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.

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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

CMO at Piedmont

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 Head of Group Brand Strategy and Stewardship at Shell

Elizabeth Rutledge Chief Marketing Officer at American Express

Andrea Sengara Head of Marketing, U.S. at Campari Group

TALENT AND MARKETING DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBERS
  • May Aboubakr, Chobani, Inc.
  • Trever Ackerman, Fitness Connection
  • Madhur Aggarwal
  • William Beck, Elevance Health
  • Edward Bell, Cathay Pacific Airlines
  • Gaurav Bhatia, Pentagon Federal Credit Union
  • Richard Bonfiglio, MSC Industrial Supply
  • Greg Boosin, Mastercard
  • Todd Brezler, Mitsubishi Power
  • Ivy Brown, WorkMoney, Inc.
  • Daniel Cenzano, Munich Reinsurance America
  • Joe Cohen, AXIS
  • John Cosley, Microsoft Corporation
  • Alex Craddock, BlackRock, Inc.
  • Tina Davis, Citi
  • Peter DeBenedictis, Microsoft Corporation
  • Mathilde Delhoume, LVMH Holding Group
  • Suzy Deprizio, Centene Corporation
  • Jennifer Dionne, Bath Fitter Franchising Inc.
  • Kate Dobbs, Interwell Health Partners, Inc.
  • Tanya Earley, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
  • Esi Eggleston Bracey, Unilever United States
  • Tony Ezell, BD Becton Dickinson
  • Dori Fern, Neustar
  • Renata Ferraiolo, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
  • Stephanie Gallo, E & J Gallo Winery
  • John Galloway, ZOA Energy
  • Stephan Gans, PepsiCo, Inc.
  • Amy Gath, Formica Corporation
  • Greg Guidotti, Ferrara Candy Company
  • George Hammer, Marriott International, Inc.
  • Deborah Hannah, Stride, Inc.
  • Ruth Harper, ManpowerGroup
  • Alicia Hatch, Deloitte Consulting
  • Jabari Hearn, AKQA
  • Maurice Herrera, Adtalem Global Education
  • Janice Jacobs, HearingLife
  • Lara James, Facing History and Ourselves
  • Jessica Joffe, Cabinetworks Group
  • Gerald Johnson, American Heart Association
  • Melissa Joye, Farmers Insurance Group, Inc.
  • Kim Kitchings, Cotton Incorporated
  • Garth Knutson, Aflac, Inc.
  • Matt Lindner, American Water Resources
  • Heather Malenshek, Land O' Lakes
  • Avi Mannis, Hawaiian Airlines
  • Amy Martin Ziegenfuss, Carnival Cruise Line
  • Ann McGarry, Securian Financial Group
  • Lisa Melton, AAA Northeast
  • Mickey Mericle, Mattress Firm
  • Zara Mirza, TIAA
  • Chris Moloney, Mr. Cooper
  • Jim Motos, Rich Products
  • Alan Numsuwan, FTI Consulting
  • Christopher Osner-Hackett, Helen of Troy
  • Molly Pajauskas, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
  • Stephen Palacios, Bush Brothers & Company
  • Lynn Pina, GeoBlue
  • Manoj Raghunandanan, Kenvue Inc.
  • Tracy Raiser, Strategy Source Executive Search, Inc.
  • Karen Redfern, Go RVing
  • Shenan Reed, L'Oréal USA
  • Sydney Seiger, TXU Energy Retail Company
  • Sabrina Sexton, Arthritis Foundation
  • Nancy Sherr, TruStage
  • Kate Sibbern, Avenue 5 Residential
  • Lola Soyebo Harris, Alpha Residential
  • Craig Stacey
  • Jim Stadler, Old National Bank
  • Amanda Steward, Athene USA
  • Rafael Sulit, Anterix
  • Michelle Taite, MailChimp
  • Audrey Trevino, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Lia van Eyk, Steadily
  • Ryan Verschoor, AB InBev/Anheuser-Busch
  • Keli Walbert, Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc.
  • Nicole Watson, Crown Laboratories
  • Xiomara Wiley, Universal Orlando Resort
  • Deborah Yeh, Sephora USA, Inc.
  • Ronalee Zarate-Bayani

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