Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Female
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Donna Speciale is the President of U.S. Advertising Sales and Marketing of TelevisaUnivision. She previously worked at National Cinemedia as a Board of Directors & Chairman of Compensation Committee. Donna Speciale attended Bryant University.
Donna Speciale is president of Turner Ad Sales, a leadership role that oversees all advertising
revenue for the company’s domestic entertainment, news and kids multi-media brands. Speciale joined Turner in 2012 as president of Turner Entertainment and Young Adult Ad Sales, and had an early impact on the business as she redefined client partnerships utilizing her agency expertise. Since being promoted to her current position in 2014, she has further re-imagined how Turner collaborates with marketers and agencies on advertising partnerships through advanced data and content capabilities. A believer in developing opportunities and environments that drive business results for partners, she and her team have thrived during a time of vast industry change. Turner’s sales division can now equip marketers with a more powerful media strategy and ROI by utilziing advanced advertising capabilities powered by industry-leading data and analytics. With her more than 20 years of experience on the media agency side, Speciale came to Turner from MediaVest Worldwide, where she served as president, Investment & Activation and Agency Operations. She is well-known for driving innovation in the marketplace and has received numerous industry recognitions, while her teams and the companies she has represented have received countless honors. Most recently, she was featured within the 2016 Adweek “Most Indispensable Executives,” a list she has consistently been recognized by since joining Turner. In addition to her professional accolades and active participation as an executive judge with awards like the Adweek “Project Isaac” awards, Speciale is on the Board of Directors for The Advertising Club of New York and an active member of Advertising Women of New York (AWNY) and the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB).
