Sonali Argade, MBA

Sonali Argade is a Senior Associate Manager in Global Brand Marketing at The Hershey Company, leveraging an MBA from Dukes Fuqua School of Business. She excels in translating consumer insights into strategy, highlighted by her key role in the award-winning Shaq-A-Licious brand launch and her selection into Hersheys top talent accelerator program.

Prior to her corporate career, Sonali was a singer, songwriter, and founder of her own boutique record label, Barking Lion Entertainment. She managed cross-functional creative teams, produced multiple albums, and toured nationally with her band. She is passionate about leveraging her unique background to bring a creative perspective to business challenges.

Unique fact: Before pivoting to brand management, she was a performing artist whose cover of a Rihanna song went viral and earned her a backstage meeting with the star.