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Mike Meyer
Mike Meyer is Chief Marketing Officer at Fleet Farm, the roughly 70-year-old Midwestern farm-and-home retail chain headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. He arrived first as a consultant, embedded with the leadership team, and then stepped into the top marketing seat. A Baylor University graduate based near Fort Worth, Texas, he works at the intersection of rural retail heritage and modern digital marketing, writing publicly on topics like early-mover advantage and B2B intent data.
Vicki O'Donnell
Vicki O'Donnell is the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Construction Officer of Shoe Show, Inc., the family-owned footwear chain based in Concord, North Carolina. In more than three decades with the company she has helped grow the private, low-key retailer into one of the largest shoe store chains in the United States, and led its long-overdue debut on social media and modern digital marketing.
Troy Forrest
Troy Forrest is the Chief Marketing Officer of Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply, the Bozeman, Montana based retail chain serving ranchers, farmers and outdoor households across the Mountain West. A customer-centric marketer with more than two decades in brand, creative and ecommerce leadership, he previously served as Vice President of Marketing & eCommerce at Vera Bradley and held senior roles at The Buckle, Nasco and Harry & David.
Julio Casado
Julio Casado is the CEO of ANJA Life, the first adult-use cannabis dispensary in Highland Park, New Jersey, and the founder and managing partner of Full Funnel Growth, a NYC-based growth marketing agency. A Cornell-educated, Bronx-raised operator with a decade-plus background spanning Deloitte, AXA, Success Academy and Bridge Philanthropic Consulting, he now sits at the unlikely intersection of management consulting, e-commerce growth funnels, and a Sanskrit-rooted cannabis brand named for the act of manifesting.
Andrew Ekmark
Andrew Ekmark is the CEO and co-founder of Ink'd Greetings, a Phoenix-based startup that builds touchscreen kiosks printing personalized greeting cards on demand in about 30 seconds. He launched the company in 2023 with his wife Sammi after a frustrating last-minute Valentine's Day card hunt at Target, and has since grown the business to kiosks across dozens of states, raising roughly $2.5 million while taking direct aim at the legacy greeting card industry.