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10 Nike marketing leaders
These ten marketing leaders hold or have held director-level, vice president or chief marketing roles at Nike. A reader can learn from them how Nike splits marketing across sports, consumer segments, regions and channels, and how brand and digital teams work together.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brandon Cresswell
LinkedInExperience: Jordan Brand Head of North America Marketing · Nike
Jordan Brand Head of North America Marketing at Nike since May 2024; the profile says he leads Jordan Brand's North America marketing team. Other Nike roles include Head of North America Brand Marketing Operations at Nike (2021–2024), Senior Marketing Director Nike Mexico (2018–2021) and Jordan North America Brand Director (2016–2018).
Brinda Rama
LinkedInExperience: Global Sr. Marketing Director · Nike
Global Sr. Marketing Director at Nike since 2021; the profile says she leads teams across global consumer and digital marketing to build brand health, acquire customers and drive youth market growth. Other Nike roles include Marketing Director, EMEA South (2018–2021) and EMEA Marketing Director, Membership (2016–2018).
Gillian A.
LinkedInExperience: VP Brand Marketing, Asia Pacific & Latin America (APLA) · Nike
VP Brand Marketing, Asia Pacific & Latin America (APLA) at Nike since March 2025, and VP Men's Brand Marketing, North America since 2024. Other Nike roles include VP Consumer Direct Marketing, North America (2021–2024), Senior Director Digital Brand, Consumer Direct Marketing (2020–2021) and Senior Director, Membership North America (2017–2020).
Helena Thornton
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Brand Management, Nike · Nike
Vice President, Global Brand Management, Nike since September 2025, and Vice President, Global Brand Management, NikeWomen at Nike in 2025. Other Nike roles include Global Brand Defining, Senior Marketing Director (2022–2025), Global Brand Defining, Marketing Director (2020–2022) and EMEA Olympics & Purpose Marketing, Marketing Director (2019–2020).
Jesse Stollak
LinkedInExperience: VP, North America Marketing · Nike
VP, North America Marketing at Nike since May 2024. Other Nike roles include VP, Global Brand Creative (2021–2024), VP, Global Football (Soccer) Brand and Marketing (2016–2019) and VP, Digital Commerce Product, Experience and Marketing (2014–2016), and he was Chief Marketing Officer at Converse (2019–2021).
Kamauri Yeh
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Digital Integrated Retail Marketing · Nike
Vice President, Global Digital Integrated Retail Marketing at Nike since September 2025. Other Nike roles include Vice President, Global Digital Marketing (2024–2025), Vice President, Global Women's Creative Director (2020–2024) and Senior Creative Director, Nike Sportswear, ACG, Influencer Marketing (2020). The profile also lists Media & Entertainment Manager at Twitter (2014–2016).
Maggie Wu
LinkedInExperience: VP of Marketing, Greater China · Nike
VP of Marketing, Greater China at Nike since August 2023. Other Nike roles include VP, Consumer Direct Marketing, Greater China (2020–2023), Senior Director, GC Digital Marketing (2019–2020), Senior Marketing Director, Greater China, Shanghai East South Territories (2016–2019) and Global Brand Director, Nike Women (2015–2016).
Mario Turza
LinkedInExperience: Head of Marketing A.I · Nike
Head of Marketing A.I at Nike since April 2024, where the profile says he leads a team creating and implementing AI-powered marketing initiatives. Other Nike roles include Senior Director, Global Brand Creative (2022–2025), Senior Director, Consumer Direct Marketing (2020–2022) and Senior Marketing Director, Global Brand Marketing - Nike Sportswear (2016–2020).
Neil Potter
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Brand Marketing - Nike Football Soccer (Global) · Nike
Vice President, Brand Marketing - Nike Football Soccer (Global) at Nike since September 2025. Other Nike roles include Senior Brand Marketing Director - Nike Running (Global) (2024–2025), Senior Marketing Director - Consumer Direct (Asia, Pacific & Latin America) (2020–2024) and Brand Marketing Director - Nike Football Soccer (Global) (2017–2019). The profile lists brand strategy, digital marketing and membership/CRM among his skills.
Nicole Hubbard Graham
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer, Nike, Inc. · Nike
Chief Marketing Officer, Nike, Inc. since 2024. Other Nike roles include VP, Global Basketball Brand Marketing (2014–2017), VP, Global Consumer Direct Brand Marketing (2017–2019) and VP, Global Categories & Consumer Direct Brand Marketing (2019–2021). The profile describes her as an executive brand leader in the sport and health/wellness space, and she has been Co-Founder at Adopt since 2021.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since a regional marketing head knows local execution while a global brand or category role knows how positioning and campaigns are set centrally. Prefer people whose recent roles match the channel you care about, such as consumer direct, retail or digital.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How are marketing decisions split between global brand teams and regional or country teams, and where do conflicts usually come up?
- 02How do you measure the return on brand campaigns compared with performance and membership marketing?
- 03How does marketing work with product and merchandising teams to plan a major launch or sports moment?
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