UM-Flint Third Annual Business Summit

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The University of Michigan-Flint School of Management invites you to the third annual Business Summit, on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at the Northbank Center in downtown Flint. We are excited to feature keynote speaker Andrea Brimmer, Chief Marketing and Public Relations Officer of Ally Financial. 

To RSVP, visit: go.umflint.edu/rsvp-summit26

For questions about this event, contact Kristin Arntz.

About our keynote speaker

Andrea Brimmer is widely recognized as one of the country’s most innovative and effective marketing leaders, known for being a dynamically disruptive and culturally astute trailblazer. The work of her team garnered recognition for Ally on many prominent industry lists and rankings, including the Fast Company Brands that Matter list for three consecutive years, most recently in 2024. Her many honors include Business Insider’s Most Innovative CMOs (2022 and 2026), Forbes CMO Hall of Fame (2024) and a five-time honoree on the Forbes list of World’s Most Influential CMOs. She was 2024 She Runs It Woman of the Year and is the only three-time winner of the Financial Communications Society Marketer of the Year award. She was also named to the 2023 Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO 50 and Fast Company’s 2023 Most Creative People in Business.

Brimmer is passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging, and using her platform to create good in the world. In 2022, she launched the marketing industry’s first 50/50 pledge with the goal of spending equal amounts in advertising for women’s and men’s sports. Her leadership in women’s sports resulted in her being named to the 2025 Sports Business Journal Influence 125, 2024 Sports Business Journal Game Changers, 2022 Adweek Most Powerful Women in Sports list and as the 2022 WISE Woman of the Year.

Prior to joining Ally, Brimmer spent 20 years on the agency side in Detroit, where she led the Chevrolet account. She holds several board positions with organizations including Effie Worldwide, American Advertising Federation, MMA, Women’s Sports Foundation, Primo Brands, Children’s Foundation of Michigan, Michigan State University ComArtSci Alumni board, and also serves on the executive committee for the Ad Council. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University, where she also played varsity soccer for four years.

This event is part of the University of Michigan-Flint's Frances Willson-Thompson Critical Issues Forum. The University of Michigan-Flint is grateful to Mrs. Thompson for her generosity in creating an ongoing community dialogue for the exchange of ideas.