Leadership Team

Hervé Sedky

President and Chief Executive Officer

David Doft

Chief Financial Officer

Issa Jouaneh

President, Connections

Ren Akinci

EVP & Chief People Officer

Sara Altschul

EVP, General Counsel & Secretary

Danielle Puceta

Chief Digital Officer

Erica Bartsch

EVP, Strategy and Communications

Gannon Brousseau

EVP, Emerald

Vincenzo DiMaggio

Chief Accounting Officer

Serge Dive

CEO & Founder, This Is Beyond

Chad Fors

SVP, Information Technology

Kevin Gaffney

SVP & General Manager, Emerald Design Group & Xcelerator Division

Lindsay Hubley

SVP, Sports and Outdoor Division

Brian Pagel

EVP, Emerald

Renan Joel

SVP, Connections

Karalynn Sprouse

EVP, Emerald

Les Weir

SVP, Corporate Development

Melody Brown

SVP, Content and Editorial

Beth Cowperthwaite

SVP, Communications

Kate Elder

SVP, Controller

Melanie Pereira

SVP, Finance

Jason Peskin

SVP of Revenue – Connections & Content

Cecilia Wang

Deputy General Counsel

Joe Webster

SVP of Marketing

Joanne Wheatley

SVP, Marketing and Digital Operations

Christina Wilkes

SVP, Operations

Sarah Wilson

Senior Vice President, Industrial & Retail

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