{"id":2353718,"date":"2026-04-01T00:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2353718"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:36:01","slug":"pearlena-igbokwe-oliver-schusser-join-entertainment-marketing-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pearlena-igbokwe-oliver-schusser-join-entertainment-marketing-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearlena Igbokwe, Oliver Schusser Join Entertainment Marketing Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Variety<\/em> has announced\u00a0additional\u00a0speakers for the 2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/entertainment-marketing-summit\/\" id=\"auto-tag_entertainment-marketing-summit\" data-tag=\"entertainment-marketing-summit\">Entertainment Marketing Summit<\/a>, presented by Deloitte, on April 22 in Los Angeles. Speakers will include NBCU\u00a0Television\u00a0Chairman\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/pearlena-igbokwe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pearlena-igbokwe\" data-tag=\"pearlena-igbokwe\">Pearlena Igbokwe<\/a>;\u00a0Apple\u2019s VP of Music, TV, Sports, Podcasts, and Beats, Oliver Schusser;\u00a0supermodel\u00a0and entrepreneur\u00a0Ashley Graham and Netflix Games President Alain\u00a0Tascan.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Igbokwe, Chairman, Television Studios, NBC Entertainment &amp; Peacock Scripted, will\u00a0participate\u00a0in a keynote conversation with Cynthia Littleton, Co-Editor-in-Chief of <em>Variety<\/em>, speaking about the excitement for NBC as it celebrates its 100<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year anniversary as a storied TV brand.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Schusser,\u00a0VP Music, TV, Sports, Podcasts, and Beats at Apple, will speak to <em>Variety <\/em>reporter Steven Horowitz in a keynote conversation about Apple\u2019s vision for connecting with audiences, hot off its wildly popular Bad Bunny Superbowl Halftime Show.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Graham will join\u00a0Natasha\u00a0Bolouki,\u00a0Partner\u00a0and Agent, UTA, to chat about \u201cThe Power of Partnership,\u201d moderated by Jennifer Maas,\u00a0Senior TV Business and Games Reporter, <em>Variety<\/em>.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Tascan\u00a0joins Wenny Katzenstein, Managing Director, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Deloitte Consulting LLP,\u00a0U.S. in\u00a0the fireside chat \u201cLeveling Up Fandom: How Games Extend Entertainment IP,\u201d moderated by <em>Variety<\/em>\u2019s Maas.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>In other newly added highlights, CAA Senior Leader Brent Weinstein will moderate the fireside chat\u00a0\u201cCreator Brands in the Zeitgeist,\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>a look into\u00a0how Rhett &amp; Link\u2019s Mythical has driven consistent innovation and growth spanning three decades, featuring Dennis Ortiz, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Jacob Moncrief, COO, Mythical.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cThe next chapter of entertainment marketing will likely be defined by how well brands turn audiences into participants,\u201d said Stephanie Dolan, U.S. Entertainment Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP. \u201cThe combination of storytelling, data, and real-time feedback is transforming fandom from something you\u00a0observe\u00a0into something you actively shape.\u00a0As platforms expand and expectations evolve, marketers have an opportunity to build deeper, more personalized connections.\u00a0With Deloitte\u2019s 20th annual Digital Media Trends report launching this week,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0excited to bring fresh insights to the event and collaborate with industry leaders to help shape the future of entertainment marketing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAdditional\u00a0speakers, with more soon to be announced, include the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"container \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blair Rich, Chief Marketing Officer, Legendary Entertainment\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca\u00a0Kearey, EVP, Head of International Marketing, Distribution &amp; Business Operations, Searchlight Pictures\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Brett Hyman, Founder and CEO, NVE Experience Agency\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Jill Steinhauser, Group SVP, Platform Monetization &amp; Partnerships, Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Gina Igwe, VP, Brand &amp; Consumer Marketing, DoorDash\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Sharhzad\u00a0Rafati, CEO, RHEI\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Ben Fielder, Head of Enterprise Sales, West Coast,\u00a0SlackAdapt\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Christie Sclater, SVP, Global Marketing, Clinique Global\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Edvin\u00a0Dapcevic, Global Head of Media &amp; Entertainment, Discord\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Jay Tucker, Executive Director, Center for Media, Entertainment and Sports, UCLA Anderson School of Management\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Karen Barragan, CMO, Blumhouse\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Darren Schillace, President, Marketing, Fox Entertainment\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Shareef O\u2019Neal, Influencer and Creative Director, Shaq Brand\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Leah Kateb,\u00a0Chief Creative Officer &amp; Re-Founder of Skylar\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSpeakers join previously announced programming including\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/biz\/news\/entertainment-marketing-summit-tina-knowles-pam-abdy-1236673781\/\">keynote conversations<\/a> featuring\u00a0Pam Abdy, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Co-Chair and CEO, and Tina Knowles,\u00a0businesswoman, fashion designer, art collector,\u00a0philanthropist\u00a0and activist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDeloitte is the presenting partner of the summit. Please see\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">Deloitte\u2019s website<\/a>\u00a0for a detailed description of its legal structure.<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0NBCUniversal is a Premier Partner of the event, with supporting partners Discord,\u00a0StackAdapt, &amp; Vizio. Get your ticket today\u00a0at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/entmar\">variety.com\/entmar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Variety has announced\u00a0additional\u00a0speakers for the 2026 Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 22 in Los Angeles. Speakers will include NBCU\u00a0Television\u00a0Chairman\u00a0Pearlena Igbokwe;\u00a0Apple\u2019s VP of Music, TV, Sports, Podcasts, and Beats, Oliver Schusser;\u00a0supermodel\u00a0and entrepreneur\u00a0Ashley Graham and Netflix Games President Alain\u00a0Tascan.\u00a0\u00a0Igbokwe, Chairman, Television Studios, NBC Entertainment &amp; Peacock Scripted, will\u00a0participate\u00a0in a keynote conversation with Cynthia Littleton, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2353719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[445937,456856,456857],"class_list":["post-2353718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment-marketing-2026","tag-entertainment-marketing-summit","tag-pearlena-igbokwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pearlena-Igbokwe-Oliver-Schusser-Join-Entertainment-Marketing-Summit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353720,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353718\/revisions\/2353720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}