Summit Agenda 2011

Pete Snyder, CEO and Founder, New Media Strategies
As founder and CEO of New Media Strategies, the first and largest player in social-media marketing, Pete Snyder has pioneered an industry that has changed the way corporations, advocacy groups, political entities and brands interact with people. Under Snyder’s leadership, New Media Strategies was named one of Inc. 500’s “Fastest-growing Companies in America” for three consecutive years.

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Peter Cherukuri, General Manager, Politics, AOL
Peter Cherukuri is the General Manager of AOL’s Politics Division, overseeing operations and revenue as the news outlet expands in the Washington market. Before joining AOL, Peter was the publisher of Roll Call, overseeing the business and editorial operations for the Capitol Hill newspaper and helping the company diversify via acquisitions into a multi-platform information and advocacy services company.

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Katie Harbath, Associate Manager for Policy, Facebook
Katie Harbath is the Associate Manager for Policy at Facebook, where she focuses on political outreach. Prior to Facebook, Katie was the Chief Digital Strategist at the National Republican Senatorial Committee. She previously led digital strategy in positions at DCI Group, the Rudy Giuliani for President campaign and the Republican National Committee. Katie holds a BA in journalism and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Anders Jones, Business Development, Rapleaf
Anders Jones manages business development at Rapleaf, where he administers strategic partnerships and new business initiatives for the company. Prior to joining Rapleaf, Anders was a co-founder of International Asset Services, a development-focused venture fund based in the Caribbean (sold in 2008). He also founded Teens for Technology, a 501-c-3 NGO that works with communities in developing nations to put computers and IT in schools. Anders holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University, and is a contributing author to How To Change the World Before You Are 20.

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Andrew Roos, Account Executive, Google
Andrew Roos is currently the Account Executive for the Elections and Issue Advocacy team at Google, where he works with campaigns and political organizations around the country to maximize the impact of their advertising dollars. Prior to joining Google, Roos accumulated over a decade of experience working on political campaigns around the country ranging from local candidates to a presidential race. With a strong background in grassroots organizing he also has been the campaign manager on six campaigns, ranging from small to multi-million dollar budgets. He has worked on six governor’s races managing four of them and been involved in a number of tough primary battles.

Jason Oxman, Vice President of Industry Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association
Jason Oxman is senior vice president of industry affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the U.S. trade association that represents more than 2,000 consumer electronics companies and owns and produces the world’s largest annual technology tradeshow, the International CES®. At CEA, he oversees a staff of 40 professionals in the communications, technology enthusiast and member relations departments. As a senior executive at CEA, Oxman is CEA’s chief spokesperson and is responsible for developing and overseeing implementation strategies to advance CEA’s portfolio of technology issues. Prior to joining CEA, Oxman was managing director of a multidisciplinary public relations firm serving technology clients. Over the past decade, he has held executive positions in corporations and trade associations, including general counsel of a telecommunications industry trade association and vice president of a Silicon Valley-based technology company.

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George Atallah, Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs, NFL Players Association
George Atallah is the Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs for the NFL Players Association. He was asked to join Executive Director DeMaurice Smith in May of 2009 as Smith’s first official hire. Atallah manages the NFLPA’s media relations, strategic partnerships and fan outreach. Atallah’s extensive professional experience constitutes financial services, non-profit organizations, international affairs, government and politics. Through his career, Atallah has developed media relations and crisis communications strategies, and implemented corporate communications plans across various sectors.

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Lukas Biewald, Co-founder, CrowdFlower
Lukas Biewald is Chairman and co-founder of CrowdFlower, a crowdsourcing Internet company that breaks large digital projects into small tasks and distributes them to workers around the world. In a little over two years, Biewald has grown the company from two employees to nearly 60, guiding it through two successful funding rounds. CrowdFlower engages a workforce of nearly 1 million people to complete more than 1 million microtasks every day on behalf of a range of Fortune 50 companies. It has garnered coverage in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, The Atlantic, Fox Business, and has placed as a TechCrunch50 finalist.

