By Jenna Weinerman

Published Jan 22, 2020

Updated Jan 16, 2024

Every year, OnConferences – a leading provider of marketing, legal, and HR conferences – searches high and low to find and honor top marketers worldwide. With hundreds of incredible thinkers, across a wide number of industries and brands, we’re extremely proud to announce that Updater’s very own Frank Grillo, CMO of Updater Home Services, rose to the top and was named a 2020 OnCon Icon! As a winner, Frank was recognized by his peers as one of the most outstanding marketing professionals in the marketing industry.

All of the OnCon Icon winners were celebrated on January 17th at the annual OnCon event at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, FL.

Congratulations, Frank! We look forward to seeing what you accomplish next. Congratulations to all Top 50 OnCon Icon Marketers – keep moving forward!

2020’s Top 50 OnCon Icon Marketers:

• Luis Araujo, VP Marketing & Communications at Mastercard

• Lisa Baird, Chief Marketing Officer at New York Public Radio

• Vivek Bapat, SVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Marketing and Communications at SAP

• Arthur Beavis, CMO at Hackster.io

• Seth Bennett, SVP Marketing at Charlotte Hornets

• Debra Berman, Chief Marketing Officer at KidKraft

• Lisa Bowman, EVP & CMO at United Way Worldwide

• Diana Boyles, VP Marketing at HomeAdvisor

• Chuck Brooks, Principal Growth Strategist at General Dynamics Mission Systems

• Sharon Byers, Chief Development, Communications and Marketing Officer at The American Cancer Society

• Ted Chi, VP, Marketing Strategy at NBCUniversal

• Louis Cohen, Director, Digital Marketing & Demand Generation, Americas at EY

• Kelly Cook, Chief Marketing Officer at David’s Bridal

• Brent Cooke, VP, Loyalty CRM & Insights at PetSmart, Inc

• Kim Creason O’Hare, VP, Marketing at ADP

• Bob Davis, CMO at Plutora

• Hugh Dineen, Chief Marketing Officer, US at MetLife

• Tom Edwards, Chief Innovation & Digital Officer at Epsilon

• Michelle Fee, CEO at Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative

• Jeffrey Fleischman, Chief Marketing Officer at Altimetrik

• Lisa Gilbert, Chief Marketing Officer & Client Advocate, IBM Japan at IBM

• Frank Grillo, Chief Marketing Officer at Updater Home Services

• Kristin Harper, Global Vice President at Cardinal Heatlh

• Steve Heitzner, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, The Americas at Marriott International

• Jo Ann Herold, CMO at The Honey Baked Ham Company

• Betsy Holloway, VP Marketing at Samford University

• Brendan Hurley, Chief Marketing Officer at Goodwill of Greater Washington

• Kari Janavitz, CMO at TE Connectivity

• Todd Kaplan, VP Marketing, Pepsi Colas (U.S.) at PepsiCo

• Trish Lilley, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

• Sharon Loeb, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer at Cengage

• Dan Marks, Chief Marketing Officer at Hancock Whitney

• David McGlynn, Senior Vice President of Strategy & Marketing at Planes Companies

• John Miller, Chair, NBCUniversal Marketing Council at NBCUniversal

• Joanne Moretti, CMO/CEO at JCurve Digital

• Kathy Neumann, VP Marketing at Carter’s

• Quinn O’Brien, VP Marketing at Lenovo

• Elisa Padilla, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Community Relations at Miami Marlins

• Charles Pascalar, Chief Product Officer at Curvy Revolution

• Marcus Slater, CMTO at Deka Lash

• Tyri Squyres, VP Marketing at Frontier Airlines

• Michael Stahl, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at HealthMarkets, Inc.

• Amber Stepper, VP, Marketing at Evenflo Company, Inc.

• Jackie Stone, Chief Marketing Officer at LiveXLive

• Glenn Thomas, Global Chief Marketing Officer at GE Healthcare

• Lilian Tomovich, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer at MGM Resorts International

• Margi Tooth, Chief Revenue Officer at Trupanion

• Gregg Weiss, Director, Social Media & Digital Marketing at Mastercard

• Telisa Yancy, Chief Operating Officer at American Family Insurance

• Doug Zarkin, VP & CMO Pearle Vision at Luxottica

Jenna Weinerman

Jenna is Updater’s VP of Marketing and a published ReloTech expert. She’s an endless seeker of knowledge, a lover of craft brews, and a huge Philadelphia sports fan. Follow her on X here.