Talent and Marketing Organization Working Team
KEY PRIORITY
Recover the $25–40 billion in annual productivity lost across the industry, by assessing and addressing skill shortages, empowering marketing teams to drive growth through AI-enabled capabilities and innovative models that maximize resources, elevate creativity, and focus human potential where it matters most.
2026 INITIATIVES
Prioritize the AI transformation of marketing organizations and capabilities.
- Assess marketing talent to close the $25–40 billion annual productivity gap caused by skill shortages.
- Empower marketing leaders to unlock growth through AI-driven task optimization and new workflows.
- Redefine how talent and technology collaborate to maximize resources, elevate creativity, and focus human potential to create the most value.
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE NOW
- CONTRIBUTE to the updated Capabilities Framework. We are aggregating updated capability examples and insights from CMOs worldwide—especially on AI-driven skills, organizational models, and talent strategies— and we need your input. As a contributor, you’ll receive early access to the draft Capabilities Framework to support your own planning for the yar ahead. Companies like Microsoft, Shell, P&G, General Mills, and LEGO are already participating. Click to contribute.
- SHARE your insights on campus this fall or spring during the CMO Homecoming.
- PARTICIPATE with your team in the next ANA Global Day of Learning. Tuesday, September 17, 2026
ANA ALIGNMENT
The ANA Talent Practice
Mission: The ANA Talent & Marketing Organization Practice’s mission is to empower marketing enablement across the organization and along the lifetime of a marketer’s career. From supporting organization transformation, to connecting academia with the industry, to upskilling and career growth, the Practice provides organizations with solutions that support your brand’s talent and growth objectives.
CO-CHAIRS
DOUWE BERGSMA
Chief Brand Growth Officer at Piedmont Healthcare
JULIA GOLDIN
Global Chief Product and Marketing Officer at LEGO Group
TEAM LEADERS
Frank Cooper III CMO at Visa
Mauricio Ferreira General Director for Microsoft Business Applications in Latin America at Microsoft
Neil Golden Lecturer Northwestern University Former CMO at McDonald's
Jennifer Halloran Head of Marketing and Brand at MassMutual
Rahul Malhotra Global Head of Group Brand Strategy and Stewardship at Shell
Elizabeth Rutledge Chief Marketing Officer at American Express
TALENT AND MARKETING DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS
Ashley Allan, Neurocrine Biosciences
April Anslinger, Purpose Brands
Kate Ardini, Mariner
Mila Armer, Epiroc
Shawna Barnett, Grand Canyon Education
Jordana Barish, Foundation Consumer Healthcare
Homi Battiwalla, PepsiCo
William Beck, Elevance Health
Jonathan Bellante, PurposeBuilt Brands
Angie Benamati, Stanley Black & Decker
Richard Bonfiglio, MSC Industrial Supply
Greg Boosin, Equitable
Ivy Brown, WorkMoney
Jason Bunge, Hasbro
Daniel Cenzano, Munich Reinsurance
Jissan Cherian, PetIQ
Isabella Chris, Wells Enterprises
Joe Cohen, AXIS
Wallace Collins, U.S.. Air Force
Heather Conneely, Meta
John Cosley, Microsoft
Alex Craddock, Citi
Erica Curtis, Penguin Random House
Tina Davis, Citigroup
Peter DeBenedictis, Microsoft
Mathilde Delhoume, LVMH
Suzy Deprizio, Bath Fitter
Jennifer Dionne, Bath Fitter
Kate Dobbs, Interwell Health
Tanya Earley, Jones Lang LaSalle
Abdulaziz Elyas, The Saudi Investment Bank
Tony Ezell, BD Becton Dickinson
Dori Fern, TransUnion
Renata Ferraiolo, SC Johnson
Neil Frauenglass, Visit Philadelphia
Stephanie Gallo, E & J Gallo Winery
Stephan Gans, PepsiCo
Luis Garcia, Naterra International
Amy Gath, Formica
Steve Gisondi, Dorman Products
Meera Gopalakrishnan, BD Becton Dickinson
Jennifer Gould, GlaxoSmithKline
Sherry Graziano, Ferrara Candy Company
Greg Guidotti, Ferrara Candy Company
George Hammer, Marriott
Deborah Hannah, Stride
Ruth Harper, ManpowerGroup
Alicia Hatch, Deloitte
Thea Hayden, Cognizant
Maurice Herrera, Covista
Jessica Jensen, LinkedIn
Gerald Johnson, American Heart Association
Kelly Jordan, Enova International
Melissa Joye, Farmers Insurance
Nicole Kane, Bimbo Bakeries
Melia Keller, Seattle Credit Union
Emily Ketchen, Lenovo
Garth Knutson, Aflac
Kyle Lock, Butterball
Heather Malenshek, Land O' Lakes
Avi Mannis, Hawaiian Airlines
Douglas Martin, Wawa
Amy Martin Ziegenfuss, Carnival Cruises
Ann McGarry, Securian
Lisa Melton, AAA Northeast
Zara Mirza, TIAA
Jim Motos, Rich Products
Alice Norsworthy, Universal Destinations
Stephen Palacios, Bush Brothers
Florian Péquignot, P&G
Lynn Pina, GeoBlue
Tracy Raiser, Strategy Source Executive Search
Shenan Reed, GM
Kara Reiff, Centene
Amandine Robin, Etravel + Leisure
Manny Rodriquez, UCHealth
Sydney Seiger, TXU Energy Retail
Sabrina Sexton, Arthritis Foundation
Nancy Sherr, TruStage
Kate Sibbern, Avenue5 Residential
Nicole Silver, Dotdash Meredith
Jim Stadler, Old National Bank
Amanda Steward, Athene USA
Ryan Verschoor, AB InBev
Tommaso Visentini, Pharmavite
Keli Walbert, Horizon Therapeutics USA
Nicole Watson, Revance
Chad Wells, Physicians Mutual
Xiomara Wiley, Universal Destinations
Alka Winter, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism
Deborah Yeh, Sephora
Julie Yufe, Diageo
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