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John Davies, Founder & CEO, Davies Public Affairs
As one of the nation’s most respected communications strategists, John Davies takes on a unique role as the Davies Public Affairs CEO, and Blaze PR CEO by investing his experience daily through hands-on analysis, strategy, and messaging. Regarded as a thought leader and innovator in public affairs, John understands the business of creating messages that motivate action and is constantly searching for trends and methods to utilize on behalf of his firms’ clients. He applies his lifelong study of human behavior and effective communications strategies to earn attention and gain influence on the decision-making process of today’s information-saturated society. John’s firm Davies is ranked among the top 20 public affairs firms and specializes in grassroots programs that motivate individuals to stand up, speak out, and take action, influencing regulatory, permitting, and political challenges at all levels.

Jonah Seiger, Managing Partner, Connections Media, LLC
Since 1994, Connections Media founder and managing partner Jonah Seiger has conceived and managed winning interactive communications programs for some of America’s most influential issue groups, Fortune 500 corporations, and candidates for federal, state and local office. Most recently, Jonah and his team at Connections Media have provided digital media strategy, design and development services to Google, Starbucks Coffee Company, PepsiCo, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the Pew Research Center and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, among others.

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Maura Corbett, President, Glen Echo Group, LLC
Maura Colleton Corbett brings nearly 20 years of communications, media, public affairs and coalition building experience to the Glen Echo Group. Corbett provides strategic counsel to clients faced with complicated issues affecting the high-technology industry, including Internet competition, wireless technologies, broadband deployment and applications, and content-related policy issues including privacy, security and copyright. Corbett also has significant experience in energy reform and renewables, particularly related to smart grid deployment. She has represented clients before various levels of government, including the United States Congress, Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Commerce/National Telecommunications Information Administration, and extensively with members of the press. In addition, Corbett brings unique and deep-rooted experience in industry coalition building for a number of high-technology matters, most recently, white spaces, Internet radio, Net Neutrality and copyright reform for the digital age.

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Gloria Dittus, Story Partners
Gloria Dittus has spent 30 years defining leading-edge corporate communications, public affairs, grassroots and crisis communications strategy in industries ranging from consumer products to technology infrastructure. Wired Magazine called her the nation’s first “public affairs PR maven.” PR News named her the “Public Affairs Executive of the Year,” a distinguished honor among public and government affairs professionals. Gloria was also honored in 2005, when she was named to Washington Business Journal’s list of “25 Women Who Mean Business.” Under her leadership, Dittus Communications provided public relations, issue advocacy, and marketing communications services for national and international clients. Dittus Communications was recognized as “Public Affairs Agency of the Year in 2007.

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Brian Hoyt, Vice President of Public Relations, National Restaurant Association
Brian Hoyt manages communications, (consumer, corporate) and government affairs for Orbitz Worldwide (2009-present). Brian has also served as the VP of Corporate Communications and Government Affairs (2008-2009), Sr. Director of Public Relations for Orbitz Worldwide (2006-2007) and Director of Public Relations for the Consumer Travel Americas division of Cendant TDS (2005-2006). He was the lead consumer publicist within the company’s Marketing Department, promoting the launch of OrbitzGames.com, the OrbitzTLC customer support initiative as well as promoting Orbitz Worldwide through its July 2007 IPO. He currently reports into the company’s general counsel and Chief Administration Officer and has most recently been a part of promoting the organization’s new Price Assurance service and Total Price hotel cost display.

Tony Romm, Technology Reporter, Politico Pro
Tony Romm is a technology reporter for POLITICO Pro and is the lead author of Morning Tech. He closely follows tech topics and debates on Capitol Hill and before agencies like the Federal Trade Commission, keeping a close eye on issues such as online privacy, antitrust and competitiveness, tech industry lobbying and PAC spending, taxes and intellectual property. Romm has previously worked as a tech and general assignment blogger at The Hill, and his writing has appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, Slate and Stateline.org. He graduated with highest honors from American University in 2009 and holds a B.A. in journalism. You can often find Romm on weekends screaming at any television on which the Philadelphia Eagles or Phillies are playing.

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Bryan Gernert, CEO, Resonate Networks
A proven business leader, Bryan Gernert has led businesses through periods of significant transformation and growth. He has applied his management expertise to businesses in several industries, with emphasis on information technology and services. Before joining Resonate Networks, Mr. Gernert served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Americas for Cybertrust. In the five-year period leading up to the sale of Cybertrust to Verizon for approximately $500 million, Mr. Gernert’s region more than doubled its annual revenues from $36 million to $80 million. He was an instrumental player on the executive team that orchestrated, negotiated, and completed the transaction with Verizon.

