Speaker Profile

Carla Kelly serves as SVP, Client Advocacy, Advertising & Partnerships at NBCUniversal.

 

In this role, Carla leads the Client Advocacy Team, playing an integral part in the development of NBCUniversal’s inclusive sales strategy. She works with clients and agency partners to help leverage the power of inclusive audiences as a growth engine for the future.

 

Prior to joining NBCUniversal, Carla spent over 25 years in consumer marketing and strategy, where she helped deliver profitable growth for global consumer product businesses. Carla worked at Colgate Palmolive, Nabisco Foods, Nestle Foods, and Andersen Consulting.

 

Carla is an active participant in NBCUniversal’s and the larger industry’s focus on elevating and cultivating an inclusive advertising ecosystem. She works with industry partners to drive thought leadership initiatives and elevate advertisers focus and investment in inclusive growth initiatives.

 

Carla received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her MBA from the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.