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President Doug Hill Advertising Director The Leader-Herald, Gloversville |
Douglas Hill Doug is the Advertising Director at The Leader-Herald in Gloversville, New York. Prior to joining the Herald staff in 2000, Doug held various positions at The Recorder in Amsterdam, including ad rep, weekly ad manager and circulation director. Doug is a member of the Kiwanis and Rotary Friends of the Mayfield Library. He also serves on the NYNAME Executive Council as President. |
First Vice President Joseph Entelisano Advertising Director Observer Dispatch, Utica |
Joseph Entelisano Joe is Advertising Manager at the Observer Dispatch in Utica, New York. Joe has been at The Observer Dispatch since April 2007. Prior to joining the OD, Joe worked as Advertising Manager at The Daily Sentinel in Rome, NY since 2000 and was Account Executive from 1988 – 2000. Joe currently serves on NYNAME's Executive Council as First Vice-President and Ad Competition Chairperson and has been a NYNAME member since 2000. |
Second Vice President Patrick Hurley Business Development Manager The Post-Standard, Syracuse |
Patrick Hurley Patrick is a Business Development Manager at The Post-Standard in Syracuse. Prior to joining the The Post-Standard, Patrick was an outside sales rep for RCI Long Distance. He graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with a B.S. in Marketing. Patrick is a member of S.C.O.R.E., the Diversity Committee and the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. He earned outstanding sales achiever at the paper in 1994 and 1995, as well as salesperson of the year in 1996. Patrick serves on NYNAME's Delegate Council. |
Treasurer Gregory Appel Advertising Director Daily Freeman, Kingston |
Gregory Appel Gregory has been in the advertising business for 30 years. Following a three year stint with the US Army, serving in Germany, Greg started his advertising career in New York City as a media planner and then transitioned into the print media and market research industry. The expansion of Greg’s career led him into National Newspaper Advertising Sales working for both Branham and CWO&O. During the consolidation and demise of the National Newspaper Representative Business, Greg was hired by the Colorado Press Association, in Denver, and served as their Director of Advertising for 4 years. In 1999 Greg moved back to New York to be closer to his family and worked as the Major and National Accounts Manager for the Times Herald Record in Middletown New York. Greg was then recruited by Journal Register Company and is the Advertising Director for the Daily Freeman in Kingston, New York. He was recently appointed Treasurer of NYNAME. Greg has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology. He resides in Port Jervis, New York with his wife Annamarie. |
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Debra Brunner Advertising Director The Post-Journal, Jamestown |
Debra Brunner Debra has been the Advertising Director for The Post-Journal in Jamestown, New York since 1993. |
Diane Lahr-Smith Advertising Director Finger Lakes Times, Geneva |
Diane Lahr-Smith Diane is the Advertising Director at the Finger Lakes Times in Geneva, New York. Prior to her current position, she was an Advertising Consultant. Before that, Diane was the General Manager of WGYA/WECQ radio stations. Diane sits on the Board of Directors for the Seneca County Chamber of Commerce and the Ontario County Chamber of Commerce. She is on the Athena Awards Committee and currently sits on NYNAME's Delegate Council. |
Charmaine Ushkow New Business Development Manager Times Union, Albany |
Charmaine Ushkow Charmaine is the Zones Sales Manager/New Business Development at the Times Union in Albany, New York. Prior to joining the newspaper in 2004, she had over 25 years in broadcast and cable television advertising sales and management. She has also won assorted advertising sales awards. Charmaine is a member of Ad Club, AWRT, AMA and various chambers. She currently serves on NYNAME's Delegate Council. |
Meredith Patton Advertising Director Observer, Dunkirk |
Meredith Patton Meredith has been the Advertising Director of the Observer in Dunkirk for 7 years and with Ogden Newspapers for 28 years. Meredith has been a member of NYNAME since 2001. |
Advisory Council |
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Michael Anderson Advertising Director Cortland Standard |
Mike Anderson Mike is the Advertising Manager at the Cortland Standard in Cortland, New York. He has been at the newspaper since 1983. He is also a graduate of SUNY Oswego. Mike is the President of the Cortland City Improvement Corporation and serves on the board of the Cortland County Convention and Visitor's Bureau, and |