Speakers
Share your knowledge and experience, success stories and cautionary tales. For more information on speaking opportunities, please contact conference chair Meg Hargreaves
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Former White House Chief of Staff; Managing Director, Rock Creek Global Advisors, LLC Joshua Bolten is Managing Director of Rock Creek Global Advisors, an international economic and regulatory policy consulting firm, which he co-founded in July 2011. Mr. Bolten spent the preceding two years at Princeton University, as a visiting professor in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. |
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Co-Founder, The Wonderfactory Joe McCambley, co-founder & creative director of The Wonderfactory, is a passionate and devoted student of branding and brand development. |
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former White House press secretary, Partner, Public Strategies Washington, Inc. Mike McCurry is a partner at Public Strategies Washington, Inc., where he provides counsel on communications strategies and management to corporate and non-profit clients. |
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President & CEO, The Yankee Group Terry Waters is the president and CEO of Yankee Group Research, Inc., and is charged with managing the company's strategic direction and day-to-day operations. |
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Managing Publisher, The Christian Science Monitor Jonathan Wells, managing publisher, has led The Christian Science Monitor's transformation from venerable daily newspaper to a multi-platform media company with the biggest audience in its history and ever-stronger financial performance. Previously, he was the Monitor's director of business development, director of national program marketing for WETA (DC's public television affiliate), and VP of strategic marketing for Seattle Public Television. A graduate of Michigan State, he received his JD from Syracuse University Law School and was a 2009 Sulzberger Leadership Fellow at Columbia University. |
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Editor, The Christian Science Monitor John Yemma has been a foreign correspondent, Washington reporter, political editor, and has covered economics, science, and culture in 38 years as a journalist. He has worked for The Dallas Morning News, The Boston Globe, UPI, The San Antonio Express-News - and since 2008, he has been editor of the Monitor. The Monitor publishes international news and analysis at CSMonitor.com, in the Monitor Weekly newsmagazine, and in an email-delivered Daily News Briefing. |
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Marketing Strategist, Good2bsocial Guy is the Chief Engagement Officer at Good2bSocial, LLC, a consulting company that helps companies and professionals understand how to use social media to delight their customers, engage with their prospects, and enable their employees to become more productive and innovative. |
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Publisher, Capitol Information Group Phil Ash is the president of Investing Daily, Business Management Daily and Torrent of Fire. ID provides profitable investment advice to smart, self-directed investors. BMD provides plain-English actionable business advice in the areas of human resources, leadership, office tech skills, tax minimization and more. And, Torrent of Fire provides tournament management software to the tabletop board game community. The software captures player data, then wraps analysis around the data and sells it back to the players. |
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CEO, RegReady, Gold Lasso Elie Ashery is the managing principal of RegReady, a fair and balanced customer acquisition community helping marketers build true opt-in lists and sales leads. |
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Partner, Marlin & Associates George Beckerman began his information industry career in 1981, providing strategic consulting and investment banking services to information, media and communications companies and to related technology and services companies. He joined Marlin & Associates in 2004. The firm's investment banking advisory and strategy consulting clientele in the digital information economy is world-wide, including North America, Europe, Asia/Oceana and Africa. George is also a company founder and a former operating executive. He is a co-founder of MarketResearch.com, Inc., a leading publisher and distributor of market research reports, and has held senior executive positions in the Washington Post Company's legislative information service business and in Thomson Financial. Earlier, he co-founded DIDS-co, one of the first geo-spatial software developers, was a partner in International Trade Advisory Services, an export promotion collaboration with Deloitte and the National Bank of Washington, and an executive co-founder of Federal Marketing Services, a research service. |
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Vice President, Education Division, SIIA Karen Billings has more than 40 years of experience in the education technology industry with positions in management, development, marketing, sales and classroom teaching. At SIIA she drives the association's work with its 190 member companies for whom educational publishing is a primary business. Prior to SIIA, Billings, was vice president, Major Business Initiatives for bigchalk Inc, where she drove relationships with major industry partners to respond to new business opportunities and vice president and general manager of its MediaSeek Division. She worked at Microsoft Corporation, managing K-12 Strategic Relations and at Claris Corporation, where she ran the Worldwide K-12 and Higher Education Marketing Programs. She served as director of sales at Logo Computer Systems, Inc. and as an executive editor in the School Division at Houghton-Mifflin Company. |
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Editor, Subscription Site Insider Minal Bopaiah is the Editor of Subscription Site Insider, which publishes extensive resources, including case studies, business data, monthly webinars and advanced how-to reports for publishers and marketers selling subscriptions online for paid content and membership sites. She has been an invited speaker at Folio’s MediaNext event, SIPA conferences and webinars, the Financial Publishers Roundtable, and many premium webinars. Minal can be contacted via email at minalb@subscriptionsiteinsider.com or on Twitter @SubSiteCentral. |
