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US CHAPTERS

ARKANSAS

AUSTIN

BOSTON

Jessica Vivolo / BIO
Licensing Director, Jazwares

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Monica Brown / BIO
CEO & Principal Consultant, Align Strategy Group

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

CHICAGO

Ruth Synowic / BIO
Principal at Ruth Green Concepts, Inc.

Julie Gwaltney / BIO
Director, Boys & Girls Toys, TOMY

DALLAS

DENVER

Jillian Lakritz / BIO
Founder & CEO, Yoee Baby

Susan Levy
Founder of He-Is-All-Boy

CENTRAL FLORIDA

Anita Castellar / BIO
CEO at FanGirl Consulting & Brand Management, LLC

SOUTH FLORIDA

Broward/Palm Beach:

Karen Kilpatrick / BIO
Attorney, Book Author

Jen Derevensky / BIO
CEO/Co-President at Ren Beanie Public Relations

GEORGIA

Terri Bradley / BIO
Founder & Principal of Play at Brown Toy Box

MINNEAPOLIS

Michelle Weber / BIO
Sales Executive at Toy’n Around

Carrie Mueller / BIO
Sr. Director of Sales, VTech Electronics North America

NEW YORK METRO

Heidi Schwartz / BIO
Licensing Executive at Universal Branding & Media

Stephanie Bailey / BIO
Vice President of Global Toys at ViacomCBS Consumer Products

NEW YORK WESTERN

Jamie Emmick / BIO
Director of Special Markets at Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company

Tysha Brown/ BIO
Executive Assistant at Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company

OHIO

Delanie West / BIO
VP of Product Development, Creative & Global Sourcing at BeSuperCreative

Megan Buettner

Regina Donovan
Senior Designer, The Little Tikes Company

PHILADELPHIA

Emily Finegold
CEO at Emkin Toys

SEATTLE

Deirdre Cross
Director of Product Development - Games at Funko

Rebecca Miller / BIO
Manager of Minecraft Licensing and Partnerships - Microsoft

SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND

Laure LeBlanc / BIO
Owner, ubi.Q Inc.

Tami Murphy
Director, Business Development Services at GPI (Grand Prix International, Inc)

ST LOUIS

WASHINGTON DC

Tambra Raye Stevenson / BIO
Founder of WANDA

Leigh Moyers
Senior Manager, Federal Government Affairs
The Toy Association

Karen Wang / BIO
Director, Dispute Consulting Group, Stout

WISCONSIN

Brianna Purvis / BIO
Brand Manager, Kid Trax

Samantha Kraemer / BIO
Brand Manager, Schwinn

INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS

FRANCE

Christine Pagani / BIO
Director, 123 conseil
Mathilde Dezalys
Zanzoon

HONG KONG

Lisa-Christine Gray
Licensed Promotions Manager at Licensed Promotions APAC
Emily Cheung
Executive Director at Tsuen Lee Group
Sylvie Pecqueur / BIO
Owner & Managing Director, TRENDS2COM Limited
Julie Petris / BIO
General Manager at Fotorama (HK)

SYDNEY

Fiona Cameron
Editor at Toy and Hobby Retailer – Yaffa Publishing Group

MONTREAL

Bisma Ansari/ BIO
SVP & Global Mega Brand GM, Mattel
Christina Sklavenitis
Christina Sklavenitis Consulting

TORONTO

Kristin Lecour / BIO
VP of Consumer Products & Canadian Distribution at 9 Story Media Group
Mellany Masterson / BIO
Head of Nelvana Enterprises, Nelvana Enterprises

UNITED KINGDOM

Amanda Gummer / BIO
Founder at Fundamentally Children
Frances Cain
Owner, Daughters of History Ltd
Trudi Bishop /BIO
Owner & Director, Bee Licensing Ltd

VANCOUVER

Open Position

INTERNATIONAL LIAISONS

FINLAND

Kati Helijakka
Creative Manager at Nelostuote Ltd / Tactic

GERMANY

Mali Baum
Chairman & CEO at Beezeebee

Naz Cuevas
CEO at zoobe message entertainment

LEBANON

Lamice JouJou
CEO at SMILE Holding

NETHERLAND

Roser Pujol
Founder at The Brand Point