Karyn Spencer

Former Global Chief Marketing Officer, WHALAR

After a career of 20+ years, I moved to the jungle in Costa Rica to live a different way. I'm now consulting and continue to build unique initiatives with brands, traditional celebrities, and digital creators. I'm a strategic creative director, content and event producer, and digital expert. I studied photography in college, moved to Hollywood, and worked my way up to become a talent agent, booking actors in film and TV. From there, I worked for Ashton Kutcher for five years. We made film, TV, and web content. I was able to combine my love of acting, photography, video, and storytelling as a producer for Ashton's films. My parents loved taking their friends to the movies and pointing my name out in the credits. That's the last time I had a job they understood. 😉 Since then, I've worked with celebrities and digital creators to collaborate with brands to scale the impact of their stories. I was lucky to get to know an amazing community of influencers while working at Vine, I still love to work with them, and my heart will always beat green! 💚 Everything I do is through a lens of inclusion and a passion for equal representation. I believe that the future is female and that Black Lives Matter. I've won Shortys, Streamys, and Webbys, and it’s totally ok if you don’t know what any of those are.