CMO Series Podcast Thanksgiving 2025: Celebrating Collaboration in Legal Marketing

For this year’s Thanksgiving edition of the CMO Series Podcast, we bring together an outstanding group of legal marketing leaders to reflect on the people and practices that have shaped their careers. What emerges is a clear and compelling message about the importance of trust, collaboration and shared generosity in building strong marketing teams and firm cultures.

Thank you to our special guests for sharing their insights:
Angela Pandolfo Roy, Chief Marketing Officer at Gibbons, Maura Brandt, Chief Marketing Officer at Crowell & Moring, Sarah Kempsey, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Montgomery McCracken, Michael Huntsman, Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, Phill McGowan, Founder of Phill McGowan Marketing, Alexandra DeFelice, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, Vanessa Crocetto, Chief Marketing Officer at Butzel, Douglas Gold, Chief Operating Officer at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Rebecca Wissler, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Ice Miller, Danielle Wuschke Paige, Chief Marketing and Growth Officer at Nixon Peabody LLP, and Lindsey McReynolds, Chief Client Relations Officer at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt.

Across the episode, they share how firms can build environments where collaboration truly thrives. Creating space for people to contribute, recognising effort, supporting new ideas and giving credit freely all strengthen teams and empower talent to grow.

Their reflections remind us that the most successful organisations are built on trust and a genuine willingness to lift others up. It’s a thoughtful and timely conversation for this season of gratitude.

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving.