Acknowledgments
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman
Carl Johnson
Co-Founder
Anomaly
Chairman-elect
Matt Seiler
CEO
Universal McCann
Secretary
Kendall Crolius
Part.
The Sulevia Group
Treasurer
Cleve Langton
Mngng Part.
New Business 3.0
Linda Cornelius
Sr. Part.-Mngng. Dir.
Ogilvy & Mather
Taylor Gray
Global Head of Brand
Thomson Reuters
Gary Steele
Mngng. Part.
Arnold Worldwide
STAFF
Mary Lee Keane
Pres.
Denise McDevitt
Assoc. Dir.
Erica Stoppenbach
Dir.
Angie Carballo
Production Coord.
Elizabeth Hammel
Effie Intl. Mgr.
Stephanie Pulner
Website/Rsch./Event Asst.
Nisha Stephen
Program Coord.
PROGRAM CONSULTANTS
Elicia Greenberg
Dir.-New Business Devel.
Effie Awards
Photography by Ric Kallaher
Rebecca Sullivan
Public Relations
NORTH AMERICAN
COMMITTEE
Ellen Hyde Pace (Chair)
Exec. VP-Acct. Mngng. Dir.
N. Amer.
Young & Rubicam
Gary Steele (Chair)
Mngng. Part.
Arnold Worldwide
Nina Abnee
Exec. VP-Acct. Mgmt.
Leo Burnett USA
Pat Adams
Mngng. Dir.
Secret Weapon Marketing
Carl Johnson
Co-Founder
Anomaly
Jim Kite
Pres.-Connections Rsch.
& Analytics
MediaVest Worldwide
Barbara Reilly
Mngng. Part.-Exec. Dir.
Arnold Worldwide
Josh Rogers
Founder-Creative Dir.
Operator
GLOBAL COMMITTEE
Cleve Langton (Chair)
Mngng Part.
New Business 3.0
Carisa Bianchi
Pres.
TBWA\Chiat\Day
Los Angeles
Jeffrey Chapman
Global Dir.-Brand Comm.
Schick Wilkinson Sword
Marcio Moreira
Vice Chrmn.- Chief Talent
Officer & Global HR Dir.
McCann Worldgroup
SPECIAL THANKS
Sam Craig
Catherine & Peter Kellner
Professor
Stern School of Business
New York University
Rick Kendall, Ph.D.
VP-Rsch.
MedMeme LLC
Judd Labarthe
Exec. Planning Dir.
Argonauten G2
Paul Lavoie
Chrmn.-CCO
Taxi
Nick Law
Exec. VP-CCO, N. Amer.
R/GA
Michael Leibovitz
Co-Founder-CEO
Big Spaceship
Leland Maschmeyer
Dir.-Strategy
Collins:
Bruce Meyers
Mktg./Advt. Consultant
Colin Mitchell
Chief Strategy Officer
Ogilvy North America
Neil Powell
Imagination
Jim Spaeth
Founding Part.
Sequent Partners
Linda Tischler
Sr. Writer
Fast Company
Paul Woolmington
Founding Part.
Naked
WORLD EFFIE ADVISORS
Brian Collins
Chrmn.-CCO
Collins:
Ilana Bryant
Chief Strategy Officer
StrawberryFrog
Jonathan Mildenhall
VP-Global Advt. Strategy
& Creative Excellence
The Coca-Cola Co.
Stephen Mangham
Group Chrmn.
Ogilvy & Mather Singapore
Chris Thomas
Chrmn.-CEO
BBDO Asia Pacific
Charles Wigley
Chrmn.
Bartle Bogle Hegarty Asia
Pacific
John Zeigler
Pres.-CEO
DDB Asia-Pacific
GALA CONSULTANTS
Legend Productions
www.legendproductionsinc.com
JOURNAL CONSULTANTS
Nancy Giges
Publishing Consultant
Brookdale Associates
www.brookdaleassociatesinc.com
Milagro Design Group
www.milagrodesigngroup.com
TECHNOLOGY VENDOR
Rentech Solutions