Gayle Novak
Director of Client Services of Slack Barshinger, Chicago, Gayle spearheads the company’s brand practice and consults as needed on client brand assignments. In addition, she oversees a group of accounts, which include Fellowes Business Machines (shredder product group) and Dow Corning (brand stewards for all global work). Before coming to Slack Barshinger, Gayle honed her strategic thinking and branding skills at agencies and companies such as Mobium Creative Group, Doner Advertising, Ernst & Young, Temerlin McClain and Wyse Advertising

Mindy Sabella
As Director of Marketing & Business Development for Elateral, Farnham, UK, and Los Altos, CA, Mindy is responsible for managing all aspects of the firm’s brand marketing in North America. In addition, she is the lead business development executive for the Retail & Consumer Products sector: her clients include Coca-Cola, New Balance Apparel and Motorola.

Giorgio Gandellini
Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Roma Tre, Senior Partner of Nestplan Europe in Reggio Emilia, and Senior Vice President of EMCG, London & New York, Giorgio is involved in various consulting and management education projects in the areas of strategy, strategic and international marketing, for clients such as ICE, IFOA, Ministero degli Esteri, Commissione Europea.

Alfonso Pace
Founder and President of Nestplan Europe, Reggio Emilia, in 1995 Alfonso received a Degree in Economics at “La Sapienza” University in Rome and since then he has been involved in the design and delivery of management education and consulting projects for Italian institutions and SMEs in the areas of strategic and international marketing, knowledge and information management, quantitative methods and decision making.