2026 RBS Marketing Summit Redefining the Modern Marketer: Tech Enabled. Human Powered.

An educational and networking event for Rutgers Business School students to learn from industry experts on how to thrive in the marketing landscape of tomorrow.

13 Nov
Price: FREE
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Rutgers Business School, 1 Washington Place, 7th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102

The role of today’s marketer is evolving at an unprecedented pace, shaped by the rapid rise of AI, automation, and advanced analytics. Yet success in this new landscape requires more than technical proficiency—it demands the ability to pair tool fluency with sound judgment, creativity, and meaningful human connection. Rutgers Business School’s 8th Annual Marketing Summit, “Redefining the Modern Marketer: Tech Enabled. Human Powered,” will explore this critical balance, offering attendees valuable insights into how technology and human execution intersect. Through a dynamic mix of keynote presentations, rotating expert sessions, structured networking, and hands-on afternoon programming, participants will hear directly from industry practitioners, including recent RBS graduates, navigating these changes in real time and leave better equipped to thrive in the modern marketing environment.


Agenda

TIME TOPIC
8:30 - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 - 9:10 amWelcome Remarks and Thank You’s by Saverina Anthony (MC)
9:10 - 9:20 amMarketing Department Overview and Intro of Dean Lei by Can Uslay
9:20 - 9:35 amOpening Remarks by Rutgers Business School Dean Lei
9:35 - 10:10 amMorning Keynote by Grace Dolan, President, Sharp Electronics, U.S.
10:15 - 11:45 am

Morning Expert Sessions

  • Brand Marketing  – Cheryl Thomas, Global Brand Director, Bayer Consumer Healthcare 
  • Growth Marketing  – Tenille Grant, Marketing Strategy Assoc., JP Morgan Chase  
  • Product Marketing – Lea Drumm, Senior Product Mgr, DeepIntent
     
11:50 - 12:50 pm

Applied Marketing Lab

  • AI + Human Judgment - Clarence Lee, Co-Founder, Eisengard AI
  • Insight to Action - Joe Frick, SVP of Growth at Goodway Group 
12:50 - 1:35 pmLunch
1:35 - 2:35 pmStructured Networking
2:35 - 3:40 pm

Career Forum

  • Valbona Koxha - Director of RBS SEER
  • Stephen Preval - Google, Assoc Product Mktg Mgr
  • Krystle Celestine - Brainlabs, Integrated Media Mgr
  • Allison Schneider - Ross Stores, College Reltn Mgr
  • Saverina Anthony - MODERATOR
3:40 - 3:45 pmEvent Close

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Price

This event is free.