Jessica Henrichs
Vice President/Group Director, Account Management Lead at Digitas

Jessica brings 14 years experience managing traditional and digital marketing execution, campaign management and client relations. She is the account lead across Sprint’s Digital, Mobile and Social lines of business including B2B and B2C. In addition to a deep understanding of digital marketing strategy and account leadership, she has hands-on experience managing highly complex development programs from end-to-end.

While at the agency, Jessica has led integrated marketing campaigns for award-winning programs like the NCAA Human Highlight Reel, Buick Moment of Truth, FaceRetirement.com and GM’s Fuel Efficiency Games. Prior to this, she spent nine years leading marketing and promotions for CBS Television stations, working across digital, TV, print, radio and out-of-home channels, where her work won multiple Emmy Awards.

Whitney McKedy
Co-Founder, UX Strategist at Traceable Change

Whitney is co-founding strategist at the new Chicago-based UX consultancy Traceable Change.  Her passion is designing experiences that consider the complexity of human interaction with the social, physical and digital environment.  She has several years experience in the field of UX, helping clients across many industries improve their products in services to be more intuitive and enjoyable for the user.

Prior to her career in UX, Whitney’s work was in the realm of social and cognitive psychology, as well as language and communication sciences. She earned a master’s degree in social psychology from the University of Chicago, solidifying a deep interest in the thought and intention behind social roles and communication. Follow Whitney on Twitter @traceablechange.

Hugh Schulze
Owner of c|change.inc
Most recently, Hugh’s first feature film, CASS, won Best Film at the San Diego Black Film Festival as well as awards at the Boston International and Capital City Black Film Festivals. His company, c|change, is a global strategic marketing firm helping clients manage change, magnify it, orchestrate it, accentuate it, and ultimately make their customers, clients and employees sit up and take notice. For more than a decade, Hugh has been a consultant working with the World Psychiatric Association. He has co-authored a book on the the global program to reduce the stigma of mental illness, published by Cambridge University Press.

John Stewart
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Analysis at Digitas
John has over 20 years of experience in both advertising and management consulting. He develops strategies that bridge the gap between corporate/business unit plans, digital strategy and technology. John works in the world of data, leveraging innovative analytics, research and data mining methods to develop marketing and media strategies that drive to implantation. He has also worked almost equally for women and men throughout his career.