Maryam Banikarim

As a Global Chief Marketing Officer, Maryam has shown organizations such as Hyatt, Gannett, NBCUniversal and Univision how to shift mindsets and grow – always utilizing purpose driven change as her tool-set. Most recently, she was a member of the executive committee at Hyatt where she elevated the organization by mobilizing colleagues, launching brands and businesses, reimagining and rebuilding the loyalty program, and establishing unprecedented partnerships. Maryam’s work demonstrates how to define your purpose, differentiate your brand, make the case for change, rally the troops internally and share it with the world. Currently she is a member of the Samsung Retail Advisory Board, an executive advisor to Cove Hill Partners, an Executive in Residence at Columbia University and the board chair of the press advocacy group, Reporters without Borders USA.