Ad team takes first in NSAC district

COM's entry in the National Student Advertising Competition sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) took first place in District I, marking a first for COM. The national winner will be selected from among 15 district winners at the AAF national conference in Orlando, Fla., June 10-12.

State Farm Insurance sponsored the 2010 conference. The assignment: make State Farm important/relevant to young adults ages 18-25.

The winning COM team:

• Darah Rifkin (COM '10), Executive Director
• Katie Pyle (COM '10), Creative Director
• Angela Chen (COM '12), Presenter
• Karen Hamill (COM '11), Presenter
• Lindsay King (COM '10), Presenter
• Lauren Looft (COM '11)
• Sarah Mosser (COM '10)
• Christine Warner (COM '12)
• Quentin Weil (COM '12)
• Carol Issa (COM '11), Account Director
• Kelsey Mason (COM '12), Account Director
• Liana Chan (COM '11)
• Genevieve Kim (COM '12)
• Yi Ying (Eva) Lee (COM '12)
• Katherine Booth (COM '10)
• Katelyn Stokes (COM '11), Media Director
• Kaylee Bates (COM '12), Media Director
• Julianna Becker (COM '12), Presenter
• Hyunyoung Choi (COM '12)
• Thomas Noh (COM '12)
• Dmitriy Karfagenskiy (COM '10), Technical Advisor

John Verret, associate professor of Advertising, is the faculty advisor for this group.

View a list of past winners.