Dan is a Global Creative Director with 14+ years of experience across five countries and three continents. Known for blending strategic thinking with bold creativity, he has built a career helping agencies and brands solve complex business challenges while earning a place in popular culture.

Before joining Grey, Dan led global creative work for Meta’s WhatsApp, helping drive growth and cultural relevance across markets worldwide. Prior to that, he spent four years shaping Heineken’s global voice, helping the brand sharpen its edge and become one of the most awarded in the world. During that time, he also worked on some of Heineken’s most important sports sponsorship platforms, including Formula 1, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA European Championship.

His work spans film, design, innovation, and digital experiences, delivering standout results for brands including Diesel, Burger King, Unilever, Coca Cola, Bacardí, Starbucks, Jeep, Cerveza Modelo, Pringles, and more. Along the way, his work has earned over 100 awards and recognitions, from Gold Cannes Lions to major industry recognitions, including Cannes Lions Agency of the Year rankings, Adweek Agency of the Year, Golden Drum Agency of the Year, and WARC’s top global creative rankings. His work has also been featured in publications from The New York Times to Ad Age.

He takes pride in saying that he turned overthinking into a profession.

Lindsei Barros is an award-winning Group Creative Director and filmmaker with international experience spanning Brazil, Australia, and the United States. She has led global campaigns for brands including Levi's, Tiffany's, Sephora, Canon and Shiseido, bringing a cinematic lens to everything she creates. Beyond advertising, Lindsei is a director and screenwriter whose work explores the tension between reality and perception, often through emotionally driven storytelling. Based in New York, she is also the founder of a female-led film collective dedicated to expanding diverse voices in cinema.

Sari Brecher is a senior cultural marketing and influencer leader with more than two decades at Diageo, where she leads Brand in Culture across a portfolio of iconic brands and has helped shape how they build relevance through culture. A true pioneer in talent and creator partnerships, she is widely recognized for building Diageo’s influencer and Brand in Culture framework and for developing the company’s playbook for activating, amplifying, and measuring celebrity, creator, and partner collaborations.

Over the course of her tenure, Sari has been at the forefront of the industry’s evolution in influencer and talent marketing—helping define how brands can show up credibly, strategically, and with lasting impact in culture. Her work includes standout programs such as FunnyFace X Baileys, White Lotus x Ketel One and Johnnie Walker X Game of Thrones , along with hundreds of other collaborations spanning entertainment, sports, music, multicultural, and technology. She has led multimillion-dollar investments across talent, cultural activations, PR, and earned media, always with a sharp focus on both brand building and business results.

Known for combining cultural insight, strategic rigor, and creative storytelling, Sari brings a rare ability to connect long-term brand vision with cultural moments that resonate in real time. A respected team and business leader, she manages and mentors a team of more than 15 people, fosters strong cross-functional and external relationships, and helps shape culturally driven innovation and communications across Diageo’s portfolio. She is a Penn State graduate and lives in New York City with her husband and son.

Over the past decade, Austin DeJonge has created work for a range of clients, from commercials at the Oscars to Snapchats at the Super Bowl, earning recognition from Cannes Lions, Clio Sports, The One Show, Effies, and the Webbys, among others, for brands including Gatorade, Kroger, and FanDuel. Currently, Austin is a Creative Director on FanDuel’s in-house creative team.

Andre G. Gray is a globally-awarded Chief Creative Officer and strategic cultural anthropologist with a 15+ year track record of driving revenue through human stories born from product truths. - this approach makes the work revenue-driving while still being brand building. A proven pitch-closer and team-builder who’s led global AOR wins and campaigns for adidas, Gatorade, JBL, Ralph Lauren, and pharma giants, Andre leads foremost with empathy. This approach creates work that resonates because it puts your people first - the ones you need to talk to, and the ones on your team, respectively. Known for bridging strategic clarity with emotional truth, he brings ideas to life that move culture, build belief, and, most importantly, drive business. 
 

Named to Adage 40 under 40, Adweek's Creative 100, with work recognized by Cannes Lions, One Show, D&AD, CLIO, and Fast Company. Founder of Maison Foundation (501c3) and co-founder of BLACKWEEK, minority owner of Ft Lauderdale United in the USL Women’s Super League, committed to building what’s next in creativity, equity, and culture.

