AAF: District Two

NSAC

View the Winners of the 2008 National Student Advertising Competition,
sponsored by AOL!

The Winners were Hofstra University and George Washington University!


Hofstra University Winning Team	George Washington University Winning Team

NSAC is held at Baruch College, City University of New York on May 3rd and May 4th. There are 19 schools participating from District Two. The competition runs all day on both Saturday and Sunday, while the Career Fairs are held from 4-5:30 on Saturday and Sunday.

If you have any questions, e-mail Torsten

SATURDAY
Judges	Title	Company
Tony Hobley	SVP, Client Services	RappCollins
Russell Messner	SVP, Behavioral Planner	BBDO
Gary Nelson	Creative Director	Organic
Tanya Zvonkin	VP, Supervisor of National Broadcast	PHD
Chantal Botana	TBD	AOL

SUNDAY
Judges	Title	Company
Monica Valenti	SVP, Director of Integration	Red
Justin Graham	Associate Planning Director	BBDO
James Mochnsky	SVP Creative Director	Independent Creative Director
Ben Saft	Senior Associate	Emanate
Anthony Faria	AOL	AOL

Participating Schools:

Howard             Syracuse          St. John’s          University of Pittsburgh
FIT                    Pace – New York                       Baruch
George Washington                   Marist               Temple
Georgetown       Duquesne          St Bonaventure Pace - Pleasantville
Hofstra              Ithaca               Villanova           Penn State
St. Vincent

Here are the details on last year’s competition:

MANY thanks to our main sponsor, Coca-Cola! The assignment was a youth effort to grow consumption of Coca-Cola Classic. Twenty-five schools competed in District Two, representing NY, PA, MD, and DC.

The winners of the D2 competition were Baruch College
and Syracuse University.

Villanova and Pace-NY went on to the National Wildcard Competition.

Judges at the districts included:
Kathy Kamatani           McCann-Erickson        VP, Worldwide Planning Dir.
Jay Sharfstein               Filter                            Executive Creative Director
Steven Boyd                 Coca-Cola                   Regional VP, Northeast
Claire Hassid                Pedone & Parts            EVP, Director of Planning
Matthew Anderson       Deutsch                        VP, Director of Business Dev
Lisa Garrone                GSW                           Executive Creative Director
Dana Barba                  Coca-Cola                   Group Director, Northeast
Rob Fitzgerald              Initiative Media             EVP, General Manager

Syracuse went on to place at nationals, finishing 4th in the entire U.S. Baruch also performed very well at the national competition.


	Questions? For information on NSAC 2008, please contact: Torsten Gross 212.459.5512 torsten.gross@bbdo.com