About the Echo Awards

ECHO Judges

ECHO judges, who are nominated by the ECHO Committee and Ambassadors, are an elite group of senior-level professionals, client-side marketers, agency account directors and senior creatives with years of direct marketing experience as well as specific industry experience. Judges are made up of professional peers whose energy, enthusiasm and dedication to excellence make a prestigious honor all the more meaningful. 

Overall, participating judges came from cities across the United States, as well as from UK, Brazil, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.

Jonas Akerlind
OgilvyOne Worldwide

Mark Allen
Service Master

Shari Altman
Altman Dedicated Direct

Judy Arnold
SEI

Tedd Aurelius
The Martin Agency

Sarah Baehr
Razorfish

Matt Bailey
Sitelogic

Gisle Bakkalia
Rapp

Geoff Batrouney
Estee Marketing Group, Inc.

Martin Bauer
Wunderman Germany

Andrew Beckman
Location3 Media

Leslie Benjamin
Marketing Consultant

Laura Blanco
MRM Worldwide Spain

Sandra Blum
Blum & Company LLC

Kit Faber Boesdal
BusinessTree

Simon Bond
Proximity BBDO

Eamon Boyle
The Martin Agency

Patricia Brackman
DVN

Brian Brilliant
BMD

Scott Briskman
Agency.com

Malcolm Bristow
Leap Agency

Brent Brotine
Brent Brotine Communications

Jeffrey Browe
Wunderman

Michael Brzozowski
Draftfcb

Marc Canabou
Yahoo Inc

Brian Carlson
Klausen + Partners a/s

Marcelo Carnevale
DraftFCB

Santiago Casares
Wikreate

Julia Elena Castanon
Wikreate

Brian Castelli
Progressive Impressions Int'l

Lisa Charlebois
OgilvyOne

Bent Klenke Christensen
Mediacenter danmark a-s

Mike Chuter
CUBED Communications

Jon Clark
The ClarkAlliance

Maxine Cohen
Copy By Max/DM & Copy Services

Bill Collinger
Collinger & Associates

Jill Cowen
CitiCards

Chet Dalzell
Consultant

Uffe Daub
Ledernes Hovedorganisation

Megan Devine
d. trio marketing group

Glenn Dickson
Rapp Collins Australia

Marcy Dome
Microsoft Corporation

Andre Doren
AVD Hispanic Marketing

Nancy Draughn
Javelin Direct

Maureen Dyvig
d. trio marketing group

Karen Ebben
General Motors Corporation

Richard Eber
MRM Worldwide

Eric Edge
Euro RSCG Worldwide

Wayne Elley
SDS Data Insights

Tina Engberg
BusinessTree

Neil Feinstein
True North Inc.

Rich Feldman
Source Marketing

Anders Fich
Fair Forsikring A/S

Pam Fields
Stetson

Neil Francis
Stephen, Francis Whitson

Maria Furbo
RelationshusetGekko

John Gagne
Proximity Canada

Erin Gallagher
Simon Richards Group

Meena Ganeson-Kumar
Simon Richards Group

Carlos Garavito
Ogilvy/OgilvyOne Worldwide

Patrick Garrett
Outrider

Dan Geaves
Pareto Fundraising

Robbin Gehrke
Russ Reid

Chrysanthe Georges
Georges Marketing Group

Chad Ghastin
WeightWatchers.com

Karin Giffney
Discover Financial Services

Bernardo Gomez
EURO RSCG

Maxine Gooden
Marketing E. Gooden Mktg Consulting

Carolyn Goodman
Goodman Marketing Partners Inc.

Tom Goosmann
True North Inc.

Andrew Gordon
Direct Impact Group

Duncan Gray
Proximity London

Gabe Greenberg
Vibrant Media

Bernice Grossman
DMRS Group, Inc.

Jens Grunewald
TouchWorks GmbH

Sandra Gudat
Customer Communications Group

Francisco Guijarro
Wikreate

David Hackett
SpaceCenter Partners

Andrew Hansen
Harte-Hanks

Nancy Harhut
Consultant

Jens Harrison
Rapp

Yosi Heber
Oxford Hill Partners

Tatjana Henschet
Publicis

Kaenan Hertz
USAA

Hank Hoke, III
Hoke Communications, Inc.

Angela Hubbert
Russ Reid

Warren Hunter
DMW Worldwide, LLC

William Ince
Consultant

Michael Jacobson
Direct Media Inc.

Jakob Kaare Jensen
Gorm Larsen & Partners

Marjorie Kalter
New York University

Jeannette Kirby
Inviso

Liz Kislik
Liz Kislik Associates LLC

Steve Kissing
Barefoot Proximity

Dan Kleps
Vita-Mix Corporation

Bob Knorpp
The Cool Beans Group

Michael Koch
OgilvyOne Worldwide

Jeannette Kocsis
Harte-Hanks, Inc.

Mark Kolier
CGSM

Mikkel Korntved
Loyalty Group

Markus Kraatz
Proximity Germany

Brent Kuhn
BKV, Inc.

Gloria Kurant
Kurant Direct Inc.

Chuck La Tournous
Prudential Group Ins.

JP Lafors
The Martin Agency

Tina Lance
Marketing Consultant

Peter Larnish
Larnish & Assoicaites

Bruce Lee
Emerge Partners

Jonas Lembke
Ogilvy Interactive Syndey

Matt Leonard
Consultant

Jeff Levin
Direct Media Inc.

Sid Liebenson
Draftfcb

Mitchell Lieber
Lieber & Associates

Leona Linder
Kraft Foods

Ed Lisi
Meredith Integrated Marketing

Sonja Lund
RelationshusetGekko

Nick Maercer
Mecell Bell Pty Ltd.

Lori Magill-Cook
ALC

Grace Maher
Maher Design

Eileen Mahoney
G2

Beatriz Mallory
Hispan America

Heather Lloyd Martin
Success Works Search Marketing Inc.

Ruben Martinez
Wikreate

Jon Maxim
Maxim Advertising

Scott May
American HomePatient Inc.

Elizabeth McCaffrey
EAM Creates

Tim McCreight
American Inst. Of Chemical Engineers

Chuck McLeester
Roska Direct

Susan Meany
SKM Group

Nick Mercer
Mercell Bell Pty Ltd.

Sven Michelsen
CRM & Loyalty

Paula Milam
Victor Results Advertising, Inc.

Kimberly Miller
Time Inc.

Maryssa Miller
Lacoste

Jennifer Monaghan
Campbell-Ewald

Rick Moore
Active Integrated Marketing, LLC

Catherine Moriarty
United States Postal Service

Josh Mortiz
Customer-Growth

Thomas Nelligan
Blitz-Cossette Communications

Dave Nelson
ALC

Taylor Nicholls
G2 Direct & Digital

John O'Connor
JVW Direct

Lee Odden
TopRank Online Marketing

Akira Oka
Direct Marketing Japan

Finn Overgaard
GEKKO

Matt Palumbo
Palumbo Associates

Holly Pavlika
Big Fuel

Maria Phillips
Watson Phillips Norman

Jason Polson
Draftfcb

Gayle Prete
Discover Financial Services

Elly Puyat
Ogilvy

Tony Rambaut
Friend

Stan Rapp
Enguage

Jenny Raybould
Creative Director/Copy Consultant

Joan Renfrow
Onyx Prod.

Lee Richards
Simon Richards Group

Suzy Ridenour
Ridenour & Associates

Carsten Risgaard
Momentum

Jonas Roeser
LTC Financial Partners, LLC

Matthew Rosenblatt
Harte-Hanks, Inc.

Debbie Roth
Japs-Olson.com

Adrea Rubin
Adrea Rubin Marketing Inc.

Detlef Rump
Proximity Germany

Ole Rydal
OgilvyOne Worldwide

Joachim Sadowski
Comm3, Agency for DM & Brand Advert.

Aurelio Saiz
SpaceCenter Partners

Roehl Sanchez
Blitz direct Data & Promotions

Rick Sangerman
A. Eicoff & Co.

Domingo Sanna
MarCom Strategy

Ian Sawers
Wunderman

Gary Scheiner
Rosetta

David Scholes
Targetbase

Rosa Maria Jimenez Selma
MRM Worldwide Spain

Jason Snyder
MRM Gillespie

Roger Stevens
Fenton Stephens

Tim Suther
Acxiom

Ina Svarod
Consultant

Kenneth Tattersall
Bank of America

Mary Teahan
CP Proximity

Jon Tell
MRM Worldwide, Princeton

Ezequiel Trivino
Wikreate

Geert Troch
DVN

Pamela Upton
Bank of America

Raymundo Valdez
ALMA DDB

Maribett Varner
BKV, Inc.

Leena Vento
Mainostoimisto Suhde

Jay van Wagenen
JVW Direct

Andy Walsh
G2 Direct & Digital

Volker Wasch
Proximity Germany

Eric Webster
State Farm

Heidi Wells
Heidi Wells Creative Services

Andrew Wetzler
More Visibility

George Wiedemann
UMarketing

Helle Windahl
RelationshusetGekko

Elly Woolston
DMS England

Johnathan Yee
AIU Holdings Inc.

Felipe Rios Yrarrazaval
Grupo CP

Ingo Zacher
Proximity Germany

Bostjan Zrimsek
Dima Center d.o.o

Mat Zucker
OgilvyOne Worldwide, New York