Stephanie Agresta

Stephanie Agresta is the Founder and Managing Director of Ascendancy Events, LLC, an event marketing agency specializing in bringing corporate and executive reputation goals to life at industry conferences and through owned event experiences. With 20+ years of experience working with world-class clients and C-suite executives across industries, Agresta has created a winning formula for leveraging events, thought leadership and content partnerships to set the innovator’s agenda and tell broad, impactful stories that drive executive reputation and business objectives.

Highly networked within the industry, Agresta’s deep relationships with conference organizers, trade organizations, and B2B media drive revenue and marketing results for brands and agencies. She previously served in senior executive roles at global agencies, including Real Chemistry, DiGennaro Communications, MSL, Weber Shandwick, and Porter Novelli.

An award-winning, integrated marketing and communications professional, Agresta helped pioneer the field of social media communications. She was named #6 among digital creators, innovators, and strategists by PRWeek and recognized by Business Insider as one of the top 25 advertising executives on Twitter. Agresta was also named to PRWeek’s “40 Under 40” roster. She is the co-author of "Perspectives on Social Media Marketing" with B. Bonin Bough.