It’s been a good 4-5 years since social media blew up the digital world. In those last 4-5 years, many large companies across the country have committed resources to social–and many have staffed appropriately.

Community managers. Social strategists. Directors of Social. New positions have been created. And companies are now clamoring for good, digital talent.

The only problem is: Digital talent is becoming scarce. But, that’s a different topic for a different day.

Today, I wanted to talk about–or, I guess showcase–those who are doing the hard work to integrate social media into some of America’s bigger companies. And then I got to thinking–there really is no list of these people anywhere.

Oh sure, there are Twitter lists here and there. Jeremiah Owyang has his list of social media new hires (and the last time he posted it was April 7). But, I really haven’t seen a good list of corporate social media leaders anywhere.

Probably with good reason. These folks are in high demand. Any such list would be pretty valuable to recruiters and agencies/companies (insert Arik evil laugh here). So, I thought, why not create one? Or, at least START to create one.

Now, the challenge with creating any such list is it’s tough to find ALL the leaders of social at ALL the big companies. After all, I do have  day job 🙂 But, like I said, I thought this was a good start.

Take a peek and let me know who I missed–and who I should add–in the comments. I’ll continue to build in the months ahead. Oh, and I also started a Twitter list of these leaders, in case you’re interested in following them there, too.

 

Natanya Anderson

Company: Whole Foods

Title: director-social media and digital marketing

Twitter: @natanyaP

Background: Powered, Dell, Dachis Group

Scott Monty

Company: Ford Motor Co.

Title: Global Digital and Multimedia Communications Manager

Twitter: @scottmonty

Background: Agency (crayon), health care (Boston Healthcare Associates)

 

Tony Saucier

Company: Lifetime Fitness

Title: Director-social media

Twitter: @tsauce

Background: OLSON, Exponent, Weber Shandwick

 

Liz Brown Bullock

Company: Dell

Title: Director-social media and community

Twitter: @lizbbullock

Background: Dell, Olgilvy, DDB Needham

 

Paolo Mottola

Company: REI

Title: Digital engagement program manager

Twitter: @paolojr

Background: Eddie Bauer, Weber Shandwick

 

Scott Gulbransen

Company: H&R Block

Title: Director-social media and social business

Twitter: @sdgully

Background: Applebees, Intuit

 

Adam Kmiec

Company: Campbell’s

Title: Director-global digital marketing & social media

Twitter @adamkmiec

Background: Walgreens, Colle+McVoy, Con Agra

 

Lee Aase

Company: Mayo Clinic

Title: Director-center for social media

Twitter: @leeaase

Background: Mayo Clinic, politics

Christi McNeill

Company: Southwest Airlines

Title: Social media and emerging media

Twitter: @christimcneill

Background: Southwest Airlines

Justin Levy

Company: Citrix

Title: Head of social media

Twitter: @justinlevy

Background: New Marketing Labs

 

 

Alicia Jones

Company: Honda

Title: National manager of Honda and Acura social marketing

Twitter: @alicia_at_honda

Background: Honda, Edelman

 

Christi Woodworth

Company: Sonic

Title: Director of social media

Twitter: @cwoodworth

Background: Heifer International, Oklahoma Public Schools Foundation

Umang Shah

Company: Wal-Mart

Title: Director-social strategy

Twitter: @umang_shah

Background: Microsoft, Xerox

 

Wendy Arnott

Company: TD Bank Group

Title: Vice president-social media and digital communication

Twitter: @wendy_arnott

Background: TD Bank, Mercer

 

Ryon Harms

Company: Farmer’s Insurance

TItle: Director of social media

Twitter: N/A

Background: WebIR, media

 

Joe Curry

Company: Target

Title: Social media manager

Twitter: @joejcurry

Background: McDonalds, Padilla Speer Beardsley

 

 

Scott Hudler

Company: Dunkin Donuts

Title: Vice president of global consumer engagement

Twitter: @scotthudler

Background: Dunkin Donuts, Mars, Popeye’s Chicken

 

Blair Klein

Company: AT&T

Title: Executive director-emerging communications

Twitter: @bklein34

Background: AT&T, Edelman

 

Jonathan Pierce

Company: American Airlines

Title: Director of social media communications

Twitter: @jonnorp

Background: American Airlines

 

Rick Wion

Company: McDonalds

Title: Director of Social Media

Twitter: @GoMcD

Background: Golin Harris, media

 

Jon Lombardo

Company: GE

Title: Leader of social media

Twitter: N/A

Background: Politics, PSFK

 

 

Greg Gerik

Company: 3M

Title: Social media leader

Twitter: @ggerik

Background: West Publishing, Legal

 

Beth Reilly

Company: Kraft Foods

Title: Digital ands social marketing lead

Twitter: N/A

Background: Leo Burnett, Universal

 

 

Karen Gutierrez

Company: U.S. Bank

Title: Social media director

Twitter: @curiousbanker

Background: Media

 

 

Ashley Callahan

Company: Coca-Cola

Title: Manager of digital communications and social media

Twitter: @ashhazie

Background: Media

 

 

Jamie Simoni

Company: American Eagle Outfitters

Title: Marketing manager-social media

Twitter: @jamiesimoni

Background: American Eagle, Red Cross

 

 

Chuck Stephens

Company: Humana

Title: Social media marketing consultant

Twitter: @SoChuckified

Background: Humana

 

Adrian Parker

Company: Intuit

Title: Global head of social media, mobile and emerging media

Twitter: @adriandparker

Background: Radio Shack, Foot Locker

 

 

Vince Golla

Company: Kaiser Permanente

Title: Director-digital media and syndication

Twitter: @VinceGolla

Background: Kaiser, Oracle, Media

 

 

Aaron Miller

Company: General Mills

Title: Social media engagement manager

Twitter: @HelloAaron

Background: Target, Weber Shandwick

 

 

Connie Chan Wang

Company: LinkedIn

Title: Social media strategist

Twitter: @cheesycons

Background: Yahoo

 

Note: Big thanks to SocialMedia.org for many of the pics above…