Susan Donley is a mission-driven communications strategist with deep expertise in aging and digital engagement. She has built pioneering platforms that connect millions while shaping national conversations on longevity, equity, and care. As founding Publisher and Managing Director of Next Avenue, PBS’s first initiative for older adults, she grew the audience to 45 million users, tripled revenue, and secured millions in philanthropic funding. She later founded Stria, a digital media brand for longevity leaders, building a community of 85,000 professionals and forging 175+ partnerships with organizations including AARP and Best Buy. Most recently, as SVP of Communications and Marketing at LeadingAge, Susan led marketing and digital strategy, launched a $1M sector-wide messaging initiative, and guided public affairs through COVID—earning 95% member approval. Today, through her consulting practice, she advises foundations, universities, and advocacy groups on strategies that expand visibility, deepen trust, and drive measurable growth.

Mary Gannon is a nationally recognized executive communications coach. She spent 10 years as the U.S. lead of media and presentation coaching services for Edelman - the world’s largest public relations agency.  Mary’s background as a reporter and producer for CNN Television in Atlanta, WGN-Channel 9 and WBBM Radio in Chicago is crucial to helping her clients effectively deliver high impact messages to external and internal stakeholders. Mary’s clients include Adobe, AstraZeneca, Barilla, Boeing, Cigna, Delta Airlines, Eli Lilly, General Mills, Google, Honeywell, HP, Kroger, lululemon, Mars, Mitsubishi Power, Nike, Pepsi, ServiceNow, Snapchat, Starbucks, Target, The Home Depot and Walmart. She holds a BS in journalism from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Brinleigh Murphy-Reuter is the Founder and CEO of Science To People, a social impact organization dedicated to making science accessible, understandable, and culturally relevant at scale. Drawing on her background at YouTube and Google, and her master’s in Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology from Harvard, she builds tools and strategies that help institutions, creators, and communicators share accurate, evidence-based information with the public. Their flagship project, VeriSci, is a purpose-built AI language model for science and health communication, complemented by Akari and VeriComms- two content creator-facing platforms that transform complex research into engaging, shareable content. Brinleigh’s work bridges the gap between academic expertise and public understanding, with a focus on health and wellbeing.