Speakers

Ariel Abramovici and Bruno Acanfora are executive creative directors of GUT, a global, independent and creative ad agency founded in 2018.

After ten years in the United States, Ariel Abramovici and Bruno Acanfora both joined GUT’s Los Angeles office in 2021. The pair had begun their advertising career almost 20 years ago, when they received their first brief – for the World Cup and they continued to produce memorable campaigns for leading brands like Coca-Cola, Apple, Nike, Gatorade, Disney+, NBA and DIRECTV.

Amy Charlotte Kean is a bestselling author, poet, creative sociologist, public speaker, diversity activist, futurist, cult leader, experimenter and rampant people pleaser. Hey, it works.

She’s also founder of Six Things Impossible, a creativity and culture company. If you need fresh ideas, creative experimentation, brand prominence and a recharged company culture that lets imaginations flourish… Six Things Impossible is the only place you should go. I’m not even joking.

Allison Hironaka is an entertainment executive with over a decade of experience across film and television. She currently manages the Film & TV arm of Caviar LA, an Academy Award-winning production company known for successful projects like Sound of Metal, War Pony, and Bad Sisters. Committed to supporting the vision of artists and nurturing talent creating projects from 60 seconds to six hours, Caviar began in 2005 as a commercials outfit and has evolved into producing boundary-pushing scripted and unscripted film & TV projects, as well as world-class commercials.

Allison produced several upcoming projects for Caviar, including Love Language from writer-director Joey Power, and Zach Woods’ The Accompanist, starring Susan Sarandon, Everly Carganilla, and Aubrey Plaza. She is also an executive producer for Jody Hill’s thriller Famous.

Allison began her entertainment career in the mailroom at Paradigm Talent Agency, where she became an agent trainee in the Motion Picture Talent group. She joined Creative Artists Agency in 2014 and spent nine years in the Media Finance group focused on film financing and sales, client company creation, and operations. During her tenure, Allison worked on precedent-setting deals for films with budgets ranging from <500k to over $100M.

A native of North Carolina, Jody attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, where he connected with Ben Best and Danny McBride. Years after graduation, the three reconnected to make THE FOOT FIST WAY, Hill’s debut feature, budgeted with family mortgages and credit cards. It premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and caught the attention of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, who championed the film’s release through their production company Gary Sanchez Productions.

Jody’s second film OBSERVE AND REPORT, which he wrote and directed, starring Seth Rogan, Ray Liotta, Michael Pena and Anna Faris was released in 2009. He’s probably best known as the co-creator of HBO’s EASTBOUND AND DOWN, starring Danny McBride as Kenny Powers. Most recently, Jody directed episodes of Season 1 and 2 of THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES and is the Co-Creator of VICE PRINCIPLES with Danny McBride.

Jody has enjoyed great success as a commercial director since joining Caviar in 2008. In 2025, Jody’s narrative campaign for SUPERCELL starring Chris Hemsworth, Ken Jeong, Christina Ricci, Will Arent, and Auli’i Cravalho won A Gold and A Grand Prix at The Kinsale Shark Wards. He directed Toyota’s SWAGGER WAGGON campaign, which received over 9 million hits on YouTube, and has won numerous awards, including a Gold Addy. Jody has also created two rounds of spots for KSWISS, in which Kenny Powers stars as the MFCEO of the company which has been collecting numerous awards – most notably Best in Show at the 2012 One Club Interactive Awards. In 2011, Jody was named as one of the Top 50 Innovative People to Watch by Creativity Online.

Jody’s TOYOTA Campaign with the Muppets and Terry Crews aired at the 2014 Superbowl. Most recently Jody has shot campaigns for Sonic, Jordan, AutoDesk, DirectTV, Gatorade, TD Ameritrade and Dodge Dart’s ‘Don’t Touch My Dart’ campaign starring Jake Johnson and Craig Robinson.

Keith started directing video projects while he was still in high school in Chicago. He grew up with deck-to-deck editing controllers, which he tells people is sort of like “scratching or spinning records.” His work then and now is a visual kaleidoscope. He bends his on-camera effects as far as he can, resulting in an understated comedic edge that keeps the audience in on the joke. This is especially true in his highly awarded music video for Duck Sauce, “Mesmerize.”

