All The Social Ladies With Carrie Kerpen

Jennifer Watson is a meteorologist, storm chaser, space weather geek and social media specialist. She started with The Weather Channel in March of 2014, where she is a Social Meteorologist/Social Media Specialist. There she co-manages, TWC's social pages, posting forecasts, breaking weather information and more. Along with that she works on a variety of social media campaigns for the company. Prior to moving to Atlanta, Jennifer was an on camera meteorologist at WHNT-TV in Huntsville, AL where she also was a science reporter and helped to manage the station's social media accounts and weather blog. Before Alabama, She started her career in Tupelo, MS at WTVA-TV.

Daniella Nabuco is the Senior Manager of Social and Digital Marketing at Materne North America, GoGo squeeZ. She oversees digital strategy, content creation, and social media community management for the popular healthy kids snack brand with a focus on engaging consumers in the social and digital realms. At GoGo squeeZ, Daniella has built a large and engaged social fan base, and has continuously worked to convert new consumers to the brand through various digital initiatives. Being at the forefront of the social media era has allowed Daniella to fully grasp and be nimble in the always-changing space. She’s passionate about getting behind the psychology of people’s online behaviors and creating sharable and engaging content that will inspire brand lovers both old and new. Prior to joining GoGo squeeZ, Daniella consulted for various travel and tech-startups in the South Florida area, helping them build their digital and social presence.

Laura Powers is the Director of Global Social Media Marketing at Cisco. With 25 years of experience, Laura’s career spans many facets of marketing, PR, and communications. In her current role, Laura has responsibility for executing the social media strategy across Cisco including company-wide social policies & digital training programs, social campaigns, listening, social selling, and online communities.    Laura has been recognized for building world-class social programs and leading a high performing team that delivers award-winning campaigns, launches, and programs. Among her many accomplishments, Laura was honored with a Communicator Award from the International Academy of the Visual Arts.   Laura also serves as a board member at Hope Rising where she creates positive change through arts-related events that foster education and awareness about domestic violence.

Carla Zanoni is responsible for for exploring and developing state-of-the-art news delivery and storytelling, including new social media platforms and texting platforms for The Wall Street Journal. She also serves as Audience Development Director, overseeing both the social media team and newsroom analytics team. Before coming to the Journal, Zanoni led national digital and social strategy at New York and Chicago-based DNAinfo.com and worked as a metro reporter for more than a decade in New York City, writing for numerous city-wide publications, including The New York Times. Born in Argentina and raised in New Jersey, Zanoni is an alumna of Columbia University School of Journalism. She started her journalism career as a freelance reporter, and also helped start City Hall (now called City and State), the first weekly newspaper dedicated to New York City politics. She then founded a successful hyperlocal blog, learning how to quickly build a community on social media. She received four awards while covering New

Melissa da Silva is the President of Contiki Vacations, a travel company dedicated to empowering young Americans, aged 18-35, to explore the world. With over 20 years’ experience in the travel industry – and spending her entire career dedicated to youth travel, she believes that travel has a tremendously positive impact on people and is especially influential on those traveling in their formative years.

Marie Bonaccorse is an experienced and seasoned Social Media Manager. She spent four years as the social media & community manager for some of Procter & Gamble’s largest and most iconic brands. She brought life, laughter and fun into Bounty, Charmin, Gillette and Puff’s social media before deciding to leave and start her own consulting business, The Sassy Tweetress. Her “keep it real” attitude has helped bring about accolades from numerous trade and media publications. Her real time responses and witty conversations have earned Charmin the title of Sassiest Brand on Twitter from Time Magazine as well as numerous Best In Class social media lists. A busy mom of three little ones, her home life definitely feeds her creativity and work. Originally from Puerto Rico, her father’s work with the military afforded her the opportunity to move all around the world. This unique perspective and experience also comes into play when helping define online voice, tone and equities.

