Tara Walpert Levy
VP, Americas
YouTube
Tara Walpert Levy leads the Americas’ business organization for YouTube and is also responsible for YouTube's global content verticals, ranging from Shopping to Gaming to News. Tara previously led Agency and Brand Solutions for Google and YouTube and was responsible for Google's advertising and technology business with the third-party ecosystem: agencies, consultants, channel marketing partners, and trade associations. Tara came to Google in 2011 to help bridge Madison Avenue and Silicon Valley by leading Ads Marketing.
Prior to Google, Tara was the President of Visible World (acquired by Comcast NBCU), building the technology infrastructure and SaaS company into the leading addressable TV platform. She was also a leader of the Global Media & Entertainment and Sales & Marketing practices at McKinsey & Company.
Tara currently chairs the Advisory Board for Next Gen Board Leaders and serves on the boards of Bloomin' Brands, Inc., a restaurant chain holding company, and Braze, a SaaS marketing technology business. She is committed to giving back to the industry and is an active board member of the Ad Council, MAKERS, and The Female Quotient. She is also a past Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) and a member of the board of the John Reisenbach Foundation.
Tara writes and speaks frequently on the shifting marketing, media, and technology landscape, the evolving responsibility and impact of private and public boards, and the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She has been inducted into the AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement, identified as a dMexco Global Trailblazer, and named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business.”
Tara is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children.
YouTube
Tara Walpert Levy leads the Americas’ business organization for YouTube and is also responsible for YouTube's global content verticals, ranging from Shopping to Gaming to News. Tara previously led Agency and Brand Solutions for Google and YouTube and was responsible for Google's advertising and technology business with the third-party ecosystem: agencies, consultants, channel marketing partners, and trade associations. Tara came to Google in 2011 to help bridge Madison Avenue and Silicon Valley by leading Ads Marketing.
Prior to Google, Tara was the President of Visible World (acquired by Comcast NBCU), building the technology infrastructure and SaaS company into the leading addressable TV platform. She was also a leader of the Global Media & Entertainment and Sales & Marketing practices at McKinsey & Company.
Tara currently chairs the Advisory Board for Next Gen Board Leaders and serves on the boards of Bloomin' Brands, Inc., a restaurant chain holding company, and Braze, a SaaS marketing technology business. She is committed to giving back to the industry and is an active board member of the Ad Council, MAKERS, and The Female Quotient. She is also a past Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) and a member of the board of the John Reisenbach Foundation.
Tara writes and speaks frequently on the shifting marketing, media, and technology landscape, the evolving responsibility and impact of private and public boards, and the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She has been inducted into the AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement, identified as a dMexco Global Trailblazer, and named one of Fast Company's “Most Creative People in Business.”
Tara is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children.