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# Karen Costello and Shailesh Prakash on Adweek List of 50 Corporate Leaders Who “Grow Business, Spur Innovation and Generate Value”
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/karen-costello-and-shailesh-prakash-among-adweek-list-of-50-corporate-leaders-who-grow-business-spur-innovation-and-generate-value/
- Published: 2018-11-28T22:56:04.000Z
- Updated: 2018-12-04T18:54:01.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: People, Awards, #Import 2026-10-08 18:49

**The Adweek 50 list recognizes corporate leaders** who “grow business, spur innovation and generate value across the ever-changing marketing, media and technology landscape.” Included on this year’s list of most indispensable executives are **Karen Costello,** shown above, COO of The Martin Agency, and **Shailesh Prakash,** chief product, technology and information officer of *The Washington Post*.

The Adwweek 50 profile of Costello states: “Elevated from executive creative director as the year began, Costello rose to the challenge, helping to right the ship after her predecessor, Joe Alexander, left the agency under a cloud of sexual harassment. She played a key role in campaign launches for Land O’Lakes (spotlighting female farmers), Sling TV (“Slingers”) and Virginia Tourism (“Virginia Is for Everyone”), while forming a talent and culture division led by former Obama administration official Kelsey Larus. “We’re all about progress over perfection, and I’m a big proponent of bringing people into the process,” Costello says. “Building something together is not only empowering, it’s creatively inspiring.””

The Adweek 50 profile of Prakash states: “As part of his mission to transform the Jeff Bezos-owned media property into a cutting-edge digital publisher, Prakash led development of the Arc CMS. What began as a technology experiment offered free of charge to select universities has grown into a powerful software-as-a-service platform powering not only the Post, but also other publications across the country. In effect, while upgrading his own company’s capabilities, and opening new revenue streams during a time of intense competition for advertising and subscriptions, Prakash created a business that is having a positive impact across the entire industry.”

See the full list [here](https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/50-indispensable-media-marketing-and-tech-players-and-the-bold-moves-they-made-for-brands/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com#/Shailesh-Prakash)