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Lynn
Godfrey
SVP, Chief Experience Officer
Blood Cancer United
Lynn Godfrey is the SVP, Chief Experience Officer for Blood Cancer United, formerly The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. She leads the organization’s marketing, digital, creative, and communications strategy to advance patient impact and revenue growth. Lynn drove the organization’s multiyear transformation and national rebrand to Blood Cancer United, launched in 2025, earning recognition as a Ragan Top Women in Marketing honoree. Under her leadership, the organization has been named to Fast Company’s Brands that Matter and Best Workplaces for Innovators lists. A seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience, Lynn has led visiondriven innovation and brand transformation across nonprofit, public, and corporate sector organizations including Girl Scouts of the USA, the American Red Cross, PBS Kids, Nickelodeon, and American Express. Her thought leadership has been featured in Forbes through her role on the Forbes Nonprofit Council. Lynn began her career in advertising and holds degrees from Wesleyan University and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
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11 March 2026 14:45 - 15:15
Fireside chat | Teams that think together perform together: The CMO playbook for true cross-functional alignment and GTM success
When marketing, product, and sales aren’t aligned, even the best strategy falls apart, and the cost shows up in missed revenue, slow execution, and confused customers. This fireside chat explores how modern marketing leaders are breaking down silos and building true cross-functional alignment to accelerate revenue, sharpen priorities, and deliver a more consistent customer experience. You’ll hear how top CMOs are designing operating models that unite teams around shared goals, unified customer insights, and integrated planning, turning customer signals and market feedback into coordinated action that moves faster and performs better. Key takeaways: - How to build seamless collaboration across marketing, product, sales, and leadership to accelerate delivery and drive greater customer reach and impact - Practical operating structures, including cross-functional planning rituals and enterprise decision-rights frameworks, that keep teams aligned from brand strategy through execution - How to use customer insights, demand signals, and community feedback loops to prioritize opportunities and tailor messaging and experiences across B2B, B2C, and mission-driven audiences - Ways to design go-to-market and engagement models that create clarity, accountability, and cross-functional speed during periods of growth or transformation