Martin Nance is a strategic marketing leader known for building high-performing brands, aligning complex organizations, and driving growth through bold storytelling, innovative partnerships, and data-driven strategy. As Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the Minnesota Vikings, he leads a diverse portfolio spanning marketing, partnership activation, fan experience, creative, international strategy, entertainment, sales enablement, and premium services. His work has helped modernize the Vikings brand, elevate fan engagement, and expand the organization’s global footprint.
Before joining the Vikings in 2021, Martin spent more than a decade at PepsiCo/Gatorade, where he held leadership roles across both sales and marketing. During his tenure, he helped shape the brand’s global positioning, launch breakthrough campaigns, and strengthen relationships with leagues, teams, retailers, and athletes around the world. Prior to PepsiCo, he served with the NFL League Office, supporting corporate development and revenue initiatives.
A former NFL wide receiver, Martin played for the Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers, earning a Super Bowl championship with Pittsburgh in 2009. His experience as a professional athlete continues to inform his leadership style and fuels his passion for culture, performance, and purpose-driven strategy.
Martin holds a BS in Accountancy from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, along with executive education credentials from Harvard Business School.
A dynamic speaker and trusted advisor, he shares perspectives on leadership, brand building, innovation, culture, and navigating high-performance environments. He currently serves on several boards, including Miami University Athletics and M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital, and is sought after for his ability to bridge business strategy, brand purpose, and organizational transformation.
Martin resides in Minnesota with his wife, Minya, and their two daughters, Alina and Ava.
Chris Webber is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, entrepreneur, and cultural leader whose influence spans sports, media, and business. A former NBA All-Star with a 15-year professional career, Webber first gained national recognition at the University of Michigan as a member of the iconic Fab Five, a group that reshaped college basketball and its cultural impact.
Beyond the court, Webber has built a prominent career in television and media as an analyst, commentator, and storyteller, bringing an athlete-driven perspective to the game and broader cultural conversations. He is the author of By God’s Grace, a reflective memoir exploring faith, resilience, and personal growth, and continues to use his platform to advocate for purpose-driven leadership, community empowerment, and lasting legacy.
Dane serves as Global Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Taco Bell, where he brings together technology, experience design, and brand innovation to help millions of fans connect with a brand they love.
Leveraging Taco Bell's innovative spirit, his work spans two critical dimensions: revolutionizing customer engagement and elevating Team Member capabilities. On the customer side, he's transformed Taco Bell's digital presence into a dynamic ecosystem powered by culture, personalization, gamification, and social commerce— scaling the Loyalty Rewards program to over 50 million members while forging strategic partnerships that deepen relationships and create lasting value.
For operations and frontline teams, he's transformed restaurant innovation through Team Member journey "squads" that make their work smarter and more fulfilling. He's developed order intelligence tools improving order cancellations, wait time and accuracy, created a new performance suite leveraging predictive insights, and led QSR's largest Voice AI initiative to elevate order accuracy and support Team Member success.
Drawing on expertise in retail transformation, cultivating innovative cultures, and harnessing emerging technology, Dane guides both Taco Bell's global digital evolution and Yum! Brands' consumer AI strategy. His perspective has been shaped by 15+ years partnering with iconic brands like Caesars Entertainment, Target, McDonald's, and Conagra Brands to drive meaningful digital transformation.
Dane earned his B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his MBA in Strategy and Marketing from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
He recently made Los Angeles home alongside his wife, Marlene.
André V. Branch is the CEO of R.E.M. Beauty. Prior to leading R.E.M., he ran M.A.C. Cosmetics in North America at The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. Branch worked at several world class consumer packaged goods companies in his career, including L’Oréal, Diageo, and Kraft Foods in both domestic and international roles.
He is a visionary and transformational CEO with a strong brand management and digital core whose passion lies in building luxury brands. His leadership expertise spans the full range of operational functions including marketing, sales, e-commerce, retail stores, supply chain, P&L ownership, merchandising, information technology, human resources, finance, customer care, and international.
Branch also currently serves as a board director at Signet Jewelers, Ltd. where he sits on the Technology and Audit committees. As part of his community outreach endeavors, he also sits on the board of Partnership with Children, a New York City focused non-profit.
Branch received his MBA at the University of Michigan and undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Prior to obtaining his MBA, he worked as a CPA at Deloitte and Touche.
He currently lives in New York City with his two children Cillian and Isla but is a proud Baltimore native. His hobbies include running, traveling, reading, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (he acquired his Black Belt from the Renzo Gracie Academy in Manhattan), Mixed Martial Arts, and backpacking.
Jonathan & Courtney Dunn are the CEO and President of Cerbo, an industry‑leading practice management, EHR, and patient portal for cash‑based medical practices, including functional and integrative medicine, root‑cause medicine, longevity and regenerative care, and direct primary care.
The husband‑and‑wife team earned their MBAs at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business (Class of 2019), then raised a search fund and spent two and a half years identifying and acquiring Cerbo. Jonathan holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and previously worked in commercial development and as an electrical engineer for The Williams Companies. Courtney holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University and previously worked as a petroleum engineer at Shell and as a third‑party seller on Amazon.
Married for 10 years, Courtney and Jonathan live in San Antonio, Texas, with their 3‑year‑old daughter, Chloe.