Speaker Bio Pages: Tech Conference 2021

Amy Emmerich
Global President + Chief Content Officer
Refinery29
Amy Emmerich is the Global President and Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, the leading media & entertainment company for women with a global audience footprint of 249 million across all platforms. Adding sight, sound, and motion to Refinery29's voice, Amy is committed to creating a meaningful dialogue with a new army of powerful young women across every screen. She is responsible for driving content creation and strategy, expanding distribution across channels, and leading cross-functional planning and operations in North America. In her 4+ years at Refinery29, Amy has developed the brand's female-first video strategy and launched the company's Originals business including, the Shatterbox short film series, now in its third season in partnership with Level Forward. As an Emmy-award winning producer, she has more than 20 years of experience developing content and programming for brands including MTV Networks, Travel Channel, and Vice Media. Amy has also produced two feminist children, Emzy & Flash, which she raises in Manhattan with her bearded husband.

Cory Haik
Chief Digital Officer
VICE MEDIA GROUP
Cory Haik, Chief Digital Officer, VICE MEDIA GROUP: As Chief Digital Officer, Cory Haik focuses on global audience growth and development, platform partnerships and digital product innovation. With a journalism career spanning nearly two decades, Cory sits at the intersection between news, digital, and business. She is passionate about the creative development of cutting-edge storytelling and is also well-versed in the arenas of advertising, market research, product, technology and the newsroom. Since joining VICE in May 2019, Cory implemented a major global restructure consolidating Vice’s international digital teams, working across 35 different territories and 29 wholly-owned international bureaus each operating on a regional basis, under a single, global editorial and operational structure. Previously, she was publisher of millennial-focused news organization, Mic. Prior to that, Cory worked at The Washington Post helping to grow the Post’s digital platforms while also leading innovative initiatives, pushing the envelope on mobile and places to grow new audiences under Jeff Bezos as Executive Director, Emerging News Products. She began her digital publishing career following the storms of the Gulf Coast at NOLA.com, site of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, where she was the Managing Editor. Cory shared in two Pulitzer Prizes with The Times-Picayune for the staff coverage of Hurricane Katrina, for breaking news and public service in 2006. At The Seattle Times she also shared in a staff Pulitzer in 2010 for the coverage of police officer shootings. Cory received her Master of Arts in Communication Theory from the University of New Orleans and her B.A. in Journalism from Nicholls State University. She lives in Brooklyn with her two children.

Tania Yuki
Executive Vice President,
Comscore
Tania Yuki, Executive Vice President, Comscore: Tania Yuki re-joined Comscore in late 2021 after Shareablee, the venture-backed technology startup that she founded in 2013 and led as CEO through to the end of 2021, was acquired by Comscore. Shareablee was an industry-leading martech and analytics company in the social media space which continues to support many of the world's most innovative brands and publishers, such as NBC, Sony, Barstool Sports, Mondelez, Ulta Beauty and more, and was listed as one of Inc.5000's fastest growing companies and Women President's Organization (WPO)'s 50 Fastest Women-led Companies. Prior to founding Shareablee, Tania led product management for Comscore's Video Metrix, the world's leading online video and CTV ratings service, and was also VP Advertiser Solutions at Visible World (acquired by Comcast). Tania currently participates on the World Economic Forum’s Media and Entertainment Council Media and Entertainment Council and sits on the Board of the American Australian Association. Tania recently served on the Government of Dubai Media Office’s Future Council for Media and the Recording Academy’s Grammy Awards Digital Council where she led initiatives specifically focused on social media marketing and optimization in growing the Grammy Awards’ digital brand. She also founded wimLink, an organization that holds regular events and seminars to promote entrepreneurship, leadership and professional development for women at the intersection of media and technology.

Jenny Kaplan
co-founder and CEO
Wonder Media Network (WMN)
Jenny Kaplan is co-founder and chief executive officer of Wonder Media Network (WMN), a pioneering audio-first media company. Founded in 2018 with Shira Atkins, and based in New York, WMN is committed to telling stories that inspire action, promote equality and justice, and introduce empathy into politics, business and culture. In less than two years, WMN has grown into an 11-person team that has created more than a dozen audio shows. WMN creates original podcasts and works with partners -- from startups to Fortune 10 companies -- to enhance their internal and external communications. Jenny hosts WMN's flagship podcast, Women belong in the House, a narrative-style series about the state of women on their way to -- and in the halls of -- the Capitol. She also hosts Encyclopedia Womannica, a daily podcast featuring bite-size stories of incredible women from throughout history who you may not know about, but definitely should. Prior to her work at WMN, Jenny was an award-winning journalist at Bloomberg News. There she covered global business, including everything from Coca-Cola to cannabis.

A'shanti Gholar
Host, "The Brown Girls Guide To Politics" and President
Emerge
A’shanti F. Gholar serves as the president of Emerge, the only organization dedicated to recruiting and training Democratic women to run for office. In this role, she leads the organization and steers its overall strategy and direction, overseeing a national staff as well as affiliates across the country. A’shanti is a nationally recognized political strategist, who most recently served as Emerge’s Political Director, responsible for strengthening national partnerships and working closely with state affiliates to strategically recruit for key seats, as well as directing the organization’s overall political strategy. For 15 years, A’shanti has been a grassroots organizer and activist for women, communities of color and progressive causes. She has experience in building coalitions, program development and community and political engagement. Prior to coming to Emerge America, A’shanti served as the National Deputy Director of Community Engagement and Director of African American Engagement for the Democratic National Committee. A’shanti has also served as the Manager of National Partnerships for United Way Worldwide, as a political appointee in the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor and as the Director of Public Engagement for the 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee in Charlotte, NC. A’shanti was recently named as one of She The People’s 20 for 2020, a list of women of color in politics who will play an impactful role in the 2020 elections. She was featured as a political influencer in CQ Roll Call Magazine, named a top woman of color in policy by Walker’s Legacy, and was awarded the “Changemaker” award by African American Women in Business Careers. In addition, A’shanti serves as an Advisory Board Member for Global GAIN, an Expert Advisor for Forward Majority Action, and as a Sisters on the Planet Ambassador for OxFam America. She is also the founder of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics, which was named one of the top podcasts to prepare people for the 2020 election by Marie Claire.

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Roosevelt Gist

President

AutoNetwork.com

Lauren Golanty

Director of Partnerships

Public Good

Karen Gonzales

Co-Founder

Colorado Alliance of Latino Mentors & Authors

GLORIA Goodwin

CEO

GI-GI TRAVEL

Matt Gorsky

DoveTale Productions

Ken Granderson

Chief Technology Officer

Blackfacts.com

Mark Grasso

Managing Director

CR/Cal Media Group

Shirley Gray

Publisher

The Dallas Post Tribune Newspaper

Jenise Griffin

Publisher

Florida Courier

Renette Hall

President/Publisher

The Louisiana Weekly

Matthew Hall

Contract writer/editor

self-employed

Jackie Hampton

Publisher

The Mississippi Link

CAZ HARLEAUX

Artist/Author

HARLEAUXWORLD

Marne HARPER

Narrator

Heaven Sent Productions

JACK HARRIS

PUBLISHER

COMMUNICATOR- SERVING COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI AND DAYTON

Victor Harwood

President

Digital Hollywood

Matt Hauck

Director of Marketing

Coastal Cloud

Jessica Hayden

Freelaance Writer

Freelance Writer

Douglas Heath

Managing Editor

San Antonio Observer

Conor Hendley

Dublin Lead of Operations

Sovy Trust Solution

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