This week’s line up
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Tuesday, April 12th - Andrew Schwartz, Senior Vice President, The Howard Hughes Corporation
Mr. Schwartz is responsible for identifying and securing new corporate partnerships across the portfolio, overseeing and executing tent-pole event strategies and programming including oversight of The Rooftop at Pier 17’s Summer Concert Series, and management of the award-winning in-house creative design studio and digital marketing teams.
Mr. Schwartz joined The Howard Hughes Corporation after four years as Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships at Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment where he was responsible for overseeing all partnership sales efforts for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the NHL’s New York Islanders at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Prior to Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, Mr. Schwartz worked for three years at SiriusXM initially serving as Director of Sports Marketing managing strategic marketing partnerships with MLB, the NHL and the PGA TOUR and then as Account Director of Advertising Sales, where he developed customized advertising and marketing campaigns for Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to SiriusXM, Schwartz spent five years at the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball in Corporate Sales and Marketing, where he managed a national partner portfolio, including Chevrolet, Pepsi, State Farm and Gatorade. He also directed all national partner activation during All-Star Week and the World Series.
Schwartz previously held positions with New Jersey Devils, National Hockey League and served as the Head Coach for the University of Connecticut Women's Ice Hockey Team.
Mr. Schwartz earned a B.S. in Communications and Marketing from the University of Connecticut.
Thursday, April 15th - Lan Phan, Founder and CEO, community of SEVEN
Lan Phan is an award-winning marketer and strategist with over twenty years of marketing, advertising, membership, and leadership training experience. Lan is one of the leading global experts on membership and community development, speaking at Fortune 500 companies and renowned venues such as the United Nations, SXSW and consulting with CEOs and C-suite executives.
Lan is the founder and CEO of community of SEVEN, an invite-only membership community that brings leading executives, thought-leaders, and changemakers together to tackle and solve business and societal problems. Lan has a track history of building startups inside legacy brands; Before launching community of SEVEN, Lan was recruited by Alan Murray, CEO of Fortune Magazine, to join the executive team and develop and lead Fortune Connect, a startup within the storied brand; Lan also helped build CMO Masters Circle and Global CMO Growth Council, a startup within the Association of National Advertisers that includes over 350 CMOs from around the world mobilized to accelerate economic growth and advance societal good.
Lan has played a significant role in the gender equality movement, having served as the General Manager of SeeHer, the gender equality initiative. SeeHer has been instrumental in creating a new advertising discipline around gender equality, equipping the CMOs of the world's most prominent brands with a framework to eliminate unconscious bias in their messaging and improve their ROI along the way.
Lan is a serial entrepreneur, having built several successful businesses. Most notable, she co-founded the Hype! Agency considered one of the fastest-growing boutique talent and marketing agencies in the United States, specializing in branded entertainment and lifestyle clients such as Coachella Music Festival, Bonaroo, National Basketball Association, Activision, Red Bull, Comedy Central, to name a few.
Lan Phan earned a BA at Stanford University and a master's degree at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She graduated from Stanford University with honors and is the recipient of the prestigious J.E. Wallace Sterling Award, awarded to one graduating Stanford student each year, whose undergraduate leadership and volunteer activities have made the largest impact on the Stanford community.
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