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GURU CONFERENCE 2026 SPEAKERS

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Molly Ringwald

Actor/Writer
 

Dan Levy

Emmy® Award-Winning Creator & Actor

Frank Vella

Constant Contact
Chief Executive Officer

Siobhan Ashleigh

Canva
Product Marketing Team Lead – Growth & Monetization

Ross Simmonds

Foundation Marketing
Founder

Shane Franklin

Constant Contact
Chief Technology Officer

Brianna Doe

Verbatim
Founder

Daniel Murray

The Marketing Millennials
Founder

Stania Antoine

GURU Media Hub
Director

Iana Robitaille, Phd

DonorPerfect
Communications Strategist

Brittany Graff

Twist Brands: Painting with a Twist, Pinot's Palette
Co-CEO

Aaron Wesley Means

Activate Business Solutions
Owner & CEO

Erica Goldstein

The Blank Canvas Company
Artist & CEO

Paige Gast

Crowdstrike
Senior Marketing Campaigns Specialist

Katelyn Baughan

KB Digital
Nonprofit Email Consultant

Chase Dimond

Partner at Ecom
Email Marketer

Marki Lemons Ryhal

ReMarkiTable LLC
5x Hall of Fame REALTOR® and Founder

Stephanie Alfonso

Constant Contact
Senior Director of Vertical Innovation

Brian Minick

ZeroBounce
Chief Operating Officer

Kath Pay

International #1 Bestselling Author & Lead Trainer, Holistic Email Academy

Emily Popson

CallRail
SVP of Marketing

Guy Hanson

Validity
VP, Customer Engagement

David Pezzano

Constant Contact
Director of Go-to-Market Enablement & Training

Beth O'Malley

Astral Digital
Founder

DJ Graffiti

Official DJ of GURU Media Hub

Abhi Yadav

iCustomer
Co-Founder & CEO

Kara Fischer

Data Axle
Art Director

Nancy Harhut

HBT Marketing
Chief Creative Officer

Funbi Ibe

Constant Contact
Head of Partnerships & Field Marketing

Jay Schwedelson

GURU Media Hub
Founder

Ann Handley

MarketingProfs
Chief Content Officer

Amy Porterfield

NYT Bestselling Author
#1 Marketing Podcast in U.S.

GURU ROCKSTARS!

(Past GURU Conference Speakers)

Nicole Kidman

Academy Award-Winning Actress

Sarah Jessica Parker

Actress & Entrepreneur

Martha Stewart

Television Personality

Daymond John

Star of ABC's Shark Tank

Ann Handley

MarketingProfs

Amy Porterfield

NYT Best-Selling Author

Jay Schwedelson

Founder of SubjectLine.com

Nancy Harhut

HBT Marketing

Donald Miller

StoryBrand

Sophie Miller

Pretty Little Marketer

Sahil Bloom

Bestselling Author, Content Creator, Investor & Entrepreneur

Mike Cessario

Liquid Death

Tim Glomb

Wunderkind

Maha Abouelenein

Bestselling Author & Fouder/CEO of Digital Savvy

Emily Popson

CallRail

Jena Sheperd

Assurant

Michael Barber

StarTech.com

Jen Tabbal

Data Axle

Ghazwan Almoazen

Docusign

Kath Pay

Holistic Email Academy

Kimberly Snyder

Data Axle

Teresa Heath-Wareing

Online Business Launch & Growth Expert

Dennis Bower

Sideshow

Jaina Mistry

Brand, Content & Email Marketing Leader

Sal Tripi

Publishers Clearing House

Katelyn Baughan

KB Digital

Luca Bellavita

AImpact Marketing Agency

Mickey Baines

Kennedy & Company Education Strategies

Ross Simmonds

Foundation Marketing Founder

Grace Sedaghatpisheh

SKIMS

Gabriel Auricchio

Docusign

Amanda Cole

Bloomreach

Anthony Aurrichio

charity: water

Brianna Doe

Verbatim

Robby Keller

Dixxon Flannel

Beth O'Malley

Astral Digital

Gina Novacco

Palo Alto Networks

Virginia Marsh

RRD

Neej Gore

Zeta Global

Kath Pay

Holistic Email Marketing

Divya Mulanjur

Bloomreach

Adam Savino

ASIS International

Andy Crestodina

Orbit Media Studios

Shana Brewer

Veeam

Brian Westnedge

Red Sift

Jenny Maglio

Maglio Marketing

Kaitlin Foley

Bloomreach

Tali Hasanov

WSI Digital Path

Tony Wagner

Strategic America

David Scott

Amazon Web Services (Former)

