- Vince Hudson
- Current Board Member /Former Head of Business Marketing at Meta/ AEF
Vince Hudson is a 30+ year Brand Management and Marketing veteran. He began is career at Procter and Gamble and established a track-record of successes in is 20 years there. After launching the successful Crest WhiteStrips, as Brand Manager; and launching the blockbuster Prilosec Brand, as Marketing Director -- he received national accolades including Brandweek’s “Marketer’s of the Next Generation” and then, Ad Age’s “Top 40 Marketers Under 40”.
Vince then stepped into the world of beauty as Marketing Director on the COVERGIRL Cosmetics brand, where he signed top name talent like Rihanna, Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Taylor Swift, and led innovation that led the Billion dollar brand to unprecedented growth. Vince then was promoted to General Manager of P&G Beauty Business in South Asia as an expat in Singapore. Vince left P&G for the technology world with Samsung as the Vice President of US Marketing Strategy and Operations. After Samsung, Vince moved to the Diageo as Global SVP of the Smirnoff Brand. Vince then worked at Viacom, as Chief Brand Officer at BET, American Express as the SVP of Enterprise Marketing Strategy, where he led overall Global Brand Strategy, Vince recently left Meta where he was VP of Business Marketing for North America.
He is currently writing a book on dating, USING A MARKETING STRATEGY – it will be titled “Date Like a Brand”. He sits on the Board of Trustees for his alma mater Dillard University and also serves on the Board of the ANA Education Foundation.
Vince and his wife Jennifer (also a marketer) have 3 daughters and reside in North Bergen County.