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CMO Leadership Summit

Hyatt Regency New OrleansOctober 5 - 7, 2026
Four Centerstage Keynote Speakers
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Join Marketing Leaders Driving Smarter Growth

CONNECT CMO Leadership Summit gives senior marketing leaders a more useful way to spend three days: candid peer conversations, timely sessions on smarter growth, AI, changing buyer behavior, and marketing’s expanding influence across the business, and curated 1:1 meetings with solution providers selected around their business priorities.
SPEAKERS
Chloe Strang
Chloe Strang
Director, Brand & Creative
Musely
Gerardo Muyshondt
Gerardo Muyshondt
Senior Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Greg Paone
Greg Paone
Philadelphia Director of Regional Integrated Mark...
American Cancer Society
Mollie Hansen
Mollie Hansen
Chief Marketing Officer
Airstream
Ben Carrillo
Ben Carrillo
Global Marketing Director
Forward Air Corporation and Omni Logistics
Jocelyn Sexton
Jocelyn Sexton
Other
Growth Acceleration Partners
Mindy Russell
Mindy Russell
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Quisitive
Anjali Plainfield
Anjali Plainfield
Vice President, Demand Generation
Lumeris
Brittan Trozzi
Brittan Trozzi
Director, Marketing & Communications
EDF power solutions
Denys Kapush
Denys Kapush
Senior Associate Director, Digital Marketing
Columbia Business School Executive Education
Heather Burke Thompson
Heather Burke Thompson
Assistant Vice President of Marketing
Medmarc
Jodie Johnson
Jodie Johnson
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
First Business Bank
Ram Shenoy
Ram Shenoy
Chief Digital Officer
Industrial Metal Supply Co.
Brianna Miller
Brianna Miller
Director of Demand Generation
Cohere Health
Sandra Marchand
Sandra Marchand
Chief Marketing Officer
Advanced Technology Services, Inc
Alyssa Wilson
Alyssa Wilson
Vice President, Marketing
Protos Security
Bindu Shah
Bindu Shah
Chief Marketing Officer
Biocodex
Lauren Carlson
Lauren Carlson
Director of Marketing
Atlas Roofing
Lynn Mcclouchic
Lynn Mcclouchic
Senior Vice President , Director of Marketing
CannonDesign
Nicole Reinhart
Nicole Reinhart
Chief Marketing Officer
Kodiak Solutions
Panagiota Babadelis
Panagiota Babadelis
Director, Marketing
Berkeley College
Charlie Dick
Charlie Dick
Senior Director, Marketing - Transformation
Olaplex
Greg Jung
Greg Jung
Chief Marketing Officer
Seven Corners
Jason Langford
Jason Langford
Vice President of Marketing
Retro Fitness
Jovitha Franklin
Jovitha Franklin
Director Marketing & Communications
California State University, Northridge
Phoenix Harvey
Phoenix Harvey
Vice President, Marketing Strategy
Macmillan Publishers
Sergei West
Sergei West
Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications
RRC Companies

Agenda

Choose from 35+ Sessions, 30 Speakers, 6 Networking Events & More.

3:00 PM–3:15 PM

General SessionWelcome Remarks

3:15 PM–3:55 PM

General SessionMarketing’s New Mandate: Prove Growth or Lose Ground

Marketing leaders are under more pressure than ever to show measurable business value. Hear how top organizations are tying strategy, spend, and execution to pipeline, revenue, retention, and growth.

Chloe Strang

Chloe Strang

Director, Brand & Creative

Musely

Gerardo Muyshondt

Gerardo Muyshondt

Senior Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy

Driscoll Children's Hospital

Greg Paone

Greg Paone

Philadelphia Director of Regional Integrated Marketing

American Cancer Society

Mollie Hansen

Mollie Hansen

Chief Marketing Officer

Airstream

4:00 PM–4:40 PM

BreakoutBoardroom | The Content Velocity Formula: Scaling Trust and Conversion Across Channels

Growth today demands consistency and authenticity, whether you're targeting decision-makers or consumers. This B2B & B2C boardroom explores scaling content operations without losing the human touch — deploying high-impact, localized messaging while using emerging tech to build trust and accelerate pipeline.

4:45 PM–5:25 PM

General SessionOne Revenue Team: Fix Dysfunctional GTM Silos

The highest-performing companies are aligning marketing, sales, and customer teams around shared goals and data. Learn how leaders are building unified revenue engines.

Ben Carrillo

Ben Carrillo

Global Marketing Director

Forward Air Corporation and Omni Logistics

Jocelyn Sexton

Jocelyn Sexton

Other

Growth Acceleration Partners

Mindy Russell

Mindy Russell

Senior Vice President, Marketing

Quisitive

5:30 PM–6:30 PM

MealWelcome Cocktail Reception
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Attendee Benefits
Qualified in-person attendees receive:
  • Hotel accommodations at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
  • Meals and refreshments throughout the event
  • Access to on-site and off-site networking events
  • Support from a dedicated event concierge
AWS in one-on-one meetings with attendee
Curated Research Meetings

Your time is valuable, which is why we skip the usual “wandering the exhibition hall” and connect you directly to relevant solution providers.

Tell us about your current challenges during registration, and we’ll arrange meetings with a tailored set of solution providers who can help. It’s a simple, fun way to do solutions research in a relaxed, no-pressure environment.

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Solution Providers

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Testimonials

Quartz is exactly what I've been looking for as a busy marketer who is looking for the solutions for our company's needs at a specific time. It gives us the option to explore and connect directly with relevant vendors that we are actively looking for in such a convenient way, without being flooded with non-relevant vendors."Head of Performance Marketing, Patreon
Quartz Events always delivers on their promise of a valuable event with a quality group of attendees."NA Campaign Lead, SAP
When I first received the invitation to CMO Connect I wasn't sure I wanted to attend to "yet another event", but the format made me curious early on and that made me attend to it, and i'm glad I did. It was a high level event, I loved the format of the facilitated meetings, how the vendors came prepared to our conversations, leaving more time for us to focus on what's important, if we are a good fit for each other and can work together. Looking forward for the next one!"CRO, Outsmart Digital
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Hyatt Regency New Orleans | October 5 - 7, 2026

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CMO Leadership Summit, US
October 5 - 7, 2026 | Hyatt Regency New Orleans