All The Social Ladies With Carrie Kerpen

Sonia Carter leads digital and social media marketing at Mondelez International, building the digital impact of brands such as Cadbury Dairy Milk, Oreo, Kenco, Creme Egg, Green & Black's and Philadelphia across Europe. She is responsible for accelerating digital adoption and proficiency across 30 markets as well as providing strategy for some of Europe's best loved brand to drive results. A passionate advocate of integrated marketing, she believes creativity and ROI are equally inspiring. At the heart of this is her 'Storytelling at Scale' strategy which is helping Mondelez brands reach beyond their fans and influence tens of millions of consumers across the biggest digital platforms.

Anne Doyle has been on the front lines of women's progress for four decades. She began her career as a pioneering TV News and Sports journalist in the 70's and 80's. For her leadership role in opening sports locker rooms to female reporters, she was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Anne then moved to the business world, rising through the ranks at Ford Motor Company to become Director of North America Communications. In 2000, Automotive News named her one of the "100 Leading Women in the Auto Industry." She is a single mom who took an early retirement from the corporate fast track to re-invent herself once again when her son, Kevin, was hitting his teens. That's when she began working on her book, Powering Up! How America's Women Achievers Become Leaders. Anne also took the advice she gives to other women, running for and recently completing a 4-year term on the Auburn Hills City Council. A global speaker and voice for the empowerment of women and girls, Anne has been asked by the U.S. Stat

Adrienne Chance is the Senior Communications Manager for Topgolf, the emerging global leader in golf entertainment. As the voice behind Topgolf, Adrienne is responsible for media relations, internal and guest communications, charitable giving and social media. Since joining Topgolf in 2012, Adrienne has set the strategy for the company’s public relations efforts, crisis and change communications and the use of social media. She has helped garner extensive national media coverage for Topgolf, open five new facilities with nine more under construction, and develop key partnerships with such companies as Golf Digest and Heroes Project. Prior to joining Topgolf, Adrienne worked in public relations for T-System, a healthcare IT company, and in customer advocacy for Southwest Airlines, where she specialized in regulatory compliance issues. Adrienne graduated with a bachelor of science degree in public relations from the University of Florida. She resides in Dallas with her husband and their fur baby. Her secret dre

Brittany Hennessy is a brand director, social media consultant, speaker and career & personal branding advisor for millennial women. She has worked on a number of campaigns including Nivea’s 100th Anniversary, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the launch of GAP's "Born to Fit" jean and the VH1 Hip Hop Honors. She also served as a social media captain for the NY/NJ Host Committee for Super Bowl XLVIII. A strong believer in female empowerment, Brittany is the Brand Director for Lucille Roberts Gyms and the Vice-President of Student Affairs for New York Women In Communications, Inc. She previously served as the Social Media Manager for Advertising Women of New York.

Carrie Tylawsky is the Director of Business Development at Likeable Media, a New York based social media marketing firm, where she has assisted in growing the client roster by more than 20% for three consecutive years. She specializes in working with clients to identify their business challenges and producing a social media solution that is customized for their brand and needs. Outside of Likeable, Carrie is passionate about traveling, speaks Mandarin Chinese, and is an avid writer and reader.

Sharon Gordon is the Digital Behavior Intelligence Leader at Dun & Bradstreet. She manages the company’s Social Media program and team, and also works on content development, eCommerce and Web analytics. Sharon holds an advanced degree in social sciences, specializing in qualitative and quantitative research methodology. She has worked in the telecom, media, education, and government fields in Marketing, Market Research, Analytics, PR, and Digital Media.

Lauren Berger is the CEO & Founder of InternQueen.com, a FREE internship destination for young people attracting hundreds of thousands of ambitious young people every month. She is arguably the nation’s most in demand career and internship expert and speaks to thousands of high school students, college students, and recent grads every year, motivating and inspiring them. Berger is known as "The Intern Queen" as she successfully completed 15 internships at high-profile companies like Fox, MTV, and NBC during her four years in college, which led to the successful launch of her own business in 2009. Her first book, All Work, No Pay: Finding an Internship, Building Your Resume, Making Connections, and Gaining Job Experience, is a national best-seller and her second book, Welcome To The Real World, came out on April 22nd. In the new book, Lauren re-writes the rules for millenials in the workplace, demonstrating how to succeed in their first, second, and third jobs after graduation. Recently Berger has been fea

Melissa Carrier is a lifelong Rhode Island resident, and a total geek for all things digital. A graduate of the University of Rhode Island, she holds degrees in Marketing, French, and International Business and is proud to have not taken a single course on Social Media (because they didn't exist then). In spite of all this, she managed to become the US Social Media Manager for the world's leader in cut crystal, Swarovski and continues to learn the craft of digital communications.