Don Le

Meta

Tina Nguyen

Shopify

Dave Charest

Constant Contact

Elliott Curry

Fidelity

Rebecca Herwitt

Kimberly-Clark

Jerry Nichols

Bottomline Technologies

Alexa Bennett

Vericast

Emily Swanson

Vericast

Brian Minick

Zerobounce

Caroline Ruggiero

Match Strike Strategy

Jenny Adams

Adobe

Scott Miller

WSJ Best-Selling Author

Andrew Kordek

iPost

Hannah Shain

SmartBug Media (Former)

Guy Hanson

Validity

Chantelle Marcelle

Uber

Daniel Disney

The Daily Sales

Katie Meloche

UiPath

Tobias Eickelpasch

Rock Your Email

Jemma Sears

Kulani Kinis

Tim Hartley

Webbula

Rajit Joseph

Zoominfo

Millie Beetham

Zoominfo

Kristen Haines

Phonexa

Talar Malakian

Phonexa

Corinne Hendrickson

Lenovo

Rachel Cowlishaw

Movable Ink

Karen Talavera

Synchronicity Marketing

Alex Garcia

Marketing Examined

Valerie Khalifeh

morefire

Phil Burch

Sendoso (Former)

Kisha Anderson

Comcast

Martin Kihn

Salesforce

Elizabeth Jacobi

Mocabear Marketing

Samar Owais

Emails Done Right

Anna Levitin

DoorLoop

Chris Marriott

Email Connect

Stania Antoine

GURU Media Hub

Ryan Phelan

RPEOrigin

Ari Murray

Go-To-Millions

Brian Sisolak

PeakInbox

Daniel Murray

The Marketing Millenials

Jeanne Jennings

Email Optimization Shop

Phil Davis

AtData

Dela Quist

Alchemy Worx & SubjectlinePRO

Mason Cosby

Scrappy ABM

Adam Bornstein

Pen Name Consulting

Steve Mandurano

Association CMO

Melanie Diehl

Melanie & Co

Chase Dimond

Ecom Email Marketer

Jason Feifer

Entrepreneur Magazine

EXPLORE AGENDA

10:30 AM ET

DOORS ARE OPEN!!

10:30 AM ET
11:02 AM ET

WELCOME REMARKS!

11:17 AM ET
11:58 AM ET

How to Engineer Your Brand Into the Memory Layer of EveryLLM

Ross Simmonds
Founder, Foundation Marketing

Who Killed the Inbox?

Brian Minick
Chief Operating Officer, ZeroBounce

7Words + Phrases that Spark Email Success

Nancy Harhut
Chief Creative Officer, HBT Marketing

12:34 PM ET
1:12 PM ET

NETWORKING TIME

1:30 PM ET

How to Create Your Newsletter Faster WithAI

Chase Dimond
Partner at eCom Email Marketer

The Small Business AI Toolbox:Cool Tools, Real Results

Shane Franklin
Chief Technology Officer, Constant Contact

Funbi Ibe
Head of Partnerships & Field Marketing, Constant Contact

Brianna Doe
Founder, Verbatim

Session DetailsComing Soon!

2:06 PM ET

AICan’t Replace Your Relationships

Stephanie Alfonso
Sr. Director of Vertical Innovation, Constant Contact

Session DetailsComing Soon!

The First 90 Days:
Turning New Donors into
Believers

Katelyn Baughan
Nonprofit Email Consultant, KB Digital

2:42 PM ET
3:20 PM ET
3:43 PM ET

Session DetailsComing Soon!