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Chief Executive Officer, Business and Legal Resources (BLR) | |
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Director of Operations, Chartwell Nancy Brand is the director of operations at Chartwell Inc. and is responsible for managing organizational processes, IT, marketing and conference production. In this role, she implemented a cross-departmental integration of Salesforce.com and created a multi-channel renewal strategy targeting electric and gas utilities. Over the past six years, Nancy has developed IT, account management, training and social media processes and policies to support the company’s evolving business strategy. She has overseen the transition from software to cloud-based solutions as well as developed multiple websites. |
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Publisher, Dorland Health/OR Manager/Contexo Media, Access Intelligence Carol Brault, as a publisher with Access Intelligence, oversees the AI Healthcare Group’s division of products and services for OR Manager, Dorland Health, and Contexo Media brands. |
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Director, EBusiness Development And Licensing, McGraw Hill Financial Andrea Broadbent is director of eBusiness development and content licensing at McGraw Hill Financial. She has led the outbound content licensing programs for this financial, publishing, and business services company for more than 30 years, negotiating countless license agreements representing dozens of industry-leading magazines, market briefings, and journals published by Standard & Poor’s, BusinessWeek, Aviation Week, McGraw Hill Construction, and Platts. Andrea is Co-chair of the Copyright and Licensing Working Group of the SIIA and an active member of the SIIA’s Content Anti-Piracy Committee, a member of the Special Libraries Association Business and Finance Division, and participates on various internal bodies at McGraw Hill Financial such as Chair of the Corporate Video Domain Team and active member of the Corporate Anti-Piracy Steering Committee. Andrea is an evangelist of business models and technologies supporting monetizing secondary markets, copyright management and anti-piracy. |
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Principal & Certified Leadership Coach, Xponential Publishing Consultants Dan Brown entered the publishing industry in 1983 as a newsletter reporter, after a brief stint as a newspaper and magazine freelancer. In the nearly three decades that have followed, Dan has been involved in every aspect of B2B publishing, from editorial and marketing to new product development and human resources. He is a former co-owner of UCG, one of the world’s leading specialized information publishers. Today, Dan is principal of Xponential Publishing Consultants, an international consulting firm serving B2B media companies by helping them with strategy, operations, and people. Dan is also a certified executive coach through Georgetown University. As a coach, Dan works with senior leaders in enhancing their leadership effectiveness and driving change throughout their organizations. You can email Dan at dbrown@xponentialpub.com, or call 202-686-0117. His site is www.xponentialpub.com. Dan is also the author of The Book of Models: the innovator's guide to monetizing content, and is faculty advisor for SIPA's Specialized Information Professional Certificate (SIPC) program. |
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President, FDAnews Cindy Carter is president and CEO of FDAnews, an information company serving the pharmaceutical, medical device and clinical trial communities. She also is a partner and past president of Healthcare Intelligence Network, a joint venture of several healthcare publishers. |
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President & CEO, ePublishing, Inc. Thomas Chaffee is the CEO of ePublishing, Inc. – a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service company driving maximum profit for publishers. Its Enterprise Publishing System (EPS) powers a wide range of business models, leverages new and diversified income streams, and automatically generates deep reader engagement by integrating behavioral data with Contextual Content, Community and Commerce. |
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Managing Editor, The Gold Sheet Bowman Cox is managing editor of “The Gold Sheet” at Elsevier Business Intelligence, where he covers emerging scientific, business and public policy challenges in pharmaceutical manufacturing quality. |
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Chief Operating Officer, BLR Guy Crossley is the COO of BLR, a Brentwood, TN based company that provides compliance solutions and training for employers nationwide and CLE, legal and political publications regionally in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia under the brands BLR and M. Lee Smith Publishers. |
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President, Davidson Direct Leslie Davidson of Davidson Direct is a consultant with 30 years of traditional and online marketing and project management experience. She specializes in all aspects of audio conference and webinar production and marketing, including speaker and sponsor recruitment, logistics and vendor management, copywriting, and more. Leslie has produced hundreds of conferences in the last eight years and can handle just about everything you need for a successful event. You create the content, then let Davidson Direct handle the rest—all for one low flat rate per conference. |
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IT Manager, CD Publications For more than 20 years, Mike Davis has worked in a variety of areas within the newsletter industry, a career that began in the sales department at CD Publications. Soon after he joined the company, Davis converted a part-time position as a phone sales representative into a full-time sales position. A few years later, he became assistant manager of the sales department. |
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Director, Business Opertations, CQ Roll Call Dave Desimini is the Director of Business Operations for CQ Roll Call, an Economist Group business. In this role, Desimini works to unify business processes used by the sales, marketing and finance departments. |