Laurie Meacham is the Manager of the Customer Commitment and Social Media team JetBlue Airways. She helped shape JetBlue's social strategy and form the framework for a cross departmental working group. Officially started in October 2010, the Salt Lake City-based team currently consists of 25 crewmembers and operates in tandem with New York City-based experts from other departments, including Corporate Communications, Marketing, and Loyalty to address customer concerns or deliver real-time customer feedback to those internal resources best suited to address them.

As Global Lead of Global Consumer Engagement for Gap in NYC, Tricia Nichols is responsible for creating a consumer-first plan that bonds between brands and consumers.  Her focus is on digital, social, media, partnerships, branded entertainment & music. Prior to Gap, Tricia’s career included both agencies and brands, including Managing Partner at MediaCom, Senior Lead of Portfolio Projects at PepsiCo and a Group Leader role at TracyLocke.  In these roles, she led activations in emerging media, multicultural, local marketing, social/mobile loyalty, shopper & branded entertainment.   She also helped launch the first PepsiCo10 platform. Tricia is currently an active advisor to start-ups within the retail, digital, entertainment and music spaces & was once an Adjunct Professor.

Amanda Changuris is a Senior Social Media Marketing Analyst for Highmark, Inc. She began her professional life as a TV and radio news anchor and reporter, transitioning to marketing, communications and social media more than 7 years ago. Amanda is the Twitter lead and blog co-lead at Highmark. She also won Social Media Professional of The Year in 2013.

On this rebroadcast, we revisit our conversation with Sandy Carter; General Manager, IBM Ecosystems and Social Business Evangelism. Sandy is responsible for IBM’s worldwide focus on building ecosystems around core growth areas which, drives approximately one-third of IBM’s revenue and is a critical element in IBM's overall strategy. She is also responsible for the award-winning Global Entrepreneur Program which has delivered over 2,000 mentors to help startups and entrepreneurs expand and grow.  A recognized thought-leader in social business, Sandy is an award-winning author of 3 books and was recently named in Forbes Global Top 40 in Marketing. She is also passionate about women's leadership and is a founding member of WITI (Women in Technology International) and IBM’s Super Women Group, a community of over 20,000 women worldwide.

On today’s show we are speaking with Amanda Brooks; Marketing & Communications Manager for USA Track & Field. Amanda took over managing USA Track & Field’s social marketing efforts in November 2013. Since then, USATF has seen a follower growth of over 200% across all platforms. Before her time at USATF, Amanda spent six years working in college athletics as a sports information director. She began her career at Vanderbilt University, where she attended graduate school and worked in the athletic media relations office with every varsity sport. Amanda then took an internship with the Florida Gators in June 2010 and was hired full time a year later. While there, she worked with the football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s track and field, women’s lacrosse and women’s volleyball programs. Her teams combined for three NCAA championships and four conference titles in her time with the Gators. Along with managing social media for USA Track & Field, Amanda is a spokeswoman for USATF a

On today’s show we are speaking with Hannah Ettema: Based out of Missoula, Montana and originally from Michigan, Hannah Ettema manages social media for the National Forest Foundation as the Communications and Development Associate. At the NFF she also manages their website and email distribution as well as the annual fundraiser. With a growing emphasis on social within the organization, Hannah focuses on education and awareness for National Forests and the work of the NFF. When not perusing social, she enjoys crafting sarcastic remarks, experiencing time travel through reading and generally escaping the world in the woods

On Today's show we are speaking with Eleni Tavantzis; Senior Manager of Digital & Social Communications at Lilly Pulitzer. Eleni has experienced the revolution of social media and digital marketing from the front row since 2007. With strong social media experience that's been honed with retail leaders and innovators, Eleni was the first social media employee for multichannel retailer QVC and built out the team, which evolved into a department, which then evolved into a strategy spanning the entire company. She now leads the social and digital communications strategy for the original American resort wear brand Lilly Pulitzer, and is accelerating their brand presence through social media campaigns that engage the consumer through a cohesive digital and brick-and-mortar experience.