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Stuart Ingis, Partner, Venable
Stuart Ingis is nationally recognized as a leading attorney and thought leader on privacy, marketing, advertising, and E-Commerce and Internet law. Mr. Ingis co-leads Venable’s privacy practice, which won the Chambers USA Award for Excellence in 2009 for the top privacy practice in the United States and the 2010 Award for Excellence for top advertising practice in the United States. Mr. Ingis has also been repeatedly listed in the first tier of privacy attorneys in Chambers USA, Legal 500 and ComputerWorld magazine.

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Gerard M. Stegmaier, Associate, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Gerard M. Stegmaier, CIPP is an attorney practicing with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Washington, D.C. He also serves as an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law where he created and has taught one of the first courses on information privacy law for over ten years. He has represented many of the Internet’s pioneers on important questions of first impression. His practice includes litigation, transactional and regulatory matters for enterprises of all sizes especially where information and privacy issues represent a strategic element of the transaction or matter. He acts regularly as outside global coordinating counsel for many leading enterprises for privacy and information governance. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Social Media Committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Counsel. For nearly a decade he served as a member of the Virginia Legislature’s Joint Commission on Technology & Science Privacy Advisory Committee and successor committees. Mr. Stegmaier is a magna cum laude graduate of George Mason University School of Law where he was as an editor of the law review. Following law school he clerked for the Hon. Pauline Newman at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Stegmaier may be reached at gstegmaier@wsgr.com or at 202.973.8800.

David All, Chief Creative Officer, David All Group
David All is the Internet. And he believes you are, too. Understanding that the Internet would change every facet of people’s lives, David founded the David All Group to help clients connect with their audiences, create communities, and build and defend their brands online. David regularly shares his insights about the ongoing direct-media revolution in interviews and commentaries. He contributes regularly at OneNineNinety.com. You can follow David on Twitter @DavidAll.

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Andy Ellwood, Director of Business Development, Gowalla
Andy Ellwood is director of business development for Gowalla. Born with the gift of gab, raised with an overdeveloped self-esteem, Andy consistently finds himself on the road less traveled. With his outside the box background, training, and top-notch global network, Andy works hard to connect Good People with Great Opportunities. He has been privileged to work with high-caliber individuals throughout his career and most recently has brought his broad skill set and unbridled determination to Gowalla.

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Eric Kuhn, Social Media Agent, United Talent Agency
Eric Kuhn is a social media agent at United Talent Agency. Before joining UTA, Eric was the first audience interaction producer at CNN, where he ran social media and focused on television-Web integration for the network. At CNN Eric launched partnerships with big and small startups, including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Gowalla, Tumblr and GetGlue. He also reported for CNN on technology and politics, and produced original programming and shows focused on two-screen experiences, including: creating “Rick’s List” with Rick Sanchez; launching the live-streaming premiere of “John King, USA” on Facebook; and producing two worldwide “Larry King Live” telethons featuring a “social suite” with stars such as Ryan Seacrest, Will.i.am and Alyssa Milano. Before joining CNN, Eric consulted and built the social media strategies for CBS News and the National Basketball Association. Eric was recently named to Vanity Fair’s Next Establishment list and regularly talks at conferences about emerging technology, social media and start ups. Eric majored in government at Hamilton College and also studied at the London School of Economics.

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Nick O’Neill, Co-Founder & CEO, Holler
Nick O’Neill is CEO & Co-Founder of Holler, Inc. which provides a platform for nearby individuals with similar interests to connect in person. Prior to founding Holler, Nick created AllFacebook.com, the largest online publication dedicated to covering the explosion of the social network and the businesses built on its platform, and SocialTimes.com to document the exploding social media industry. In 2009, Nick successfully led the company to an acquisition by WebMediaBrands, Inc.

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Adam Sharp, Manager, Government and Political Partnerships, Twitter
As Manager, Government and Politics, for Twitter, Adam Sharp works with government officials, agencies and candidates to make better use of Twitter’s real time information network for civic engagement. Called “the human embodiment of Twitter” by the New York Times, Sharp was named one of Washingtonian magazine’s “People to Watch” in its 2011 “Tech Titans” listing. He previously led digital efforts at C-SPAN and NBC News and served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.), working with her through Hurricane Katrina and her 2008 reelection campaign.

