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The Ten is HUMG’s flagship speaker series, bringing some of the most influential marketing leaders across industries straight to campus. No panels. No fluff. Just honest conversations about careers, leadership, and the decisions that actually shape success.
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Hannah Yang is the Chief Growth and Customer Officer at The New York Times Company, leading its global subscription business. She co-leads a cross-functional organization consisting of product development, engineering, data, design, marketing, research, customer care, and sales to drive The Times’s subscription growth across its portfolio of products. She serves on the Board of Empire State Realty Trust, a leading real estate investment trust and is the Board Chair of the The New York Times Communities Fund, a nonprofit organization that has helped support people in dire financial circumstances for more than 100 years. Hannah graduated from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and The Juilliard Pre-College Division. She immigrated to the United States from Korea at the age of nine and currently lives in New York with her husband and two sons.
Brian Kenny is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at Harvard Business School. Working with the Dean’s executive team and HBS faculty, he oversees the alignment of branding, marketing, and media relations efforts across the HBS enterprise including the MBA program, Executive Education, External Relations, Harvard Business School Online, and HBS Publishing. Prior to HBS, Brian has led multifunctional marketing teams in global institutions spanning a number of industry sectors including professional services, technology, and higher ed. He is also the creator and host of the School’s award-winning podcast, HBS Cold Call.
Amaya is the CEO and founder of Obtaining Social. As a Gen-Z founder who grew up immersed in social media, she understood it not just as a tool, but as a language. After gaining traction as a UGC creator, she launched Obtaining Social in 2020 to help brands bridge the gap between visibility and meaningful engagement, developing a creative system designed to produce high-performing, scroll-stopping content. Since then, she has led brands to viral growth, sold-out campaigns, and strong digital identities, positioning Obtaining Social as more than a marketing agency—it is a movement reshaping how modern brands show up online.
Alicia Tillman is a transformative C‑suite executive with more than 25 years of experience driving brand‑led growth, revenue acceleration, and organizational change across global enterprises. She serves as Chief Marketing Officer of Delta Air Lines and is a member of the company’s Leadership Committee, where she elevates marketing into a core commercial growth engine and helps position Delta as a premium, lifestyle‑driven brand. Previously, Alicia held senior leadership roles at Capitolis, SAP, and American Express, leading large‑scale transformations across marketing, sales, and go‑to‑market strategy. Alicia has been named one of Forbes’ Most Influential Chief Marketing Officers five times and was inducted into the Forbes CMO Hall of Fame in 2025. She was also named as a Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO, ADWEEK Marketing Vanguard and Brand Genius.
Nandini Nandakumar is a global marketing leader with over a decade of experience across FMCG, retail, and e‑commerce, spanning North America, Europe and Asia. With 12+ years across these markets - from category disruption in India to premium growth in Ireland to transforming Smirnoff globally into a Gen Z cultural powerhouse - she blends engineering rigor with bold creativity that drives business performance and societal impact. With an engineering degree and an MBA in Marketing, she leads with both head and heart, uniting analytical discipline and imaginative thinking in every brand she stewards. Catch her TEDx‑style talk “The Making of a Sadya,” using Kerala’s grand banana‑leaf feast as a brilliant metaphor for building a modern marketing career of curiosity, bravery, and cultural impact.
Claudine Patel is a marketing and commercial executive with more than 25 years of experience building and transforming consumer healthcare and CPG brands.She has led full P&L portfolios across global and North American businesses, driving growth, digital modernization, and value creation in both public and private equity environments. Passionate about building strong, accountable cultures, Claudine is known for developing high-performance teams and AI-enabled commercial engines that challenge the status quo and translate bold strategy into measurable financial impact.
Alex Drexler is the founder of Alex Mill—an NYC-based brand built on a simple idea: not more clothes, the right clothes. He started it after realizing he couldn’t find a shirt that felt exactly right. So he made one himself—beginning with a small shop on Elizabeth Street in downtown NYC. After a brief foray into law school, where he initially thought he might pursue a career with the FBI, Alex ultimately realized fashion was in his blood. The son of retail icon Mickey Drexler, Alex grew up around the industry and built Alex Mill on his instincts—focusing less on trends, more on the pieces people actually want to wear. Today, it’s still a small, creative team with the same goal: make getting dressed simple. Clothes that are guaranteed to never go out of style.
Antonio Lucio is a globally recognized marketing leader who has served as Chief Marketing Officer at some of the world’s most influential companies, including HP, Meta, Visa, and PepsiCo. He is currently Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer at HP, where he leads global brand and business transformation. A multiple Hall of Fame inductee and a longtime advocate for inclusive leadership, Antonio brings four decades of experience at the intersection of growth, purpose, and impact.
A pioneer in digital influence, Chriselle Lim launched The Chriselle Factor in 2011, setting the tone for what content creation would become. Chriselle has now become the founder and creative director of Phlur, which she turned from an indie fragrance brand into a cultural phenomenon — growing the company to &150m in sales. In July 2025, PHLUR entered an exciting new chapter as private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners announced its acquisition of the brand. Chriselle Lim will continue to lead as Creative Director while retaining a meaningful stake, ensuring her vision remains at the heart of PHLUR’s journey. With TSG’s world-class resources and strategic support, PHLUR is now poised for accelerated growth, innovation, and global expansion—cementing its place as a leader in modern fragrance.
Marina Larroudé, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Larroudé, brings nearly two decades of fashion industry experience, including leadership roles at Condé Nast and Barneys New York, with a vision to make fashion both joyful and accessible. She founded the brand in 2020 with her husband Ricardo, under whose joint leadership the company has rapidly grown from a small startup to a global operation with over 650 employees and high-profile collaborations and celebrity fans. Ricardo Larroudé, Co-founder and CEO, transitioned from a successful career in investment banking and private equity to build a more purpose-driven business, applying his strategic and operational expertise to scale the brand. Together, they have disrupted the luxury footwear space through innovation, speed, and a pioneering “no inventory” model, redefining industry standards in under five years.