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2019 Judges

Meet the 40 Judges from this year's awards

Business Development & Sales

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Jeff Delaney
Lead Partner Manager, News
​Twitter

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Laure J. Patel 
Strategic Accounts
Density
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Ranjeeta Baijnauth
Director, Account Management
Interactive Advertising Bureau 
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Suranjit Tilakawardane
Sr. Director, Business Development
CNN

Digital Media & Marketing

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Juan Fuentes
VP, Digital Sales Planning
NBCUniversal
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Katie Morse
VP, Digital Marketing
Nielsen 
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Tameka Vasquez
Associate Director, Marketing
Eigen Technologies
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Tatiana Holifield Arthur
VP/Head of Digital Strategy
Pacers Sports & Entertainment

Diversity & Inclusion

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Anthony D. Izzo
Manager, Talent & Culture & Research
​NBCUniversal
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Lauren Lopez
Sr. Director, HR
NBA
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Mia Scott
VP, Communications
​Nielsen 
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Sacha Thompson
Inclusion Marketing Lead
Amazon

Engineering

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Rachana Kumar
Director, Engineering
Etsy 
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Rebecca Wessell
VP, Data & Emerging Technologies
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Tony Jackson
SVP, Engineering
Gallery Media Group
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Ukachi Anonyuo
Executive Director

The Estée Lauder Companies

Founders & Entrepreneurs

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Evin F. Robinson
Co-founder & President
New York On Tech ​
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Jonathan Jackson
Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellow
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard​
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Kathryn Minshew
Founder & CEO
The Muse​
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Logan Cohen
Co-founder & CEO
Kudzoo​

Management, Finance & Operations

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Elise James DeCruise
VP, Head, Multicultural Marketing & Inclusion
MediaMath​
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Michael Texidor
VP, Learning & Development
​IAB​
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Peter Nesbitt
VP, Finance
Teampay​
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Rob Hayden
Director of National Real Estate Sales
​Jetty ​

Product Management

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Kate Haberbusch
Director of Product Management
Daily Burn ​
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Kathryn Hurley
Legal Counsel, Product & Tech
​Spotify​
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Prerna Singh
VP, Product
CoEdition ​
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Sonia Kedzierski
​Director of Product Management
​Etsy

Tech Policy 

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Dayanna Torres
Director, Economic Opportunities and Business Partnerships
​JobsFirstNYC
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Michael Hahn
SVP & General Counsel
Interactive Advertising Bureau
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Priscilla Kwak
Assistant Vice President
NYCEDC
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Tom Ogletree
Sr. Director, Social Impact
General Assembly

UX / UI Design

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Alyssa Henry Gonzalez
Senior Director, Workplace Engineering
CBS Corporation
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Jan Fiegel
Head of Talent
Sidewalk Labs
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Rose Kue
UX Lead, Machine Learning
Planned Parenthood
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Roxanne Mustafa
Senior Product Designer
Pivotal Labs

Venture Capital

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Elizabeth Galbut
Managing Partner
SoGal Ventures
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Kai Bond
Investor
Comcast Ventures and Catalyst Fund
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Marina Hadjipateras
General Partner
Trailmix Ventures
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Sallie Jian
Program Manager, SAP.io
SAP (Corporate VC)
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