Chief Marketing & Growth Officer, AT&T Inc.
Kellyn is an award-winning global executive known for her analytical horsepower, razor-sharp customer insight, and her unique ability to lead and inspire diverse, high-performance teams.
Kellyn serves as the Chief Marketing & Growth Officer of AT&T, responsible for accelerating customer acquisition, increasing customer lifetime value, and strengthening AT&T’s premium position. She oversees advertising, brand, media planning and strategy, market research and insights, competitive and customer intelligence, and strategic partnerships.
Kellyn and her team have simplified the organization’s end-to-end marketing operations, expanded and modernized their capabilities, and launched several high performing, insights-driven advertising campaigns. Kellyn is recognized for her expertise in building meaningful, long-lasting connections to customers, and for inspiring a more customer-centric, purpose-driven culture at AT&T.
Prior to AT&T, Kellyn served as the global Chief Marketing Officer at Hilton Worldwide, where she led marketing for the company’s 18 trading brands, and the Hilton Honors loyalty program with 106 million members across 120 countries and 6,000 hotels. Before Hilton, Kellyn held senior positions at Uber Technologies, Capital One Financial, and Microsoft Corporation.
Kellyn serves as Board Chair of the MMA, and as a Board Member for AdCouncil and ANA. She is among a select class of leaders to be named a Henry Crown Fellow by the Aspen Institute. Kellyn has been recognized for marketing innovation, effectiveness and leadership by Forbes, Fortune, Adweek, and more. Her marketing and advertising campaigns have won multiple EFFIE Awards, CLIOs, Cannes Lions, and SHORTY Awards.
Kellyn has her undergraduate degree in Economics with a minor in Computer Science from Colgate University, and an MBA in Management & Strategy, Decision Analytics, and Marketing from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.