CommerceNext Names Jill Dvorak as Chief Content Officer and Brings on 11 New Advisors

2023 Conference Scheduled for June 20–21 in New York City

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CommerceNext, a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands, today announced that Jill Dvorak is joining CommerceNext as Chief Content Officer. Also joining CommerceNext are 11 new advisors bringing the advisory board to a group of 49 ecommerce leaders who provide critical feedback and guidance to ensure that conference programming and content are relevant and timely.

Dvorak joins CommerceNext from the National Retail Federation (NRF) where she was VP, Content and Retail Strategy and led the NRF Digital and NRF Marketing Executives Councils. Dvorak will oversee the development of industry-leading content across CommerceNext’s annual conference, executive summit, webinars and more. “Jill brings a wealth of knowledge and industry relationships to CommerceNext,” said CommerceNext Co-Founder Veronika Sonsev. “She has an amazing track record of creating marketing and ecommerce content that inspires and educates — our community will benefit greatly from her leadership in this new role.”

CommerceNext, ranked no. 277 in Advertising & Marketing companies on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America, also announced that its 2023 Ecommerce Growth Show will be held June 20–21 at the New York Hilton Midtown. More than 1,600 ecommerce and retail industry executives are expected to attend CommerceNext in 2023, which will be 40% larger than last year and will span two floors of the New York Hilton Midtown.

“We’re thrilled for CommerceNext to bring the best event in ecommerce back to New York City, the heart of commerce,” said CommerceNext co-founder Scott Silverman. “The 2022 event broke records for attendance and satisfaction scores and we are excited to bring our community back together for more best-in-class education and networking.”

To help ensure the programming for the June 2023 summit is as relevant and valuable as possible, CommerceNext has added 11 new members to its board of advisors. “Comprising a diverse set of business types, the 49 members of the advisory board provide critical feedback and guidance to ensure that conference programming and content meet the most pressing needs of our audience,” said CommerceNext Co-Founder Allan Dick.

Below is the list of CommerceNext advisory board members:

Web Smith, Founder, 2PM
*Roberto Croce, SVP Global Digital Commerce, American Eagle Outfitters
Eric Gohs, SVP of Performance Marketing + Digital, Ascena
*Sara Varni, CMO, Attentive
*Jeff Gerstel, CMO, B&H Photo
Liesel Walsh, SVP Marketing & Customer Experience, Boston Proper
Sarah Bowman, VP of Global Brand & Experience, Botify
Joe Megibow, CEO, Bright Cellars
Elyse Burack, Head of Consumer Marketing, Capsule
Lev Peker, CEO, Carlotz
Emily Hickey, Co-Founder & CEO, Chief Detective Growth Consulting
Vivian Chang, VP Growth, DTC, Clorox
Matt Gehring, CMO, Dutch
Ekta Chopra, Chief Digital Officer, E.L.F. BEAUTY
Amy Africa, CEO, Eight By Eight
Doug Jensen, SVP, GTM Analytics and Learning Center of Excellence, Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
*Brian Seewald, SVP, Ecommerce, EXPRESS
Sunil Kaki, CMO, FIGS
*Todd Lehr, CTO, FIGS
Geoff Sanders, CMO, Firstleaf
Charlie Cole, CEO, FTD
Bree Casart, Head of Digital, Hanna Andersson
Shawna Hausman, CMO, Health-E Commerce
*Derek Yarbrough, CMO, J.Crew Group
*Sarah Rasmusen, Chief Customer Officer, Lands' End
Qun Wei, Head of Analytics, Lemonade
Scott Ableman, frmr CMO, LevelFields
*Andrew Fried, SVP, Direct to Consumer, Mint Mobile
Suruchi Shukla, Vice President Marketing, Minted
Emily Culp, Board Member, Mizzen + Main, Stio & Cordial
George Khachatryan, CEO, OfferFit
*Julie Evans, VP and CMO, Omaha Steaks
Angela Hsu, CMO, Overstock
Barkha Saxena, Chief Data Officer, Poshmark
David Cost, VP of Digital and Ecommerce, Rainbow
*Jenna Flateman Posner, CDO, SNIPES
Liana Thompson, Vice President, Global Ecommerce, Stuart Weitzman
Noam Paransky, Chief Omni and Innovation Officer, Tapestry
Jason Nickel, SVP of Marketing, Ten Thousand
Mike Lackman, CEO, Trade Coffee
*Billy May, Retail CEO and Board Member, Executive Chair, Board of Directors, Trademark Partners Global
Alex Waldman, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Universal Standard
Malena Higuera, General Manager, Urban Decay
Daren Hull, President, Vera Bradley
Sarah Henry, VP, Head of Content, Influencer, & Commerce , Walmart
Naomi Jacobs, Sr. Director, Head of Social, Walmart
Vijay Talwar, frmr CEO, Wish
Molly Bruttomesso, Senior VP of Customer Success, Wunderkind
Leslie Emmons Burthey, Head of E-Commerce, WW
Jon Mandell, frmr SVP, Global Membership Marketing & Commerce, WW

*Newly added

About CommerceNext

CommerceNext is a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands. In addition to the annual CommerceNext Ecommerce Growth Show and the esteemed CommerceNexty Awards program, CommerceNext also produces and hosts podcasts, webinars, industry research, an executive dinner series and an online community. Inc. Magazine named CommerceNext to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in 2022 and also named the CommerceNext Summit one of the Top 5 e-commerce conferences for 2019/2020. To learn more about CommerceNext, visit https://commercenext.com.