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Marketing Director, Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS) Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS) has provided the health care industry with newsletters, books, data resources, and conferences for more than 25 years. Laura serves as AIS’s marketing director and is responsible for developing and overseeing campaigns that drive sales and strengthen branding for 30 core products, plus managing ancillary product sales and new product launches, and helping establish new lines of business. |
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Vice President, Digital Strategy & Content Delivery, CQ Roll Call (The Economist Group) John Dineen is vice president for digital strategy and delivery for CQ Roll Call, where he has held several positions over the past eight years. Before that, he was co-owner and editor of Congressional Green Sheets, an energy and environment news company that Congressional Quarterly purchased in 2004. |
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Marketing Strategist, Peace Corps Christine Dobday is currently a Marketing Strategist at the Peace Corps with over 25 years of marketing and communications experience across sectors: Federal government, business and non-profit. Her previous positions include: Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement and Business Development at the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, and Communications Advisor/Public Affairs Specialist at the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services where she was responsible for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2005) communications contract and health promotion initiatives. | |
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Director of Sales, BLR Bobby Edgil is Vice President of Sales and Business Alliance for BLR. In this role he charts the course for the company’s outbound sales efforts, while seeking opportunities for strategic partnerships.Previously he served in sales management, director, and general manager roles in the imaging and software industry where he was a winner of multiple top awards. | |
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President & Publisher, insideARM.com & insidePatientFinance.com Stephanie Eidelman is the president and publisher of InsideARM.com and insidePatientFinance.com. Her varied background includes careers in live entertainment, aerospace manufacturing, online city guide publishing and organizational consulting. |
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Vice President, Marketing, The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc Denise Elliott is the vice president of sales and marketing at The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., where she is responsible for the circulation/sales efforts for five newsletters with a combined circulation of more than 275,000 and one consumer magazine with more than 600,000 subscribers. Founded in 1920 by W.M. Kiplinger, the company developed one of the nation’s first successful newsletters. The Kiplinger Letter, launched in 1923, remains the longest continually published newsletter in the United States. To learn more, visit www.kiplinger.com or follow on Twitter @KiplingerMedia. |
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Director of Audience Management, CFE Media LLC Rick Ellis is the Director of Audience Management for CFE Media LLC, a leading multi-channel content provider for engineering professionals. Rick is an award-winning audience developer with over 20 years experience at Reed Business Information, Canon USA and UBM Electronics. |
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Chief Executive Officer, iCopyright Corporation Andrew S. Elston is CEO of iCopyright, the digital content monetization, licensing, and syndication service used by many leading B2B websites to protect and promote copyrighted content. Andrew has more than 30 years of experience in new media and online content licensing and development. |
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Senior Editor, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. David Famiano is a Senior Editor in the Professional Development Subscription Content Department of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. David manages 27 publications in various area including leadership and management, human resources, nonprofit organizations, conflict resolution, evaluation, and youth development. | |
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Divisional President, Access Intelligence, LLC Heather leads the strategic direction and revenue growth objectives across AI. She works closely with her division leaders to identify, acquire and integrate synergistic businesses as well as create strong organic growth through new product launches. Additionally, as a member of Access Intelligence’s Board of Directors, Heather plays an integral role in ensuring that the vision and mission of AI’s core strategic initiatives are successfully executed across all operating units. Heather is a recognized leader in the b2b community and a member of the SIPA Board of Directors. In her tenure at AI, Heather has worked on more than two dozen acquisitions and countless product launches. Her expertise in both direct marketing and paid content have been instrumental in the company’s dynamic transition from a traditional b2b media provider to an integrated global media company comprised primarily of face-to-face events and online members-based communities. Prior to Access Intelligence, Heather was a senior vice president and group publisher with Phillips Publishing International, where she began her publishing career in 1988. |
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President, Publications Management, LLC Sheran Fernando is president of Publications Management, LLC, a sales and marketing consultancy serving B2B publishers. His publishing career began at the Taft Group, where he served in progressively responsible sales and marketing management positions culminating with his appointment as vice president. After Taft was acquired by the Thomson Corporation, Sheran remained in senior management until he launched his firm in 1991. Since 1991, Sheran's firm has consulted with numerous information providers, including Warren Communications News, the Times Mirror Training Group, National Journal, the Gale Group, IOMA, Legal Times, the Smithsonian Institution, Zero to Three, the American Council on Education and other commercial and nonprofit organizations. In parallel with his consulting practice, Sheran founded and served as president of Customer First, Inc., an information and training firm serving the hospitality industry. Customer First was acquired by the Times Mirror Corporation in 1997. Sheran has been a regular guest speaker at national industry conferences and forums, including those of the Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association (now SIIA), the National Directory Publishing Association, the Direct Marketing Association and the American Association of Museums. |
