Board of Directors
Christopher Cummings (Chairman)
Chief Executive Officer
Marquette Group
Mr. Cummings has over 25 years of industry experience in National
Yellow Page Programs. He currently is the CEO and equity owner of
Marquette Group, an advertising agency in Peoria, IL specializing in
National Yellow Page Programs. Mr. Cummings purchased Marquette Group,
the fifth largest CMR in the industry, in 1996. In 2004, he also became
CEO and equity owner of USMotivation, an incentive awards and event
management company based in Atlanta, GA.
Prior to becoming Marquette Group’s CEO, he held the position
of President of Berry Network at The Berry Company for eight years. He
worked at The Berry Company for 17 years total, including his nine years
as Division Manager.
Mr. Cummings received his bachelor’s degree from University of
Colorado. He is a founding member of the Association of Directory
Marketing (ADM) and served as Chair for six years. He is currently an
ADM board member, as well as a Yellow Pages Association board
member.
SCOTT W. KLEIN (Vice
Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, SuperMedia
Scott W. Klein has been chief executive officer for SuperMedia and a
member of the SuperMedia Board of Directors since June 2008. Klein
previously served as an operating partner of Symphony Technology Group,
a private investment firm, since November 1, 2007. From January 2004 to
October 2007, Klein served as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Information Resources, Inc., a provider of information solutions for the
consumer packaged goods, retail, and healthcare industries.
Prior to joining Information Resources, Klein served as President,
Consumer Industries, Retail & Energy Global Industry Group of
Electronic Data Systems Corporation from July 2001 to January 2004.
Klein also held management positions with PC Mall, Inc., PrimeSource
Building Products, Inc., Guardian Purchasing Corp., PepsiCo, Inc., and
The Procter & Gamble Company earlier in his career.
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Scott A. Pomeroy
(Secretary/Treasurer)
President and CEO, Local Insight Media
Scott A. Pomeroy is
president and CEO of Local Insight Media, with overall responsibility
for the company’s strategy, growth and value creation. In its
first year of operation, Local Insight Media acquired four directory
publishers, negotiated a definitive agreement to acquire the Hawaiian
Telcom Yellow Pages and prepared to oversee operations for Windstream
Yellow Pages under an agreement with its buyer Welsh Carson Anderson
& Stowe. Now the fifth largest directory
publisher in the U.S., Local Insight Media expects to have more than
$400 million under its management by the end of
2007.
Prior to joining Local
Insight Media, Pomeroy was executive vice president and CFO for Dex
Media, where he served in other key leadership positions, including
senior vice president of finance and vice
president/treasurer. During his tenure,
Pomeroy was instrumental in achieving a successful
“carve-out” from Qwest and in raising more than $10 billion
in debt financing and $1 billion in equity financing in a successful
IPO.
Over the course of his
23-year career, Pomeroy has held leadership positions in diverse
industries, including chief financial officer for Eotec Capital and
president and chief operating officer of Lewis Food Groups.
Pomeroy began his career with KPMG Peat
Marwick. He holds a B.B.A. in Accounting
from the University of New Mexico and is a Certified Public Accountant
(inactive). A member of the Yellow Pages
Association, Pomeroy is a frequent speaker and contributor at industry
and financial conferences. He resides in the
Denver area with his wife and three daughters.
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David Swanson (Director)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dex One Corporation
David C. Swanson has been Chief Executive Officer of Dex One
Corporation {formerly R.H. Donnelley} since May 2002. He was elected to
the Board in December 2001 and served as Chairman from December 2002 to
January 2006 and then was re-appointed Chairman once again in April
2006.
Swanson began working for R.H. Donnelley in 1985 as an Account Executive
and has held increasingly senior management positions since. He was
named Executive Vice President of Sales in 1995, Executive Vice
President and General Manager of Proprietary Operations in 1997 and
Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy in 1998 in conjunction
with the company’s spin-off from Dun & Bradstreet as an
independent public company. He became President of Donnelley Directory
Services in 1999 and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of
the Company from December 2000 until May 2002.
Frank Jules ( Director)
President and CEO
AT&T Advertising and Publishing
Frank Jules is president and CEO of
AT&T Advertising & Publishing. He is responsible for all
functions of the $5.8 billion business — the largest print and
online Yellow Pages operation in the world based on revenue.