10Strategies to Win the Buyer: From Pricing to Upsells to Email

Dave Pezzano
Constant Contact

Crazy, StupidLeads

Emily Popson
SVP of Marketing, Callrail

4:19 PM ET
4:42 PM ET

NETWORKING TIME!!!

5:00 PM ET

AI-Powered Email System; Turned One List Into$1.2 Million

Marki Lemons Ryhal
5x Hall of Fame Realtor® and Founder, ReMarkiTable LLC

AI Has Commoditized Copy.Now What?

Kath Pay
International #1 Bestselling Author & Lead Trainer, Holistic Email Academy

Session DetailsComing Soon!

5:34 PM ET

CLOSING REMARKS!

5:37 PM ET
10:30 AM ET
11:02 AM ET

WELCOME REMARKS!

11:13 AM ET
11:56 AM ET

Session DetailsComing Soon!

Your 2027 Email Strategy:The New InboxPsychology

Beth O Malley
Founder, Astral Digital

Q4 Inbox Reality: Winning Attention When AI Reads First

Guy Hanson
VP, Customer Engagement, Validity

12:32 PM ET

NETWORKING TIME

12:50 PM ET
1:13 PM ET

Narrating the Ask:Bringing Donors into the Storyline

Iana Robitaille, PhD
Communication Strategist, DonorPerfect

The QuickestWinsin Marketing & Business

Amy Porterfield
NYT Bestselling Author, #1 Marketing Podcast in U.S.

Session DetailsComing Soon!

1:49 PM ET
2:00 PM ET

Marketing Automation:Better Results in Less Time

Aaron Wesley Means
Owner & CEO, Activate Business Solutions

My Fair Email: Giving an Ugly Send anAI Makeover

Kara Fischer
Art Director, Data Axle

Session DetailsComing Soon!

2:36 PM ET
2:59 PM ET

Session DetailsComing Soon!

Scaling the Inbox: Email Marketing forFranchise Brands

Brittany Graff
Co-CEO, Twist Brands: Painting with a Twist, Pinot's Palette

Scaling Email Across RegionsWithoutLosing Control

Paige Gast
Senior Marketing Campaigns Specialist, Crowdstrike

3:35 PM ET
3:52 PM ET
4:33 PM ET

CLOSING REMARKS

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  • SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING MUST-KNOWS
  • SMALL BUSINESS MARKETING MUST-KNOWS
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  • NONPROFIT & EDUCATION MARKETING
  • NONPROFIT & EDUCATION MARKETING
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  • NONPROFIT & EDUCATION MARKETING
  • NONPROFIT & EDUCATION MARKETING
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  • BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
  • BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
  • BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
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  • BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
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  • CONSUMER MARKETING (eCOMM + DTC)
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  • CONSUMER MARKETING (eCOMM + DTC)
  • ENTERPRISE EMAIL EVERYTHING
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  • ENTERPRISE EMAIL EVERYTHING
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  • MARKETING FOR NON-MARKETERS
  • MARKETING FOR NON-MARKETERS
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  • A.I. TIPS & TOOLS
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  • MULTI-LOCATION EMAIL PROGRAMS
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  • MULTI-LOCATION EMAIL PROGRAMS
  • MULTI-LOCATION EMAIL PROGRAMS
  • MULTI-LOCATION EMAIL PROGRAMS
  • MULTI-LOCATION EMAIL PROGRAMS
  • TURNING ATTENTION INTO SALES
  • TURNING ATTENTION INTO SALES
  • TURNING ATTENTION INTO SALES
  • TURNING ATTENTION INTO SALES
  • TURNING ATTENTION INTO SALES
  • TURNING ATTENTION INTO SALES
  • BEYOND EMAIL: SMS, SOCIAL & MORE
  • BEYOND EMAIL: SMS, SOCIAL & MORE
  • BEYOND EMAIL: SMS, SOCIAL & MORE
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