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PURF & NABOB Fall Conference Focuses On $1.5 Trillion
Black Consumer Market
The 24th Annual POWER OF URBAN RADIO FORUM (PURF) and NABOB Fall Conference will take place from WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9th to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th at the MAYFLOWER HOTEL in WASHINGTON, D.C. The event will focus on the $1.5 trillion Black Consumer Market.
The event hosts are KIZART MEDIA PARTNERS (KMP) and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK OWNED BROADCASTERS (NABOB). This year’s keynote speaker will be BURRELL COMMUNICATIONS Pres./CEO TARA DEVEAUX.
The Master of Ceremonies will be SERVICE BROADCASTING/DALLAS EVP/Sales KEVIN JENKINS. Event Co-chairs include WHUR GM SEAN PLATER, AUDACY/WASHINGTON DC SVP/Market Mgr. IVY SAVOY-SMITH, URBAN ONE EVP/Reginal Mgr. and JEFF WILSON.
KMP Managing Partner SHERMAN KIZART said, “Every year, the POWER OF URBAN FORUM raises the bar at bringing together the country’s leading Advertising, Marketing, Media, and Broadcast leaders with the mission of driving more investment in diverse owned and targeted media.”
Key events include a special message from RADIO ADVERTISING BUREAU CEO MIKE HULVY, and AARP receiving the 2024 MARC PRITCHARD Corporate Impact Award.
The CMO Panel:
US BANK, CMO MICHAEL LACORAZZA
AARP, CMO MARTHA BOUDREAU
GENERAL MOTORS, Global CMO SHENAN REED
PROCTER & GAMBLE, VP/Global Media and Marketing Innovation ERIC AUSTIN
FRESH MARKETS, CMO (retired) KEVIN MILLER
Moderator: A WONDER MEDIA, CEO CHESLEY MADDOX-DORSEY
The Global Media Panel:
PUBLICIS, EVP/Multicultural Media STEPHEN PAEZ
IPG AGENCIES, Head of Audio Investment MARK MANDEL
OMNICOM GROUP, EVP/Multicultural Media Investment MICHAEL COSTA
BURRELL COMMUNICATIONS, SVP/Media Activation DONNA HODGE
GREENE GROUP, CEO IMANI GREENE
TKT AND ASSOCIATES, Pres./CEO KIMBERLY BUNTON
Moderator: DENTSU MEDIA AMERICAS, SVP/Economic Empowerment MARK PRINCE
Register now at www.NABOB.org, or call (202) 463-8970. Contact SHERMAN KIZART at (312)421-4803, ShermanKizart@att.net.