This is part 3 in our announcement of the participants for the 2011 New York Building Our Future Girls & Toys Conference. In my last two postings I listed those Media and Scholarly and Research participants. In this posting we announce those participants who come from the Toy Industry.
Every one of these participants is a noted thought leader. Here are our Toy Industry participants:
Nancy Zwiers, Funosophy, President and formerly Senior Vice President for Worldwide Marketing of Barbie
Julia Fitzgerald, Sears Toys and Seasonal, Chief Marketing Officer
Gina Beebe, President, G. Beebe & Associates and formerly VP Development at American Girl
Andrea Barthello, CEO / Founder, Thinkfun
Victoria Cushey, Director of Marketing, DDW/McHale Design, Inc. While at the Walt Disney Company she managed Large Dolls and Disney Princesses
Catherine McMillen, President, Top Trumps
Ruth Synowic, Senior Creative Director, Product Design & Development, The Marketing Store
Patti Becker, Becker Associates LLC, President
Dr. Stevanne Auerbach, President, Dr. Toy
Barbara Isenberg, President, North American Bear
Joan Luks, Partner, The Think Tank Emporium
Nancy Balter, Product Manager, Educational Insights
Stacy Leistner, Vice President Strategic Communications, Toy Industry Association
That's our 2011 New York Building Our Future Girls & Toys Conference.