The company provides a complete suite of
print and online advertising search solutions that help small and medium
businesses succeed. The AT&T Real Yellow Pages offers the most
effective print yellow pages advertising in its markets. AT&T
publishes more than 1,250 directory titles in 22 states with a
distribution of about 171 million copies. And the directories are the
most used in their markets, receiving about 4 billion annual references.
In addition, the YELLOWPAGES.COM network provides advertisers with
exposure to more than 1 billion annual consumer searches, offering
consumers access to comprehensive local business information, city
guides, maps and driving directions. Combined, AT&T’s print
and online products receive more than 5 billion searches a
year.
Before assuming his current position at
AT&T Advertising & Publishing in September 2007, Jules was
senior vice president for AT&T Global Business Solutions,
responsible for three business units: Consulting, Integration Solutions
and Equipment Solutions. His team focused on deploying new enabling
technology to deliver unique network solutions for customers around the
globe. Before that appointment, Jules was senior vice president for
AT&T Business Marketing, responsible for creating and executing the
go-to-market strategy for the business segment. Prior to that role, he
was president of SBC’s Global & Enterprise Markets (East),
responsible for SBC’s largest and most complex global customers,
SBC Telecom and SBC’s federal government business
segments.
Jules originally joined SBC with
Ameritech in 1994 as vice president of sales and service for Ameritech
Enhanced Business Services. He was appointed to several roles, including
vice president of sales, service and field operations for
Ameritech’s custom business unit; president of enhanced business
services; and president of sales and channel management for Ameritech
General Business Services. Jules was named president-sales for Ameritech
Business Communications Services in October 1999 and was responsible for
$5 billion in Ameritech/SBC revenue.
Jules also served as CEO of US LEC, a
14-state regional facilities-based telecommunications carrier in
North Carolina. He helped
the company navigate through significant industry
challenges. His experience also includes serving as vice
president of marketing and product development for wireless products at
Northern Telecom and holding several sales, management and marketing
positions during 10 years at IBM. He started his career at New York
Telephone in the sales and marketing organization.
Jules received a Bachelor of Liberal
Arts degree from Iona
Collegein 1978. He serves on
the board of directors of CMGI Inc.
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Edward E. Lane
President
RR Donnelley
Edward E. Lane is President of RR Donnelley’s Book and
Directory Business, responsible for the marketing, sales, and
manufacturing of the company’s book and directory printing
operations.
Ed began his career with Donnelley in 1976 as a sales representative
in the company’s Consumer Magazine printing business. During
his 15 years in the Consumer Magazine business, he served in New York
City as Senior Vice President of Sales, Manufacturing Division Director
of the Danville, Kentucky printing facility, and in 1991 was named
President of the Magazine Business Unit.
In 1994 he established and was named President of Donnelley’s
short run commercial printing business’ Specialized Publishing
Services. Through a series of acquisitions over the next 5 years
this organization grew to be the largest business-to-business short run
commercial printer in the United States. In January of 2000 he was
named President of the Book Business and in September of 2006 he was
named President of the Book and Directory Business.
Mr. Lane serves on the Board of Directors of the National Book
Foundation and the Book Manufactures’ Institute.
He received a Masters degree in Business Administration from Cornell
University’s Johnson School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Lafayette College.
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Marc Tellier (Director)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Yellow Pages Group Company
Marc P. Tellier is President and CEO of Yellow Pages
Group, Canada’s largest directories publisher. He was previously
President and CEO of Bell ActiMedia, a company acquired through the most
important leveraged buyout in Canadian history. As head of Yellow Pages
Group, Mr. Tellier completed the largest-ever initial public offering in
the income trust sector in Canada.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Tellier was an officer of Bell
Canada and served as Senior Vice President - Partnership Development. He
was responsible for the launch of the first telco commercial high-speed
Internet service in North America. He also served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Sympatico-Lycos, Canada's leading Internet
properties.
Marc P. Tellier began his career at Bell Canada in 1990 after
graduating from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor's degree in
Economics. In less than a decade, he has become a key player in the
expansion and transformation of the Canadian communications and media
industries.
In 2000, Mr. Tellier was honoured for his leadership, vision,
innovation, achievements and impact by being named one of Canada's Top
Forty under Forty™. Mr. Tellier is a member of the board of
directors of the Yellow Pages Association (YPA). He is president of the
2004-2005 Quebec Arthritis Society fund raising campaign for the small
and medium-sized enterprises. He was also involved in the Banff Film
Festival as a member of the Governor's Council and in United Way for the
Greater Montreal Area.
