Judy Toland

Judy (Statum) Toland is an award winning, transformational CMO, with an engineering foundation. In May of 2023, she was appointed the role of Vice President, Global Audience Marketing. This role is responsible for the business brand, audience led marketing and product strategy, activation and execution across all Meta business brands, globally. She has served as Head of the Meta Chicago office since August 2020. The Meta Chicago office was named a Top Workplace for midsize companies in 2021 and 2022 by the Chicago Tribune.

Judy has 30 years of experience across five industries (Tech, Chemicals, Automotive, Financial Services, and Health and Wellness) and five Fortune 500 companies (Facebook/Meta, Monsanto, Ford Motor Company, General Electric, & Wells Fargo). She joined Facebook in July 2019, with prior roles as Vice President, Scaled Solutions and Vice President, Global Customer Marketing, both with global marketing remit across our Meta business brands. Prior to joining Meta, she held VP/SVP & Chief Marketing Officer roles, with GE Capital, Wells Fargo, and Life Fitness. In these prior roles, she held responsibility for all aspects of marketing from product strategy, product and customer marketing, digital marketing, brand, martech, events/ partnerships, customer facing education, and an in-house creative agency.

Judy has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Michigan- Dearborn. In 2023, she was recognized as one of the Top 50 Women we Admire in Marketing, as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by the University of Michigan Dearborn, and as a Private Company Director to Watch by Private Company Director Magazine. In 2021, she was recognized as a Top Black Executive in Chicago by Crain’s. She served as an Independent Board Director for Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC from 2021 to 2023. In addition, she is a member of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, World Business Chicago and Goodman Theatre nonprofit boards. She is also a member of the Chicago Network, Economic Club of Chicago, Commercial Club, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn National Advisory Council.

Judy is passionate about DEI having served on Diversity Councils at both GE Capital, Wells Fargo, and Meta. She is also a past Co-Chairperson of the GE Capital, African American Network. She is now leading DEI and racial justice efforts across Meta as the co-executive sponsor of Woman@ (Meta’s largest employee resource group), Meta Elevate & Meta Prosper.