Celebrated trailblazers include Netflix’s Jeremi Gorman, Edelman’s Lisa Osborne Ross, and P&G’s Susan Vanell-Charpentier
In pursuit of its mission to pave the way for more women to lead at all levels of marketing, media and tech, She Runs It routinely shines a spotlight on transformational leaders who set the pace for the industry, including an annual salute to three executives who best embody the fearless spirit of the organization: Women of the Year, which is now in its 60th year. The 2023 award recipients are: Jeremi Gorman, President of Worldwide Advertising for Netflix; Lisa Osborne Ross, Chief Executive Officer, Edelman US; and Susan Vanell-Charpentier, Senior Director of Purchases, Global Data, Analytics, Media, Marketing Tech and In-store for P&G.
Winners are selected from dozens of nominations and are chosen for lifting and championing others while driving growth and innovation for their companies.
“She Runs It exists to pave the way for more women to lead at every level of their careers in our industry, and these women exemplify that mission,” said Lynn Branigan, President and CEO of She Runs It. “They have done as much for their companies as they have for their communities, their teams, and the planet, always leading with empathy, challenging the status quo, pursuing sustainable business practices, all while lifting others. The awards event is an amazing lesson in leadership for everyone who attends because these winners also share their insights, experiences, and strategies for rising to the top.”
Jeremi Gorman
Jeremi Gorman joined Netflix as President, Worldwide Advertising in 2022. She has spent her career in Digital Media, serving in business roles at Monster.com, Variety, Yahoo!, and was an early employee of Amazon Advertising, where she held a variety of leadership roles before becoming the Global Head of Enterprise Advertising Sales. Jeremi joined Netflix from Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, where she served as Chief Business Officer since 2018. She serves on the boards of The Ad Council, The American Advertising Federation, and MMA Global. In addition, Jeremi is on the board of the non-profit, Women for Women International, which invests in women survivors of war and conflict, providing them with social and economic skills to transform their own lives. A strong believer in the power of athletics, Jeremi is a founding investor in Angel City Football Club, Los Angeles’ NWSL team.
Lisa Osborne Ross
Lisa Osborne Ross serves as the U.S. CEO of Edelman, the world’s largest and leading public relations firm. As CEO of Edelman’s biggest region, Ms. Ross oversees 13 offices and over 3,000 employees dedicated to developing communications, campaigns, and actions that create positive social impact. In addition to setting the strategy and vision for the U.S., she also serves as a trusted advisor to senior executives at Fortune 500, higher education, and government institutions and specializes in providing counsel on social purpose, corporate and public affairs, and DE&I initiatives. She has been instrumental in creating Edelman’s Covid-19, Racial Justice, and Roe v. Wade Task Forces; guiding Edelman’s research agenda; and launching new client offerings like their Societal Issues Navigator. In 2022, Ms. Ross, in partnership with creative icon and musician Pharrell Williams, launched Mighty Dream, a new kind of creative advocacy agency dedicated to the co-creation of purpose-driven work to earn trust and effect social change with, by, and for Black and Brown communities.
Susan Vanell-Charpentier
As P&G’s head of Data, Analytics, Media, Marketing Technology, and In-store investments, Susan manages the world’s largest media portfolio. With over two decades of sourcing experience, she is a professional strategist and negotiator, she works with senior management on future visioning and organization strategy. She transformed P&G’s agency landscape over the last decade by building lasting relationships that drive value for both sides of the table. From creating the Company’s first ever in-house buying team, to conducting direct negotiations with media publishers, to helping Retail Media Networks thrive, Susan’s focus has been on extracting waste from the media and advertising ecosystem and creating an environment where everyone elevates their game. A strong advocate for women’s rights, Susan founded and then led P&G’s global supplier diversity effort and has led P&G Purchases women’s network and several women’s empowerment efforts. Recently, she founded P&G’s Parenting network to help working parents thrive.
She Runs It will honor the three Women of the Year recipients at an awards celebration on July 13, 2023 at The Edison Rooftop in New York City.
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