Lyndsay Signor is the director of Social Media Marketing at NBC Sports and the Olympics. She has been in this role since January, 2013 and is responsible for overseeing social media strategy and social media initiatives and operations for content surrounding the sports that air on NBC and the NBC Sports Network. In 2014-2015, she lead the social media strategy and execution behind two of the year’s largest sporting events: 2014 Sochi Olympics and Super Bowl XLIX. Lyndsay is a three-time Emmy award winner, two time Emmy award nominee and in the Spring of 2015 was named one of Cynopsis Media’s Top Women in Digital. Prior to her career at NBC, Lyndsay served as a producer at Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Kristal Bergfield is a leader and trusted advisor who just gets it done. Her career spans marketing, business development, and operations for the earliest stage startups to some of the world’s most valuable brands. Most recently, she was VP of Business Operations at Ordrx, overseeing the product roadmap, client service operation, and marketing communications. Prior to Ordrx, she was the co-founder of a consumer payments platform called Ultapay and also spent eight years at American Express. Kristal is a leader and mentor in the NY startup community where she advises Panna and Charming Robot, and Founded Caffeine & Connections, a monthly networking event.

Jen McClure is a marketing and communications professional with nearly 30 years of experience. She is currently VP of Digital & Social Media at Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. She leads the company's Digital Center of Excellence, and her role focuses on digital strategy, enablement and governance. In 2008, Jen helped launch Redwood Collaborative Media, and served as CMO from 2008-2010, when the company was acquired and relocated. She served as managing director of boutique consulting firms, including the re:imagine group and Albrycht McClure & Partners. She managed marketing and PR for Ziff Davis, was an account executive at Ketchum Public Relations, was a business reporter for the Hudson Valley Business Journal, and co-produced/co-hosted a community affairs radio program in the Hudson Valley, New York. From 1990–1992, Ms. McClure managed research and publishing for New Electronic Media Science.Jen has received the Eclat Award fo

Elly Deutch recently started a new role as the Global Social Engagement Campaign and Advocacy Manager at McDonald's. She was formerly the Associate Director of Digital and Social Media at Garrett Popcorn Shops, where she helped build and manage their social media, web, email, and eCommerce strategies. Elly has been working in the digital space for the last 7 years and has created, executed, and managed social media communities for over 350 companies, athletes, celebrities, organizations, and brands. Over the years, Elly has developed her methodologies from her work at her own consulting company, years at Weber Shandwick and time spent launching the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League. Elly speaks around the world at various conferences, summits, and events on her experience and knowledge of social media, sharing her strategies, insights and learnings from over the years​.

Nisha Chittal is a journalist and social media strategist who is currently Manager of Social Media & Community at MSNBC. In this role, she leads and develop msnbc's social editorial strategy, audience growth and engagement, social TV integrations, and emerging platform strategy. She also writes and reports for MSNBC.com about politics, technology, and women's rights and feminism, and has appeared as a guest on Shift by MSNBC to discuss these topics. Prior to MSNBC, Nisha led social media at the Travel Channel in Washington, DC, and prior to that, she worked at digital agency MXM Social, advising a variety of brands on social and digital strategy. Most recently, she published an essay in the Amazon Kindle Serial "The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Women." She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ann Handley is a veteran of creating and managing digital content to build relationships for organizations and individuals. Ann is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content (September 2014, Wiley) and co-author of the best-selling book on content marketing, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business (2011, Wiley). She is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs; a columnist for Entrepreneur magazine; a LinkedIn Influencer; a keynote speaker, mom, and writer.

As the Vice President of Global Marketing for Auntie Anne’s, Heather Neary is responsible for the strategic planning, marketing, and menu development for the Auntie Anne’s brand. She provides guidance on all domestic and international locations as well as oversight to our retail efforts in the United States. Since joining Auntie Anne’s in 2005, Heather has also served in the roles of Marketing Manager, Director of Marketing, and Chief Marketing Officer for Auntie Anne’s. Prior to joining Auntie Anne’s, Heather was the associate brand manager for an office supply manufacturer in Long Island, N.Y. Before that she worked as the managing editor of a business magazine in San Diego, California.

