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Kevin Cassis After 20 years in the printing business in chillier cities (Detroit, Cleveland, Washington, DC), Kevin Cassis was drawn to Austin in 2000 for three hot reasons: the business climate, friendly people, and Texas weather (go figure). As the owner of the region's premier printing and message logistics company, The Whitley Group, Kevin works with Ad Agencies, corporate marketing departments and college admissions offices to successfully engage prospects and clients by distributing their marketing message through multiple channels. He has been on the Ad Fed board since 2006, and is one of our most active and generous members. As President of Austin AdFed, Kevin was chosen as AAF Division One President of the year for two years in a row and now serves on the District 10 Board as Second Lt Governor and on the AAF National Board as Division One Chair. |
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Jason Lucio Having previously held accounting positions at agencies SicolaMartin and GSD&M, Jason is currently Senior Accountant at interactive agency nFusion, where he's responsible for client billing and payables.He's now in his fifth year as Treasurer for the Austin Advertising Federation. He has previously served as Executive Advisor and a founding member of AD2ATX. A native Austinite, Jason holds a BA in Economics and Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin. |
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Ebony McCauley
With a bachelor’s degree in health and sports science from the University of Oklahoma, Ebony doesn’t have typical advertising and marketing credentials. She started out with an internship in event management with the Nashville Sports Council, where she finely honed her people skills and crafted her meticulous attention to detail into an art form. It wasn’t long before the world of brand marketing and advertising found her a perfect fit in account service. Now with more than 16 years of consumer and event marketing under her belt, Ebony’s well-versed in such areas as luxury, automotive, sports, nonprofit, telecommunications and government industries. She’s worked with the PGA, BellSouth, Buick, Land Rover, Cadillac, Chevrolet, AutoTrader.com, Infiniti and General Motors, and is the AT&T Consumer Products Account Director at Sanders\Wingo. Ebony volunteers for Girl Scouts of America and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and serves as the vice-president of diversity for the Austin Advertising Federation. She lives in North Austin with a small garden of edible delights and her Chihuahua, Zoey. |
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Dana Marruffo
Dana is a returning Austin Ad Fed Board member having served from 2006-2008. With almost 20 years in the PR-agency setting, Dana launched her communications and branding freelance practice in July of 2006 after coming to the conclusion that she could focus her talents on a select few. BuzzPR focuses on B2B/B2C technology, entertainment, literary, consumer and non-profit industries delivering traditional and digital PR, analyst relations, event publicity, writing, online marketing, and strategic consulting services, to name a few. Dana was recognized by New Media Lab as one of the top 100 social media PR influencers for 2009. She is a recipient of the Association for Women in Communications 2008 Outstanding Austin Communicator Award, a 2006 Silver ADDY Award and 2007 ADDY President’s Impact Award for Public Service winner for the Art From The Streets campaign. Dana is a founding member of the Association For Women In Technology Austin; and former Co-Chair of Freelance Austin. She is an active member of the Austin Advertising Federation, the Association for Women in Communications (Austin chapter), Austin Social Media Club, and Young Execs of Austin organizations. Dana regularly speaks at her alma mater, at local business and professional events, and is co-founder of PRSoup.com, a collaborative blog providing educational PR and integrated marketing content for small businesses, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs. Dana has a B.S. Degree in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin with an emphasis in Public Relations. |
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Charlie Ray Charlie has over 15 years experience as a marketing strategist, product development manager, and interactive consultant. He attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and has helped such brands as United HealthCare, headhunter.net |
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