Kinney Edwards is currently Head of the Creative Lab at TikTok, the in-house creative consultancy. At TikTok he is focused on guiding teams that inspire, educate and unlock the possibilities for marketers to reach their full creative potential on the platform and connect with its unique community.

LaToya Christian is a brand and consumer strategist with over a decade of experience in marketing, advertising, and media. Starting her career at Time Inc., she now serves as Managing Partner, Executive Director at GroupM, leading projects for Fortune 500 brands like Universal Pictures, Target, Google, and Circle K to drive representation, equity, and social impact. LaToya combines consumer insights, data analytics, and strategy to identify business opportunities and develop innovative marketing strategies, uncovering over $2B in untapped revenue potential for clients. Currently, she leads the New Majority Now research initiative, uniting major content and media publishers.

A sought-after thought leader, LaToya has presented at NYC Advertising Week, Cannes Lions, and SXSW, with insights featured in Forbes and MediaPost. Her industry transformation efforts have earned her a Black Star Award and an Anthem Award. She’s also been recognized for her contributions earning the title of an AdWeek Media All Star, a Cynopsis Top Women in Media and a She Runs It Game Changer, amongst others. Committed to gender equality, she supports young talent through programs like Step Up Women’s Network and the ARF Women in Analytics Board. LaToya holds a B.S. in Marketing from Hampton University and an M.S. in Integrated Marketing from New York University.

A Chicago Booth MBA alum and southside of Chicago native, Emanuel is an innovative and highly skilled organizational leader with 20+ years of strategic development, management and brand marketing expertise motivated by idea generation, innovation and an inclusive approach to team building and communication. He has led teams at prominent global organizations – The NFL, Viacom (BET Networks), Accenture, and Publicis Groupe (Burrell Communications).

Emanuel is also the creator and co-host of the creative conversation series, The Art of Storytelling now in its sixth season hosted at various Soho House locations throughout the country featuring such prominent creators as Bisa Butler, D-Nice, Raheem DeVaughn, Lenny S and many more.

After working in the Obama White House in 2016, Chelsea Co-Founded Freedom March NYC, one of the largest youth-led civil rights organizations in the country. Organizing movements in person and online, Chelsea is globally recognized for her ability to use storytelling and digital media to reach multicultural and multigenerational audiences. In her role as the CEO of CPM Global, she’s worked with companies, organizations, and universities across the world to help launch social impact campaigns and sustainable initiatives.

Her work has been featured in Forbes, Rolling Stone, Vogue, CNN, Financial Times, and more. Chelsea was honored as the Voice of Justice on the Oprah Winfrey Network and received the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award. She has appeared on programs like ABC’s Soul of a Nation now on Hulu and Making Black America on PBS, amplifying the stories of movements in the digital age. Chelsea was appointed as an Executive Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (the governing body of the Webby Awards and Anthem Awards) as a judge for social impact campaigns in media. Most recently, Chelsea executive produced Sounds of Change, a docuseries that highlights the voices of some of the last living survivors of the Civil Rights Movement.