Dani Cushion

Dani Cushion

Dani Cushion is the chief marketing officer at Cardlytics, a fraud-free, native advertising platform.

With a focus on driving significant company growth, she has built out a best-in-class global marketing and communications team, and helped the company go public with the first tech IPO of 2018. Previously, she was SVP marketing and communications at Millennial Media, where she saw the company through its IPO and numerous acquisitions. She began her career in sports marketing at Major League Soccer, ISL, Millsport, and SiriusXM, and currently sits on the Board of Directors for not-for-profit organization Women in Technology. Dani graduated from Lehigh University with a Marketing major, and minors in Philosophy and Economics. She started every game for the women’s soccer team while there, and captained the squad her junior and senior years. Dani lives in Atlanta with her husband, three children, and a bunch of crazy pets.

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