On this rebroadcast, we revisit our conversation with Natanya Anderson: Director, Social Media and Digital Marketing at Whole Foods Market. Natanya has been working with new media for over a decade with a focus on both strategy and execution, helping organizations change the way they engage and communicate with customers. She is a content expert with extensive experience utilizing customer-centric content to build bridges between brands and their customers. Her continued focus on re-purposing teams, knowledge, and best practices means that Natanya’s finger is always on the pulse and she is ready to respond to the constantly changing web and marketing landscapes. When Natanya is not in the office, she loves to blog about food, drink and Austin, Texas at the Austin Food Lovers’ Companion. She is also a founding member and Immediate Past President of the Austin Food Blogger Alliance, a non-profit organization established to promote blogger philanthropy and education.

Today we are speaking with Vera Sweeney; Mom, blogger, social media influencer, New York Resident and Founder of I’m Not Obsessed Media. Her lifestyle and parenting brands help busy women stay on top of the latest trends in fashion, food, family and travel. Some of Vera’s recent accolades have included being names "Top 50 US Mom Bloggers" by Cision (2014), "Top 50 Mom Blogger" by Mom.me (2014), “Top 50 to follow in Social Media” by Restaurant Business Magazine (2012), Babble’s Top 50 to Follow (2010, 2011), and “Top 5 to Follow on Long Island (NY) by Newsday. Vera has become a well-known and frequently requested brand spokesperson. Some of her most significant work includes on-air appearances and multi-page advertorial magazine spreads. She has been featured on media outlets including CBS News, Fox 5 News, E! Entertainment, Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine, The NY Post’s Page Six, and the Rachael Ray Magazine.

Today we are speaking with Meryl Weinsaft Cooper; Principal/Co-Founder, Allen/Cooper Enterprises. Meryl is a communications/social media specialist, published author and blogger, who teamed up with Helen Allen in 2011 to launch Allen/Cooper and Site/109. Previously, she held executive leadership roles at two of the top lifestyle PR/Marketing agencies in the country - DeVries Public Relations' Home & Lifestyle division and at LaForce+Stevens. In these roles she led programs for a variety of brands such as Belvedere Vodka, Veuve Clicquot, Rockstar Games, Magnolia Bakery and Dale Carnegie Training to name a few. Meryl has also had several years’ experience in the Screen Actors Guild’s NY office and running PR for Working Mother and the National Association for Female Executives. A co-author of Be Your Own Best Publicist: How to Use PR Skills to Get Hired, Noticed and Rewarded At Work, Meryl is also a contributing blogger for Forbes.com and often lectures nationally about public relations and reputation manag

On today’s show we are speaking with Sarah Evans; digital correspondent which includes social and digital strategy, talent, editing and publisher within her company Sevans Strategy. Sarah works with companies, like PayPal and Cox Communications as a digital correspondent and runs popular digital lifestyle publication FAVES + CO. (http://sarahsfav.es). Sarah previously worked with a local crisis center to raise more than $161,000 in three weeks via social media and is proud to be a team member of the Guinness Book World Record holding #beatcancer.

On Today's show we are speaking to Cara Friedman; Social Media Manager at Publishers Clearing House. In this role, Cara guides the social media strategy for multiple PCH properties and manages a team of Social Media Coordinators. Formerly, Cara was Sr. Director, Marketing at Likeable Media. While at Likeable, Cara managed the internal marketing of the company. Previously as General Manager, she oversaw the managers of the company’s “buzz builder” program, a network of more than 100 interns that operated out of Likeable’s New York and Boston offices. Additionally, Cara’s role included being in charge of the operations department including human resources, finance, contracts and office management. Cara has been responsible for managing premium clients as well as creating custom trainings for corporate clients and their staffs. Some of her clients have included Logitech, Cosmopolitan, NYSDOH, Maidenform, and General Electric. Cara is a frequent blogger with featured posts on Mashable and Social Media Today, and