Women to Watch

Women to Watch: Gina Boswell, Unilever

Women to Watch: Gina Boswell, Unilever

The exec VP-North American personal care at Unilever is doing something few packaged-goods executives have done in decades -- launch two new brands in the U.S. within a few months of each other.

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Women to Watch: Jenna Fagnan, Tequila Avion

Women to Watch: Jenna Fagnan, Tequila Avion

Launching an independent tequila brand into the big-brand dominated spirits industry is no small feat, but Jenna Fagnan saw great possibilities for Tequila Avion.

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Women to Watch: Roisin Donnelly, Procter & Gamble, U.K. and Ireland

Women to Watch: Roisin Donnelly, Procter & Gamble, U.K. and Ireland

For 2012, Roisin Donnelly is fired up about the opportunities presented by P&G's sponsorship of the London Olympics, and her enthusiasm shows in the ambition of P&G's big "Cleaning Up London" and "Raising an Olympian" campaigns.

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Women to Watch: Stevie Benjamin, MillerCoors

Women to Watch: Stevie Benjamin, MillerCoors

Ms. Benjamin, 42, manages media for the nation's second-largest brewer and 44th-largest advertiser. On her watch, Chicago-based MillerCoors has moved more aggressively into branded and digital content.

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Women to Watch: Cilla Snowball, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO

Women to Watch: Cilla Snowball, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO

Cilla Snowball is the most powerful woman in British advertising, thanks to her role as chairman and CEO of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, which has been sitting comfortably at the top of the U.K. billings league for the past 15 years.

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Women to Watch: Flavia Faugeres, Burger King

Women to Watch: Flavia Faugeres, Burger King

Though she officially joined Burger King as global CMO nearly a year ago, Flavia Faugeres has worked with BK for months as a marketing consultant.

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Women to Watch: Brooke Hammerling, Brew Media Relations

Women to Watch: Brooke Hammerling, Brew Media Relations

Ms. Hammerling has developed close ties with an influential collection of entrepreneurs and investors whose support of a Brew client can help supplement, or spur, media coverage.

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Women to Watch: Katie Jacobs Stanton, Twitter

Women to Watch: Katie Jacobs Stanton, Twitter

Ms. Stanton is on a mission to get world leaders, celebrities and athletes onto Twitter to cater to the enthusiasms of specific markets, and to forge partnerships that can help grow its global user base.

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Women to Watch: Kelli Coleman, GlobalHue Ventures

Women to Watch: Kelli Coleman, GlobalHue Ventures

Shy of 30 years old, Kelli Coleman is already being groomed to become Don Coleman's successor at GlobalHue, the largest U.S. multicultural agency according to the Ad Age DataCenter.

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Women to Watch: Molly Peck, General Motors Co.

Women to Watch: Molly Peck, General Motors Co.

"In the past, you've planned your print, your broadcast, some digital, and everything ladders up to the campaign," says the director of advertising at GM. "This time, we're approaching it as content creation."

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Women to Watch: Dawn Ostroff, Conde Nast

Women to Watch: Dawn Ostroff, Conde Nast

The old days of print are fading as Conde makes smart moves such as naming Dawn Ostroff president of a new unit tasked with turning its brands and content into movies, TV and digital video.

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Women to Watch: Jennifer Podhajsky, Hershey

Women to Watch: Jennifer Podhajsky, Hershey

A 10-year veteran at the candy giant, this year Ms. Podhajsky will oversee the important launch of Hershey's lower-fat Simple Pleasures line.

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Women to Watch: Liz Schimel, Meredith

Women to Watch: Liz Schimel, Meredith

When Liz Schimel was named chief digital officer for Meredith's magazines division, the company didn't even have any brands on a tablet. Needless to say, she's been pretty busy since then.

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Women to Watch: Alisa Wolfson, Leo Burnett

Women to Watch: Alisa Wolfson, Leo Burnett

When Alisa Wolfson joined Leo Burnett as a freelancer in 2007, little did she know that five years later she'd be leading the agency's design department.

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Women to Watch: Lorraine Chow Hansen, PepsiCo

Women to Watch: Lorraine Chow Hansen, PepsiCo

Ms. Hansen had already been deemed a woman worth watching for her role as global CMO for hydration at PepsiCo -- and then she was tapped as the new head of PepsiCo's Global Snacks Group.

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Women to Watch: Kristin Maverick, The Barbarian Group

Women to Watch: Kristin Maverick, The Barbarian Group

Despite having spent her young career in adland, Kristin Maverick may in fact be more a fixture in New York's burgeoning tech scene than on Madison Avenue.

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Women to Watch: Carole Hart, Time Warner Cable Media, East Region

Women to Watch: Carole Hart, Time Warner Cable Media, East Region

Carole Hart, a 24-year veteran of Time Warner Cable, has moved up the ranks at the multiple-system operator with persistence and tenacity.

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Women to Watch: Amy Weisenbach, Trunk Club

Women to Watch: Amy Weisenbach, Trunk Club

Amy Weisenbach has made a career of marketing to men -- be it Axe body spray, deodorant and hair care, or tequila brands such as Sauza, Hornitos and Tres Generaciones.

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Women to Watch: Marla Kaplowitz, MEC North America

Women to Watch: Marla Kaplowitz, MEC North America

Marla Kaplowitz came to New York after college with a goal to work in advertising, but with no job. Today, she's the new CEO of MEC North America.

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Women to Watch: Monica Karo, PHD

Women to Watch: Monica Karo, PHD

In her 18 years in Omnicom media roles, Monica Karo has contributed to the growth of important client brands like Apple.

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