ABC Elects Board Members

By: E&P Staff The Audit Bureau of Circulations held its annual business meeting today in New York City -- the meeting was originally slated for Nov. 4 in Miami but was rescheduled after Hurricane Wilma struck south Florida in late October.

Outlining his vision for ABC in 2006, ABC chairman Robert Troutbeck said in statement, "The print media landscape is changing, and the pressure for verified accountability will only increase. We have great faith that our publisher partners realize the importance of transparency and accountability, and that they will do everything they can to protect buyer-seller trust in ABC information."

Elections for ABC board of director positions were also held at the meeting today. The following directors were re-elected to serve two-year terms on ABC's board:

Robert W. Althaus, vice president of circulation, Gannett

Peter A. Armour, senior vice president, consumer marketing, Conde Nast Publications

Michael K. Brown, director, corporate media, Target Corporation

Donna Campanella, director/team leader, media, Pfizer

Sheila Field, senior vice president of marketing and sales promotion, Macy's

Alec Gerster, chief executive officer, Initiative Worldwide

James W. Hopson, publisher, Wisconsin State Journal, vice president, Lee Enterprises

Robert M. Jelenic, chairman and chief executive officer, Journal Register Co.

Renetta E. McCann, chief executive officer, Starcom MediaVest Group

James H. McGraw IV, group publisher, The McGraw-Hill Companies

Vikki Schwartzman, vice president, corporate media director, L'Oreal USA

Brian Segal, president and chief executive officer, Rogers Publishing, Rogers Media

Craig M. Sinclair, vice president of advertising, Walgreen Co.

John Squires, president, Sports Illustrated, executive vice president, Time Inc.

Howard G. Sutton, chairman of the board, publisher, president and chief executive officer, The Providence Journal Company

Robert Troutbeck, president, Troutbeck-Chernoff

David R. Verklin, chief executive officer, Carat Americas

Gary L. Vorpahl, director of marketing, W.D. Hoard & Sons Company

Directors elected to serve one-year terms were Mark A. Kaline, global media manager, Ford Motor Company and Patricia Wilkinson, director of marketing, Home Depot of Canada Inc.