Speakers
Ali Grant
Founder, BE SOCIAL GROUP
Ali Grant launched Be Social in 2011 as one of the first agencies executing integrated influencer outreach and collaboration. Today, the communications group is headquartered in Los Angeles specializing in digital-forward campaigns for lifestyle, wellness and beauty brands and talent. With Ali at the helm, Be Social has been named one of Inc.’s fastest growing businesses spearheading influencer campaigns. Accolades, speaking engagements and press include Inc., PRWeek The Innovation 50, Forbes, Huffington Post, Fashion Monitor, The PR Closet, PR Couture, Bulldog Reporter, Daily Front Row, BW Confidential, The Holmes Report, America’s Beauty Show, and O’Dwyer PR.
Jolie Jankowitz
Influencer Marketing Consultant, FREELANCE
Shannae Ingleton
Head of Influencer Talent and Business Development, KENSINGTON GREY AGENCY
Shannae Ingleton Smith is a creator, strategist, and multihyphenate entrepreneur conquering the media space. She worked in sales for ten years managing multimillion-dollar portfolios for some of Canada’s largest media conglomerates. Setting her sights on social media, Ingleton Smith left the company to build a dedicated following of over 70,000 supporters as @TorontoShay, creating content in the beauty, fashion, and lifestyle spaces. Fueled by her own experiences as a Black creator, she then founded the influencer management agency, Kensington Grey, alongside her husband in 2019 – amassing thousands of successful campaigns and representing the world’s top Black and Brown creators. Her most important role by far is that of loving wife to Sean and Mom to her daughter Kensington.