VML’s Global CEO said recently that the presentation he most looked forward to hearing was an ode to Black Twitter by God-is Rivera, assistant director of social media: “Woke, Lit, & Ready”.

In 1999, David Angelo founded his agency with the belief that everyone has Goliaths keeping them from reaching their true potential — and that if you’re inspiring and relentless, you can win the day.

The kitchen table was where a young Shannon Pruitt, president of LA’s The Story Lab, cooked up her first stories.

Keni Thacker, JWT New York’s senior event technology specialist, would most likely describe himself as an “ambitious outsider”.

Back in her late 20s, a chance business meeting caused Christine Fruechte, CEO of Colle+McVoy in Minneapolis, to take a huge personal (and professional) leap of faith, moving her family all the way to Honolulu to lead client services at DDB affiliate MVNP.