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CEO, Business Valuation Resources David is the CEO of Business Valuation Resources in Portland, Ore., an information-industry company he acquired in October 2005. BVR serves the business valuation and related professions. |
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Show Director, Access Intelligence Lindsey Fuller joined Access Intelligence in May of 2008 as Marketing Manager of the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition. Lindsey was soon promoted to Marketing Director, overseeing the marketing campaigns for the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, OilComm, ShaleComm, OR Manager Conference and numerous conferences in the Defense and Aviation markets. Lindsey is now Show Director of the aerospace events at Access Intelligence, including the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, OilComm, ShaleComm, Hosted Payload Summit and Avionics for NextGen. As Show Director, Lindsey oversees the marketing, sales, operations and content for each event. |
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Director of Business Development, Content Marketing, Access Intelligence Scott has a strong track record of success in developing, growing and leading media businesses within competitive markets. |
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Associate Publisher, Business Management Daily, a div. of CIG | |
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Social Media Director, AARP Tammy Gordon is AARP's Vice President of Social Communications & Strategy. Starting in January 2010, she launched AARP’s social media guidelines, established branded social platforms, trained hundreds of staffers growing the organization's engaged social presence into a nationally recognized leader. Today, she manages a nine person team of community managers, content strategists and a full time social media trainer, as well as serving a network of nearly 300 staffers across the country use social media on a regular basis. |
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CEO, Verlag fur die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG Helmut Graf is chief executive officer of VNR Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG (VNR Publishing House for the German Business World), a member of the Rentrop Publishing Group, Germany. |
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Vice President, Product Strategy, Connotate As vice president, product strategy, Barry helps drive the product roadmap for Connotate. Prior to joining Connotate, Barry served as principal of Content Matters LLC, helping media and publishing companies develop and implement strategies for mobile and web products. |
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Director of Learning, Thompson Media Group LLC Novella Green is the Managing Director of the Education and Training division for Thompson Media Group, LLC (TMG). In this role, Novella is responsible all aspects of the $2.3 million dollar education and training business for TMG’s four vertical divisions: Sheshunoff | Pratt, AHC Media, BIO World, and Thompson Publishing. |
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VP and General Manager, Content Division, SIIA Kathy serves as the VP and General Manager of the SIIA Content Division, developing and delivering the many programs and initiatives of the Division. |
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Conference Director, FDAnews Jeff is a 22-year veteran of business-to-business publishing. After graduating with a degree in Economics from High Point College, Jeff started his career with The Taft Group under the tutelage of such greats as Marty Mattare, Wendy Muldawer and Bob Elster. He then moved on to Pasha Publications as a Marketing Manager and eventually rose to Director of Advertising Sales when Pasha entered the trade magazine market. With a background in ad sales he was recruited to Public Utilities Reports to turn around its flagship magazine, Public Utilities Fortnightly. |
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Vice President of Sales, Business Valuation Resources Lexie Gross is the Vice President of Sales at Business Valuation Resources (BVR), a specialized publishing company servicing the business valuation and related professions. Her areas of focus include sales force recruitment, sales process development, and performance management. Prior to joining BVR, Lexie held leadership positions where she helped clients incorporate into their technology platforms open source and proprietary software solutions, social media technologies, and mass communication strategies. Lexie holds an M.A. in Political Communication from Emerson College and an A.B. in History and German Studies from Mount Holyoke College. She lives in Boston. |
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President & CEO, Gunter Media Group, LLC Darrell W. Gunter is one of the leading advocates of consultative sales, semantic technology, mobile applications and social networking in the Science, Technical and Medical Industry. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at many information industry events advocating the benefits of semantic technology, mobile applications and social networking. |
