Kris Magel

Kris Magel is a board member at YMCA of Greater New York and was previously with Progress Partners. Kris has over 20 years of experience in the media industry, working with some of the largest U.S. and multinational marketers. In their previous role as President of Media Clients at dentsu media, they were responsible for building bespoke service solutions for existing and prospective clients, growing and enhancing client relationships, improving quality of media product/delivery, and driving dentsu media ELT initiatives in collaboration with dentsu's community of media agency leaders.

Under Kris's leadership, dentsu media created cross-functional agency service and commercial solutions to meet the fast-evolving media and communications needs of large U.S. and multi-national marketers, and importantly, operationalized them seamlessly within dentsu media and across media, creative and CXM LOBs. Kris also deepened client relationships by increasing confidence, satisfaction, and revenue growth through the implementation of strategic account planning, service & product enhancement, and the establishment of a proactive, service & growth-oriented culture within dentsu media LOB. In addition, they accelerated client marketing and business results by elevating the performance of brand, platform, and experience-driven media & advertising via the integration of (meaningful) data, analytic and strategic insight, technology & tools, innovation, and creativity.

Throughout their career, Kris has led and inspired multi-functional

Kris Magel has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing/Marketing Management from SUNY Geneseo. Kris also has certification from LinkedIn in Difficult Conversations: Talking About Race at Work and Skills for Inclusive Conversations.