Peter Cherukuri, General Manager, Politics, AOL
Peter Cherukuri is the General Manager of AOL’s Politics Division, overseeing operations and revenue as the news outlet expands in the Washington market. Before joining AOL, Peter was the publisher of Roll Call, overseeing the business and editorial operations for the Capitol Hill newspaper and helping the company diversify via acquisitions into a multi-platform information and advocacy services company.

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Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement & Social Media, Journal Register Company
Steve Buttry has spent nearly 40 years in the news business. He is the Director of Community Engagement & Social Media for Journal Register Co. Before joining JRC, he was director of community engagement for TBD.com, a local news site covering the Washington Metro Area. From 2008 to 2010, he was at Gazette Communications in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he was editor of The Gazette and GazetteOnline and C3 Innovation Coach. He was named Editor of the Year in 2010 by Editor & Publisher. He hopes he has contributed to the pursuit of a new business model for the news business with his Blueprint for the Complete Community Connection and his call for a mobile-first strategy.

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Eyder Peralta, Reporter, NPR’s Two-Way
Eyder Peralta is associate producer, social media at NPR where he produces, edits and writes for NPR’s different blogs and crowd-sourcing projects. Peralta also serves as community manager and sometimes product manager. Before NPR, he was a newspaperman, writing features for the Houston Chronicle, the Florida Times-Union and The Miami Herald. He was born in Nicaragua, raised in Miami.

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Jennifer Preston, Reporter, The New York Times
Jennifer Preston is a reporter for The New York Times, covering the intersection of social media, politics, government, business and real life. She took on the new beat in January 2011 after working as the newsroom’s first Social Media Editor, helping her fellow journalists use social media for reporting, real-time publishing and building community. Jennifer has worked for The New York Times since 1995 as a political reporter, a section editor and newsroom manager. As a reporter, she has written about the role of social media in the unrest that has spread across the Middle East and North Africa.

Matt Lira, Director of New Media, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s Office
Matt Lira currently serves as the Director of New Media for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. In this capacity, Matt is charged with modernizing the way that Congress interacts with the public, in both communications and legislative policy areas. Matt previously served as the Director of New Media for the Office of the Republican Whip in the 111th Congress and for the Chief Deputy Whip in the 110th Congress. Lira’s previous experience includes positions with the House Republican Conference, Republican National Committee, and the McCain-Palin campaign.

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Dan Beckmann, Co-founder, IB5k
Dan Beckmann is a New Media developer and award-winning journalist with a career spanning over a decade, who founded IB5k where the Obama campaign left off. At the campaign’s Chicago headquarters, as part of the New Media department, in addition to producing supporter-generated and viral initiatives, Dan piloted new video concepts to help voters better understand the candidate’s positions during the critical home stretch of the campaign.

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Andrew Foxwell, Marketing and New Media Director, iConstituent
Andrew Foxwell is the Marketing and New Media Director for iConstituent, a Washington D.C.-based company that works with over half of the United States Congress, focusing on improved online strategy, outreach, and advocacy to constituents. Prior to working with iConstituent, Foxwell was the Press Secretary and New Media Director to U.S. Congressman Erik Paulsen from Minnesota’s Third Congressional District. In that role, Foxwell helped the Congressman become one of only two freshmen members in the 111th Congress to receive the Golden Mouse Award, an honor bestowed to winners of an annual competition of the best websites on Capitol Hill. Foxwell has also worked on U.S. Presidential campaigns, was a 2010 German Marshall Fund Manfred Worner Defense Fellow, and currently sits on the St. Olaf College Board of Regents. Foxwell spent his youth on a Wisconsin farm and still has no idea how he got into the fast-paced world of technology and politics.

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Colin Moffett, Senior Vice President, Digital Communications, Powell Tate | Weber Shandwick
Colin has spent over a decade developing leading digital engagement campaigns for brands, nonprofits, corporations and government agencies.
Colin serves as the digital strategy lead for the agency’s work with Bank of America and is also the digital head for the Social Impact practice focusing on corporate social responsibility, philanthropy and nonprofit engagements. He most recently led digital engagement efforts for the iconic Pepsi Refresh Project, which Forbes called one of the top five social media campaigns of all time. Colin manages a multidisciplinary team that overseas digital and social work for clients as diverse as the Fan Freedom Project, BAE Systems, VeriSign, the Chamber of Commerce and USAID.

