E361 Ryan Stern & Alexa Tonner: Navigating The Chaos of a Volatile News Cycle

Ryan Stern is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Collectively and Alexa Tonner is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Collectively, a global leader in creator marketing that transforms brands into social-first enterprises, part of the Brandtech Group. Collectively quickly rose to prominence as a strategy-led data-backed creator marketing partner to some of the world’s leading brands including Unilever, Dove, TRESemmé, Intuit QuickBooks, Salesforce, Meta, Converse, Delta, and many more. Collectively was the first creator marketing company recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and has earned Cannes Lions, Effie, Webby, Glossy, Shorty, and OMMA awards for its programs. In 2025, Ryan was named an Advertising Week Future is Female nominee and Collectively was named to Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies and Top 10 women-led agencies.In 2026, Alexa was named an ADWEEK Architects of Culture Honoree.