Speakers
Speakers
Jessica Decembrele T’12
Global Head of TV and Claims Strategy - YouTube & Video
Jessica is responsible for driving Google's global ad revenue sourced from brand building advertising, with a particular focus on accelerating the shift from TV to digital video advertising. She partners with leaders across product, sales & engineering to set the monetization strategy for YouTube, determine product-market fit, and develop and execute the commercial go-to-market strategy for ads products globally. She has been at Google/YouTube for almost 12 years, spending the last 7 years in this capacity driving global product strategy and the prior 4 years in sales, partnering with Google's largest retail customers on their marketing strategies. Jessica graduated from the Tuck School of Business in 2012 and received her BA from Tufts University in 2006. Despite not being able to escape New England winters, Jessica lives in the Boston suburbs and enjoys spending time outside with her three young children and husband.
Hilary Halper T’07
Chief Financial Officer - Nestlé Nespresso
Hilary currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Nestlé Nespresso SA, based in Switzerland. Prior to joining Nespresso, Hilary was the Group Co-Chief Financial Officer at EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. Hilary has also held investment banking and corporate development positions at companies such as EY, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, and GSK. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business and Spanish from Trinity University, and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Tara Pyle T’12
Senior Vice President, skinbetter science Brand Integration - L'Oréal
Tara is a senior vice president at L’Oréal, leading the integration of skinbetter science, a recently acquired medical aesthetic skincare brand. Tara began her career at L’Oréal in the MBA Management Development Program and has since served in a variety of roles at the company, including as head of marketing for the SkinCeuticals, Dermablend, and essie brands. In addition, Tara was appointed as the U.S. Active Cosmetics division’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) leader, launching DE&I initiatives related to internal employee engagement, employee education, and external stakeholder engagement. Tara has a bachelor’s degree in art history from Vassar College, and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Peggy Reid T’98
Global Director, Circularity Economy and GM, Nike Grind - Nike
Peggy leads Nike’s global circularity strategies aimed at reducing, reusing, and recycling footwear, apparel, and packaging waste across Nike’s supply chain from product manufacturing to the consumer. She is also the General Manager of Nike Grind, the footwear industry’s first and longest-standing recycling business. She has worked in sustainable innovation and social entrepreneurship for over 20 years. Prior to joining Nike, she oversaw grantmaking and investing at The Lemelson Foundation and led the Center for Social Innovation’s MBA programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has published in MIT’s Innovations journal and The New York Times and presented at Circular Economy 100, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, MIT, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, the Aspen institute, and the Clinton Global Initiative. Peggy earned her MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business and a Master’s in Theology from Harvard University.
Anne Thompson T’09
Chief Marketing Officer - Nutiva
Anne is an innovator, brand builder, and strategist. Since 2020 she's been CMO at Nutiva, an organic culinary and superfoods company, where she led a total brand redesign, launched new items across three categories, and drove the Amazon business turnaround. Before joining Nutiva Anne led marketing for PE-backed Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods (sold in 2019 for 4X revenues); prior to that she spent 8 years in marketing at General Mills, most notably growing their Natural & Organic snacks portfolio. Later this month she is excited to start a new adventure as CMO of The Honey Pot, a high-growth feminine wellness brand. Anne moved back to the Upper Valley last summer and now lives in Lyme, NH with her husband and two children. Above all else, Anne is an optimist and a futurist who believes people really can achieve anything they set their minds to.