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Autumn Childress

Autumn Childress
Head of Production, Quality Meats


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Autumn Childress

Autumn Childress
Head of Production, Quality Meats


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Autumn is the Los Angeles based Head of Production at Quality Meats with a passion for creative excellence and an extensive background in multi-platform content production. Over her storied career, she has had the pleasure of traveling the world, collaborating with great talent and creating award winning work for companies including Facebook, Google, YouTube, Honda and Playstation. She is a proud maker of things, and loves to help bring great ideas to life in whatever shape or size they may come in. When she’s not working or parenting, she can be found snowboarding, baking sourdough, or tending to her many plants.

Brett Alexander

Brett Alexander
SVP, Managing Director, Head of Production, The Martin Agency


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Brett Alexander

Brett Alexander
SVP, Managing Director, Head of Production, The Martin Agency


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Brett is the SVP, Managing Director, Head of Production at The Martin Agency, where he oversees everything Martin produces from content and activations to bespoke products, digital and entertainment. He’s been with Martin 18 years and has worked on multiple high-profile campaigns, including Super Bowl work and winning a Cannes TV/Cinema Grand Prix Lion. He’s an expert on creating production solutions tailored to specific brand needs and his clients have included Axe, GEICO, Oreo, Ritz, Xfinity/Comcast, TIAA, Sling, Kraft, Walmart, Experian, and Mentos to name just a few. He’s a champion of producers and has made it a mission to highlight their key role in the creative process.

Brian O’Rourke

Brian O’Rourke
Global Chief Production Officer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab


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Brian O’Rourke

Brian O’Rourke
Global Chief Production Officer, TBWA\Media Arts Lab


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Brian creates multi-screen experiences that forge emotional connections with audiences. His production roots run deep, with experience at TV stations and production companies before transitioning to the ad agency production side. Along the way, his work has earned numerous accolades, including multiple Cannes Lions Grand Prix awards, Emmy nominations, and, most recently, an Emmy Award for Apple's holiday film Fuzzy Feelings. He has served on the Board of Governors for the Television Academy for over five years and was named Agency Producer of the Year by Ad Age in 2020. When not solving production challenges, he can be found on the field coaching youth rugby.

Lora Schulson

Lora Schulson
Head of Production & PAL, North America, 72and Sunny


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Lora Schulson

Lora Schulson
Head of Production & PAL, North America, 72and Sunny


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Lora believes the fusion of creativity and innovation has the power to drive business results and shape culture for brands.

As a founding leader of the 72andSunny New York office, a key member of the North America Leadership team and as the Head of Production, Lora helps cultivate a thriving, vibrant business while ensuring the agency's creative output consistently aligns with the vision. With over 20 years of production experience, she has partnered with some of the world’s most ambitious brands to deliver award-winning and culturally resonant work, recognized by Cannes Lions, Emmys, Clios, One Show, Webbys, Andys, AICP and more.

As a lifelong learner and entrepreneurial leader, Lora has built and mentored top-tier production teams who are the ultimate possibility makers, bringing creative production strategies to complex problems and consistently pushing the boundaries of the new. She believes to get to more creative and authentic work, you need diverse perspectives and is committed to the ongoing fight for equal and diverse representation in the industry, through production and in the work.

A native New Yorker raised in SoHo, Lora’s childhood dream of becoming an art curator and/or lawyer have uniquely informed her production career, blending artistic vision with strategic problem-solving. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband, teenage kids, and a dog named Bingo.

Mah Ferraz

Mah Ferraz
Founder, Church Edit


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Mah Ferraz

Mah Ferraz
Founder, Church Edit


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Mah Ferraz is a trailblazing film editor and founder of Church Edit, celebrated for her work amplifying female voices in film and music. With over 70 awards, including Emmys, Cannes Lions, and D&AD, she was the first film editor to become a Young Gun (2019), a Forbes '30 Under 30' nominee and the first to win ADC’s 'Freelancer of the Year' (2020). Her portfolio includes collaborations with visionary women like Rosalía, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish, and her films have been featured in Vogue, Elle, and The New York Times.

Sevasti Buford

Sevasti Buford
JOJX


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Sevasti Buford

Sevasti Buford
JOJX


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Since breaking ground as JOJX’s first female partner in 2024, she’s committed to championing diversity – starting with signing director Madeline Clayton to amplify female talent on the roster. A relentless creative force, she’s built a reputation for propelling emerging directors into the US market, helping them win Cannes Lions award-winning work, and redefining what it means to lead in advertising.

Chloe Coover

Chloe Coover
Free The Work

Chloe Coover

Chloe Coover
Free The Work

Chloe Coover, former community manager at FREE THE WORK, championed the representation of women, trans, non-binary, and intersex creatives in media. She played a pivotal role in discovering and onboarding diverse talent to the FTW network, fostering lasting relationships within its creative community. Chloe also hosted The Future, Through Our Eyes, a podcast mini-series spotlighting trans, non-binary, and intersex voices shaping the next wave of media. Her work continues to amplify underrepresented creators, driving inclusivity and equity in the industry while redefining the landscape of creative storytelling for the future.

Amy Charlotte Kean

Amy Charlotte Kean
CEO and Creative Director, Good Shout



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Amy Charlotte Kean

Amy Charlotte Kean
CEO and Creative Director, Good Shout



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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.