Surf is a strategic and visionary creative executive with nearly two decades of experience leading high‑performance creative, brand, and content teams across sports, entertainment, and consumer brands. He has a proven ability to build and scale multidisciplinary teams, define brand vision, and deliver culturally relevant storytelling that drives engagement, revenue growth, and long-term brand equity. He’s experienced in overseeing integrated campaigns across digital, social, broadcast, experiential, and partnership channels. 

Surf worked at Crispin Porter + Bogusky when they when won "Agency of the Decade", and he worked client-side for adidas North America before moving on to the NFL, gaining experience with the Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans, and now, the Arizona Cardinals.

He’s responsible for creative overhauls at each of the NFL clubs he’s worked for which included process implementation, creative organizational restructure, and award-winning creative output.

Ryan O’Keefe is a Group Creative Director and Copywriter working at the intersection of storytelling and innovation. Over the past 16 years, he’s made people-centered ideas for brands like Apple, Volvo, American Express, ESPN, DuPont, and more. His work has shown up on some of culture’s biggest stages, including the Super Bowl, the Oscars, and the Grammys, and in publications like Rolling Stone, The Los Angeles Times, and Vanity Fair. Currently at R/GA, Ryan leads multidisciplinary teams across Intuit TurboTax. He believes the best ideas are stupidly simple, which usually makes them stupidly smart. Before advertising, he was a professional car designer.

Andrew Rhodes is a Senior Vice President at DKC, where he manages a portfolio of sports, business, and media clients and guides the day-to-day operations of the agency’s award-winning sports practice.

Since joining DKC more than a decade ago, Rhodes has led communications campaigns for industry-leading brands, disruptive startups, and some of the most recognizable figures across sports, media, and culture. He is a trusted advisor to both emerging companies and established organizations, helping guide them through periods of growth and broader transformation.

His client experience includes Meta, Delta Air Lines, DAZN, Sports Illustrated, and the International Olympic Committee. Rhodes has also worked closely with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and supported former professional athletes—including Derek Jeter and Michael Strahan—in building successful post-career business ventures.

Beyond the office, Rhodes serves on the advisory board of Advertising Week New York, is a SXSW mentor and a former board member and longtime supporter of March of Dimes. Rhodes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Muhlenberg College, where he studied Media & Communication and Psychology.

Giancarlo Rodas is an Executive Creative Director at BBDO New York. He has led teams of exceptional creatives in producing groundbreaking work for global brands such as Xbox, Google, Meta, Accenture, and Molson Coors. With more than 15 years of experience spanning Lima, Dubai, Los Angeles, and New York, his creative practice bridges markets, cultures, and disciplines.

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with world-class partners and clients, earning recognition as one of the world’s top 10 creative directors by D&AD and The One Show (2022), The Drum Global Rankings (2023), and, in 2024, as part of the team behind Droga5’s first-ever Emmy win.

While proud of his accomplishments to date, he is most energized by what lies ahead: the opportunity to continue shaping culture through work that resonates with people and defines brands.

Maggie Walsh is Head of Strategy at GLOW, where she leads strategy for some of the world’s biggest entertainment and consumer brands. In her current role, she is responsible for driving the agency’s strategic vision and chief rabble rouser for a team of the coolest strategists in the biz. She’s passionate about working that drives culture and builds fandoms.

She began her career in the music industry, leading digital strategy for a roster of artists before making the jump to agency world in 2011. During her tenures at 360i and Anomaly, she led strategy across brands like Absolut, New Orleans Tourism and a roster of entertainment projects for HBO, A&E, History, Fox and USA Network. She led the strategy behind several of Oreo’s biggest campaigns to date, including Oreo’s “Dunk in the Dark," its "Proud Parent" campaign  and the limited-edition “Oreo x Pokemon” collaboration. While at Anomaly, she led strategy for the Johnnie Walker team that created the first-ever anthem for a women’s soccer team, Angel City FC.

She’s spoken at Advertising Week, VidCon and the 4As Stratfest.