Over the years Keith has become a major player in the commercial world. In 2012, he directed a Super Bowl teaser for Volkswagen called “The Bark Side,” which featured 12 dogs barking the Star Wars anthem. The spot went viral and garnered over 10 million views in 10 days on YouTube and even earned him an Emmy Nomination. Schofield’s works have been described by Anthem Magazine as “sensations that regale viewers with a joyous vitality” and by Wired as incorporating “visual gags worthy of Chuck Jones” and over the years Keith has won many awards including Cannes Lions, MVPA, MTV VMA, One Show, Clios.

To date Keith has shot campaigns for major clients including the Emmy Awards, Mountain Dew, Skoda, Dr Pepper, KSWISS, Nintendo, Samsung, Captain Morgan, KFC, Huggies, Barclay’s and FritoLay to name a few.

Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1974, Michael Sagol sadly lost his father when he was only six years old. But he grew up knowing two things about him: that he was funny and that he loved the movies.

After moving to the States with his mom and his sister in the 80s, Michael knew he was never going to have a future in comedy. But he shared his dad’s passion for movies, and attended Emerson College to pursue acting. He achieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater and moved out to Los Angeles – where he quickly learned he wasn’t funny or good looking enough to make it as an actor.

Instead, he stumbled into the world of production, working through the early 2000s on music video and commercial sets and even doing a brief stint as Steven Seagal’s assistant. Ask him about that experience some time!

In 2002, he opened his first production company, Atomik Pictures, servicing international commercials in the US. Shortly thereafter, he met fellow Belgian Bert Hamelinck, and their friend and partnership led to what Caviar is today.

For the past twenty years, Michael has Executive Produced thousands of commercials, hundreds of music videos and a handful of films and television shows. In that time, Caviar has grown into an Academy Award winning company with scores of Emmys, Lions and film festival wins to boot.

Michael spends most of his time today still trying to be funny and still madly in love with filmmaking and storytelling, while avoiding social media at all costs. He lives in Ojai with his two daughters, Lucia (who wants to be a director ! Lord help us all) and Stella, who sings her heart out every chance she gets.

Jessica Entner is the Vice President of Creative Sync Strategy at Warner Chappell Music, where she helps brands harness the power of song and sound to build lasting identity and cultural relevance. With more than 20 years in music production, supervision, and sonic branding, she has worked with award winning creative teams and guided global campaigns from concept through execution. She brings a deep understanding of both the creative and commercial sides of music, translating that experience into strategic opportunities across Warner Chappell’s global catalog and songwriter ecosystem.

As President, Dustin leads the strategy and day-to-day management of Tool, an award-winning creative production partner for the world's most recognized brands. He’s at the forefront of developing advertising campaigns and content systems supercharged by Artificial Intelligence, and believes there is a game-changing opportunity to revolutionize the content production pipeline, scale, and craft.

Katie and Brian have been a creative duo for over 12 years, and in that time have convinced dozens of coworkers they are actually cousins. They’re not.

Together they’ve delivered a Skittles Super Bowl commercial starring Elijah Wood to someone’s front door, reunited Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito to win the Ad Meter for State Farm, and helped launch a global rebrand for Ronald McDonald House built around the unifying mantra “Family Stays.”

They try to make work that doesn’t just win awards, but escapes the ad industry entirely—showing up in culture, in headlines, and occasionally in long comment threads on their parents’ Facebook pages.

Katie and Brian have been a creative duo for over 12 years, and in that time have convinced dozens of coworkers they are actually cousins. They’re not.

Together they’ve delivered a Skittles Super Bowl commercial starring Elijah Wood to someone’s front door, reunited Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito to win the Ad Meter for State Farm, and helped launch a global rebrand for Ronald McDonald House built around the unifying mantra “Family Stays.”

They try to make work that doesn’t just win awards, but escapes the ad industry entirely—showing up in culture, in headlines, and occasionally in long comment threads on their parents’ Facebook pages.

Ranked the #1 Most Awarded ECD of 2024 by The Drum, #1 Executive Creative Director in the world by The One Club (2023), and Top 10 ECD at D&AD, Colin Selikow has a proven track record of award-winning, brand-building work across global clients. From Samsung and Coors Light to Mars Wrigley (Skittles, Starburst, Twix), he’s led integrated, effective campaigns recognized by 300+ international awards, including Cannes, D&AD, Effies, One Show, ANDYs, and ADC – also earning #1 Most Awarded ECD globally in The Drum rankings (2019). He’s built and led large, multidisciplinary teams, driven new and organic business growth and recently won Campari Epsolon, Bimbo Bakeries and Twix. Along the way, he made an ostrich fly, staged a Broadway show, ran a Super Bowl ad for one person, apologized to 130,880 people and proved one thing: ideas don’t deserve attention. They earn it.

