Speaker Line-Up

The 2009 Lineup – Everything Kids Love will be Covered

BIG PICTURE LEADERS

  • Bill Goodwin, President and CEO, Goodwin Youth
  • Donna Sabino, Vice President, Strategic Development, MTVN, Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group

WORLD-CLASS THINKERS

  • Alexander Isley, Creative Director/Principal, Alexander Isley Inc.
  • Dan Hill, President, Sensory Logic, Inc.
  • Josh Spear, Founding Partner, Undercurrent
  • Montana Miller, Assistant Professor, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University
  • Patrick Hanlon, Author, Primal Branding
  • Sam Gisselman, space for rent, Play

TOYS AND GAMES

  • Matt Mattus, Creative Director – Intellectual Property Development, Hasbro; Author, Beyond Trend- How to Innovate in an Over Designed World
  • Ingrid Sabena Dragotta, Product Manager, Design Strategist, Howtoons, LLC; former Toy Designer for the My Little Pony Team, Hasbro
  • Edward M. Schmults, CEO, FAO Schwarz
  • Jeff Hayzlett, Chief Business Development Officer, Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company
  • Denise Gary Robinson, President, Dolls Like Me, Inc.
  • Cheri Sterman, Director, Child Development and Consumer Relationship, Crayola
  • Diane Baldovsky, Manager, Global Licensing, Crayola
  • Chris Guirlinger, VP Marketing & Licensing, Wham-O, Inc.

TV

  • Jennifer Goodman Linn, SVP, Consumer Marketing & Brand Strategy, Nickelodeon
  • Alice Cahn, Vice President, Social Responsibility, Cartoon Network
  • Jim Multari, Director, Research, PBS KIDS Sprout
  • Shannon Vacca, Manager, Consumer Marketing, PBS KIDS Sprout
  • Leslye Schaefer, SVP Marketing and Consumer Products, Scholastic Media

VACATION AND FREE TIME

  • Pat Wellen, Director, Research Service, Boy Scouts of America
  • Jessica Jadali Correa, Director, Brand Innovation & Alliance Marketing, Royal Caribbean International

CLOTHES AND SHOES

  • Michelle Moorehead, Vice President/ General Manager, Kids, Nike, Inc.
  • Debra Holly Woodroof, Manager Infant and Toddler, Wrangler Jeans, VFCorporation
  • Taffey Ann Stout, Manager Marketing Research, Wrangler Jeans, VFCorporation
  • Jonah Staw, Founder & CEO, LittleMissMatched

FOOD AND HEALTH

  • Sarah Bird, Vice President, Marketing, Annie’s, Inc.
  • Brenda Zuck, Design Manager, Colgate Palmolive
  • Allison Topper, Executive Director, Penn State Hershey Center for Nutrition & Activity Promotion

ONLINE AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

  • John Davison, President, What They Like, Inc.
  • Dell Monson, Senior Director of Marketing, North America, Hidden City Games (publishers of Bella Sara)
  • Dr. James M. Bower, Chief Visionary Officer, Numedeon Inc (Creators of Whyville.net)

OTHER REALLY COOL SPEAKERS

  • Jerry Shereshewsky, CEO, Grandparents.com
  • Pamela Parris, Marketing Manager, Evergreen Packaging
  • Laura Dzelzyte, Founder and Managing Partner, GreenIndex
  • Ruth Sando, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropologist, Barbara Perry Associates
  • Maria Bailey, Author, Mom 3.0
  • Lana Posner, Founder/Partner, Creative Money Group LLC and Creative Money Works Inc.
  • Rachel Geller, Chief Strategic Officer, The Geppetto Group
  • Wynne Tyree, Chief Smarty Pants, Smarty Pants
  • Barbara Zamolsky, Qualitative Brainiac, Smarty Pants
  • Kim Bealle, Managing Director, Strategy and Innovation, Just Kid Inc.

 

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