Welcome to Season 2 of All The Social Ladies, and we could not be more excited to kick off the new year than with our special guest Kate Dickman. Kate is the senior social media program manager at Office Depot. At just 15 years of age, she taught herself basic html and coded her own personal website, eventually starting her own digital marketing business from her dorm room. By 2013, she was recognized as one of Top Ranks 25 Women That Rocked Social Media.

Deena Baikowitz is the Chief Networking Officer at Fireball Network and comes from four generations of feisty career women. Her favorite expression is "I know someone you should meet. Let me introduce you!" She is passionate about empowering professionals to build their confidence, their skills, and their networks. Her firm's clients include entrepreneurs, executives, association leaders and college students. Deena is a dynamic speaker, coach, consultant and writer, and she has a diverse career background in the arts, social work, and marketing, which create a wonderful combination to serve her clients and build her company.

KC Geen is senior manager, social media, at GrubHub Inc., a leading online and mobile food-ordering company. At GrubHub, KC oversees integrated social media marketing. Immersed in the social media craze from the beginning, she has been developing and executing social media marketing and social care programs for the past eight years. Prior to GrubHub, KC was global social media marketing manager at Abercrombie & Kent, a luxury travel company, and held a variety of social media roles at various agencies. In addition to all things social, KC has extensive experience in integrated marketing and crisis and reputation management.

Jessica Williams is the Director of Global Innovation Marketing & Analytics at Visa focused on designing and delivering omni-channel marketing strategies in support of Visa's new product platforms and capabilities to drive customer adoption, consumer engagement and increase product demand. Jessica specializes in utilizing groundbreaking marketing techniques and analytics in delivering innovative payment and technology solutions for Visa's customers. Prior to her current role she was leading the social and digital analytics at Visa BtoB and corporate marketing. Prior to Visa, Jessica worked at Yahoo! and WCG in the bay area serving in her last role as a Senior Analytics Strategist. She is one Social Lady you don't want to miss.

Diana Plazas is the Director of Global Brand Marketing for DoubleTree by Hilton, at Hilton Worldwide. In this role, Diana oversees advertising, offline and online media, as well as marketing and social media strategy for the brand and its more than 400 hotels in over 30 countries around the globe. She has been part of the team that worked on the repositioning of the brand back in 2011, as well as its award winning campaigns such as the Cookie CARE-a-van, the Little Things Project and DTour. In 2014, her team led the launch of a brand new multi-channel campaign called “First the Cookie”, as well as supporting the on-going Cookie Care global activations in partnership with Public Relations. Diana has been working with the brand since 2009 and previous to that she managed search engine marketing for the Hilton Worldwide portfolio of brands, where starting in 2006 she worked on both organic and paid search marketing strategy. Previous to Hilton Worldwide, Diana worked with digital brands in both the Health &

Brianna Foulds began her career at California Pizza Kitchen, progressing through the various roles of restaurant operations before joining the recruiting team. It was there that she discovered her passion - not for artisan pizza, but for finding the right people for the job, brand and business. Her success there landed her a position at Oakley, where she, along with her team, is responsible for recruiting Manufacturing Assembly Teams, Optical Design Engineers, Fabric Developers, Athlete Managers and all other positions that make Oakley what it is today.

Jennifer Donovan is a seasoned digital PR and brand strategist with more than 18 years of communications, PR, social media and marketing experience. She has a proven track record for driving industry awareness, value and momentum for her clients. Prior to founding Nova Communications in 2013, Jennifer was Senior Manager of Social Communications and Senior Global PR Manager for Akamai Technologies. Before Akamai, Jennifer worked at Horn Group, a digital communications agency, working closely with dozens of technology clients. Jennifer has also served as the President of the Social Media Club of San Francisco, where she designed and managed educational programming events.