2025 Advisory Board
FEI: Front End of Innovation is grateful to the experts from world-leading companies who work closely with us to ensure that the keynotes, tracks and sessions are timely, illustrative and meet the needs of a combination of innovation disciplinarians and corporate change makers.
Liza Sanchez
Vice President, R&D, Proctor & Gamble
Christian Saclier
Vice President Design Innovation, PepsiCo
Milan Ivosevic
Vice President of R&D and Innovation, CooperSurgical
Tammy Butterworth
Product Innovation Director, Welch's
Leslie Shannon
Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting, Nokia
Mike Hatrick
Vice President IP Strategy & Portfolio, Volvo Group
Oscar Barranco Liebana
Enterprise Innovation Program Director, Qatar Research, Development and Innovation (QRDI) Council
Katharine English
Head of Innovation Programs, Global Engineering Excellence, Google
Dakota Crow
Head of Innovation Programs, US Bank
Miranda Helmer
Vice President, Product Development & Regulatory at Albertson's
Michele Sandoval
Director of Innovation, E.J. Gallo Winery
Cherie Leonard
Senior Director, Head of North America Insights, Colgate-Palmolive
Marci Ruman
Global Innovation Strategist, Kimberly Clark
Michelle Wee
Food Trend Director, Global Strategy and Innovation, Ferrero
Carley Hart
Director of Partnerships, Runway Startups, Cornell Tech
Serene Hamsho
President, American Offshore Wind Academy
Harsh Wardhan
Innovation Lead, Design Strategist, Google
Su-Feng Kuo
Senior Director of Global Client Insights and Analytics, Visa
Kaja Trejak
Senior Manager, UX Research, Charles Schwab
Donald High
Chief Data Scientist, IRS
Jhansi Kandasamy
Executive Director Net Zero Program, INL
Keith Crossland
CEO/Co-Founder, Carbon Negative Solutions
Samantha Johnson
CEO, Tatum Robotics
Nevada Sanchez
Co-Founder and VP of Core Technology Engineering, Butterfly Network, Inc.