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President of MMR honored with Multicultural Marketing Achievement Award
March 25, 2014 Lisa Skriloff, President of Multicultural Marketing Resources (MMR) will be recognized for her work over 20 years with a Multicultural Marketing Achievement Award. She will be receiving the award at The 18th Annual Multicultural Marketing Conference and Awards Luncheon to be held on March 26, 2014 at the prestigious Woman’s Club of Minneapolis, presented by Aguilar Productions. This conference will focus on the U.S. Hispanic, African American and Asian American markets. The awards luncheon will honor the recipients for their outstanding leadership in developing the multicultural marketing industry.
Other honorees are:
Isabel Valdés, Principal, Isabel Valdés Consulting,San Francisco,CA,
Pepper Miller, President, The Hunter-Miller Group, Inc., Chicago, IL,
Vicky Wong, President & CEO, DAE Advertising, San Francisco, CA
Lisa Skriloff, President of Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. New York, NY will be honored for her promotion of multicultural marketing and her company’s 20th anniversary.
Presenting sponsor is Metropolitan State University, and conference sponsors include, U.S. Bank, Hilton Minneapolis, Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce.
Lisa founded Multicultural Marketing Resources, Inc. (MMR) to bring visibility to the nation’s top ethnic and niche marketing resources available to corporations and to journalists. Established in 1994, MMR is a public relations and marketing firm representing the leading experts in marketing to Hispanics, Asian Americans, African Americans, GLBT consumers and other ethnic and lifestyle groups. MMR is also the publisher of The Source Book of Multicultural Experts, MMRNews and a Speakers Showcase.
Prior to starting the company, Lisa had a 10-year career at The New York Times, where she held a number of director level positions in the Promotion, Marketing, Advertising, Circulation and Special Projects departments. As Director of Consumer Promotion, she managed the $13 million annual advertising campaign and earned an Effie for her work on the launch of the National Edition of The Times. She was appointed by the publisher to serve on the newspaper’s first diversity committee.
Lisa has also received other awards and honors including the: YWCA Salute to Women Achievers; Working Woman Magazine’s award for Innovation in Entrepreneurship, PRSA award for Best Newsletter, PRWeek’s Solo Practitioner of the Year in Public Relations and she was a finalist for NAWBO’S (National Association of Women Business Owners) Signature Award. In 2009, she was nominated for a Latinos in Social Media Award, in the category of the Best NY Latino(a) Social Network Leader.
For registration and more information on the Multicultural Marketing Conference, where Lisa and others will be honored, visit www.aguilarproductions.com .