MATRIX 2025 HONOREE: Lucy Kaylin

Leslie Berland is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Verizon, overseeing all aspects of Verizon’s global brand and marketing strategy, including brand identity, marketing activation and creative, marketing eff ectiveness, consumer insights, media and strategic partnerships. Leslie has over two decades of strategic and creative marketing expertise, transforming world-class brands such as Peloton, Twitter and American Express.

MATRIX 2024 HONOREE: KRISTIN CHENOWETH

Emmy® and Tony® Award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth’s career spans film, television, voice-over and stage. In 2015, Chenoweth received a coveted star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, she received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in “Pushing Daisies.” In 1999, she won a Tony Award for “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” and she was nominated for her original role of Glinda the Good Witch in “Wicked” in 2004.