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

Karen Ebben — Chair
Director, Actionable Consumer Brand Intelligence
General Motors Corporation

Marjorie Kalter — Vice Chair
Academic Program Director
Clinical Professor
New York University

Tedd Aurelius — Judging Chair
Vice President, Management Supervisor
The Martin Agency

Neil H. Feinstein — Immediate Past Chair
Director of Brand and Creative Strategy
True North Inc.

Martin Bauer
Managing Partner
Wunderman Germany

Andrew Beckman
CEO
Location3 Media, Inc.

Jan Roelf Bult
Executive Vice President
MetrixLab

Eric Edge
Manager, Global communictions
Facebook

Brad Epstein
VP, Chief Creative Officer
Medco

Rahim Fazal
Chief Strategist & Co-Founder
Involver

Carolyn Goodman
President, Creative Director
Goodman Marketing Partners, Inc.

Bernice Grossman
President
DMRS Group, Inc.

Henry (Hank) Hoke, III
Publisher
Hoke Communications, Inc.

Angella Hubbert
Director, Print Production
Russ Reid

Bob Knorpp
President
Cool Beans

JP LaFors
Director of Client Services
Gyro

Leona Lindner
VP, Commercial Marketing
Frontier Communications

Maria Mandel
VP Media & Marketing Innovation
AT&T Advanced Ad Solutions

Jennifer Monaghan
SVP, Management Supervisor
Campbell-Ewald

Tracey Owens
President
O2kl Integrated Communications

Steve Penn
President
P•E•N•N

Detlef Rump
Managing Director & CCO
Proximity Germany

Lori Savage
Advertising & Media Planning
United States Postal Service

Ezequiel Trivino
Director de Soluciones
Creativas de Negocia
DDB Spain

Gary Scheiner
Managing Partner, CCO
Rosetta

INTERNATIONAL JUDGING CHAIRS

European Judging Chair
Finn Overgaard
Partner
RelationshutteGEKKO

Incoming Australian Judging Chair
Mike Chuter
Founding Partner
Cubed Communications
Southbank, Australia

SPECIAL ADVISORS

William W. Collinger
President
Collinger & Associates
St. Louis, MO

Sid Liebenson
Managing Partner
Marketing Highway

Matt Leonard
General Manager
Bergen Aesthetics
Upper Saddle River, NJ

DMA STAFF

Barbara J. Parker
Director, Award Programs

Julie A. Hogan
SVP, Conference & Events

Lawrence M. Kimmel
Chief Executive Officer