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2008 Speakers

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  • Melissa Abbott

    Senior Trendspotter and Analyst

    The Hartman Group, Inc.

  • Alexis Abramson

    Vice President of Research, “Lifestyle Gerontologist”

    Retirement Living TV

  • Gretchen Addi

    Location Lead

    IDEO

  • Jess Aguirre

    Senior Vice President, Research

    Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel

  • Majd Alwan

    Director

    Center for Aging Services Technologies

  • June Amori

    Vice President, Strategy and Marketing Communications

    Prudential Annuities

  • Corinne Asturias

    Boomers Consumer Strategist

    Iconoculture

  • Bill Bass

    Co-Founder and CEO

    Fair Indigo

  • Graceann Bennett

    Managing Partner, Director of Strategic Planning

    Ogilvy Chicago

  • Andrew Bienkowski

    Vice-President of Global Brands

    Kimberly-Clark

  • Lori Bitter

    President

    JWT Boom

  • Jonathan Boehman

    Creative Director & Partner

    Immersion Active

  • Jim Bremer

    Vice President, Futures Team

    Hasbro Games

  • Geoff Brooks

    National Director of Premier & Retirement Strategy, Senior Vice President

    HSBC Bank USA

  • Linda Caliri

    Vice President, Marketing

    AARP Financial

  • Mike Caprio

    VP of Sales, New Business Development

    Visible World

  • Chiqui Cartagena

    Managing Director, Integrated Marketing

    Meredith Hispanic Ventures

  • Terry Clark

    Chief Marketing Officer – Enterprise Services for Ovations

    UnitedHealth Group

  • Kit Cody

    General Manager Web Strategy

    AARP Services Inc.

  • Andy Cohen

    Co-Founder and CEO

    Caring.com

  • Arthur Cresce

    Housing and Household Economic and Statistics Division

    Census Bureau

  • Kierstin DeWest

    CEO, Co-Founder

    Ci

  • Mark Dolliver

    Editor at Large

    Ad Week

  • Matthew J. Doyle

    Director and Senior Researcher, Research & Development, Health Care Products – Worldwide

    The Procter & Gamble Company

  • Peter Drake

    Vice-President, Retirement & Economic Research

    Fidelity Investments Canada

  • Richard Dugas

    CEO

    Pulte Homes, Inc.

  • John Forsyth

    Partner

    McKinsey & Company

  • Nan-Kirsten Forte

    Executive Vice President, Consumer Services

    Web MD

  • Jeffrey Glueck

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Travelocity

  • Kelly Greene

    Staff Reporter

    The Wall Street Journal

  • Arlene Harris

    Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Strategy Officer

    GreatCall

  • Michael J. Hewitt

    Exercise Physiologist

    Canyon Ranch

  • Nigel Hollis

    Chief Global Analyst

    Millward Brown

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Mary Ann Packo

CEO

Millward Brown North America

Mary Ann Packo is CEO of Millward Brown's North American businesses and a member of the Millward Brown Global Management Board.  As CEO of MBNA, Mary Ann is responsible for overall management of the company's portfolio of brands including Millward Brown, Dynamic Logic, Greenfield Consulting Group, Millward Brown Optimor and MaPS.  Mary Ann joined Millward Brown in late 2002 as Chief Client & Marketing Officer, rising to President and then CEO of MBNA.  Mary Ann came to Millward Brown with over 20 years of continuous P&L experience in the marketing, media research, digital media and information services fields.  During her career, she has launched successful start-ups, managed high-growth businesses, expanded businesses internationally, taken a company public, and led business units of larger global companies.

Prior to joining Millward Brown, Mary Ann was president and chief operating officer of Media Metrix from start-up to public company with a $750 million market cap.  She was a pioneer in the Internet and digital media measurement arena, launching Media Metrix services in more than 15 countries around the world.  Mary Ann was later group president of its successor company, Jupiter Media Metrix, a public research and measurement business with 1700 clients, 1000 employees and operations in 18 countries.

In addition, Mary Ann has held senior-level positions with a number of global marketing research firms. She was president of NPD Canada's Custom Research Group in Toronto; executive director of Ipsos-NFO, a Paris, France-based European joint venture company; and was vice president, western U.S. region for NFO Research in San Francisco. Mary Ann was also president and cofounder of National Yellow Page Monitor, a media measurement service for the U.S. Yellow Pages industry.

Throughout her career, Mary Ann has worked across many industries for leading clients. She is a frequent public speaker and has received numerous business awards. She is currently a member of the board of the Advertising Research Foundation, and is on the board of Focalyst, a Millward Brown/AARP Joint Venture.  Mary Ann earned her bachelor's degree at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.