ProSocial Summit

Raja Rajamannar is leading Mastercard’s innovative marketing transformation, including the development of its Priceless experiential platforms and the creation and deployment of cutting-edge marketing-led business models. He continues to evolve the brand’s identity, pioneering Mastercard’s transition to a symbol brand and launching its breakthrough sonic architecture.

Raja serves as President of the World Federation of Advertisers. In 2021, he was listed in the Top 5 of Forbes' World’s Most Influential CMOs and named Adweek’s Grand Brand Genius. He is among Business Insider’s Top 25 World’s Most Innovative CMOs and was recognized as the Association of National Advertisers Educational Foundation’s Marketer of the Year. He is the author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book "Quantum Marketing."

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Player Dynamics is the deliberate design of healthy social environments in digital products and communities. Weszt Hart’s mission is to help Riot Games and the world get good at it.

As the Head of Player Dynamics at Riot, Weszt leads a company-wide collective of teams and designers to foster multi-minded thinking and develop trailblazing solutions that help people play well together online.

His background is a rich mix of design disciplines, social product development, games, and rock music. Weszt is also an executive steering committee member of the Fair Play Alliance and a regular conference speaker.

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Dave Byrne is Global Head of Brand Safety & Industry Relations at TikTok, where he works with trade associations to improve the digital advertising ecosystem. Dave represents TikTok in discussions around building trustworthy and safe creative environments for brands. Previously, Dave worked at Google for 11 years in Dublin, London, and New York. Outside of TikTok, he is a startup mentor and runs storytelling workshops.

Sean is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Kinzoo, whose mission is to be the most trusted brand for incorporating technology into our children’s lives. In 2019, Sean wrote his book, "Screen Captured", to provide new and more productive ways for parents and families think about technology and screen time. Every two weeks, Sean publishes his newsletter, That Digital Dad, which explores the intersection of parenting and technology. Outside of work, Sean enjoys spending time with his wife and two children in the beautiful city of Vancouver.

Shana Sumers is the Senior Manager of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Communities at HubSpot. Shana has launched HubSpot’s first community for Black professionals, Black@INBOUND and oversees all DEI&B Community initiatives.

Previously, Shana was the Head of Community at the HER App, where she launched the app’s first community for LGBTQ+ folks, growing from 8 to 28 micro communities. Shana has spoken at multiple conferences, on podcasts and taught workshops around launching communities, DEI&B, leadership and more. When Shana isn’t building communities, she is an avid women’s sports fan, a Goldmember of the Beyhive and speaking on her podcast, Bad Queers.

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Craig oversees Nextdoor’s data engineering, BI, and IT teams. Before joining Nextdoor, Craig was Head of Business Platform Engineering at Square. Prior to that, Craig held leadership roles at Silicon Graphics, VeriSign, and Oracle. Craig is from Canada, has lived in Switzerland and now lives in Northern California with his wife and two children.

Dr. Kimberly Voll (she/her) is a researcher, developer and designer specialising in digital social dynamics. In 2017 she co-founded the Fair Play Alliance, a global coalition of over 250 companies united in improving development practices to foster healthier, more inclusive gaming spaces. As part of her research, Kim co-authored the Disruption and Harms in Gaming Framework in collaboration with the FPA and ADL. She also spent several years at Riot Games as a principal designer where she led the company’s player-dynamics strategy. Formerly, Kim holds a PhD in computer science/AI and an Honours degree in cognitive science.

Julie is an authority in digital age and identity policy, ethics and governance, she represents Yoti at the World Economic Forum Global Coalition for Digital Safety, WeProtect Global Alliance, IEEE SA Children’s Advisory Group, OSTIA Online Safety Tech Industry Association. She is a member of the IEEE and ISO age verification standards development working groups.
Julie served on the Oversight Board for the Ada Lovelace Citizens Biometric Council and is the Yoti Project Member of SPRITE+ - Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust in the Digital Economy.

Dr. Sameer Hinduja is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. He is recognized internationally for his groundbreaking work on the subjects of cyberbullying and safe social media use, concerns that have paralleled the exponential growth in online communication by young people. He has written seven books, and his interdisciplinary research is widely published and cited in a number of peer-reviewed academic journals. As a noted speaker and expert on teens and social media use, Dr. Hinduja also trains students, educators, parents, mental health professionals, and other youth workers how to promote the positive use of technology. In addition, he is frequently asked to provide expert commentary by news organizations, and his work has been featured in venues that include CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, NPR’s All Things Considered, the BBC, and The New York Times. He has received Auburn University’s Global Anti-Bullying Hero Award, won Florida Atlantic University’s Researcher of the Year award, presented on cyberbullying at a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill, testified in front of the Attorney General and the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security, and served as a Fulbright Specialist Scholar at Dublin City University. Dr. Hinduja is also the Co-Founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Bullying Prevention, a peer-reviewed journal from Springer. You can follow him on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @hinduja.

Jamie Cohen is the Head of Education for Digital Void, an internet literacies project that bridge the gap between digital life and everyday culture. Jamie holds a PhD in Cultural and Media Studies specializing in memes and digital culture. He founded and formerly directed a higher education internet studies degree and leads teams of students in immersive digital production design projects in Rome, Italy. Jamie is an assistant professor of Media Studies at CUNY Queens College.

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Roo Powell is an award-winning writer, child advocate, and founder of SOSA, a non-profit committed to raising awareness and combating the pervasiveness of online child sex abuse and exploitation. Powell and her work with SOSA are featured in Undercover Underage, a six-part docuseries on Discovery.