Study Group: Council Members who Follow TV Advertising(?)

Ralf Hirt is the Vice President- International at Glam Media, a Web 2.0 distributed media firm. He previously spent nine years at DoubleClick in New York, London, Sydney and Hong Kong as the Vice President- Operations and Strategic Partnerships, Senior Director- Publishers, Managing Director- Asia Pacific,...

Andrew Donchin is the Director - National Broadcast at Carat North America, a media specialist agency. He is responsible for managing operations for New York and Los Angeles. Previously, Mr. Donchin was a buyer at Wells, Rich and Greene, and was responsible for managing the account for Procter & Gamble;...

Joshua Pollack is the Chief Executive Officer at NXT, an investment management company focused in the media, sports, entertainment, publishing, video game internet and digital distribution industries. Mr. Pollack recently lead a feature film slate financing with Universal Studios and GE. He also manages...

Jason Kanefsky is the Senior Vice President of National Broadcast at the New York office of Media Planning Group, a media specialist agency. He is responsible for the purchase of annual national cable and broadcast television advertising. He directly oversees $600 million worth of advertising and works...

Gordon Borrell is the Chief Executive Officer at Borrell Associates, a leading research and consulting firm that focuses on interactive advertising for local media. He has 27 years of experience in media, ranging from newspaper reporting to media company executive overseeing newspapers, TV and cable...

Jay Krihak is a Senior Partner, group media director at MEC Interaction, the online division of Media Edge CIA LLC advertising agency. He is responsible for MediaPost's Video Insider, Advisory Panels for Pointroll, Atlas Rich Media, and through the 4A's Digital Marketing Committee. He is also responsible...

Maribeth Papuga is a Director of Local Broadcast at Mediavest in New York. She spends approximately $600 million on local cable, TV, and Radio on an annualized basis throughout the entire US market. She has been in both planning and buying for 25 years, sixteen of which have been at Mediavest.

Deborah King is a Sr. Media Specialist at Mervyns, LLC, a department store. She oversees approximately $85 million in advertising buying and/or planning on an annualized basis. She began her career in advertising in 1994 at Saatchi and Saatchi in the media department. Since then, Deborah has developed...