Announcing Marie Rushing, Founder and President of Foster Nest, Inc, As Moderator for July 17th showcase
We are super excited to have Bill Watkins, US Sector Lead at Pinterest as one of the many participants for the showcases spanning July 17th – 19th. He will be one of the panelists for our Unlocking Human Potential July 17th 9:00 pm – 9:50 pm. Glappitnova brings passionate and talented people from different backgrounds and industries together sharing what matters most unlocking human potential. There is storytelling, performances, panels, debates, and more in a hidden warehouse. Come check it out and get your tickets below. You can view more participants here.
“WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE MARIE RUSHING AS A MODERATOR 9:00 PM – 9:50 PM JULY 17TH FOR OUR UNLOCKING HUMAN POTENTIAL PANEL.”
UNLOCKING HUMAN POTENTIAL PANEL
Moderated by Marie Rushing, Meaningfulness, mentorship, and balance are crucial in your development and growth phase. Hear from leaders of generation X and emerging professionals of generation Y helping to unlock your potential. Announced participants consist of 2016 Olympian Troy Doris, Global Business Director Latha Sundaram of PHD, Bill Watkins the US Sector Lead at Pinterest, and the CEO of SpotHero Mark Lawerence.
Rebekah Marie Rushing, who goes by her middle name Marie, is the Founder and President of Foster Nest, Inc. This is a non-for-profit centered around foster, kinship and adoptive care programming and mentorship for diverse individuals. Her official launch event will take place later in the year in 2018. She encourages you to subscribe to get notified of the official launch details to learn more about the organization’s mission, values and amazing programs to come at fosternest.org.
She is a passionate entrepreneur mainly seeking to impact lives, community and broaden her knowledge of cross-functionally while helping others along the way to discover their full potential. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising with a minor in Communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
As a marketing ad tech aficionado with a positive spirit to inspire others, she advocates for diversity and shares knowledge to drive strategic growth. Her professional background involves 5+ years of account management, consultative solution selling, and integrated digital advertising experience. Before she was a Digital Consultant at Lyons Consulting Group (a Capgemini company), working at major corporations such as AdRoll, Google, TMP Worldwide, BET Networks, The Marketing Store and DDB Chicago has enabled her to gain phenomenal insight across B2C and B2B marketing solutions.
Her brand experience spans across Global SMB clients to Fortune 500 companies such as McDonald’s and Boeing. She has exceptional knowledge about the digital advertising ecosystem with cross-channel expertise in search, mobile, video, display, shopping and programmatic media. She has experience with multi-tasking in a fast-paced data-driven environment and time management skills that will add direct value to companies.
Her passion for diversity initiatives fuels her soul to make an impact in the world for positive change. She was very proud to be able to positively impact Google’s global diversity initiatives as a Creative Program Marketing Manager for a 20% project and has continued to help support diversity and inclusion mentorship initiatives in the marketing industry via her involvement on executive boards for nonprofits such as ADCOLOR and Coalesce Chicago. She enjoys opportunities to utilize existing skills and broaden her experiences.
