AMA Leadership

Robin Tooms – Chairperson

Term: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2027

Robin Tooms has spent her 20+-year professional career ascending from a variety of roles – from creative and design, to leading strategy for clients and serving as a virtual CMO, to an in-house CMO for a leading financial institution. As an innovative marketer, she has deep expertise in areas including B2B, corporate and product branding, digital marketing and marketing automation, and integrated brand and marketing strategies. Over the years, she has gained a reputation for driving initiatives that capture millions of dollars in brand value and new revenue opportunities.

Tooms firmly believes that everyone has a responsibility to support the community that helped their personal and professional success. Her mission has been twofold: create awareness and value for our design and marketing communities, and to support the organizations and students that will shape the next generation of professionals. To do this, she regularly volunteers for board and leadership positions with organizations, including the American Marketing Association (AMA).

She holds an MBA with a concentration in Marketing Management from Rice University, in addition to a BFA in Graphic Communications from the University of Houston.

Tiffany White – Chairperson-Elect

Term: 7/1/2024 – 6/30/2028

Tiffany Barnett White is Professor of Business Administration and Advertising and Bruce and Anne Strohm Faculty Fellow in the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. She serves as Academic Director of the Master of Science in Management program at Gies and Faculty Athletics Representative for the University of Illinois. She received a Ph.D. in marketing from Duke University and BS and MS degrees in Advertising from the University of Illinois.

Her research addresses affective and behavioral aspects of consumer-brand relationships with a particular emphasis on the drivers and outcomes of consumer (dis)trust. White has presented on the topic of branding and brand strategy to national and international audiences. Her research on the “Brand Connected Consumer” is a featured TEDx presentation. She is an award-winning teacher and is consistently featured on the University-wide list of faculty rated as excellent by their students. 

White served as Secretary-Treasurer for the Society for Consumer Psychology, At-Large Director for the Association for Consumer Research and as ACR Co-Chair. She is a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Consumer Psychology, the Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, and the Journal of Service Research.

Peter Barber – Secretary

Term: 7/1/2026 – 6/30/2029

Peter Barber is a marketing and branding leader recognized for success in the nonprofit, higher education and retail marketing sectors. He has served in numerous AMA volunteer roles since 2011 and is past chair of the AMA Higher Education Marketing Symposium and the AMA Nonprofit Marketing Conference.

Peter’s professional experience includes leadership roles with a number of prestigious marketing and advertising companies, including Lipman Hearne, DDB, Campbell Mithun, Budget Car & Truck Rental, and the Leo Burnett Company. His success includes experience supporting some of the most well-known brands in the country, including McDonald’s, Procter & Gamble, Ace Hardware, Rutgers University, Weber Grills, and Black & Decker.

Peter has most recently served as Vice President of Marketing and Brand for Trout Unlimited, a conservation nonprofit. He is a graduate and active alumni of Drake University and is a recent transplant to North Carolina (by way of Chicago).

Jeff Lupinacci – Treasurer

Term: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026

Jeff Lupinacci is a diverse and well-rounded financial executive. Jeff has extensive experience at Interpublic Group and Omnicom. And has held positions as the Global CFO of media, creative and public relations divisions with annual revenues exceeding $1.6 billion. He has led many M&A/Private Equity transactions in the US and in various international markets. In addition, Jeff has led many of the initiatives to dramatically improve profit margins while leading financial systems conversions and business transformation processes.

Jeff began his career at JP Morgan Chase & Co. and hold a Bachelor of Arts degree from Providence College.

Jeff currently lives in Manhattan, NY with his family.

Michael Brady – Immediate Past-Chairperson

Term: 7/1/2022 – 6/30/2026

Michael (“Mike”) Brady is the The Rockwood Professor of Marketing and Assistant Provost, Rockwood School of Marketing at Florida State University. He is also an affiliated faculty member or honorary professor at six universities around the world. Mike’s primary research interest lies at the intersection of customers and employees in frontline service transactions. He has published articles in many top scholarly journals, and his research articles have been cited over 30,000 times to date.

Mike has won numerous awards for research, teaching, and service, including the Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions to the Service Discipline Award. He is past president of the AMA Academic Council and a current member of the AMA Board of Directors. Mike is an editorial review board member for Journal of Marketing, area editor for Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and just completed a four-year term as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Service Research.

Hami Vo Arrington – AMA Foundation Chair

Term: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026

Hami Vo Arrington is a founder of One Foot Over, a strategy-first B2B marketing agency rethinking how tech and industrial manufacturing companies grow in the age of AI. Under her leadership, the agency has evolved beyond traditional deliverables to build AI-powered systems that help marketing teams move faster, operate smarter, and drive results that matter. From messaging and SEO to HubSpot automation and AI integration, One Foot Over helps in-house teams get unstuck, align around strategy, and scale with clarity.