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Norm Hagarty (Director)
CEO and Managing Partner
DAC Group
Norm brings an extensive background in marketing and advertising to
DAC, having worked with some of the largest companies in North America such as Pepsi Cola, J. Walter
Thompson, and Scott’s Hospitality. He became Managing Partner of
DAC Group in January 2000 after joining in 1996 as President of DAC
Canada.
Norm has led DAC Group through a period of significant growth in both
the print and digital sides of the business. His vision of a
unified directional agency, focused on helping clients build their
business through lead generation in both the print and digital arenas,
led to the expansion of value-added services and the development of
proprietary tools for DAC Group. His role modeling around passion,
enthusiasm and curiosity has been instrumental in keeping the bar high
in all facets of DAC’s business.
As a board member for ADM (The Association of Directory Marketing)
and YPA (Yellow Pages Association) and key contributor to various
initiatives in the industry, Norm is a strong representative for
DAC’s clients within the Directional Market space. He holds
a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the proud father
of 4 children and lives with his wife, Joyce, in Aurora, Ontario. Norm is actively
involved in his community and coaching amateur sports
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Kathleen DeCaire-Aden (Director)
Chief Executive Officer
SMG Directory Marketing
Kathleen DeCaire-Aden
leads SMG Directory Marketing, helping brands leverage the power of
print and online directory and search platforms. Kathleen's experience
in managing and creating comprehensive, integrated and measurable
solutions for clients is the driving force behind the agency's
collaborative team of industry experts, focusing on research, data
management, creative and interactive/search.
Kathleen is past chair
of the AAAA's Telephone Advertising Committee, and spent two years as
chair of the Association of Directory Marketing. She co-authored the
4As/ANA's 2002 revised position paper for syndicated third-party
directory usage research, and an op/ed piece with the ANA on circulation
auditing. Kathleen is a member of YPA’s National Marketing
Division Advisory Council.
Kathleen earned a B.A
in communications from Western Illinois University.
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Joe Walsh (Director)
President and CEO
Yellowbook
Joe Walsh is the President and
CEO of Yellowbook. Under Joe's leadership, Yellowbook has grown from a
small independent publisher in Long Island, New York to the leading
independent publisher in the country, with approximately 1,000
directories in 48 states plus the District of Columbia.
Joe entered the yellow pages
business in 1982 when he co-founded IYP Publishing, a company he later
sold to DataNational. He served as Vice President of Sales for
DataNational until joining Yellow Book in 1987. In 1992, Joe was named
the company's CEO.
Credited with Yellowbook's
unprecedented growth, Joe has led the company through a series of
acquisitions and new market launches, as well as unprecedented print and
online growth.
One of the most respected
leaders in the industry, Joe has received numerous awards and has been
interviewed by some of the country's top print and broadcast outlets. In
2008, the Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) presented Joe with
The Wil Lewis Award, the association's highest distinction for
outstanding lifetime contributions to the directory publishing industry.
Joe was also awarded Ernst and Young's "Master Entrepreneur of the Year"
award in New York, has been featured in Forbes Magazine's "Entrepreneurs
- Up and Comers," as well as the front page of the Wall Street Journal
in April of 2004, in an article titled, "Yellow Book USA Grabs Business
from Baby Bells with Cheap Ads." He has also appeared on news programs
such as CNBC and CNNfn.
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Sharon Sweeney (Director)
Executive Vice-President
Nationwide Media
Sharon Sweeney is Executive Vice-President of Nationwide Media based in
Los Angeles, CA. Nationwide Media is one of the top twelve
agencies in the U.S. specializing in both print and online Yellow Pages,
internet advertising, and direct delivery.
Ms. Sweeney has been in the industry over 29 years with national
experience with agencies and Certified Marketing Representatives
(CMRs). Originally from Ohio and educated at the University of
Houston, she began working at Ketchum Communications upon
graduation. She also worked with Bernard Hodes Telephone Marketing
Services (Omnicom) prior to joining Nationwide over 20 years ago.
Over her 29 year career, Ms. Sweeney has served as an ADM Board member
and treasurer. She also has served on committee work from White
Pages, operations to strategic planning within both YPA and ADM.
She also serves on the Advisory Council for the YPA National Marketing
Division.
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