Jon Clifton serves as the CEO of Gallup, the global analytics and advice firm. His mission is to connect 1 billion individuals with their unique strengths, assist organizations in fostering thriving workplaces, and help 8 billion of the world's citizens be heard on their most pressing issues through the Gallup World Poll, a century-long project spanning over 150 countries. Clifton's 2022 book, 'Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness', is a Wall Street Journal bestseller. He's a contributor to The Economist, BBC, and Harvard Business Review. Clifton holds degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Nebraska, with honorary doctorates from Midland and Western New England Universities.

As Head of Strategic Insights for Bel North America, Amy drives strategy and innovation by championing the consumer voice at the executive level. With 25+ years of global experience across cosmetics, home and personal care, alcohol & food, Amy has partnered with top brands like Colgate-Palmolive, 1440Foods, Heineken, L’Oreal and Unilever.  Amy thrives on applying her expertise in design thinking, behavioral science, semiotics, and innovation sprints to deliver actionable research and analytics for growth. As a motivating leader and mentor, Amy is dedicated to ensuring the consumer’s voice is always heard, and delivering impactful, insight-driven change to organizations.

Natasha Hritzuk serves as VP, Head of Corporate Research for Warner Bros. Discovery. In this role, she focuses on delivering studies that optimize the current business across all enterprise assets, as well as identifying new consumer opportunities that reflect shifts in the entertainment ecosystem. Additionally, she supports WBD’s CSR and Government Affairs teams. Prior to this role, Natasha served as VP, Global Consumer Insights, HBO Max at WarnerMedia.  Before that, she was VP Advertising Innovation Research and AdLab Lead for Turner, where she oversaw research strategy and data analysis in support of Turner Incite, the company’s core intelligence platform for advertising sales. As a critical partner to the Client Strategy & Development and Content Partnerships teams, Hritzuk was harnessing research and analytics to help make recommendations to clients based on an insight-driven selling approach. She also developed research strategies designed to quantify the value of the company’s next-generation capabilities, as well as cross-Turner integrated marketing campaigns. Previously with Microsoft as head of global consumer insights and research, Hritzuk led many of the innovative new strategies, products and content development streams within the company’s advertising and monetization division. Prior to joining Microsoft, Hritzuk worked for General Mills UK & Ireland where she was Head of Category and Consumer Insights for 5 years. At General Mills, she ran a team of insight managers tasked with delivering insights to drive a range of marketing and sales initiatives including communications development and execution, new product development, consumer and shopper targeting and category visions. Hritzuk has a Ph.D. from Columbia University in political science, with a political behavior and public opinion focus. She currently resides in New York City.

Philippe Francois is Director, Customer Research and Strategy at Marriott International. He partners across the organization to elevate member perspectives, guide portfolio decisions, and translate insights into actionable strategies for senior leadership. His expertise spans travel trends, loyalty behavior, brand differentiation, and consumer storytelling.

Michael Nevski is the Director of Global Insights for Visa’s Business and Economic Insights team, driving the future of consumer research. Recognized by Insight250 as one of the world’s top insights professionals across 60 countries, he partners with Visa’s Chief Economist to embed consumer insights into economic forecasts and strategic initiatives. Previously at Charles Schwab, he pioneered customer journey analysis and advanced digital tracking capabilities. With over three decades of experience across global industries, he transforms complex insights into strategic action. Michael holds an MBA from the University of Arizona and a BS in Economics and Finance from Saint Petersburg State University.

Executive leader with more than 15 years of experience in leading and managing data-driven research teams providing insights and driving innovation. I have a Ph.D. and Master's degree in HCI (Comm.) from Stanford University and specialize in applying insights from Social Psychology to Product and Global Market Development. I have led teams including Market Research, User Research, Customer Success Insights, Competitive Intelligence, Experimentation, Data Analytics, and Data Science in various Fortune 500 companies including Uber, Intuit, VMware, and eBay.