Board of Curators

The 2017-2018 ARF Board of Curators help to curate new and relevant content for the ARF by providing an objective review of the entries submitted into the Call for Content portal. The curators are made up of ARF members, including those on the Board of Directors, individuals with highly rated entries from past years, and past speakers.

Curators

Brian Apter 
VP, Client Solutions
Nielsen

Shawn Baron
Global Measurement Lead
Facebook

 

 

Bhanu Bhardwaj
SVP & Principal, IRI Media Center of Excellence
IRI Center of Media Excellence
Fiona Blades
President & Chief Experience Officer
MESH Experience

Martin Block
Professor
Northwestern University
Rick Bruner
VP of Research & Analytics
Viant
Josh Chasin
CRO
comScore, Inc.
Jim Dravillas
Head, Advertising Research
Google

Roberto Cymrot
Group Director, Knowledge & Insights
The Coca-Cola Company
Keri Degroote
VP, Sales Research & Analytics
Pandora
Frank Findley
Executive Director & Chief Advisor, MMAP Center
MASB

Carlos Jose Fonseca
SVP, Marketing Science
Metlife
Dave Kaplan
SVP, Research, Bravo & Oxygen Media
NBCUniversal
Rachel Kennedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, University of South Australia
David Krajicek
Chief Commercial Officer
GfK

Kara Manatt
SVP, Intelligence Solutions & Strategy
IPG Media Lab
Maggie Merklin
EVP
Analytic Partners
Elissa Moses
CEO, Neuro & Behavioral Sciences
Ipsos
Timothy O’Brien
VP, Consulting
Forethought

Robin Opie
VP, Data Science
Oracle Data Cloud
Howard Shimmel
CRO
Turner Broadcasting System
Manu Singh
Head, Ad Sales Research, Digital Analytics & Data Strategy, Discovery Networks
Discovery Communications
Andrew Smith
Director, Marketing Research
Hershey’s

Per Smith
Research Director, Ad & Audience Measurement
Research Now
Kristina Sruoginis
Research Director
IAB
Alice Sylvester
Partner
Sequent Partners
Kajoli Tankha
Senior Director, Research
Microsoft

Duane Varan
CEO
MediaScience
John Walthour
VP, Consumer Insights
UnitedHealth Group
Dan Whysong
Principal Analyst, Client Research, Market Insights
IBM
Leslie Wood, Ph.D.
CRO
Nielsen Catalina Solutions

ARF Staff

Scott McDonald, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Paul Donato
CRO
Horst Stipp, Ph.D.
EVP, Research & Innovation: Global & Ad Effectiveness
Chris Bacon
EVP, Global Research Quality & Innovation

David Marans
Consultant, Media
Jay Mattlin
Consultant
Rachael Feigenbaum
SVP, Event Program Producer