TheGrill 2023 Speaker Portraits (Photos)

Here are all the speakers from TheGrill 2023 — TheWrap’s annual industry conference — held on Oct. 4 at the 1 Hotel in West Hollywood.

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Ynon Kreiz, Chairman & CEO, Mattel

Ravi Ahuja, Chairman, Global Television Studios & Sony Pictures Entertainment Corporate Development

Daniela Rus, Director, Computer Science & AI Laboratory, MIT

Mehran Sahami, Professor & Chair, Computer Science, Stanford University

Beth Anderson, SVP & GM, FAST Channels, BBC Studios

Sharon Waxman, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap

Edward Menicheschi, President & COO, TheWrap

Edward Menicheschi & Sharon Waxman, TheGrill 2023

Charles Johnson, Managing Director, TME Investment Banking, Truist Securities

Cole Strain, VP, Measurement Products, Samba TV

Ed King, Partner, BTIG

Ethan Sawyer, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities

Lawrence Bender, Founder and Producer, Lawrence Bender Productions

Fri Forjindam, Co-Owner & Chief Development Officer, Mycotoo

Greg Foster, Owner, & Principal, Foster + Crew

Jennifer Vaux, VP, Content Acquisition & Programming, Roku Media

Josh Goldstine, President, Worldwide Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures Group

Peter Csathy, Chairman, Creative Media

Valerie Kaplan, Global SVP, Head of Consumer Marketing, Pluto TV

Patrick Courtney, Head of Digital & Business Development, Fuse Media

Lindsay Stewart, VP, FAST & AVOD Revenue Strategy, AMC Networks

Rick Hack, Head of Media & Entertainment Partnerships, Intel

Ross Gerber, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Gerber Kawasaki

Ivy Kagan Bierman, Chair, Entertainment Labor, Loeb & Loeb

Erick Opeka, President & Chief Strategy Officer, Cineverse

Ariana Case, Program Manager, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative

Dr. Moiya McTier, ExplAIner-in-Chief, Human Artistry Campaign

Dakota Ortiz, VP, Impact & Inclusion, Endeavor

Emerlynn Lampitoc, VP, Creative Talent & Content, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG)

Jerome Core, Head of US & Worldwide DEIA Content, Amazon Studios & Prime Video

Kevin Goetz, Founder & CEO, Screen Engine/ASI

Shira Lazar, Founder, What’s Trending

Sean Gamble, President & CEO, Cinemark

Levi Jackson, Head of Music Marketing, WME

Yvette Urbina, VP, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Creative & Production, Warner Bros. Discovery

Mark Mothersbaugh, Musician & Co-Founder, DEVO

Thobey Campion, Founder, Lore Machine

Mark Mothersbaugh & Thobey Campion

Jason Sklar, Partner, Shamrock Capital

Olivier Chastan, Founder & CEO, Iconoclast

Todd Burach, SVP, Team Leader, Sports & Family Office Banking, City National Bank

Ryan Kalil, Co-Founder, Mortal Media & Producer, “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Hello Tomorrow!”

Scott Braun, Media Personality & Founder, Make Plays Media

Scott Braun & Todd Burach

Scott Braun, Ryan Kalil & Todd Burach

Jeff Clanagan, President & Chief Distribution Officer, Hartbeat

Stephanie Horbaczewski, CEO, Vody

Adam Chitwood, Co-Executive Editor, TheWrap

Oganes Akopyan, Vice President, Marketing and Events

Jeremy Fuster, Box Office & Labor Reporter, TheWrap

Jeremy Fuster and Ivy Kagan-Bierman

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