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Conference Chair; Senior Vice President & Publisher, Federal Legislative Services, CQ Roll Call (The Economist Group) Meg has spent over 20 years developing information products and services for the legal, business, academic and government markets and currently serves as secretary on the SIPA Board of Directors. As publisher at CQ Roll Call Group Meg oversees a variety of products produced by the largest newsroom covering the U.S. Congress, including Roll Call, the news source of Capitol Hill since 1955, CQ.com, CQ Weekly magazine, Knowlegis and CQ Roll Call’s newly developed Executive Briefing series. Prior to joining CQ Roll Call and The Economist Group, Meg served simultaneously as President & Publisher of Pike & Fischer and Vice President & Publisher of BNA Subsidiaries, LLC, both now part of Bloomberg BNA. In these roles Meg oversaw the operations of four diverse business units that produced legal and business information solutions, including: legal treatises and online reference services, newsletters, books, conferences, webinars, databases, market research, and advisory services. Prior to her tenure at BNA, Meg was vice president of publishing and content development for global competitive intelligence aggregator MarketResearch.com, where she led editorial, product development, marketing and sales activity. Prior to MarketResearch.com, Meg spent 13 years developing and marketing political, legislative and regulatory information products and services for LexisNexis, a member of the Reed-Elsevier global publishing family. She started her career in publishing as a Research Assistant in the Washington Affairs department of McGraw-Hill. Meg has B.A.s in both communications and history from the University of Scranton. |
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Chief Executive Officer, Inside Washington Publishers Robert Harrelson joined Inside Washington Publishers in 1989 as an associate editor for the publication Superfund Report. Since that time, he has held numerous positions at IWP, including Managing Editor, Publisher, CTO, and for the past several years, CEO. Inside Washington Publishers is a news organization founded as a newsletter publisher in 1980. Their first online product, World Trade Online, was launched in 1996. IWP employs about 60 full-time reporters and editors providing in-depth coverage of Washington policy news in the areas of environment, trade, defense, health and energy. |
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Attorney, Copyrightlaws.Com SIPA member Lesley Ellen Harris is a copyright lawyer, author and educator. She began working in copyright as a student in 1984 and continues to write, teach and consult on U.S., Canadian and international copyright and licensing. She edits The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter, a subscription newsletter devoted to copyright matters, and publishes the free LEH Letter: Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News. |
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Senior Editor, CQ Roll Call (The Economist Group) As senior editor of Roll Call, David Hawkings authors the “Hawkings Here” blog. Hawkings Here is about the U.S. Congress and everything that goes on within it. It’s a venue for insight and political analysis. |
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Director of Publishing, Thompson Publishing Group Luis A. Hernandez is the director of publishing for Thompson Information Services (TIS). He is responsible for all editorial and production activities for more than 80 subscription websites and print products, as well as developing new products. He leads a department of 25 editorial and production professionals, and is responsible for devising and implementing strategy and business plans for the organization. Luis works with marketing professionals to focus efforts and achieve revenue goals. |
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Director of Product Development, Thompson Publishing Travis Hicks is the director of product development for Thompson Media Group. In this role he is responsible for conceiving, planning and executing new product offerings for TMG’s three separate publishing arms. Over the course of the last year, he oversaw the migration of more than 150 publications from print-only offerings to online subscription web sites. |
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Group Marketing Director, Access Intelligence, LLC Laurie Hofmann is the group marketing director, Cable Division, at Access Intelligence, LLC, where she is responsible for generating online and print subscription revenue for AI’s cable industry publications and services. Her publishing career spans more years than she would care to admit, and includes ever increasing responsibilities starting at Sara Lee Corporation (Hanes), followed by Time-Life Books, Western Publishing, Phillips Publishing, Access Intelligence, IHS, Inc. and back to Access Intelligence. |
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CEO, Jefferson Communications Donna Jefferson is the president and founder of Jefferson Communications. Started in 1990 with the parenting publication Chesapeake Family, the company has expanded to include annual guides, multiple websites, extensive online directories and weekly ezines. |
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Consultant, Email Marketing Strategy, JeanneJennings.com, Inc Jeanne Jennings is a recognized expert in the field of email marketing strategy; her direct response approach helps her clients become more effective and more profitable online. |
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Director of Strategic Marketing, Business Management Daily Business Management Daily has been providing sound business news, insight, and advice since 1937. Eleanor serves as Director of Strategic Marketing for 18 print and online newsletters, plus renewable CD products, subscription sites, and more than 300 ancillary products including books, CDs, and DVDs. Business Management Daily specializes in training for business professionals in HR, executive leadership, administrative, office tech, and management positions and offers a robust line of both live and recorded webinars. All these products, plus free e-letters and reports, are featured on www.BusinessManagementDaily.com. |
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Marketing Director, Investing Daily Alane Keller Dashner is currently the Marketing Director at Investing Daily in Falls Church, VA, overseeing the acquisition and renewals of 86,000 paid subscribers. Through her 13 years with the parent company, Capitol Information Group, she’s taken B2B, B2C, and operational job titles as needed: Ancillaries Manager at Business Management Daily, Web Project Director, and Director of Operations. |
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Vice President, Gale Media Lindsay Konzak is vice president of content for Gale Media and Editor of Modern Distribution Management, a specialized website and newsletter for wholesale distribution executives at mdm.com. |
