During my internet travels, I recently came across this great blog, Pretty Little Head by the planning director of Digitas New York, Farrah Bostic. Her recent post containing a list of inspiring women in technology and advertising. I've already worked with at least two people on the list and hope to work with more. Have you had the opportunity to learn from any of these women? Click here for original post.
Creatives
- Mary Beth Adduci, Creative Director, DDB Chicago
- Susana Albuquerque, Creative Director, Lowe Lisbon
- Sofia Ambrosini, Partner Creative Director, WLF Milan
- Suzanna Applebaum, ECD, Strawberryfrog
- Federica Ariagno, ECD, AUGE Milan
- Rosie Arnold, Deputy ECD, BBH London
- Vicki Azarian, Group Creative Director, OgilvyOne
- Sarah Barclay, ECD, JWT
- Kim Bartkowski, Group Creative Director & Creative Lead – Mobile Practice, Digitas
- Mariandreina Behrens, Creative Director, Vapro
- Serena di Bruno, Creative Director, 1861 United
- Katrien Bottez, Creative Director, Duval Guillaume Brussels
- Rebecca Carrasco, ECD, Colman Rasic Carrasco
- Tobi Carvana-Moore, Associate Creative Director, Matlock Advertising & PR
- Chiara Castiglioni, Creative Director, McCann Italy
- Janet Champ, Creative Director/Writer, Switzerland
- Fiona Chen, Creative Director, Ogilvy Shanghai
- Valerie Cheng, Executive Creative Director, JWT Singapore & XM-Asia
- Marian Cohen, Creative Director, Inbar Merhav Shaked Tel Aviv
- Vida Cornelious, VP Group Creative Director, GlobalHUE
- Susan Credle, CCO, Leo Burnett
- Augusta Duffey, Freelance Creative Director
- Katerina Esslin, Creative Director, Olympic DDB Athens
- Isabela Ferreira, Associate Creative Director, Energy BBDO
- Paola Figueroa, Creative Director, Ogilvy Mexico City
- Marie-Claude Garneau, Global Creative Director, DDB WW Paris
- Helene Godin, Creative Director, Sid Lee Montreal
- Alison Gragnano, Global Creative Director, Saatchi NY
- Carolyn Hadlock, Principal/Executive Creative Director, Young & Laramore
- Nancy Hartley, Joint Executive Creative Director, Sapient Nitro Brisbane/Sydney
- Frances Hatzipetrou, Creative Director, Fortune Athens
- Barbara Hernandez, Creative Director, BBDO Mexico
- Susan Hoffman, ECD, Wieden + Kennedy
- Jennifer Hu, ECD, Ogilvy Taipei
- Heather James, Director of Learning Services, Acquio Ireland
- Maria Carolina Jaso, Creative Director, ARS DDB
- Judy John, Managing Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Toronto
- Laura Jordon-Bambach, ECD, LBi London
- Linda Kaplan Thaler, CEO/Chief Creative Office, Kaplan Thaler Group
- Pamela Kaplan, Creative Director, BADJAR Ogilvy Melbourne
- Kerry Keenan, Global Director Creative Content, Y&R
- Kris Kiger, SVP, Managing Director Visual Design, R/GA
- Elke Klinkhammer, Creative Director, Neue Digitale
- Tiffany Kosel, VP Creative Director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky
- Becky Kozlen, Creative Director, DDB Chicago
- Natalie Lam, ECD, OgilvyOne Shanghai
- Jodi Leo, UX & Design, The Barbarian Group
- Elspeth Lynn, ECD, Profero
- Gerry Killeen, Managing Director-Creative Services, Kaplan Thaler Group
- Amy Markley, Creative Director, Tom Dick & Harry
- Kammie McArthur, Group Creative Director, Publicis West
- Suzanne Molinaro, Deputy Head of Interactive Production, BBH
- Charlotte Moore, Creative Director/Art Director, Switzerland
- Monica Moro, ECD, McCann Madrid
- Judite Mota, ECD, Y&R Lisbon
- Mehera O’Brien, Creative Director, AKQA New York
- Eleftheria Petropoulou, Group Creative Head, McCann Athens
- Christine Pillsbury, Creative Director, Beam Interactive & Relationship Marketing
- Suzanne Pope, Creative Director, John St Toronto
- Claudia Portela, Creative Director, Y&R Lisbon
- Katja Rickert, Creative Director, Scholz & Volkmer
- Fernanda Romano, Global Creative Director – Digital & Experiential, Euro RSCG
- Consuelo Ruybal, Creative Director, Kaplan Thaler
- Mariana Sa, Global Creative Director, DM9DDB Sao Paulo
- Catherine Savard, Creative Director, Cossette Montreal
- Bibiana Segura, Creative Director, Global Link Communications
- Jennifer Shreve, Creative Director, Razorfish
- Stefania Siani, ECD, D’Adda Lorenzini Vigorelli BBDO Milan
- Liz Sivel, Creative Director, R/GA London
- Eloise Smith, Creative Director, Euro RSCG London
- Nina Thelberg, Creative Director, B-Reel Stockholm
- Marianella Torres, Creative Director, TBWA/Venezuela
- Elizabete Vaz Mena, Creative Director, Grey Lisbon
- Isbelt Venegas, Executive Creative Director, Publicis
- Gabrielle Weinman, Group Creative Director, Ignited LA
