Peter Eliopoulos

Peter J. Eliopoulos is a Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Eliopoulos oversees the bank’s Marketing and Communication department, as well as the Office of the Customer Advocate.   He began his career as a Management Associate with Citibank, and then spent 10 years with the management consultant firms of A.T. Kearney and Mitchell Madison Group, where he advised financial services and media companies on strategic growth and organizational improvement initiatives. In 2003, Eliopoulos returned to Citibank as Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing, where he managed the bank’s marketing and advertising programs. In 2005, he assumed the additional role of North American Sales Director.   Eliopoulos holds a Masters of Business Administration from NYU Stern School of Business, and Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.   Eliopoulos is committed to the development and success of the arts community. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Friend of BUTI (Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and has been a member of the New York Philharmonic society. He also serves on the NYU Stern Alumni Board and is an active member of the Hellenic American Bankers Association (HABA).

Debbie Brown

Debbie is a B2B global marketing leader in FinTech. She has managed teams around the world for many leading technology and financial services firms - helping them to grow market share and brand awareness in new markets. Debbie in a UK national and joint citizen of the EU and US.

Justin Garrett

Justin Garrett is on Chase’s Brand Team, leading key initiatives that fulfill the brand promise, deliver leads across multiple consumer products, and pushes JPMorgan Chase’s boundaries in innovation, media partnerships (theSkimm, Vox, others), content marketing, and social media. His consumer-centered focus is on making financial health understandable and actionable, which proves to be impactful for the brand and business. He also heads up brand and advertising for the Chase Slate card, one of Chase’s largest credit card portfolios. Justin has worked in the intersection of digital and financial services for the past decade. As an account strategy director at digital agency Rosetta (Publicis), he worked with a handful of JPMC’s competitors to transform their digital and mobile presence. And as a digital marketer with Citi’s ThankYou Rewards program, he helped launch and grow an enterprise-wide rewards currency. He holds a BA in History from Columbia University and an MBA from the Zicklin School of Business. He can be found at work in midtown Manhattan, at home in Brooklyn, and on most social platforms @jggnyc.

Ginger Conlon

Ginger Conlon, chief content strategist at CustomerAlchemy.net, has covered marketing, sales, and customer service strategies and technologies for more than 25 years. She has served as chief editor of Direct Marketing News, 1to1, and CRM magazines. Ginger was honored with a Silver Apple lifetime achievement award for her contributions to the marketing industry, and was cited as a “Top 100 Most Social Customer Service Pros on Twitter” and a “Top 25 CRM Influencers You Should Be Following.”  

Thorin McGee

Editor in Chief, Target Marketing

Thorin McGee is Editor-in-Chief of Target Marketing, a monthly magazine and online publishing operation that is the authoritative source for direct marketing best practices and advice. He oversees editorial direction and product development for all Target Marketing products, including its magazine, website, daily e-newsletter, e-learning programs and live events. Since joining the Target Marketing Group in 2007 with Catalog Success (Now Retail Online Integration), Thorin has written and spoken about a wide variety of marketing topics. That work includes conducting the annual Media Usage Forecast and Top 50 Mailers research projects, and hosting frequent webinars and events for the direct marketing community.