Nancy Vonk
Co-Chief Creative Officer
Ogilvy Toronto

Nancy Vonk has been the Co-Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Toronto since 1998 with partner Janet Kestin. They have won Cannes Lions, One Show Pencils, Communication Arts and Clio Awards. They are the creative directors of “Evolution”, winner of two Grand Prix at Cannes in 2007 and "Diamond Shreddies", winner of a Grand Clio in 2008. Ogilvy won the 2011 Cassie Awards Grand Prix, the third since ’07.

She has judged awards shows including Communication Arts, The One Show, Cannes, the Clio Awards, D&AD, Effies and Creativity Awards, and has chaired shows in the U.S. and Canada including the 2008 Art Director’s Club of New York 87th annual awards, where she was the first female chair in their history.

Nancy was included in Creativity magazine’s Top 50 creative people of 2008 list and ‘boards magazine’s “It List” in 2006 and 2007. Nancy and Janet were named advertising women of the year by the WIN Awards in Los Angeles and by the AWNY Awards in New York in 2007. They were on the AlwaysOn 2009 Madison Avenue IT list.

Nancy and Janet have a widely read advice column, “Ask Jancy”, on ad site ihaveanidea.org. They penned a critically acclaimed Adweek Book, “Pick Me” in 2005, which has become a staple in advertising schools. They were the keynote speakers at the 2008 "Women of Influence" event. HarperCollins commissioned a business book based on that speech.

In 2006 Nancy co-founded “Been There”, a group of top North American female creative directors united to provide online mentoring on creativeskirts.com.

She is on the advisory board of the Ontario College of Art and Design and a mentor and lecturer at VCU Brandcenter. Nancy was elected to the board of the One Club in 2009. She and Janet are featured in the 2010 book, The Creative Process Illustrated. In 2011, they were inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends.

Suzana Apelbaum
Executive Creative Director
Strawberryfrog New York

A recognized industry innovator and globally award-winning creative,  Suzana has vast experience working with top brands, including Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Fiat, Google, Red Bull, Cadbury Adams, Unilever, Pampers,  BlackBerry. 

Suzana began her advertising career as a  Creative Director in Rio de Janeiro, at one of Brazil’s pioneering digital  agencies. There, she took part on the creation of one of the first world exhibitions of web-art called “My City” which was exhibited in Brazil,  Spain and Italy. In 2000, she moved to Sao Paulo and worked as creative  director at some of the largest and most respected digital agencies in  the world, like AgenciaClick and JWT. In 2005 she took on the challenge  of infusing Africa (a big but traditional agency) with digital culture  and creative excellence; and just two years later, that agency placed  second as Interactive Agency of the Year at the Cannes Festival. In the  last years, Suzana was partner and chief creative officer of Hello  Interactive, an agency belonging to the Brazilian ABC Group. In 2010  Suzana moved from Sao Paulo to New York to work as ECD of  StrawberryFrog. 

In addition to serving as a juror at  top advertising shows such as Cannes Lions, One Show, ANDY Awards and  D&AD, Suzana has won 19 international awards including a Grand Prix  at the London International Awards. Suzana was also was elected the  Brazilian “Online Creative Professional of the Year” by MMonline Awards, was nominee for the Digital Professional of the Year  by ABP (Brazilian Association of Advertising), and was recently elected one of the World Most Influential Creative Directors by AdWomen.org.

Keith Greenstein
Creative Director
BooneOakley

While working his first ad job at a microscopic agency in Atlanta, Keith met then freelancer John Boone. Impressed by John’s creativity and feathered hair, Keith vowed to keep an eye on this Boone guy.

10 years passed. During that time, Keith worked at WestWayne in Atlanta, GA on accounts like Toyota, Partnership for a Drug-Free America and The Onion; and at McKinney in Durham, NC on accounts like Sony, Audi and Polaris.

Then Keith heard BooneOakley was looking to hire a writer. Armed with a sack of awards ranging from The One Show to CA to The Effies, Keith reconnected with John Boone (who was still rocking the feathered hair).

Since landing the gig at BooneOakley, Keith has helped brand the city of Charlotte, blow up Ruby Tuesday’s competition, end the Writer’s Guild strike and get Barack Obama elected.

Keith loves Donkey Kong, his wife and his son Alex, not necessarily in that order. Keith also invented the only paper airplane that flaps its wings when it flies.

Cal McAllister
Principle, Creative Director
Wexley School for Girls, LLC

Cal is a proud Detroit native who cut teeth as a beat writer for the Chicago Tribune. After getting in a lot of trouble for making things up, he switched to advertising. Before co-founding Wexley School for Girls in 2003, he worked on regional, national and international business at small shops like WONGDOODY and global agencies like Foote, Cone and Belding and Publicis Worldwide in both traditional media and the digital space. Cal has worked in every major consumer and trade category on brands like Nike, ESPN, Microsoft, Xbox, T-Mobile, MADD, Coca Cola, The Red Cross, RealNetworks, Amstel Light and NASCAR, to name a few.

His work has been recognized by most every international advertising award show, including Cannes, the Clios, Communication Arts, New York Art Director's Club and the One Show. He has also judged the Lotus Awards in Vancouver, regional and national ADDYs and the OneScreen Film Festival for One Show, among others. He's been profiled in numerous national magazines and speaks on social, digital and experiential marketing across the country. As a screenwriter, his films were selected and screened at the Seattle International Film Festival, Slamdance, the Chicago Short Film Festival, Atom Films and the RESFest International Film Festival, among others.

Cal sits on the Board of Directors as an officer for People for Puget Sound, an environmental non-profit organization working to protect and restore the health of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits through education and action. He also sits on the Board of Directors for The Creative Circus, an advertising portfolio school in Atlanta. In 2007, he was named one of the Northwest's Top 40 Under 40, a list of promising young business leaders by the Puget Sound Business Journal. In 2008 he and his business partner were named to Seattle's Power 25, citing the city's most influential people, by Seattle Magazine.