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Leader, Digital Design, Global Thinking Jason Kowal, Principal & Creative Director, Global Thinking. |
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Director of Marketing Operations, Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Greg Krehbiel is the director of marketing operations for The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. He has more than 25 years of experience in professional B2B publishing including lengthy gigs in editorial, product development, IT, audio conferences, web development, e-commerce development, electronic and traditional marketing. Greg focuses on solving technology problems and acts as the liaison between marketing, IT and fulfillment. Greg's recent work has revolved around effective strategies for digital publishing, and earlier this year did a re-launch of Kiplinger's e-commerce system. |
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General Counsel & Senior VP, Intellectual Property & Enforcement, SIIA Keith Kupferschmid is responsible for working directly with SIIA's Intellectual Property Committee to establish SIIA positions and moving the SIIA agenda on issues relating to intellectual property. He also supervises the Association's Anti-Piracy programs. Prior to joining SIIA, Keith was an attorney with the law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner where he advised clients on all matters relating to copyright and copyright-related protection, including client counseling, opinion drafting, license negotiations, and litigation. Before that, Mr. Kupferschmid was an intellectual property attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), where he was responsible for international and legislative patent and copyright issues. During his time at the PTO, Keith worked extensively on bilateral and multilateral intellectual property issues, was responsible for formulating and advocating the Administration's policy relating to intellectual property and the Internet and represented the U.S. Government as a lead negotiator at the Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions that adopted the WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonogram Treaties in December 1996. |
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Senior Director, Public Policy, SIIA David represents the association before Congress, the administration and other policymakers across a number of key ICT public policy issues, including e-commerce, privacy, cyber security, cloud computing, open standards, e-government and information policy. He has been instrumental in helping to advance the software and digital content industries, including many major policy objectives back to the late 1990s. |
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Executive Director (interim), National Network of Schools in Partnership Claire has held executive-level positions in B2B information companies since 2001. She most recently worked as managing director with Melcrum Inc., a London-based research and training firm that serves senior leaders in the internal communication (IC) function. In this role she led the growth of the US market, hired a new executive team and oversaw marketing and new product development. She closely managed the company’s largest client engagements and advised hundreds of IC professionals through best-practice research. | |
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Managing Editor, Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) Ronn Levine began his career as a reporter for The Washington Post and has won numerous writing and publications awards since. Most recently, he spent 12 years at the Newspaper Association of America covering a variety of topics before joining SIPA in 2009 as managing editor. Follow Ronn on Twitter at @SIPAOnline |
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Marketing Director, Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) Dawn Lewis is the marketing director of Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), a UCG company. Her publishing career spans more than 17 years and includes key roles in meeting planning, accounting, circulation and production. |
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President , PrepSim Health, LLC & Armature Group, LLC Rick Longenecker is president of Armature Group a management consulting firm that shows business leaders how to double revenue with no additional cost by bringing precision to sales execution. Rick is best known for creating the Sales Navigation Guide™ a breakthrough approach to managing sales, sales management, sales strategy and sales resource allocation. Rick is in the midst of writing Solving the Revenue Growth Rubik’s Cube™ a first of a kind book series that will chronicle "how to" synchronize all sales organization practices so you can double revenue with no additional cost. |
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President, Business Valuation Resources Lucretia Lyons is President of Business Valuation Resources (BVR), headquartered in Portland, OR with offices in New York City and elsewhere. BVR is the leading provider of data, research, publications and continuing education programs for all stakeholders in the valuation of privately-held companies. BVR’s markets consist of credentialed business appraisers, lawyers, wealth managers, M&A advisors, business owners and financial officers of both public and private businesses. |
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CEO, Mequoda Group As a leading audience development consultant, Don works directly with publishing clients to increase website traffic, sales, and profits. In this capacity, he has worked with industry leaders including Consumer Reports and the Motley Fool, and the founders of special interest websites including HR Daily Advisor and Knitting Daily. Applying his unique combination of analytic, journalistic, and direct marketing expertise, Don guides his clients’ day-to-day audience development efforts. In addition to working with legacy publishers to improve the performance of their websites, he helps launch a handful of new websites and new businesses every year. Don currently serves on the boards of Aspire Media and SIPA. |
