Megan Frantz is an enthusiastic senior leader who builds robust partnerships, talent relationships and entertainment for the digital media landscape. Over her career, she has gained a worldview of what immense value digital creator partnerships can offer by racking up experiences at media companies, tech platforms, agencies, and television networks. She understands the impact of creators in producing authentic entertainment in the evolving digital media industry and has learned to lead and build relationships with kindness, empathy and influence - from executing innovative branded campaigns at scale to championing talent eager to change the world. Her work has informed many of today's leading brands, including Samsung, Pepsi, HBO, Google, Amazon and more. Currently, Megan serves as Talent Manager at Whalar, a full service influencer marketing platform, brand agency and management solution on a mission to Liberate the Creative Voice and make advertising more effective through the inclusion of all creative voices. Previously, Megan led Creator Partnerships at Patreon, the top platform powering membership businesses for over 200,000 creators, podcasters, musicians and artists. Founded by creator and musician Jack Conte in 2013, Patreon has paid out $2 billion to creators to date. She also served as the Director of Talent Partnerships at Group Nine Media (the Discovery-backed parent media company of Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo and Seeker). Here, Megan operated as the sole talent leader within the sales organization, building and executing branded campaigns with influencer programming across the four digital publishers. Prior to Group Nine, Megan was the head producer on the Shorty Awards, the premier award show honoring the best of social media, where she built hundreds of robust relationships with the creators, celebrities and Academy members recognized in the show. She has also worked as a television producer, social media manager, and event producer. In her spare time, Megan serves as the co-founder of Women Who Brunch, a monthly brunch event series bringing together inspiring women over mimosas, as well as a pop culture trivia host covering everything from Friends to Breaking Bad, Gilmore Girls, and Harry Potter.