Honoree Bios
Stephanie Drescher
Partner, Chief Client and Product Development Officer, Apollo Global Management
Stephanie Drescher is Partner, Chief Client and Product Development Officer at Apollo and a member of the Firm’s Leadership Team. She oversees the Client and Product Solutions Group (CPS), which includes Apollo’s Global Wealth Management Solutions, Institutional Sales and Global Product teams. Together, the group seeks to expand Apollo’s investment offerings to investors through a variety of global wealth management and institutional channels.
Stephanie serves as Co-Chair of the Apollo Expanding Opportunity Steering Committee as well as the Apollo Women Empower (AWE), Apollo’s women’s network.
Stephanie is currently a board member of The Student Leadership Network, Invest in Others and is a part of iCapital’s Board of Observers. She has previously served on the board of directors of ADT Security Services (NYSE: ADT). She has been named to Barron’s list of 100 Most Influential Woman in U.S. Finance since inception in 2020.
Prior to joining Apollo in 2004, Stephanie was with JP Morgan for 10 years working primarily in its Alternative Investment Group. Stephanie graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University and earned her MBA from Columbia Business School. She resides in New York City with her husband and 3 children.
Deva Bronson
EVP Global Head of Brand Assurance, dentsu
As Executive Vice President, Global Head of Brand Assurance, Deva formally brings the Global Brand Assurance Discipline (Brand Safety/Suitability, Sustainable Media, Privacy Compliance, supporting Responsible Journalism) and Economic Empowerment Discipline (Diverse Media Strategy & Investment) together, to focus on helping dentsu’s Clients to achieve Media Responsibility goals while still performing against business KPI’s.
Deva partners closely with others across the organization to constantly monitor and understand best practices in deliverability, suitability, viewability, responsibility, and sustainability. Prior to this, Deva led dentsu’s US and Global Media Brand Assurance offerings as EVP, Head of Media Responsibility.
A true digital native with 25 years of experience in the media industry, Deva spent several years within GroupM and Publicis agencies, with client experience spanning the Technology, Pharmaceutical, CPG, Retail, Financial Services and B2B verticals. Deva also spent three years on the client side within the KFC Corporation and was responsible for the development and launch of the brand’s digital marketing discipline.