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Digital Strategist, Ogilvy Public Relations Nicole J. Nigh is a strategic communications consultant specializing digital communication, specifically driving perception change. Currently serving as the Digital Strategist on the Social@Ogilvy team at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Nicole works as part of a cross-discipline group of communication experts from across the globe to provide solutions that are tailored to each geographic market. Using her knowledge of research behavior surrounding products and services, she creates digital strategies, coupled with traditional public and media relations, to drive customer behavior online and offline. In order to break through a crowded marketplace, Nicole uses highly tailored content, search marketing, and influencer activation, and combines it all with elegant design and engaging storytelling, to convert prospects into customers, as well as customers into engaged brand advocates. | |
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Managing Director, Berkery, Noyes & Co. Thomas P. O’Connor is a managing director at Berkery Noyes & Co. LLC (BNC) with 20 years experience in investment banking and finance/public accounting. He focuses principally on mid-market healthcare information and technology M&A transactions and leads BNC’s healthcare practice. |
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Analytics Manager, Mequoda Group, LLC As Mequoda’s Analytics Manager, Norann is responsible for preparing and updating the Mequoda proprietary Audience Develop- ment Analytics Suite for Gold Member clients. In this capacity, she performs research, creates reports, analyzes results and helps drive traffic for clients including Mr. Food, Farm Progress, Vida y Salud and Watchtime. |
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CEO, Bongarde Media, Inc. Robert Ransom is CEO and president of Bongarde. Rob’s career has focused on bringing web-based products and services to a variety of B2B segments. He previously served as vice president of product and marketing at AdReady, launching the company’s innovative self-service display advertising solution, and was vice president of product and marketing at Market Leader (NASDAQ:LEDR) as the startup sales and marketing services company grew to $98 million in revenue. Prior to Market Leader, Rob spent more than six years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. He graduated cum laude with an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and received his M.B.A. from Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. | |
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Principal, Robertson Advisors, LLC Angus Robertson is a strategic consultant specializing in content creation, management and distribution, with a focus on business-related information. He has helped clients with content licensing strategy and implementation, from small niche publications to large international organizations. |
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Assistant Publisher & Editorial Director, CD Publications Jim Rogers was just a teenager in 1960 when he earned his first press card as a paid stringer for the Chicago Tribune. Since then, he has worked as a reporter and/or editor for prominent news organizations in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and even as far away as Seoul, South Korea. It is a newspaper career that has earned him more than two dozen awards for excellence in journalism at both the state and national levels, as well as radio and television appearances that have included Fox Business News, MSNBC, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. |
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Director of Communications, American Academy of Actuaries Charity Sack is the director of communications for the American Academy of Actuaries, a 17,000-member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. Charity has worked in marketing and communications in both domestic and international markets, as well as for-profit and nonprofit sectors for more than 25 years. |
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Senior Vice President and Group Publisher, Access Intelligence As senior vice president at Access Intelligence (AI), Jennifer is responsible for the overall management and strategic business development efforts across AI’s healthcare group and Aerospace groups, which include the Contexo Media, Defense Daily, Dorland Health, Rotor & Wing, OR Manager and Via Satellite brands. She is also regularly tapped to evaluate and help integrate key acquisition targets. She has been with Access Intelligence for more than 16 years and has spoken at prior industry events about e-learning and online marketing best practices. |
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President, Newstex, LLC Larry Schwartz is a co-founder of Newstex and President of the company. Larry has guided numerous entertainment and new media ventures, from start-up through growth, development and maturity, including Bolenka Games Online (Trivial Pursuit Online), GFI Group (Nasdaq:GFIG - financial), Wizard World (publishing), Patron Technology (technology) and Tickets.com (Purchased by MLB.com). Larry attended Bates College and the Yale University Graduate School of Drama. He serves on the Content Board of Directors for the Software Information Industry Association, and is a frequent speaker on content, product development, start-ups and turnarounds. When he's not adding value to content, Larry is a show manger for hunter/jumper horse shows, is on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Horse Show Association and maintains several horse web sites and blogs (www.chsaonline.com, www.srostables.com). Larry, a confirmed gadget geek, also spends time on Broadway with his theatrical agent wife and two daughters. |
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President , Bulldog Reporter Jim Sinkinson founded Infocom Group in 1980. The company produces several online information services, as well as webinars, books, special reports and live professional development events for the corporate communications market. Sinkinson has won numerous awards for his work with other publishers, including two Gold Awards from Newsletter on Newsletters and an Axel award for a personalized marketing package he created for Tom Peters’ On Achieving Excellence. |
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Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group A veteran of the publishing and information business, Megan has run operations for both large and small companies across a wide array of industry specialties and formats. For the last seven years she has been managing director at the InfoCommerce Group (ICG) -- www.infocommercegroup.com. While the ICG practice covers the whole range of business information, the company’s roots and legacy began in the world of data publishing, a fast growing and high value segment of today’s information world. For ICG clients, Megan leads engagements focusing on areas such as product development and evolution, market positioning, due diligence and overall corporate strategy. |
