Weekly inspiration from creative minds.
Upcoming
Fri., Nov. 1
ALIYA KHAN
VP, Global Design Strategies / Marriott International
Fri., Nov. 8
TIM GORDON (CW, 2008)
Executive Creative Director / Droga5
NICK MASCHMEYER (ST, 2012)
Brand Strategy Director / Droga5
Fri., Nov. 15
JONATHAN ROSEN (AD, 1999)
Visual Artist and Creative Director
Fri., Nov. 22
BARBARA SOALHEIRO
Founder / MESA
All Friday Forums for Fall 2019 will be held at the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art located at 601 W Broad St.
Past speakers
Sept. 27, 2019
Michael Fanuele
Author of Stop Making Sense: The Art of Inspiring Anybody and Former Chief Creative Officer / General Mills
Sept. 20, 2019
Jennifer London
EVP, Insights & Strategy, Edelman DC Digital
David Benbassett
Senior Digital Strategic Planner, Edelman DC Digital
Laura Gentles
General Manager, Brand/ Edelman DC Digital
Sept. 13, 2019
Katherine Wintsch
Founder and CEO / The Mom Complex + Author of Slay Like a Mother
April 5, 2019
Nikki Baker & Leslie Shaffer
Executive Creative Directors, Fallon New York
March 15, 2019
Rafi Kugler and Lionel Carreon
Director of Recruiting, barrettSF and Global Director, Creative Recruiting, R/GA
March 1, 2019
Dominic Willsdon
Executive Director, Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU
Feb. 22, 2019
Class of 2018 Alumni Panel
Coryn Bajema (XD), Google
Evan Chiplock (CW), The Community
Whitney Downing (AD), Wieden+Kennedy Portland
Hannah Levy (CBM), The Martin Agency
Martin Madriaga (ST), Arts & Letters
Christa Prater (CW), Wieden+Kennedy Portland
Blake Smoral (ST), The Martin Agency
Feb. 1, 2019
Jason Musante & Tim Flood
Chief Creative Officer and Executive Creative Director, Huge
Jan. 25, 2019
Howard Jordan, Jr. (CW, 1999)
TV Writer / Creative Director / Strategist
Nov. 2, 2018
Lucas Casão and Guilherme Rácz
Creative Directors, Arnold Worldwide
Oct. 12, 2018
Brian Bennett
Vice President Executive Creative Director, Carhartt
Sept. 21, 2018
Elsa Perushek, Peter Petrulo & Jason Zabel
Strategist, Designer & Partner, and Creative, Zeus Jones
April 6, 2018
Bob Winter
Executive Creative Director, VSA Partners
Joe Nio (ST, 2000)
Associate Partner, Strategy Discipline Lead, VSA Partners
March 16, 2018
Class of 2017 Alumni Panel
Featuring alums from R/GA, Arts & Letters, The Martin Agency, Deutsch New York and Terri & Sandy
Feb. 16, 2018
Saneel Radia
Executive Vice President, Global Head of Consulting, R/GA
Jan. 26, 2018
Charles Hodges (CW, 2009)
Founder & ECD, Arts & Letters Creative Co.
Andy Grayson (ST, 2003)
Director of Strategy, Arts & Letters Creative Co.
Jan. 19, 2018
Jason Peterson
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Havas Creative, U.S.
Nov. 10, 2017
David Muhlenfeld
Vice President/Creative Director, The Martin Agency
Oct. 13, 2017
Gautam Ramdurai (ST, 2011)
Regional Product Marketing, Asia Pacific, Google
Oct. 6, 2017
Kelli Lemon
Social Entrepreneur, On Air Personality for Radio One Richmond, and Host of Coffee with Strangers
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Sept. 15, 2017
Matthew Freeman
Author / “Overcoming Bias”
Co-Founder and Lead Consultant / TMI Consulting, Inc
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Sept. 8, 2017
Cecelia Parrish (CBM, 2015)
Strategic planner / The Martin Agency
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March 31, 2017
Debbi Vandeven
Chief creative officer/VML
John Cook
Global CEO /VML
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Feb. 10, 2017
Frank McCann
President & CEO, McCann Systems
Chad Hutson
President, Leviathan
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Jan. 20, 2017
Rick Webb
Author, Consultant, & Chief Operations Officer, Timehop