Mega-Conference Attendees Michael Abernathy, President, Landmark Community Newspapers, Shelbyville, KY Jehadu Abshiro, Director, Digital Strategy, Advocate Media, Dallas, TX Michelle Ackerman, CRM Product Manager, Brainworks Software, Sayville, NY Mark Adams, CEO, Adams Publishing Group, Coon Rapids, MN Matt Adelman, Publisher, Douglas Budget, Douglas, WY David Adkins, COO/VP, Technology, [BN]Tech / The Buffalo News, Inc., Buffalo, NY Rudi Alcott, Director, Digital, Sound Publishing, Everett, WA James Allen, Senior Sales Engineer, iPublish Media Solutions, Westborough, MA David Alltop, Vice President, IT, Adams Publishing Group, Easton, MD Roberto Angulo, CEO, Recruitology, San Francisco, CA Hans Appen, President, Appen Media Group, Alpharetta, GA Sara April, Vice President, Dirks, Van Essen, Murray & April, Santa Fe, NM Lloyd Armbrust, CEO/Founder, OwnLocal, Austin, TX Amy Arnold, Implementation/Training Manager, designIQ, Indianapolis, IN Julie Arsenault, Media Alliances Relationship Manager, Monster, Weston, MA Gordon Atkinson, Senior Director, Newspapers.com, Lehi, UT Brian Audette, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, IL Glenn Augustine, Digital Sales Director, The Southside Times, Indianapolis, IN James Avis, Managing Director, Oahu Media Group, Honolulu, HI Daniel Babb, Chief Operations Officer, Advice Local, McKinney, TX Brian W. Bachynski, VP, Publishing, Great West Newspapers, St. Albert, AB, Canada Hal Bailey, CRO, LaterPay, New York, NY Derrick Baity, Field Engineer, Stromasys, Inc., Raleigh, NC Bruce Barna, VP, Sales/Marketing, The Siebold Company, Coral Springs, FL Robertson Barrett, President, Hearst Newspapers Digital, Hearst, New York, NY Dana Bascom, Senior Sales Representative, Newzware, a division of ICANON, Hatfield, PA Sarah Bass, Operations Director, GateHouse Live, Las Vegas, NV Mike Beatty, President, Adams Publishing Florida, Adams Publishing Group, Venice, FL Ben Beaver, Account Executive, Second Street, St. Louis, MO Kevin Behrens, Publisher, Marysville Newspapers, Marysville, OH Bob Behringer, President/CEO, Presteligence, North Canton, OH Sarah Belleau, Senior Director of Account Management, sO2 Digital, Nolensville, TN Samantha Jean Bennet, Strategic Partnership Development - Local News, CrowdTangle, Facebook, New York, NY Tobias Bennett, VP, Revenue/Partnerships, Local Media Consortium, Clayton, NC Steve Bentz, Chief Operating Officer, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, TX Julie Bergman, VP, Newspaper Group, Grimes, McGovern & Associates, East Grand Forks, MI Drew Berkowitz, SVP, Stringr, New York, NY Jim Bernard, SVP, Digital, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN Jeff Bernhardt, Regional Sales Manager, Southern Lithoplate, Uniontown, OH Brock Berry, CEO/Founder, AdCellerant, Denver, CO Caralyn Bess, Publisher, Hagadone Media, Washington, Moses Lake, WA Ryan Binkley, President/CEO, Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK Charlene Bisson, Arizona Group Publisher, Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA, Phoenix, AZ Steinar Bjornsen, Director, Business Development, USA, Innocode, Oslo, Norway Rosalie Black, Advertising Director, Hagadone Media, Washington, Moses Lake, WA Chris Blaser, VP, Audience/Circulation, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas, NV Mike Blinder, President, The Blinder Group, Lutz, FL Donald Blount, Editor, The Record, Stockton, CA John Bock, VP, Product Development, Transparensee, New York, NY Lauren Boles, CNN Newsource, Atlanta, GA Cory Bollinger, VP, Publishing, Schurz Communications, Bloomington, IN Steve J. Booher, Director, News/Content, NPGCO, Saint Joseph, MO Greg Booras, National Sales Manager, The Newspaper Manager, Dahlonega, GA Nils Borhaug, Director, Product Management, Innocode, Oslo, Norway Paul Boucher, Partner Development Manager, Boostability, Lehi, UT Ben Bouslog, New Business Development Onboarding Specialist, AdCellerant, Denver, CO Rod Boyce, Managing Editor, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, AK Zella Bracy, Associate Partner, Extol Digital, Raleigh, NC Bill Bradley, Senior Director, Automotive, Advance, Dallas, TX Chris Brant, , White Birch Paper, Greenwich, CT Randall S. Brant, SVP, Magazine/Catalog, ACI Last Mile Network, Long Beach, CA William J. Brehm, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Brehm Communications, Inc., San Diego, CA Shaun Bremner, Sr. Marketing Executive, PageSuite, Ashford, United Kingdom Shannah Breslin, Sr. Product Manager, Adpay |Memoriams, an Ancestry company, Englewood, CO William Bronson, CEO/Publisher, Journal Inc., Tupelo, MS David Brooks, Head of News/ Local Media Partnerships, Google, San Francsico, CA David Brown, Director, Circulation/Audience Development, News-Press & Gazette Company, Saint Joseph, MO Robert Brown (Lori), President, Swift Communications, Gypsum, CO Scott