Commerce’s Bixel Exchange. In this role, Mr. Kapczynski assists technology startups in Southern California to design their businesses, build out their teams and raise capital to fuel their growth. He also serves as a Venture Partner for Arrowroot Capital in Santa Monica, CA. At Arrowroot, Mr. Kapczynski focuses on investments in the SaaS market in need of growth capital to further develop their businesses. The areas that Mr. Kapczynski addresses are Big Data & Analytics, Financial Services, and Consumer Internet. Mr. Kapczynski last served as VP of Corporate Development and Strategy for Experian's consumer businesses which include leading consumer brands: Experian, FreeCreditReport.com, and ProtectMyID. Through executing on over 8 M&A transactions, Mr. Kapczynski helped to facilitate Experian’s under-lying growth and profitability. Mr. Kapczynski graduated from UCLA film school and continues to be active in multiple industry associations that span media, mobile telecom, technology, and consumer internet. He has 12 patents to his name and an additional 40 patents pending.