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President, Astek Andy Swindler is an entrepreneur who is passionate about using communication technology to expand our understanding of one another and our bottom lines. |
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Vice President of Marketing, CQ Roll Call (The Economist Group) Valerie Voci is vice president of marketing for CQ Roll Call, an Economist Group business. She oversees marketing for all business units including advertising, subscription sales and corporate communications and branding. Prior to her role as VP of marketing, Valerie was director of advertising marketing for the company, where she collaborated with the group publisher and vice president of advertising to meet and exceed revenue goals, led content and design of collateral and client focused research, created an award winning marketing program for clients, created successful integrated marketing campaigns across platforms, developed a DC-zoned advertising program with the Economist, and worked with the Economist group leadership on cross company programs. Before joining CQ Roll Call, Valerie spent 15 years in the media industry in various executive roles, most notably as Vice President at WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive and Publisher of Newsbytes.com and Washtech.com. |
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President, Warren Communications News, Inc. Dan Warren is a 30-year veteran of specialized publishing, with particular expertise in maintaining accurate and compelling content. He has served as SIPA D.C. Chapter president and several terms as a member of the SIPA and SIPA Foundation boards. Together with brother Paul Warren, himself a former SIPA president, Dan now owns and manages 68-year-old Warren Communications News, the leading publisher of daily hard news and analysis in the fields of telecommunications, the Internet, consumer electronics, international trade, and more. |
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President, SIIA Ken Wasch's involvement in SIIA is based on both personal and professional interests. His long-standing interest in computers and software, coupled with the industry's need for a central trade association, led him to establish the Software Publishers Association (SPA) in 1984 with an initial group of 25 software firms. Wasch has led the association from its infancy to its merger with the Information Industry Association in January 1999, resulting in the formation of SIIA. |
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Chief Content Officer, Delve Media, Inc. Andrew Whalen is a Co-Founder at Delve, a next-generation social news reader powering news curation and knowledge management for organizations. As chief content officer, he drives content strategy for Delve’s web and mobile products and is responsible for editorial activities and content partnerships. |
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Direct Marketing Manager, CQ Roll Call Dionne Williams is a highly regarded marketing professional with more than 8 years of combined experience in marketing communications, direct mail, project management and B2B/B2G marketing in the nonprofit and private sectors. Currently, she is the Direct Marketing Manager for CQ Roll Call, an economist and media group business that focuses on providing congressional news, legislative tracking and advocacy services. Prior to her role at CQ Roll Call, Dionne worked at ASCD. Through her innovation and creativity she helped bring in over $10 million dollars in revenue for products with only a budget of $1 million. She has a BS degree in Business Marketing and holds a MBA from University of Phoenix |
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CEO & Publisher, EB Medicine EB Medicine is the world leader in evidence-based continuous learning resources for emergency physicians, with subscribers in over 45 countries. Stephanie has pioneered innovations in the company, including developing EB Medicine’s Editorial Guidelines for Publishing Excellence, creating direct and email marketing campaigns, developing an interactive website, and creating the company’s blog and other social media websites. She is also the chief strategic planner and leader of new product development, spearheading the development and launch of two new publications in 2011. Stephanie graduated summa cum laude from Georgia State University with a degree in Business Management |
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Corporate Marketing Director, Panacea Healthcare Solutions, Inc. Susan has more than 23 years of experience in marketing, and has spent the bulk of her career working for health care publishing and information companies. Currently with Panacea Healthcare Solutions, she spearheads the marketing and PR for its publishing, software and consulting divisions, and continues to employ a “down-in-the-trenches” approach to building businesses. |
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Vice President, Account Strategy, Astek Rachel Yeomans works as VP Marketing for interactive web marketing firm, Astek Consulting. For the past eight years, Rachel has been strategizing and implementing concepts to keep up with the shifting media landscape, and at times keep ahead of it. |
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Marketing Manager , CQ Roll Call (The Economist) Jasen is a marketing manager at The Economist Group's CQ Roll Call unit. His specialization includes lead generation, interactive marketing, market research, B2B/B2G marketing and ROI analysis. As a Georgetown University Certified Web Developer, Jasen also conducts SEM and SEO integration. Prior to joining The Economist Group, Jasen worked on advocacy and lobby efforts for the health care industry, The United Nations and the real estate industry where he managed the award-winning Large Brokers Program. Jasen is currently finalizing his MBA in Marketing Management at Johns Hopkins University and holds a Masters Degree from American University. |



















































