Strategists & Media Mavens
- Ingrid Bernstein, Digital Strategy Director: Experience Department Head, JWT
- Farrah Bostic, VP Group Planning Director, Digitas
- June Cohen, Executive Producer, TED Media
- Mimi Cook, Director of Creative and Brand Strategy, Mekanism
- Emma Cookson, Chairman, BBH New York
- Mel Exon, Managing Director, BBH Labs
- Amber Finlay, SVP Global Engagement Planning, Arnold Worldwide
- Robin Hafitz, Founder, Open Mind Strategy
- Brenna Hanly, Mobile Strategist/Catalyst, Mullen
- Katie Harrison, Head of Planning, BBH New York
- Sarah Hofstetter, Senior Vice President: Emerging Media & Brand Strategy, 360i
- Natasha Jakubowski, Managing Partner/Head of Innovation, Anomaly
- Kristen Maverick, Digital Strategist, BBDO
- Kate Miltner, Masters Candidate (Media & Internet Memes), London School of Economics
- Alli Mooney, Head of Trends & Insights/Marketing, Google
- Jaime Morelli, VP Account Director Media Planning, Zenith Optimedia
- Kelly Stoetzel, Content Director, TED
- Amelia Torode, Head of Digital Strategy, VCCP London
- Lindsey Weber, Social Media Lead, The Barbarian Group
- Alisa Leonard, Director of Experience Planning, iCrossing
- Judith Lewis, Head of Search, Beyond
- Constance DeCherney, Director of Strategy, iCrossing
- Shoshana Winter, SVP Marketing Strategy, iCrossing
- Shelby MacLeod, Group Director of Earned Media, The Barbarian Group
- Sarah Watson, Chief Strategy Officer, BBH New York
- Sarah Wulfeck, Director Content & Community, Beyond Consultancy
- Shelley Zalis, CEO, Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange
- Jennifer Zeszut, Social Strategist, Lithium (ex-CEO of ScoutLabs)
Creative Technologists
- Mary Flanagan, Founder, techARTS & Professor of Digital Humanities, Dartmouth University
- Tracy Fullerton, Head of Interactive Media Lab, USC
- JC Herz, Author, Joystick Nation
- Katherine Isbister, Professor/Head of Game Design Program, NYU-Poly
- Colleen Macklin, Fellow, USC
- Joanne McNeil, Sr. Editor, Rhizome
- Katie Salen, Professor, Parsons MFA
- Amanda Steinberg, Founder, Daily Worth
- Amy Stettler, VP Global Media & Engagement, Activision Blizzard
- Zeynep Tufecki, Asst. Prof of Sociology, University of Maryland
Marketing & Client Service Leaders
- Amanda Bird, Director of Marketing, Innovation Interactive (360i – IgnitionOne- Netmining)
- Susan Canavari, EVP Marketing, Digitas
- Eva Heyman, Managing Director, Digitas Health
- Lynn Lewis, EVP Global Managing Partner, Universal McCann
- Robin Koval, President, Kaplan Thaler Group
- Linda Piggot, EVP Marketing, Digitas
- Tracy Reilly, VP Group Director, Digitas
- Laila Schmutzler, Brand Director, Stag & Hare
- Stephanie Smeriglio, Executive Director Account Services, The Barbarian Group
- Andrea Sullivan, Executive Director of Client Services, Interbrand
- Joanne Zaiac, President NY Region, Digitas
Entrepreneurs
- Morra Aarons-Mele, Founder, Women Online
- Jenna Arnold, Founder, Press Play Production
- Anita Black, Co-Founder, The Magnetic Collective
- Leslie Bradshaw, Co-Founder, JESS3
- Carri Bugbee, Founder, Big Deal PR
- Diane Cook-Tench, Founding Director, VCU Brandcenter
- Kat Egan, Founder/CSO, Exopolis
- Sarah Fay, Free Agent, (ex-CEO Isobar & Aegis, ex-President Carat)
- Cindy Gallop, Founder, If We Ran the World & Make Love Not Porn
- Teresa Edleston, Co-Founder, The Magnetic Collective
- Emily Gannett, Founder, IRL Productions
- Liz Gumbinner, Founder, CoolMomPicks.com and Mom101, SVP Group Creative Director, Deutsch
- Emily Hickey, Co-Founder, Hashable
- Sara Holoubek, CEO & Founder, Luminary Labs
- Sonja Jacob, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, The Cultivated Word
- Nina Lalic, Founder, Brief Agency
- Alessandra Lariu, Co-Founder, SheSays
- Andrea Learned, Founder, Learned On LLC
- Holly Lynch, Founder, The Good Girls
- K.D. Paine, Founder, KD Paine & Assoc.
- Vivian Rosenthal, Founder/CEO, GoldRun and Tronic
- Elizabeth Talerman, CEO and Managing Partner, Nucleus Branding
- Jureeporn Thaidumrong, Owner & Creative Chairwoman, JEH United Bangkok
Advocates & Change-Makers
- Tiffany R. Warren, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom & Founder, ADCOLOR
Brand Marketers
- Beth Comstock, SVP/CMO, General Electric
- Rebecca Messina, VP Global Marketing Capability & Integration, Coca-Cola
- Jill Simmons, Marketing Director, The New York Times
- Julie Washington, VP & General Manager – Consumer Products, Jamba Juice
- Connie Weaver, CMO, TIAA-CREF
- Andrea Harrison, Director of Digital Engagement, Pepsi