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Response ... On the Road
Summer networking is usually all about fun. And this August’s cal- endar was no different, as groups
got together to eat, drink and be merry
— summer style — in Arizona, Chicago
and New York. Let’s take a look at who
was staying cool and connected.
Who joined the fun at Roadrunner DRTV’s second annual “Beat the Heat” event in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Aug. 20? From left to right: LiveOps’ Lisa White, Tonya Dale and Sabrina Wichser, Cross Media Works’ Kelly LeFleur and Carol Heintzelman, Third House Productions’ Gwen Goodloe, Two Twelve Direct’s Michelle Green, West’s Eric Stracener, Cross Media Works’ Rich Morales, AOR Direct’s Mike Horner and Chris Dompier, Cross Media Works’ Penny Pimkowski, Diamond Media’s Heather Rosenthal, Riley Watson, Lisa Townsend and Sarah Moody, and Roadrunner’s Steve Marsho and Eric Stanton.
At Cannella Response’s Chicago event,
Frank Cannella (seated, center) welcomed
(standing) Dish Networks’ Ken Clark, Discovery
Communications’ Dragana Stanjevic and Maria
Kennedy, TV Guide Networks’ Christine Georgakakis
and (seated) Treehouse’s Andy Donato.
More smiling faces at the Cannella Response Chicago
event include (standing) MTV Networks’ Keith Minarik,
Hallmark Channel’s Amber Landry, MTVN’s Christine
Smith, Cannella’s Maureen Gabriel, Fox’s Paul Rogina
and (seated) Hallmark’s Todd Walker and Stephanie
Versichelli, Rainbow Direct’s Pat Lucci and Discovery’s
Adele Pecoraro.
Cannella Response Television
held its eighth annual network
appreciation event at Fulton’s
in Chicago on Aug. 18. At
right, (standing) Discovery
Communications’ Declan
O’Connor, GSN’s Amy Leifer,
Home Run’s Andrew Blickstein,
GSN’s John Miceli, FUSE’s
Sue Rasmussen and (seated)
Discovery’s Jason Mezic,
Cannella’s Kyle Scott and
FUSE’s Bryan Lozynski enjoy
the party.
On Aug. 25, Hallmark Channel and GroupM Direct hosted an industry bowling night in New York that included:
Kneeling (left to right): GroupM’s Jennifer Isler, Catherine Handrich and Louise Fazekas-Knehr, Hallmark Channel’s Stephanie
Versichelli, and Group M’s Aisha Brown, Danijela Smokrovic and Lauren D’Amico
Middle row (left to right): GroupM’s Gina Nocelli, Meredith Graves, Ilana Klinger, Kristen Bucci, Claudia Angulo, Lakisha
Smith and Sheila White, Hallmark Channel’s Amber Landry, and Group M’s Jenna Wilson, Alana Rosenblatt, Adrena Altoonian
and Lauren Harmel
Back row (left to right): Hallmark Channel’s Jack Hale, GroupM’s Sandra Zeger and Mathew Rappe, and Hallmark’s David
Kangas and Todd Walker