Amanda Azoroh is a strategic creative leader with more than two decades of experience shaping culturally defining campaigns and building high-impact brand platforms at global scale. She is known for translating cultural insight into measurable business growth, aligning creative ambition with operational precision to drive both brand equity and revenue performance.

Throughout her career, Azoroh has led award-winning work across traditional and emerging media for global brands including Skittles, Gatorade, and DIRECTV. Her leadership spans creative strategy, large-scale production oversight, organizational design, and revenue transformation; consistently building systems that elevate teams, unlock growth, and future-proof organizations.

A recipient of her alma mater’s President’s Diversity Award, Azoroh began her career producing large-scale community initiatives before expanding into entrepreneurship and strategic advisory. Today, she partners with brands, municipalities, and emerging companies to architect culture-forward strategies, develop talent pipelines, and create meaningful impact at scale.

Grounded in conviction and guided by bold vision, Azoroh brings clarity, authority, and cultural fluency to every room she enters.

Erica Kung is the Head of Production and Creative Operations at Squarespace. Here, she oversees the production of all brand creative, from Super Bowl campaigns to evergreen social content to beautiful website templates inspired by iconic global Creatives. Prior to Squarespace, Erica spent two decades on the agency side, acting as co-Managing Director of Stink Studios and producing for Mullen and The Barbarian Group. She believes the success of any creative team begins with a strong production and operations foundation, and will always be happy to start a dance party with you.

Orlee Tatarka is the Head of Production at Wieden+Kennedy Portland, where she leads the office’s multidisciplinary production capabilities, making work for clients such as Nike, Lilly, Old Spice, Jordan Brand, and Allstate, among others. As both a producer and a leader, she combines unique vision with grace under pressure and is happiest when she is solving problems.

Orlee was previously the director of integrated production and a senior partner at Carmichael Lynch where she led work ranging from multi-million dollar brand campaigns to smaller budget work focused on creating multiple pieces of versatile content and, increasingly, things that have never been made before.

Orlee is a boomerang employee at Wieden+Kennedy, having spent 9 years at W+K New York before moving to Carmichael. Over the course of her career, Orlee has produced iconic work for brands including Netflix, DoorDash, Ford, Bud Light, Sprite, ESPN, Spotify and Southern Comfort.

Dave Rolfe has been a leader in the production industry for over twenty years, with roots
as an independent producer in the Pacific Northwest in the 90's, onward to lead production for three top-tier global creative agencies, globally at Facebook and its Global Business Marketing group, and now WPP Production’s Global Head of Production.

Rolfe began his marketing-side career in '99 with Crispin Porter + Bogusky, becoming the
agency's production lead by '03. Rolfe was a key figure in CP+B's breakthrough creative and innovation work, helping it earn "Agency of the Decade" in 2010.

Rolfe then joined BBDO NY in 2012 to lead production and help maintain its global creative prominence, expanding its abilities in agility, cross-medium and technology work.

Dave also ran production at DDB Chicago for a short period, in '06-07, where he helped launch the before-its-time branded network, bud.tv.

In '04, Rolfe conceived a production system called Integrated Production, purposed to
evolve from broadcast-centric production practices. Featuring both generalist and specialist production culture, technology-at-center, in-house making and prototyping and distinctive collaboration methods, Integrated Production became the global industry-standard.

While at BBDO, CP+B, Facebook and WPP agencies, Rolfe won numerous industry awards and multiple Cannes Lions’ Grand Prix, Titanium & Gold lions for brands such as AT&T, Facebook, Verizon, Burger King, GE, Mars, Bacardi, Lowe’s, Fed Ex, Microsoft, Anheuser-Bush, Domino's, Pepsi, VW, Ikea, Coke, MINI, as well as Monica Lewinsky cyber bullying effort and Sandy Hook Promise.

Dave has served on numerous juries, including the ‘24 Chair on the Film Craft Jury at Clios, the Moving Image Craft jury for The One Show and the Immortal Awards lead jury. Dave has served on the Cannes Lions Festival twice including the inaugural Entertainment jury in 2016. He’s also been a speaker at Cannes on several occasions, as well as other global media, production and marketing forums.

In his present role, Dave is responsible for executing production strategies and partnerships to elevate creative and making excellence across WPP, its agencies and clients. Core functions are attracting and nurturing the best production talent across the network, innovative creative partnerships and developing platformed solutions for clients.

Dave and his wife Tiffany Rolfe live in NYC, with their two children, Myla and Hammy.