The CEBA Creative Hall of Fame embodies the complete essence of American Business Media’s CEBA Awards. The Hall of Fame gives acknowledgement and due recognition to those agencies or individuals who have left an indelible mark on business media advertising and creative communities with their unforgettable campaigns.

This year's Hall of Fame inductees are sponsored by:

Nina DiSesa
Chair, McCann Erickson New York
Nina started her advertising career as a writer in Richmond, Virginia then migrated to New York in 1983 where she worked at two of the largest global agencies: first Y&R and then McCann Erickson. In 1991 she left McCann as a SVP, Group Creative Director to take the position of EVP, Executive Creative Director for J. Walter Thompson’s Chicago office. For three years she was part of a turnaround team that breathed new life into that office by restructuring the creative process and doubling the revenue.

In 1994, Nina returned to McCann Erickson’s New York office as EVP, Executive Creative Director. With the combined efforts of an exceptional New York team, McCann New York enjoyed an unprecedented five year growth period that added close to $2 billion dollars in billings to the New York office. In 1998, Nina was made Chair of McCann New York, retaining her creative duties as Chief Creative Officer. She was the first woman and the first creative director to be made Chair in the McCann global network. In 2004, Nina turned over the creative responsibilities of the New York office to Joyce King Thomas, and remained Chair. 

In 2007 she was appointed as one of the 13 global creative leaders on the McCann Worldgroup Global Creative Collective.

In 1999, Nina was chosen by Fortune Magazine as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business. In 2005, she received the Matrix Award given each year to a select group of women leaders.  She has been serving as co-chairman on the Ad Council CRC for seven years, she is on the board of directors for the AEF, she serves on the CRC for Partnership for a Drug-Free America and she is on the Board of Directors for The Martin Agency. Recently Random House bought her upcoming book “Seducing the Boys’ Club,” scheduled for publishing in early 2008.

She shares her life with a wonderful husband, two gifted Yorkshire Terriers and six beautiful horses. They split their time in an apartment in New York and a horse farm in Pawling, New York. The horses stay at the farm

Lee Lynch
Founder, Carmichael Lynch
Lee Lynch co-founded Carmichael Lynch in 1962. Today, CL has just under 300 employees. Carmichael Lynch is one of the premiere creative brand building agencies in America.  Over the years, CL has won almost every major creative award – Cannes, Effie, CEBA, Clio, One Show, Communication Arts, and the 4A’s O’Toole. They are a two time winner of the Stephen Kelly award given by the Magazine Publishers Association for best magazine advertising in the U.S. and a ­two-time Grand CEBA winner. 

Carmichael Lynch has maintained a high creative profile representing clients like Harley-Davidson, American Standard, A.G. Edwards, Rapala Lures, Progressive Insurance and Porsche.

A lot of CL’s culture can trace its roots back to Lee.  For example, the predominance of the color green in their logo, building and internal communications is linked to Lee’s unabashed pride in his Irish heritage.  The agency’s “high holy day” is St. Patrick’s Day, where new hires that year must perform for the CL masses in the “O’Gong Show.”

Lee retired from Carmichael Lynch in 2006 and is on three corporate and four not-for-profit boards.  He is also a partner in Historic Theatre Group (for profit managers and presenters of Broadway productions in the Twin Cities).

Doremus
Founded by Clarence Barron of Barron’s as Dow Jones’ agency in 1903, Doremus is a specialist in business communications. Known for its proprietary research, innovative media solutions, and clients who value creative expertise, Doremus knows the business of business inside out and thrives on complex, high-stakes communications challenges.

Over the years, Doremus (www.doremus.com) has extended its understanding of complex products and services in the financial sector to other business sectors, including diversified industrials, technology, professional services and health care. Doremus’ roster proudly includes clients such as ITT, the Wall Street Journal, Credit Suisse, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Hyperion, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Tektronix, Knight Capital Group, TRW Automotive, FINRA, Russell Investment Group and Sandler O’Neill + Partners. Today, the agency, which is now part of the Omnicom group, is a global network with offices in the business centers of the world: New York, San Francisco, London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong.

Doremus’s mission: to turn complexity into arresting communications that compel attention and build competitive advantage.