Hami holds a BA in Public Relations and Marketing and an MBA in Marketing from Georgia State University. She is the Chair of the American Marketing Association Foundation and a past president of AMA Houston and the Women’s Masters Network. She currently serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas and Leadership Houston. Hami was also selected as an Ambassador for Cohort 26 of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program in Houston.

A passionate advocate for empowering women, Hami supports women’s leadership at every stage—from building confidence to building companies. She has spoken at organizations including the Asian Chamber of Commerce, Alert Logic Women’s Group, Gulf Coast Young Women’s Leadership Symposium, Dress for Success Houston, Rice University’s Jones Graduate School Women in Leadership Conference, TaxAct Tour, ACG Houston, and the Governor’s Small Business Forum for Women – Gulf Coast.

Angela Brutsche

Term: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026

Angela Brutsché is Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Texas REALTORS®, an association representing more than 150,000 members. With extensive experience in the field of association management, Angela has consistently led initiatives that positively influence the communities she serves through education, advocacy and innovation. Prior to her current role, Angela worked to expand the reach of benefits to military veterans as Deputy Director of the Texas Veterans Land Board.

Her contributions to the marketing profession encompass a broad range of activities, including mentorship, public speaking and committee service. She is a past president of AMA Austin and the AMA Professional Chapters Council. In 2020, Angela was named AMA Chapter Volunteer of the Year.

She is a member of the McCoy College of Business Marketing Department Advisory Board at Texas State University and regularly volunteers for the Texas Society of Association Executives. Angela holds an MBA and is a Certified Association Executive (CAE).

Christine Mathers

Term: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026

Christine Mathers is Head of Global Communications and Brand for Noble Corporation, a leading offshore drilling contractor. In this role, Christine is responsible for the Company’s internal and external communications and brand strategy, including crisis response.

Prior to joining Noble, Christine served as Head of Marketing for Worldwide Oilfield Machine, a pressure containment technology company in the energy sector. She served on the Company’s leadership team, providing strategic direction for the global organization.

For seven years, Christine was Vice President of Marketing and Communications for AFGlobal, a technology specialist for the oil and gas industry. In this role, Christine was responsible for positioning the company for growth and building a brand presence for the enterprise across multiple markets.

Christine joined AFGlobal from escalating leadership roles for Baker Hughes and Weatherford International over 20+ years.

Christine is a lifetime member of the AMA. In addition to serving on the Board, Christine previously led the AMA Professional Chapters Council. She began her AMA journey at a local level, ultimately serving as Chapter President for AMA Houston in 2005-06, for which Houston was named AMA’s Chapter of the Year.

Christine holds a master’s degree in marketing from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.

Eli Jones

Term: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026

Dr. Eli Jones is a Professor of Marketing, Lowry and Peggy Mays Eminent Scholar, and the former Dean of Mays Business School at his alma mater, Texas A&M University. He served as the Dean of three flagship business schools over 13 years. Dean of Mays Business School (2015-2021), Dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and holder of the Sam M. Walton Leadership Chair at the University of Arkansas (2012-2015), and as Dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business and the E. J. Ourso Distinguished Professor of Business at Louisiana State University (2008-2012). Prior to becoming a dean, he was on the faculty at the University of Houston as an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor with tenure, Full Professor, Associate Dean for Executive Education Programs, Director of the Program for Excellence in Selling, and founding Executive Director of the Sales Excellence Institute at the University of Houston in the Bauer College of Business.

He has published sales and sales management research in top academic journals and is a co-author of three professional books, Selling ASAP: Art, Science, Agility, and Performance; Strategic Sales Leadership: Breakthrough Thinking for Breakthrough Results; and a forthcoming book, Making Differences Work. His solo-authored book, Run Toward Your Goliaths, is about his and his wife’s faith journey and is meant to encourage a new generation of leaders to persevere in spite of major obstacles. His academic publications have been cited more than 9,000 times, according to Google Scholar. He is the recipient of Excellence in Teaching awards on the university, national, and international levels having taught strategic selling, advanced professional selling, key accounts selling, sales leadership, and marketing strategy at the undergraduate, MBA levels and in executive education programs. Before becoming a professor, Jones worked in sales and sales management for three Fortune 500 global companies. He is currently on the boards of Invesco Funds, Insperity, First Financial Bank, and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

In 2016, the AMA Sales Special Interest Group awarded Dr. Jones the Lifetime Achievement Award for sustained contributions to the sales and sales management discipline. In 2021, he was honored with recognition by Savoy magazine as a “Most Influential Black Corporate Director” in business today, and the Texas A&M University Black Former Students honored him with the Aggie Impact Award for making a global impact in his community and profession. In 2022, AMA awarded Dr. Jones the prestigious AMA-Irwin-McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award for distinguished service and outstanding contributions in marketing education. In the same year, the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) awarded Dr. Jones its prestigious Distinguished Marketing Educator Award. His mission is to bridge academia and business, and, as evidence, his alma mater recognized Jones as an outstanding doctoral student alumnus in 2009 and an outstanding business alumnus in April 2022. He also is one of 12 recipients in the TAMU System to be awarded the Chancellor’s Medal for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which was presented in the Spring of 2022.

