--- title: "James Patterson Speaker Series: Alex Schultz" url: "/academics/honors/james-patterson-honors-program/speaker-series/2025-26/alex-schultz" type: page date: 2026-04-23 updated: 2026-04-23 --- # James Patterson Speaker Series: Alex Schultz James Patterson Honors Program # Alex Schultz The James Patterson Speaker Series at Manhattan University is proud to welcome Alex Schultz, chief marketing officer and VP of Analytics for Meta, to Smith Auditorium, Squeri Hall on October 9, 2025. The Speaker Series is a flagship component of the [James Patterson Honors Program (JPHP)](/node/2194/) at Manhattan University. Image ![Image of Meta's Alex Schultz](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_327w/public/media/2026-04/768_meta_alex_schultz_0186_hi-res.jpg?h=da0e99b0&itok=pPGcKzhh) **October 9, 2025 at 12 p.m.** Smith Auditorium, Squeri Hall The James Patterson Honors Program at Manhattan University was proud to welcome Meta’s Alex Schultz to Smith Auditorium, Squeri Hall on October 9, 2025. **Alex Schultz** is Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Analytics for Meta, overseeing marketing, product analytics, global experience, and design and creative. He built and leads Meta’s data science and data engineering teams to help set strategy, provide business intelligence, and drive user growth and engagement. Since joining Meta in 2007, he has led some of the most effective online direct response campaigns in the company’s history and is credited with helping grow its user base to nearly 3.3 billion daily users globally. Named one of the world’s most influential CMOs in 2024 and 2025 by Forbes, Schultz has helped shape how companies achieve growth in the digital age. This event is part of the fall 2025 Speaker Series, a cornerstone of the James Patterson Honors Program. This event was free and open to the public. **Moderator:** Grishma Shah, Ph.D., Associate Dean, School of Business ### Watch the Recorded Livestream [Embedded Video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/y-SAhJ8qJmQ) Contact Us ## Questions on the James Patterson Honors Program? Dr. Michele Saracino Executive Director (718) 862-7412 Eliza Newman Assistant Director (718) 862-7176