Phil AkinPresident and Chief Executive Officer
HELLMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.![]()
Phil Akin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hellman, where he has worked since 2005. Hellman is a full service marketing and advertising agency with a client base covering 129 of the current Fortune 500 companies, including Best Buy, Advance...
Gary AllenFounder and Chief Executive Officer
Allen & Associates![]()
Gary Allen is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Allen and Associates, a retail strategy, marketing, and operations consulting firm since July 1990. Allen and Associates has completed contracts with banks, LBO groups, wholesalers and retailers...
President
Communications Two Group![]()
Louis Bilka is the President of Communications Two Group, a direct response consulting company. He is responsible for recommending and implementing mailing list, credit card inserts, newspaper inserts, space advertising, radio and television spot buying...
Nigel CarrSenior Vice President--Director of Brand Planning
THE CRAMER-KRASSELT CO![]()
Nigel Carr joined Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago as Senior Vice President-Brand Planning Dir late in 2008 after 3 years as a Senior Partner at Ogilvy New York. He's a veteran brand planner/strategist with very diverse experience across new & established clients...
Dawn CiersFormer President
Wahlstrom Group![]()
Dawn Ciers was the President at Wahlstrom Group, a directional media advertising agency. She has over 20 years of experienced in the yellow pages industry. She has served on the ADM Board and was the Chairman of the Directory Advertising Committee at...
President
MARC![]()
Tracey Clanton is the President of MARC- Marketing Aimed 2 Reach Consumers. MARC is a consulting firm operating as a full service Agency providing Marketing, Advertising and Media for retail clients. Recently, Tracey held the position of Group Account...
President
Cornell and Associates![]()
George Cornell is President of Cornell and Associates, a consulting firm serving the jewelry and cosmetic industries, specializing both in the retail and manufacturing aspects, where he has worked since August 2008. He has served as COO of Super Bell...
President
MarketOps, Inc.![]()
John Duffy is currently the President of MarketOps, a food and beverage consultancy firm, where he has worked since 2001. Mr. Duffy has more than 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry and has expertise in wholesale, retail, marketing,...
President
ADGEN CORP![]()
Robert Figa is the President of ADGEN CORP., an independent outdoor advertising consulting company. He consults with media vendors, advertising agencies, advertisers and investors in the area of outdoor advertising. Prior to opening his own firm, Mr....
Principal
JRFindlay Consulting![]()
Russell Findlay is Principal of JRFindlay Consulting and was most recently (10/08) Director of Marketing at PepsiCo. There he was responsible for brand building, advertising, media, innovation, promotions, etc. Previously, he was a Vice President of Field...