Matt Witt

Term: 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026

Matthew is a marketing and digital innovation executive with extensive experience building and leading global teams to drive creative transformation across industries. As a national leader for Deloitte Digital’s Digital Experience capability, he partners with designers, strategists, engineers, and storytellers to deliver award-winning customer experiences that empower clients to compete in today’s marketplace. Previously, Matthew was General Manager of Deloitte Digital’s Chicago studio, where he tripled the office’s size.

Before Deloitte, he served as VP, Director of Creative Innovation at VML, leading transformative campaigns for clients in financial services, hospitality, retail, and more. He later became EVP of Brand Experiences at Trisect, where he transformed the agency into a data-powered creative company and helped drive its successful acquisition.

Matthew is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a Webby Awards judge, and a mentor for the Blackstone Launchpad program. His work has been recognized by SXSW, the Effies, the Clios, and others. He holds an MFA from USC and a BA from William & Mary, and lives in Chicago with his family.

John Kennedy

Term: 7/1/2024 – 6/30/2027

John is the Managing Partner of The Sorium Group, a boutique strategic marketing consultancy that partners with companies on the frontier of their industries. John is active in the early-stage venture community where he participates as an advisor/consultant, fractional CMO and investor.

Prior to going out on his own, John had an almost three-decade marketing career in b2b technology, culminating as a senior marketing and communications leader at several Fortune 100 brands. Notable leadership positions included: founding CMO of Conduent (formerly Xerox Services); CMO of Xerox; and a range of senior positions at IBM, including CMO of Global Business Services (now IBM Consulting), VP of Corporate Marketing and CMO of two geography units: Americas and Asia-Pacific. 

John began his marketing career at Procter & Gamble in Brand Management working on both market leading brands like Downy Fabric Softener and classics like Spic n’ Span Floor Cleaner.  

John received his MBA from Harvard University. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to sitting on the AMA Board, John sits on several private company boards in the b2b technology and software sectors.

Nadya Kohl

Term: 7/1/2024 – 6/30/2027

Nadya Kohl is an award-winning business leader, domain expert, and seasoned operator with over 25 years of experience in driving top and bottom line business growth by harnessing data, analytics, marketing and technology for premier Media, Retail, Consumer Products, and Technology organizations. She is also a frequent industry speaker and commentator on data-driven digital marketing, customer analytics, privacy compliant identity management, location intelligence, business management, and “women in business” topics.

In addition to her active presence in the high-growth data and technology industries, she also currently serves on the Advisory Boards of early-stage data companies.

Nadya’s entre- and intrapreneurial background highlights her ability to innovate at the intersection of data, technology and consumers – and to develop the next generation of experts. Most recently, Nadya served as Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Data Services/Decision Sciences at Volta Charging. Acquired by Shell [NYSE: SHEL] in 2023, Volta was the industry-leading electric vehicle charging and media company, and a key player in driving toward a clean energy future. As Volta’s first ever Chief Marketing Officer, she designed and delivered a successful commercial marketing growth engine -for multiple vertical markets- from “scratch” for the 10-year-old late stage start up. She also created the company’s first growth-aligned data strategy, developed and launched novel product offerings, and transformed Volta’s Data and Decision Sciences capabilities. 

Her leadership delivered strong top line growth, created new data monetization revenue streams, increased brand awareness of the benefits of a carbon-neutral charging and media network, established new client-centric content franchises, retained top talent, and set a foundation for continued growth in key markets. 

Prior to joining Volta Charging, Nadya directed Business Development, Data Sales, Channel Partnerships and Marketing at PlaceIQ, the leader in geolocation intelligence. Previous to that, Nadya held multiple positions overseeing corporate strategy, business development, digital platforms and for Experian’s Marketing Services $1B global business, where she co-founded Experian’s global Audience Services platform – a pillar of the digital marketing economy today. 

A fluent Spanish speaker, Nadya was the President of the Latin American Business Group and the Co-Chair of the International Business Group during her MBA studies at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She remains actively involved with her alma mater. She earned her BBA in Economics with a minor in Philosophy, cum laude, from Loyola University of Chicago. 

A native of Chicago, Nadya has adopted the New York metro area as her current home. She enjoys traveling with her husband and two children, mentoring young professionals, and actively volunteering for organizations focused on poverty alleviation.

