2019 OMA Award Judges
Troy Allen senior graphic designer, Menasha
Mike Alviano director of business development, The Central Group
Jennifer Applegate manager, promotions, Constellation Brands
Keith Arndt* creative director, American Retail
Oscar Bertola** creative director, Artisan Complete
Ryan Brevda* VP, Ryan Scott Displays
Gina Cabrera manager, visual merchandising & tradeshows, Avery Products
Cheryl Campbell sr. marketplace insights manager, Target
Andi Carey director, promotions development, Constellation Brands
Tamara Carlyon senior marketplace researcher, Target
David Danilowicz design manager, PCA
John Davies* VP, sales development, Great Northern Instore
Allison Ducharme retail innovation manager, Conagra Brands
Brent Ewing* VP of product development and strategic partnerships, Southern Imperial
Ari Fernandez retail innovation manager, Conagra Brands
Karl Flowers* senior group manager merchandising, Frito Lay
Jerry Fox CEO, Bish Creative Display
Jim Gard VP — production services, The Marketing Store Worldwide
Ann Giambastiani team lead — design solutions, Pfizer Consumer Healthcare
Steve Goldbrenner production planning manager, Orora Visual
Konrad Grabowski senior account executive, United Displaycraft, a Great Northern Company
Alyssa Griesch** creative director, InnerWorkings
Liz Hobbs sr. packaging engineer – merchandising, The Hershey Company
Carla Hill** creative director, Georgia-Pacific Display
Ronald Italiano regional packaging director — Americas, Reckitt Benckiser
Jonathan Johnson head of integrated marketing, Logitech
Bill Kambol* principal — display and merchandising design, Nestle Purina Petcare
Mike Keiffer sales representative, Data Display
Peter Kornhaber VP sales and marketing, Rapid Displays
Andrea Martin* owner, Point of $avings
Brian McCormick* VP, Rapid Displays
Melissa Molyneaux* marketing director, Innomark Communications
Brian Mumau VP, sales development, Great Northern Instore
Stephen Muzyka VP, operations, Somerville Merchandising
Brendan Nash** SVP group creative + design director, Arc Worldwide/The Leo Burnett Group
Robb Northrup director, marketing & communications, Southern Imperial
Jonathan Pesenti sr. account manager — Coca-Cola, WestRock
Craig Phillips* merchandising specialist, McKee Foods Corp.
Jerrad Rai creative director, Pop Art Retail Communication
Paul Rattigan national account manager, Trans World Marketing
Nico Rich creative project manager, Universal Display
Michelle Roache channel marketing manager, Coca-Cola Florida
Greg Rothnie senior graphic designer — team lead, Menasha
Eric Sherrier senior manager, RSM US LLP Traci Strickert director of marketing, Bennett Packaging of Kansas City Inc.
Rick Townsend national account executive, Trans World Marketing
Kimberly True director, sales merchandising & content, Avery Products
Peter Viento executive creative director, Grey Global Group
Patti Villegas purchasing manager — POSM, Moet Hennessy USA
Sheree Williams promotions, associate manager, Constellation Brands
Tyamicia Wright foodservice equipment manager, Frito-Lay
Andrew Yuan channel marketing, Logitech
Steve Zick EVP of sales and marketing, Innomark Communications
*Judges also judged the Display of the Year and Budget awards.
**Judges also judged the Creative Awards. They were joined in judging the Creative Awards by the following individuals:
Eric Daniel creative director, Fitch
John D’Astolfo creative director, DARKO Inc.
Jim Eby SVP, creative director, The Marketing Store
Todd Garritano executive VP of creative services, Innomark
Chris Long creative director, Rapid Displays
George Povich VP retail design — partner, Edo Agency
Katie Sharratt marketing coordinator, Menasha
Andrew Theo creative director, JJ&A
OMA Marshals
The following volunteers oversaw setup of displays in the OMA area of GlobalShop:
Richard Clark Veritiv Retail Packaging
Linda Douglas Displaycraft Manufacturing
June Dutka Packaging Corporation of America
Brenda Hurlburt The Look Company
Jayson Karp Great Northern
Laura (Bren) Kezlan Kapstone Paper
Carl Magilo Frank Mayer
Gary McWhorter Yunker Industries
Teresa Murphy Design Productions
TJ Murphy Design Productions
Tom Murphy Design Productions
Robert Price FELBRO Displays
Jon Racis Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Co.
Steve Rose TPH Global Solutions Inc.
Eric Roth ImageWorks Display
Tracy Schreiner Green Bay Packaging
Loretta Sebastian Veritiv Retail Packaging
Nadine Seitz Yunker Industries
Jay Tapp Veritiv Retail Packaging
Lori Taylor Bish Creative Display
Kari Yunker Yunker Industries
A special thanks to the co-chairs of the 2018 OMA contest, who also judged the Display of the Year and Budget awards:
Christiana Howard-Ritchie* account director, Artisan Complete
Mike Reuter* director, POS solutions, The Integer Group