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Janet Kankarla
SVP, Head of Learning & Development
Ipsos
Janet Kankarla is the Senior Vice President of Head of Learning and Development at Ipsos. Prior to Ipsos, Janet worked at IRI for 15 years in various roles across production, product, & program management and internal and external training.

Her 16+ years at Ipsos began with 10 years leading managers of Researchers in the Advertising, Brand and Media Development Service Lines. Since then, Janet has been in L+D roles for those SLs, Global L+D and in October 2022, she was appointed the lead for NA Talent – Employee Learning & Development.

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Kim Yash
Director of Learning & Development
Ipsos

Kim Yash is the Director of Learning and Development at Ipsos. Kim joined Ipsos 13+ years ago as a Research Analyst and spent nearly a decade rising through client service roles in Advertising and Brand services. During that time, Kim demonstrated a passion for training and knowledge sharing by crafting and leading training initiatives within her service lines. In 2019, Kim joined the Analyst Development Program leadership team for the program’s US implementation, leading Learning & Development operations, including new hire onboarding and ongoing training. Kim is thrilled to have joined the NA HR team in 2022 as part of the NA Learning & Development team, focusing on the Future Leaders population and supporting NA L&D operations.

Kim recently achieved the designation of Certified Professional of Training Management through Training Industry.

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Meghan Dragel
Senior Manager of Learning & Development
Ipsos

Meghan Dragel is the Senior Manager of Learning and Development at Ipsos. Meghan joined Ipsos over 6 years ago as a Research Analyst supporting Marketing and Innovation services. She spent her time developing her market research skills in client service roles while also pursuing opportunities to grow her knowledge in L&D. In 2020, Meghan joined the Marketing L&D team onboarding, coaching, and mentoring Early Career Analysts. In 2022, she joined the Analyst Development Program leadership team supporting talent strategy. She is excited to join the HR team focusing on NA Early Careers Learning & Development, and to continue her own personal development in L&D.

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McKenzie Spisak
Manager, Learning & Development
Ipsos

McKenzie Spisak is the Manager of Learning & Development at Ipsos. McKenzie began her Ipsos journey in January 2020. She has supported Marketing, Brand and Innovation services. Most recently, McKenzie was a Learning & Development Coordinator in Innovation where she worked with Early Careers Analysts to provide them with learning opportunities. She is excited to join the HR team and continue her passion and personal development in L&D.

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Bruna Isensee
Senior Research Analyst
Univision

Bruna Isensee is a Senior Research Analyst at Univision Communications, primarily supporting ad sales teams in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Raleigh, as well as the stations’ general manager for planning and projecting. Bruna also supports the local research director for the Miami market, with radio and television projects. At Univision, Bruna helps the sales teams deliver reliable market and audience information to clients and prospects, as well as detailed demographic and behavioral data pertinent to Univision’s consumers – Hispanics that live in the U.S. Prior to joining Univision, Bruna led more than 20 ad-hoc research projects that had the main goal of giving a comprehensive overview of the American market and business conditions to new entrants (mainly coming from Brazil). This job gave her the opportunity to learn in depth incredibly diverse industries, competitors and regulations that were specific to each client. Bruna holds a B.A. in Business from Universidade do Vale do Itajai (Brazil), having deepened her studies in the U.S. with a Business Analytics certificate from Harvard Business School and a Python for Managers from Columbia University. In her free time, Bruna likes to spend time with family and friends. 

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