Welcome New EEC Advisory Committee Members!
February 3, 2021By Matthew Vernhout, Karen Talavera
Please join us in congratulating the newly elected members of the ANA Email Experience Council's Member Advisory Committee (MAC). This is our senior-level Committee which is comprised of thought leaders in the email marketing community.
Newly-Elected MAC Members:
- Scott Cohen: Senior email marketing manager at Purple
- Brad Gurley: Director, deliverability at MessageGears
- Guilda Hilaire: Senior product marketing manager at Salesforce
- Samantha Iodice: Founder and chief geek at The Sauce Experience
- April Mullen: Director of brand and content marketing at SparkPost
- Gretchen Scheiman: VP of marketing at CM Group
- Udeme Ukutt: Postmaster and senior systems software engineer at LinkedIn
Our industry is known for its leadership in championing and elevating email marketing practices, and we look forward to the fresh perspectives and valuable insight from our newest advisory members and veterans in the community. We welcome their leadership and strategic vision as we continue our commitment to serve and raise the email marketing standards that we bring to our subscribers, customers and industry.
EEC Leadership Team
Additionally, the Board has approved several key leadership posts within the EEC. We encourage you to check out our complete Subcommittee listing and leadership posts and contact EEC staff if you’re interested in serving on an EEC Subcommittee. Highlighted below is our entire leadership team, with new additions in bold:
- Member Advisory and Conference Planning Committees: Chair, Matthew Vernhout and Vice-Chair, Karen Talavera
- Practices and Standards: Chair, Derek Harding and Vice-Chair, Elizabeth Ciccolo
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Chair, Guilda Hilaire
- Global Privacy Compliance
- Awards: Chair, Ryan Phelan and Vice-Chair, Jose Cebrian
- Education & Events: Chair, Mark Morin and Vice-Chair, Samantha Iodice
- Nominations: Co-Chairs: Tink Taylor and Jennifer Hoth
Departing MAC Members
We would also like to recognize the industry leaders who left the MAC Board this past year: Len Shneyder, Nancy Harris, Alyssa Nahatis, Will Devlin, Dwight Sholes, Kait Creamer, Anthony Chiulli, Loren McDonald, Emma Coria and Lauren Gentile.
We applaud their service and leadership to the entire organization and our community. We speak for the entire MAC Board in saying thank you to their dedication to the industry and to their countless contributions to the EEC and for championing best practices in email marketing.
Looking Forward to 2021
Please join us in welcoming all of our new members, and of course we appreciate the steadfast support of our existing Board members. In addition to the leadership posts listed above, we appreciate the thought leadership of Heather Curcio, Derek Harding, Justin Khoo, Kath Pay and Bart Thornburg.
All new positions are effective immediately. If you're interested in becoming more involved in the industry and the EEC, please don't hesitate to contact us. We would love the help!
Matthew Vernhout (Chair, MAC) is VP of deliverability for North America at Netcore, and Karen Talavera (Vice-Chair, MAC) is president at Synchronicity Marketing.