When Mona Munayyer Gonzalez was younger, her parents told her, “It doesn't matter to me what you do, but I want you to be the best at it. And not the best in the world, but whatever that means for you.” Gonzalez took those words to heart, and today, she is the President of Pereira O’Dell, an award-winning full-service creative advertising agency.  In a FUTURE NOW Leadership Talk commemorating Women’s History Month, Gonzalez shared how she fell into her career in advertising. The youngest of...

Most people are not brave enough to march up to a California senator, shake hands, and say, “I’d love to come work for you.” But Rene Jones is not most people. In a recent Leadership Talk with FUTURE NOW Founder and CEO, Peggy Kim, Jones detailed her career, which took her from her childhood home in California to Washington, D.C., New York City, and finally Los Angeles, where she serves as Chief of Social Impact at United Talent Agency (UTA) and is the first non-agent to reach partner...

Learn about Patricia DiCerto's career journey in casting.