Featured Speakers
The MN AMA develops partnerships with the brightest minds in the industry and thought leaders across the nation to bring you the best educational programs throughout the year. Some of our featured speakers are listed below. Click here to learn more about partnering with the MN AMA and speak at one of our events.
Aki Spicer wants to bring brand planning into the age of social media. Clients such as Nestlé Purina PetCare, Citi, TheLadders.com, NBC Universal, Totino’s Pizza Rolls and Minnesota Planetarium have come to respect and rely on Aki’s guidance and strategic insights about social computing and digital innovation.
Alfredo Martel joined Caribou Coffee in October 2008 and assumed responsibility for the company's brand strategy and marketing activities. Previously he was employed by KFC USA, Yum! Brands where he last served as Director of National Field & Multicultural Marketing. He also has experience in sales and marketing with various consumer packaged goods companies such as Clairol & The Andrew Jergens Co. 
Ciceron was born in 1995 over drinks and dinner at an Italian bistro in San Francisco. The firm Andrew Eklund founded that day is now an industry veteran, having stuck to its guns that the web is the most significant "game-changing" business influence of the past half-century.
Karen Sams is the founder and principal of KLS Interactive, an online marketing business specializing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing and Public Relations. Karen's blend of online and offline marketing experience spans both agency and corporate environments, from TopRank Online Marketing to Ameriprise Financial. 
Learn from Kathleen Watson how "Giving Voice to Your Value: Moving Beyond Your Name, Rank, and Serial Number" will help you speed network! Kathleen Watson is the founder and principal of 
Henneman hails from New York and moved to the Midwest just two years out of design school to open her own design studio. For over 14 years she has been the Creative Principal of 
Nina Hale founded her agency (
Peter Hager's thought leadership, energy, passion, and business acumen has driven Sight Marketing’s transformation into a results-based strategic marketing communications firm, focused on delivering personalized, integrated and measurable marketing campaigns to healthcare and medical device organizations. 
