About ABC
Board of Directors

Board of directors, consisting of 36 members:

19 members in the advertiser and advertising agency division

17 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.

Board Officers Chairman Vice Chairs
  • Merle K. Davidson, Market Media Director, Strategic Marketing/Media Services, JCPenney Co., Inc.
  • David W. Leckey, Executive Vice President, Consumer Marketing, American Media, Inc.
  • Brian Segal, President & CEO, Rogers Publishing, Rogers Media
Secretary
  • Craig M. Sinclair, Vice President, Advertising, Walgreen Co.
Treasurer
  • Dennis Skulsky, President and CEO, Publishing, Canwest
Advertiser Directors
  • Christopher L. Black, Divisional Vice President, Media, Sears Holdings Corporation
  • Brett N. Dennis, Director Media Marketing, T-Mobile
  • Irene Grieco, Manager, Media Investment & Strategic Partnerships, Unilever
  • Mark A. Kaline
  • Christina Meringolo, Director, Media and PR Services, Schering-Plough
  • Vikki Schwartzman, VP, Corporate Media Director, L'Oreal USA
  • Leonard W. (Bill) Stabile, Senior Director, Brand & Marketing Communications, Siemens Corporation
Advertising Agency Directors
  • Sunni Boot, President, CEO, ZenithOptimedia Canada Inc.
  • Bruce Claassen, Chairman, Aegis Media Canada and CEO, Genesis-Vizeum Inc.
  • Charles B. Rutman, Chief Executive Officer, MPG
  • Suzanne Silber, Group Director of Strategy, OMD
  • Robin Steinberg, SVP, Director of Print Investment & Activation, MediaVest USA
  • Robert Troutbeck, President, Troutbeck-Chernoff
  • Judy Vogel, Director of Research, PHD USA
  • David S. Walker, CEO, NSA Media
  • Brenda White, SVP, Starcom Worldwide
There is one advertising agency director vacancy.
Business Publication Directors
  • Rob Fisher, Group Publisher/Vice President, American City Business Journals
  • James H. McGraw IV, Group Publisher, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Farm Publication Director
  • Gary L. Vorpahl, Director of Marketing, W.D. Hoard & Sons Company
Magazine Directors
  • Lorelei Calvert, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Texas Monthly and Vice President, Circulation, Emmis Publishing, L.P.
  • John H. (Jack) Griffin, President, Publishing Group, Meredith Corporation
  • John Q. Griffin, President, Magazine Group, National Geographic Society
  • Lindsay Valk, SVP, Analysis and Planning Consumer Marketing, Hearst Magazines
Daily Newspaper Directors
  • Robert W. Althaus, Vice President/Circulation, Gannett Co., Inc.
  • Caroline Diamond Harrison, Publisher, Staten Island Advance
  • Scott H. Heekin-Canedy, President and General Manager, The New York Times
  • Steven B. Rossi, President and CEO, California Newspapers Partnership
  • Howard G. Sutton, Chairman of the Board, Publisher, President and CEO, The Providence Journal Company
  • Frank R.J. Whittaker, Vice President Operations, The McClatchy Company
Weekly Newspaper Director
  • Kirk A. Davis, President and CEO, GateHouse Media New England