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Luke Purdy is the Director of Sustainability at Wieden+Kennedy. In this first-of-its-kind role, he leads global initiatives across ten offices, enacting foundational strategies that integrate sustainable actions at the heart of Wieden+Kennedy's business, operations, and culture. He led the W+K network to achieve B Corp certification in March of 2023, becoming the first global ad agency network to achieve the distinction. 

Briana manages both digital and physical collections with a focus on enhancing accessibility and preserving local Black history and culture. Briana's educational background has laid a solid foundation for her archival work. She holds a B.A. in Global Studies with a minor in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 

With over 20 years of experience spanning agency management, creative operations, production, marketing, technology, and finance, Melanie delivers transformative solutions that drive efficiency, innovation, and growth for brands. With extensive experience in both in-house and creative agencies, Melanie bridges the gap between creative vision and operational rigour, ensuring teams are empowered to deliver outstanding work. 

Luke leads the Design Advocacy team at Zeroheight, the Design Systems documentation company, where they research and educate about the future of DesignOps and Design Systems.

Before Zeroheight, Luke worked as an IC and leader in product design and advocacy teams at Memrise, Mr & Mrs Smith, and Microsoft, amongst others. They host the Design Systems WTF and the DesignOps Island Discs podcast and co-organize the Converge conference and WDC in Bristol.