Karen Kaplan Named CEO of Hill Holliday
Hill Holliday announced today that Karen Kaplan, 30-year veteran of the agency, will succeed Mike Sheehan as CEO. Sheehan will move to the role of Chairman.
Kaplan joined Hill Holliday in 1982 as a receptionist; she was hired by agency founder Jack Connors after he had rejected 40 other applicants for the job. During her impressive tenure she worked in nearly every department at the agency, rising in the ranks of account management while building the business of clients including Bank of America, John Hancock, Liberty Mutual, Dunkin’ Donuts, TJX, Novartis and Chili’s to name a few. In January of 2001 Kaplan was promoted to Managing Director of the Boston Office, and at the end of that year was named President of the Boston office. In June 2007 she was named President of the network.Read more
Lynn Fantom Interviewed for WLN NY's Social Profile Spotlight
The WLN NY recently interviewed Lynn Fantom, CEO, ID Media, as part of its Social Profile Spotlight Project.
What hurdles have you overcome to get to where you are today?
In fourth grade I got my first B (actually B+) in science and the teacher said, “like most little girls, Lynn doesn’t seem to enjoy science.” When I was applying to colleges, my Latin teacher discouraged me from considering Smith College because “girls like you don’t go there.” (She thought I was too middle-class.) Well, not only did I get in, but I flourished. Then, after graduating Phi Beta Kappa from this great institution that had nourished both Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, I encountered this: in my first job at an NYC ad agency, my boss threw a little office party and surprised everyone by playing porn movies. So, the hurdles have been implicit and quite explicit!Read more