Change The Ref

Manuel Oliver, Activist/Co-Founder
Patricia Oliver, Activist/Co-Founder

Leo Burnett Chicago *Lead Agency

Andrew Swinand, CEO
Liz Taylor, Global Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide & CCO of Publicis Creative N.A.
Sam Shepherd, EVP, Executive Creative Director
Ashley Geisheker, EVP, Executive Producer
Kaylin Goldstein, EVP, Head of Planning
Amy Walloch, VP, Account Director
Kyle Poff, VP, Design Director
Jason LaFlore, Associate Creative Director
Matt Turnier, Associate Creative Director
Mike Davidson, EVP, Head of Production
Michael Shanahan, SVP, Director of Production Operations
Kaitlin Bucaro, Associate Producer
MacKenzie Hart, Copywriter
Sofia Gahn, Art Director
Sean Logan, Strategist
Kelley Barrett, Junior Copywriter
Katie DiNardo, Junior Art Director
Julie Lewandowski, Production Manager
Nancy Parnell, Creative Resource Director
Phoebe Alvarez, Associate Creative Resource Director
Sean Hannaway, VP, Creative Director
Nimisha Jain, SVP, Strategy Director

Hungry Man Productions *Lead Agency

Caleb Dewart, Director
Caleb Dewart, Executive Producer
Mino Jarjoura, Executive Producer
Matt Lefebvre, Producer

MSL Group

Kappie Kopp, VP, Corporate Reputation
Adam Skaf, Account Supervisor, Corporate Reputation

Unicorns & Unicorns

Adrianne McCurrach, Executive Producer

No6

Corina Dennison, Executive Producer

Tusk Strategies

Jackie Zupsic, Head of Communications and Managing Director
Baxter Townsend, Senior Vice President

Guns kill thousands of children each year, yet the NRA spends $250MM annually advocating for pro-gun legislation. With minimal media budget, we ignited the national conversation by inviting pro-gun advocates to speak at a counterfeit commencement to 3,044 empty chairs. Each chair represented a student who would have graduated if they hadn’t been killed by a gun. For Change the Ref, started by the parents of a victim in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, we generated 1.4 billion impressions and galvanized 40,000+ signees calling for universal background checks.