Mentors 2026–2027

    Our Mentors

  • Cheryl Grace (AMA Chicago Mentorship Program Manager)

    Certified Public Coach CPC, Powerful Penny LLC

  • Dave Aron

    Professor of Marketing and Director of Graduate Programs and Executive Education, Dominican University

  • Patty Brehm

    Press Relations & Digital Marketing, FAXANATING SOLUTIONS

  • Jaideep Despande

    Executive Director of Strategy & Marketing , UI Health Dentistry

  • Colleen Fahey

    Author & US Managing Director, Sixième Son

  • Karen Hatfield

    President, Pythia LLC

  • Beverly Moore

    Career Transition Coach | Challenger, Gray and Chritsmas LLC

  • Joey Nachinson

    Associate Director & Delivery Lead – Analytics Development, Concord

  • Santhi Ramesh

    Chief Strategy Officer & Chief AI Officer | Future Propel

  • Jennifer Severns

    Founder & Fractional Chief Experience Officer, Severns Innovation Group

  • Christine Buck

    Chief Marketing Officer Minitab

    • More mentors to be announced!

The Marketing Mentorship Program is conducted annually by the Chicago chapter of the American Marketing Association. Learn more.

Questions? If you’d like more information about the program, please contact Bonnie Massa, Executive Director of Chicago AMA: ExecutiveDirector@ChicagoAMA.org or (312) 280-0449.

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