
For more than a decade, Rodney Rambo has helped a century-old sneaker stay in the present tense. His method is unusually quiet for marketing: protect the icon, listen to the people wearing it, and know when the comments have become a chorus.

Patricia Pino is a long-tenured brand marketing leader at Converse, the Nike-owned footwear icon behind the Chuck Taylor All Star. Based in Boston, she has spent more than 15 years inside the brand, rising through roles in brand planning, operations, and global brand marketing to become Head of Brand Planning, Global and Chief of Staff to the CMO. A University of New Hampshire marketing graduate, she is known as a consumer-led, process-driven strategist who connects the culture of sneakers with the discipline of running a global brand.