About Speaker

Jeffrey has over 25 years of experience leading creative business teams at the intersection of entertainment, technology, culture, and brand marketing. He specializes in innovative creative strategies and programming, and guiding teams through uncharted territory. He currently holds leadership roles at GATHR, a direct-to-audience media technology company, and non-profit organization Bridge Entertainment Labs, where he works with storytellers and studios to depolarize the country through the power of entertainment. He also serves as an Advisor in Residence for Sundance Institute’s Story Forum and a Distribution Branch Governor for the Future Film Coalition. Previously, Jeffrey led partner marketing for virtual events and audio storytelling at Meta, served as Head of Virtual Reality Content at Warner Bros. Discovery, oversaw Brand Strategy and Alliances at Broad Green Pictures, and was Co-President of Gen Art, where he ran the Gen Art Film Festival for over a decade. Throughout his career Jeffrey has collaborated with numerous film studios, pioneering technology start-ups and blue chip brands on content, product and program launches through culture-driven campaigns, including Acura, American Express, Canon, Delta Air Lines, Google, MySpace, Paramount, REI, Starbucks, and Warner Brothers. He began his career in research at Miramax Films and the trend-forecasting firm Youth Intelligence (acquired by CAA).