Maura Scott

Term: 7/1/2024 – 6/30/2027

Maura L. Scott is Professor of Marketing and Edward M. Carson Chair in Services Marketing at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. Maura’s research interests include consumer and societal well-being, public policy, and services marketing. Her research examines how to help improve consumers’ financial and health decisions, particularly among underrepresented, marginalized, and vulnerable populations.

Maura is Co-Editor of the Journal of Marketing. Maura was previously joint Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing. She has served as Associate/Area Editor for the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. In addition to serving on the AMA Board of Directors, she is a Past President of the AMA’s Academic Council and has served on the Board of Directors for ACR.

Maura won the Society for Consumer Psychology’s 2024 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. Maura has won the Kinnear Best Paper Award (JPP&M), the Weitz-Winer-O’Dell Award (JMR), the AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Award for Responsible Research. Maura is an MSI Academic Fellow.

Maura’s industry background includes marketing roles at 3M, Dial Corporation, and Motorola. She enjoys mentoring and has been actively involved in the PhD Project for many years. She won the Williams-Qualls-Spratlen Award for Multicultural Mentoring.

Andrea Dixon

Term: 7/1/2025 – 6/30/2028

Since 2009, Dixon grew the impact of Baylor’s ProSales major from eight to 201 students (while increasing average GPA from 2.7 to 3.66). She expanded corporate partnerships from $15K to $430K/year, contributing $2M+ to endowment. Her competency-based model allows for guaranteed placement for Seniors and Junior-level internships.

Dixon has published in JM, HBR, Organizational Science, JAMS, EJM, JPSSM, JME, and Leadership Quarterly. Her research in JM was the 2002 award-winner. She co-authored Strategic Sales Leadership and Sales Management (3rd E.). Dixon served as a Regional Editor for EJM and serves on the ERBs for JPSSM, JBR, JMTP, JBBM, and JME.

Key awards include AMA’s Sales SIG Lifetime Achievement Award (2024); Cornelia Marschall Smith Award (2020) for superlative contributions in teaching, research, and service; Piper Professor (2023) (top 10 Texas professors); AMA’s Sales SIG Teaching Award (2014);  AMS Marketing Teacher Award winner (2008).

Dixon co-chaired Winter AMA Educators (2007), Global Sales Science Institute (2012; 2017), and 3M Frontline Sales Conferences (2012; 2016). Board service includes AMA Academic Council, NCSM, and GSSI. She served as President for AMA Sales SIG and the University Sales Center Alliance. At Baylor, she chaired the President’s Task Force on Alternative Revenue, co-chaired the Presidential Search Committee, and was a Faculty Regent.

Shrihari Sridhar

Term: 7/1/2025 – 6/30/2028

Shrihari (Hari) Sridhar is Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Marketing at Mays Business School, where he holds the Joe Foster ’56 Chair in Business Leadership. His research examines the financial and socio-economic impact of marketing strategy, with applications in B2B/sales, healthcare, media, education, and online platforms.

Dr. Sridhar is a former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Marketing and is serving as Associate Editor for Journal of Marketing and  Journal of Marketing Research. His work has appeared in top journals and been featured in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Forbes, Fox News, NPR, and Reuters.

His honors include the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award, AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Award, and recognition as an MSI Scholar and ISBM Distinguished Research Fellow. At Texas A&M, he was named Presidential Impact Fellow and Chancellor’s EDGES Fellow.

An award-winning teacher, Dr. Sridhar co-authored Focus and Marketing Strategy: Based on First Principles and Data Analytics. He has advised firms such as Microsoft, Dow, Schlumberger, and Sysco.

He previously held faculty positions at Michigan State and Penn State. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, M.S. from Missouri-Rolla, and B.E. from R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore.

Karen Winterich

Term: 7/1/2025 – 6/30/2028

Karen is the Gerald I. Susman Professor in Sustainability and Professor of Marketing in the Smeal College of Business, Penn State University. She conducts research in consumer behavior, studying the effect of consumer identities on donations and strategies for increasing sustainable behavior particularly regarding disposition, reuse, and repair.   

Her research is published in JMR, JM, and JCR, among others, and has received the MSI/H. Paul Root Award and the AMA-EBSCO Responsible Research in Marketing Award. She serves as Co-Editor for the Journal of Marketing Research and previously served as Associate Editor at JMR, JM, and JCP. Karen is the Past President of the AMA Academic Council and received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Consumer Psychology as well as being named an MSI Young Scholar in 2013 and MSI Scholar in 2020. She enjoys teaching sustainability marketing, which she developed in 2013 as part of Smeal’s Sustainability Education Initiatives. For the course, she partners with a variety of clients to give students experience addressing sustainability challenges. In 2022, she received the Smeal Impact Teaching Award.

Winterich received her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007 and was previously on the faculty at Texas A&M University.