M. Brown, Director, Operations, Decatur Daily, Decatur, AL Otis A. BrumbyIII, Publisher, Marietta Daily Journal, Marietta, GA William Wright BryanIII, Business Development, LaterPay, New York, NY Greg Buckardt, Northern/Western Markets, Resolute Forest Products, Lake Forest, IL Jennifer Burden, Editor, Buffalo Bulletin, Buffalo, WY Amber Burgess, Partner Manager, Facebook, New York, NY Timothy D. Burke, Publisher, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL Adam Burnham, SVP, Interactive Sales/Services, AffinityX, Elgin, IL Douglas W. Burns (Lorena Lopez), Vice President, Herald Publishing Company, Carroll, IA Eric Burns, VP, Strategic Partnerships/Client Services, Reveal Mobile, Raleigh, NC John Burr, Regional Sales Manager, NELA USA, River Falls, WI Keely Byars, Chief Revenue Officer, TapOnIt, Davenport, IA Richard Edward Byrd, Managing Editor, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA Paula Camp, Director, Marketing, Inland Press Association, Des Plaines, IL Julia Campbell, Branded Content Project Manager, Local Media Association, Denver, CO Mark Campbell, Chief Marketing Officer, Tribune Publishing, Los Angeles, CA Scott Campbell, Publisher, The Columbian Publishing Company, Vancouver, WA Jason Capodanno, General Manager, GreenBanaanSEO, Beverly, MA Rebecca Capparelli, VP, Promotions, GateHouse Media, Pittsford, NY Mike Carfagnini, National Sales Manager, Central Ink Corporation, West Chicago, IL Ray Carlsen (Blaze), Retired, , Tucson, AZ Luke Carpenter, Systems Analyst, Pongrass Publishing Systems, Bondi Junction, Australia Idalmy Carrera-Colucci, Senior Director, Editorial Operations, Tribune Publishing, Chicago, IL Brittney Carstens, Key Account Executive, TapOnIt, Davenport, IA Brent Carter, Senior Director, Newspapers.com, Lehi, UT Rachelle Carter, Vice President, Lotus Media Group, Roseburg, OR Sara Castillo, Co-Founder/President, TapOnIt, Davenport, IA Corey Champion, Controller, Champion Media, Mooresville, NC Scott Champion, CEO, Champion Media, Mooresville, NC Jake Chang, Partner Solutions Manager, Facebook, New York, NY David Chavern, President/CEO, News Media Alliance, Arlington, VA Connie Chen, VP, Sales, Transparensee, New York, NY Robert Chen, VP, Sales Systems Integration, ASA Computers, Inc., Fremont, CA Xin Chen, President, Queryly, Jersey City, NJ Joshua Cheng, Business Development, Viafoura, Toronto, ON, Canada Brandi Chiosnini, President/CEO, Fenice Community Media, Cedar Park, TX Saarth Anjali Chitale, Graduate Student, UAB, Birmingham, AL Jim Clarke, Regional Director, The Associated Press, Denver, CO Dave Clements, Head of Field Engineering, Stromasys, Inc., Raleigh, NC Dave Cobb, General Manager, MARC Radio Group, Gainesville, FL Bryce Cockerham, Vice President, The Weeks Group, Homewood, AL Matt Coen, President, Second Street, Saint Louis, MO Danielle Coffey, SVP, Strategic Initiatives/Counsel, News Media Alliance, Arlington, VA Jamie Cohen, VP, Local Digital/Salem Surround, Salem Media Group, Camarillo, CA Mark Cohen, Regional President, Adams Publishing Group, Mechanicsburg, PA Murray Cohen, President, Delphos Herald, Delphos, OH Scott Coleman, COO, Fenice Community Media, Cedar Park, TX Kevin Collins, Director, Sales/Marketing, WeHaa, Pewaukee, WI Tom Comi, VP, Entertainment Advertising, NTVB MEDIA, Troy, MI Jim Conaghan, Senior VP, Research/Analytics, Coda Ventures, Nashville, TN Brian Condon, EVP, Commercial Development, Alliance for Audited Media, Arlington Heights, IL Matt Connolly, Interactive Media/Database Director, TH Media, Dubuque, IA Monica Connolly, Principal, PowerPlay Resources, Milton, MA Peter Conti, Sales/Marketing Director, Site Impact, Inc., Coconut Creek, FL Linda Conway, Executive Director, New England Newspaper & Press Association, Woburn, MA Joe Cooper, GM/Pacific Division, AMR- A Marketing Resource, Woodbury, MN Randy Cope, Director, Cribb, Greene & Cope, Bella Vista, AR Valentin Cornez, Partnership Lead, News Consumer Insights, Google, New York, NY Trent Covert, Director, Technology, Swift Communications, Carson City, NV Kevin A. Craig, SVP/Director, Newspaper Relations, AMG|Parade, Raleigh, NC Chad Cranor, National Sales Director, BlueVenn/LEAP, Raleigh, NC John Thomas Cribb, Director, Cribb, Greene & Cope, Helena, MT John Thomas Cribb, Associate, Cribb, Greene & Cope, Helena, MT Ann Cripps, Marketing, Recruitology, Redwood City, CA Dan Criscenti, Vice President, NTVB Media, Detroit, MI Rachel Crocker, Chief of Staff, SpokenLayer, New York, NY Alisa Croner, Editor, Local Media Insider, FL Roxie Crowley, Director, Partnerships, Recruitology, The Woodlands, TX Ally Cuervo, Account Executive, Chartbeat, New York, NY Al Cupo, Sales Support Manager, Brainworks Software, Sayville, NY Alex Curry, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Center for Media Engagement, Austin, TX Kenny Curry, Partner Solutions Manager, News, Facebook,