Thank you to all of our sponsors, speakers and incredible attendees for making WAATBP 2024 a huge success!

Keynote Speakers

Troy Millings & Rashad Billal

Co-CEOs Earn Your Leisure Podcast

The dynamic hosts of Earn Your Leisure, Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal were the keynote for the WAATBP 2024 Conference!

Earn Your Leisure has revolutionized the podcast world by blending business insights with popular culture, providing listeners with a unique and engaging perspective on the world of business. With a community of 1.5 million followers on social media and 1.5 million YouTube subscribers, their influence and reach are truly remarkable.

Keynote Speakers 2024

Sessions

Bringing together Black voices within the advertising community to celebrate successhighlight setbacks, and demand their rightful place at the table alongside their allies.
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Speakers

Thank you to all of our incredible speakers who made WAATBP 2024 an incredible success!

Enshalla Anderson

Senior Director, Global Brand & Creative, Google Cloud
Google

Nigel Sylvester

Professional BMX Athlete
Entrepreneur

Elesha Belke

Director, Brand Marketing
Capital One

Elijah Wells

Founder/Host
Late Development

Shallon Thomas

CoFounder & CEO
T|W Tote

Sherika Wynter

CoFounder & CEO
T|W Tote

Moses Foster

President, CEO, and Founder
West Cary Group

Andersen Cupid

Senior Designer/Art Director
Delta Air Lines

Tan Paylor

Brand Strategy Coordinator, Multicultural Marketing
Delta Air Lines

Adrienne Lucas

Head of DEI & Strategic Partnerships
The One Club for Creativity

Aaron Francois

Founder | Associate Strategy Director
Black Visionaries | Laundry Service @ Wasserman

Joshua Kissi

Director & Photographer

John ‘JP’ Petty

Executive Creative Director
Wieden+Kennedy Portland

Dionna Dorsey

Co-founder & CEO
The Creative Ladder

Angela Benjamin

General Manager, Equity Outreach Strategies
Delta Air Lines

Adrianne C. Smith

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
FleishmanHillard

Chandra Guinn

Executive Director, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
McKinney

Andrea Djan-Krofa

Director & Head of Africa
Women in Marketing (WiM) CIC

Dr. Sizakele Marutlulle

Brand Strategist and Creative Practitioner
Marutlulle & C/o

Sharita Frazier

Sr. Art Director
Delta Air Lines

Nik Reed

Creative Director
Wieden + Kennedy

Brittany Gilzene

Founder
The Black Linkup

Cristian Palma

Founder
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DJ SIMBAZILLA

Zilla & Friends
Founder/DJ

Dabo Ché

CEO
CHÉ Creative

Carol Tavarez-Scanlon

Psychotherapist
The Collaborative NYC

Eric Mosley

Founder
Black Mat Yoga

Monty Browne

VP, Group Creative Director
Colle McVoy

Alex Brueggemaan

Director of Inclusion Strategy
Arts & Letters Creative Co.

Mandana Mellano

Founder and President
PEONY Talent

Neisha Tweed Bell

Creative Consultant
Next Level Up

Dotun Bello

Senior Creative
UnitedMasters | Translation

Shannon Washington

Global Chief Creative Officer
GOTHAM

Kaleeta McDade

Global Chief Experience Design Officer
VML

Joy Ekuta

Co-founder, Chief Strategy & Operations Officer
Retrospect Studios

Teddy Johnson

Co-Founder + Strategy Director
Overture

Tahira White

Co-Founder, President
19th & Park Inc.

Oyinkan Olojede

Co-founder, Head of Design
FourTwo Creative

Amanda Stewart

Marketing Leader & Entrepreneur
LL Studios

Bryan Burke

Head of Brand Narrative & Art Direction
Timberland

Chukwukere Ekeh

Brand Partnerships and Business Development
Coinbase

Kenny Lloyd

Director of Culture & Innovation
VCCP

Donna Dei-Baning

VP, Head of Audience & Insights
Carat

Amera-Rime Lulu, MPS

Senior Art Director
Edelman

Prof. Javier Garcia

Assistant Professor
The City College of New York

Jonina Bullock

Assistant Account Executive
Edelman

Carla Anderson

Associate Creative Director
Upwork

Obele Brown-West

President
Tracer

Sequoyah “DataBae” Glenn, MBA

Founder & Principal
924 CoOperative

Rashad Bilal

CEO
Earn Your Leisure

Troy Millings

CEO
Earn Your Leisure

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