SEEK Company's Jerry Haselmayer on Marketing Research Association Board

CINCINNATI - May 22, 2013 - PRLog -- Washington, DC - The Marketing Research Association (MRA) announced the results of its annual Board of Directors election yesterday. Jill Donahue, Senior Brand Insights Manager, Nestle Purina PetCare, will serve as MRA’s 2013-2014 Chairman. Donahue is the first corporate researcher to hold this position in the Association’s 56 year history.

“The volunteer leaders of MRA have done the heavy lifting over the years to get us where we are today. MRA has never been stronger, and is remarkably positioned to advance the research profession and everyone in it,” said Donahue. “The 2013-2014 Board will continue that trajectory, focusing on the programs and services MRA’s members need to succeed in every facet of research today.”

Joining Donahue on the Executive Committee will be:

Debby Schlesinger-Hellman, PRC, Executive Vice President, Schlesinger Associates, Inc. (Immediate Past MRA Chairman)
Ted Donnelly, Ph.D., PRC, Managing Director, Baltimore Research (MRA Vice Chairman)
Vaughn Mordecai, PRC, President, Discovery Research Group (MRA Treasurer)
Dan Womack, PRC, Senior Manager, Insights, Aflac (MRA Secretary)

The following industry professionals additionally will serve on MRA’s Board as Directors:

Scott Baker, PRC, Executive Vice President, Adept Consumer Testing
Janet Baldi, Senior Vice President, RTi Research
Jim Bryson, CEO, 20/20 Research, Inc.
Jerry Haselmayer, CEO and Co-Owner, SEEK Company
Jeffrey Henning, PRC, President, Researchscape International
Elizabeth Merrick, Manager, HSN

The Board of Directors will be officially sworn in during MRA’s Insights & Strategies Conference, which will be held June 10-12 in Orlando.

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Founded in 1957, the Marketing Research Association (MRA) is the leading and largest association of the opinion and marketing research profession, which delivers insights and intelligence to guide the decisions of companies providing products and services to consumers and businesses. For more information, visit www.marketingresearch.org.