Board of Directors

Board of Directors Consisting of 38 Members

• 20 members in the advertiser and advertising agency divisions
• 18 members in the publisher division
• Directors are elected to two-year terms; seven board officers are elected annually. The chairman must be an advertiser or advertising agency director, and may serve two consecutive one-year terms.

For the official explanation of board representation, please visit the Bylaws and Rules section of this site.

Note: [xxxx] indicates year directorship term expires.

Board Officers

Chairman

• Sunni Boot (Canadian Advertising Agency Director)

Vice Chairs

• Scott Kruse (Advertising Agency Director)
  
• David W. Leckey (Magazine Director)
• Christina Meringolo (Advertiser Director)
• Shelagh Stoneham (Canadian Advertiser Director)

Secretary

• Rob Fisher (Business Publication Director)

Treasurer

• Kirk A. Davis (Newspaper Director)

Advertiser and Advertising Agency Divisions 20 Members

There is one buyer (advertising agency/advertiser) vacancy.

Advertiser Directors

• Stacy Boone, Media Manager, Target Corporation [2014]
• Christopher H. Daly, VP of Media, Macy’s Inc. [2013]
• Lisa Haynes, Manager of Ad Planning, Kohl's Department Stores [2013]
• Jeffrey Holecko, North American Media Manager, Kimberly-Clark [2014]
• Christina Meringolo, Executive Director, Global Media Services and Digital Marketing, Merck Consumer Care [2013]
• David K. Ronk II, VP Retail Marketing, Chase [2013]
• Leonard W. (Bill) Stabile, Senior Director, Brand & Marketing Communications, Siemens Corporation [2014]
• Shelagh Stoneham, SVP and GM, Brands and Marketing Communications, Rogers Communications, Inc. [2013]
• David Strome, VP Media Services - Americas, LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton [2014]

Advertising Agency Directors

• Sunni Boot, CEO, ZenithOptimedia Canada Inc. [2014]
• Edward W. Boyd, CEO, One Advertising Inc. [2013]
• Merle K. Davidson, VP - Media and Account Services, ACGMedia [2014]
• Scott Kruse, Managing Partner, Director of Print, GroupM [2013]
• Steven H. Mueller, President, NSA Media, Wahlstrom [2014]
• David P. Murphy, CEO, Novus Media Inc. [2013]
• Suzanne Silber, SVP, Group Client Director, Carat [2014]
• Debbie Sklar, VP Director of Print Services, Horizon Media [2014]
• Robin Steinberg, EVP, Director of Publishing Investment & Activation, MediaVest USA [2013]
• Brenda White, SVP, Publishing Activation Director, Starcom Worldwide [2013]

Publisher Divisions 18 Members

There is one magazine director vacancy and one daily newspaper director vacancy.

Business Publication Directors

• Linda E. Brennan, VP/Operations, McGraw-Hill Construction, The McGraw-Hill Companies [2013]
• Rob Fisher, SVP, Group Publisher, American City Business Journals [2014]

Farm Publication Director

• Gary L. Vorpahl, VP of Marketing, W.D. Hoard & Sons Company [2013]

Magazine Directors

• Liberta Abbondante, SVP, Consumer Marketing, Hearst Magazines [2013]
• Louis Cona, Chief Marketing Officer, Conde Nast [2014]
• David W. Leckey, EVP, Consumer Marketing, American Media, Inc. [2014]
• Susan Roberson, SVP, General Manager, Consumer Marketing & Sales, Time Consumer Marketing [2013]

Canadian Periodical Director

• Kenneth Whyte, President, Rogers Publishing Limited [2013]

Daily Newspaper Directors

• Stephen W. Bernard, VP, Advertising, The McClatchy Company [2014]
  
• Caroline Diamond Harrison, Publisher, Staten Island Advance [2014]
• Evan A. Ray, President, Gannett Publishing Services, Gannett Co., Inc. [2013]
• Steven B. Rossi, President and CEO, California Newspapers Partnership [2013]
• Howard G. Sutton, President, CEO, and Publisher, The Providence Journal Company [2013]

Weekly Newspaper Director

• Kirk A. Davis, President and COO, GateHouse Media, Inc. [2013]

Canadian Newspaper Directors

• Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO, The Globe and Mail [2013]
• Gordon Fisher, President and Publisher, Pacific Newspaper Group, Postmedia Network Inc. [2014]

President & Managing Director

• Michael J. Lavery, Alliance for Audited Media