About the Echo Awards

ECHO ACADEMY OF DIRECT MARKETING ARTS & SCIENCES BOARD OF GOVERNORS

The Board of Governors of the ECHO Academy works closely with the DMA to guide the International ECHO Awards.

Leadership

Neil H. Feinstein — Chair
Director, Brand & Creative Strategy
True North, Inc.

Karen H. Ebben — Vice Chair
Director, Marketing Effectiveness & Enabling Analytics
General Motors Corporation

Mitchell Lieber — Immediate Past Chair
President
Lieber & Associates

Bob Knorpp — Judging Chair
President
The Cool Beans Group


Governors

Tedd Aurelius
VP Management Supervisor
The Martin Agency

Andrew Beckman
President
Location 3 Media

Richard Eber
EVP, Executive Creative Director
MRM Worldwide

Eric Edge
Director of Communications
Euro RSCG Worldwide

Pam Fields
CEO
Stetson

Chad Ghastin
CRM Manager
Weight Watchers

Karin L. Giffney
VP, Marketing
Discover Financial Services

Bernice Grossman
President
DMRS Group

Henry "Hank" Hoke, III
Publisher
Hoke Communicatins, Inc.

Warren Hunter
President & CEO
DMW Worldwide

Marjorie Kalter
Academic Program Director, Clinical Professor
New York University

Brent Kuhn
Partner
Bennett Kuhn Varner

Leona Linder
Senior Marketing Director
Kraft Foods

Maryssa Miller
Director E-Commerce
Lacoste.com

Catherine E. Moriarty
Advertising Specialist / Editor, Deliver
United States Postal Service

Holly Pavlika
Executive Creative Director
Big Fuel

Eugene Raitt
EVP & Chief Direct Marketing Officer
AIG Companies Worldwide

Detlef Rump
Chief Creative Officer
Proximity Germany GmbH

Ezequiel Trivino
Founder — Principal
Wikreate


Special Advisors

William Collinger
President
Collinger & Associates

Matt Leonard

Tina Lance
Manager, Segment Advertising
United States Postal Service

Sid Liebenson
EVP, Director of Marketing
Draftfcb


International Judging Chairs

European Judging Chair
Finn Overgaard

Founder, CEO and Managing Director
GEKKO — Copenhagen, Denmark

Australian Judging Chair
Malcolm Bristow

Head of Direct
Leap Agency — Melbourne, Australia


ECHO ACADEMY & DMA STAFF

Barbara J. Parker
Director, Award Programs

Julie A. Hogan
SVP, Conference & Events

John A. Greco, Jr.
President & CEO