Power Luncheon: A Conversation With Amanda Brinkman and Marney Gellner

TeamWomen Power Luncheons are a place for women in leadership roles to connect, network, and be inspired by other influential female leaders in our community.

Minnesota’s beloved sports broadcaster Marney Gellner leads you in a captivating conversation with Amanda Brinkman, the visionary CEO of Sunshine Studios. Prepare to be inspired and motivated as we delve into the depths of purpose-driven leadership and personal growth.

Amanda Brinkman, renowned for her innovative approach to business and dedication to social impact, will share insights from her journey in a talk titled “The Purpose Pursuit.” Discover how embracing purpose can transform not only businesses but also individual lives, fostering a sense of fulfillment and meaning in everything we do.

Join us for an afternoon of enlightenment, empowerment, and enlightenment as we embark on “The Purpose Pursuit” with Amanda Brinkman.

Amanda is a producer, film-maker and branding expert, sharing her “Do Well By Doing Good” philosophy on stages around the country. She demonstrates how both companies and individuals can make a meaningful and positive difference in people’s lives, while fostering their own success in the process. She believes that companies must not only identify their brand purpose but put that purpose into action.

Through her work, Amanda has defined what it looks like for brands to truly act “as publishers” creating movements through their content strategy. In her most recent demonstration of this, Amanda was the Chief Brand Officer of Deluxe where the brand challenge was to reach small businesses. The solution? She created, produced and hosted their Emmy-nominated series “Small Business Revolution,” which streamed on Hulu and was named among Inc. Magazine’s top shows for entrepreneurs. Through this inspirational reality show, Amanda was able to prove the model of authentic content stretching a brand’s spend by achieving 12x the reach through this series over traditional paid media. The program accumulated over 13 Billion impressions, 6,000+ earned media articles and 20 million content views (and counting). Not to mention – this work changed lives, families, small businesses and communities across the country.

Amanda is a nationally renowned brand expert, Forbes contributor, and frequent on-camera personality for national news outlets and celebrity interviews, ranging from LL Cool J to Peyton Manning. She has appeared on CNBC’s “Cleveland Hustles,” in addition to hosting the online “Small Talks” series that features successful entrepreneurs across the country.

That’s all while charting an acclaimed career that spans groundbreaking campaigns for brands like BMW, Reebok and Sony, in addition to her role as an inspiring female executive at Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies, such as United Health Group, Allianz, General Mills, and Deluxe. Amanda’s current and former board service includes the Children’s Cancer Research Fund, Make-A-Wish, the Children’s Theatre Company, the Ordway Performing Arts Center, Ad Council, ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and the Women’s Business Development Center. She also passionately volunteers for causes such as Special Olympics, Feed My Starving Children, Habitat for Humanity and more.

She lives in Minneapolis with her husband (who happens to be her best friend), her daughter (who is a middle-schooler who still likes her mom!) and their puppy (who loves zoom cameos).

Learn more at www.amandakbrinkman.com

Gellner joined FOX Sports North in October 2002, and has served in various roles, including sideline reporter for the Twins and Timberwolves, and pre- and post-game show host for an assortment of different Minnesota teams. She also serves as the play-by-play voice for Minnesota Lynx games on Bally Sports North.

Gellner is a North Dakota native who graduated from Bishop Ryan High School in 1992, and the University of Mary in 1996, as well as earning a Masters Degree in Communications from North Dakota State in 2012.

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