Leslie Berland

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Leslie Berland
OccupationChief Marketing Officer at Verizon

Leslie Berland is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Verizon. [1]

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Education

Berland earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University College of Communication. [2]

Career

January 2023 to December 2023, she was CMO at Peloton. [3] [4]

2016-2022 she held a dual role of CMO and head of people [5] at Twitter. [6] [7]

2005-2016 she was EVP of global advertising, marketing, and digital partnerships at American Express. [8] [9] [10]

She also had executive PR roles at Ketchum [11] and GCI Health. [12] She is on the advisory board of the Ad Council [13] and for LEAP. [14]

Accolades

Forbes ranked Berland #3 in their World's Most Influential CMOs list. [15] Fast Company ranked Berland sixth [16] in their 100 Most Creative People in Business [17] for persuading AmEx leadership to prioritize social media platforms. [18] She was featured in Advertising Age's Creativity 50 list. [19] In 2018, she was appointed to the National Board of Directors at Make a Wish Foundation [20]

Personal life

Berland lives in Manhattan with her two sons. [21]

References

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  4. "Peloton chief marketing officer resigns". Retail Dive. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
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  8. "Microsoft's Mixer Platform Ends Partnership With Popular Streamer Following "Registered Sex Offender" Comments". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  9. Chaykowski, Kathleen. "Twitter Hires Former American Express Exec Leslie Berland As CMO". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  10. "Leslie Berland". MMA Global. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  11. "Twitter CMO Leslie Berland Shares An Important Career Advice For Youngsters: Read It Here!". 7 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  12. Connley, Courtney (2019-09-30). "Twitter CMO Leslie Berland says young people should ignore this common piece of career advice". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  13. "Board of Directors". AdCouncil. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  14. "Leslie Berland". www.verizon.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  15. Rooney, Jenny. "The World's Most Influential CMOs 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  16. "Twitter CMO Leslie Berland on Leading with Impact". Inside the Brand. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  17. Koh, Yoree (26 January 2016). "Twitter Appoints a Marketing Chief". WSJ. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  18. Carr, Austin (2012-04-27). "6. Leslie Berland". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  19. "Twitter Names AmEx's Leslie Berland Its CMO". adage.com. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  20. Davis, Richard K. "Our Path Forward". Wish.Org.
  21. "Leslie Berland". www.verizon.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.