Dr. Mark Drapeau, Director of Innovative Social Engagement, Microsoft
Dr. Mark Drapeau is the Director of Innovative Engagement for the Microsoft Office of Civic Innovation in Washington, DC, where he engages communities leveraging technology and innovation for public good. He is also the editor of Publicyte.com, a Microsoft digital magazine focused on those topics. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was an adjunct professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, an associate research fellow of science and technology policy at the National Defense University, and a postdoctoral research fellow in neurogenomics at New York University. He has a B.S. and Ph.D. in animal behavior and genetics and is a well-read author of various publications ranging from newspaper op-eds to items in peer-reviewed journals to popular magazines to a number of popular blogs like Mashable, techPresident, and PBS MediaShift.

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Alex Budak, Co-founder, StartSomeGood.com
Alex Budak is a social entrepreneur and travel writer, and is currently the co-founder of StartSomeGood.com, a platform for empowering social innovators. He recently completed a Masters in Public Policy at Geogretown University, focusing on the intersection of technology and social entrepreneurship. His econometrics-based thesis, “Facebook, Twitter and Barack Obama: New Media and the 2008 Presidential election,” is the first such paper to quantify how new media informed the national elections in 2008. He graduated from UCLA with degrees in Geography and Political Science and was the recipient of the Distinguished Senior Award.

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Tom Serres, Founder and CEO, Rally.org
Tom Serres is an American entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Rally. His primary goal, disrupt and streamline the online fundraising space for change makers alike. In 2011, he launched Rally, an online fundraising platform that turns fans into fundraisers.

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Kiersten Regelin, Hewlett-Packard Company
Kiersten Regelin is the Social Innovation and Global Citizenship Program Manager for Global Social Innovation at HP.

Joanne Bamberger
Joanne Bamberger is a writer, political and media analyst, and social media consultant who is the author of the new book “Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media are Revolutionizing Politics in America” (Bright Sky Press, June 2011). In addition to writing her own political blog, PunditMom, she writes regularly at The Huffington Post, MOMocrats and MomsRising. She also was a regular contributor at AOL’s Politics Daily. Bamberger is the founder of the new women’s commentary site The Broad Side. A former op-ed columnist for The Washington Examiner, Joanne’s work also has appeared in various publications, including Legal Times, The Washington Post and Washingtonian. Her political commentary has appeared on BBC Radio, CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America,NPR.com, XM POTUS Radio and more.

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Kelly Wallace, Chief Correspondent, iVillage
Kelly Wallace, a former broadcast news journalist and mother of two, became so passionate about women’s issues and the power of women online, she left network news for the digital space to join iVillage as its Chief Correspondent. In her new role, she’ll serve as host and executive producer for video content focusing on issues women care about most. Kelly’s career has spanned across news divisions at CBS, CNN and FOX News Channel. She’s covered everything from the White House (her favorite reporting beat!) to the Mideast to national campaigns, and enjoyed serving as substitute anchor on shows from CNN’s “American Morning” to the CBS Weekend News.

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Emily Zanotti, American Princess
Emily Zanotti is a political communications strategist, writer and comedian from Chicago, Illinois. Formerly the editor of the long-running political blog American Princess and is working on a forthcoming book. Emily has been a contributing editor to BlogHer and seen her work appear in a number of high profile outlets including National Review, CNN and the Chicago Tribune.

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Stacey Ferguson, “Justice Fergie”
Stacey, known online as “Justice Fergie,” is a technology attorney, veteran lifestyle blogger, and co-founder of the celebrated Be Blogalicious community and yearly conferences for multicultural women social media enthusiasts. Named as one the 2011 People of Color Impacting the Social Web, Stacey is regularly featured in both online and offline media for her roles as a personal brand and digital visionary. In addition to blogging at Life IS the Party, her personal blog, about food, style, family, and success, she also is a contributing editor for Babble’s MomCrunch, the Yahoo! Shine Motherboard and The DC Moms. Find her online at JusticeFergie.com.