speakers
Keynote Speaker
Mark Edmiston
Managing Director/Ad Media Partners
Mark has over 35 years experience in magazine publishing, electronic media and financial advisory work. His career has included many roles and Director’s positions at Time Inc, Newsweek, Times Mirror and TVSM, Inc. He also founded Hippocrates and Civilization Magazines, served as a Director of AOL, and is a past Chairman of the MPA.
Mark now uses his expertise as a Managing Director at AdMedia Partners, an advisory firm that provides strategic and financial direction to the world's leading advertising and media companies.
At the recent American Magazine Conference this past October, Mark moderated a panel titled “How Publishing Companies Position Themselves for Growth: Best Bets for the 21st Century.” Mark’s keynote will draw upon this conversation as he will discuss the exciting future of Magazine brands.
Speaker
Priya Narang Elliott is
Vice President of Global Media for Citigroup
Priya is part of six person Global Marketing team which runs all marketing and advertising worldwide. In her current position, Priya is responsible for managing all media for Citigroup's North American and Latin American business. Priya interacts daily with the heads of marketing for credit cards to the retail bank, and is responsible for developing marketing and media strategies, through to the execution level with the advertising agencies. Priya was recently named to both Advertising Age and Crain's New York Business's list of the Top 40 Under 40 marketing executives in the country.
Prior to joining Citigroup, Priya was Associate Publisher of Marketing, at Vogue magazine for four years. At Vogue, she was instrumental in developing new revenue for the magazine, by taking the brand multi-media through the development of television extensions, online, retail, and sponsorships. She was part of a management team responsible for generating over $300 Million in annual advertising revenue. Prior to joining Vogue, Priya held senior agency positions for over ten years, including Senior Vice President, Media Director of DeWitt Media. At DeWitt, She was credited with growing the company from $250 Million in billings to $900 Million within her three year tenure. Her career path has included agency positions at Young and Rubicam, NW Ayer, Arnold Communications and DeWitt Media. Priya resides in Westport, Connecticut, and is married to Josh Elliott, an anchor for ESPN.
