Douglas Pinckney, President
As a partner and president of the Pinckney Hugo Group, Doug is involved in every aspect of the business from strategy to day-to-day account service. He is also a frequent lecturer in Central New York on the topics of marketing and marketing strategy.
He returned home to Central New York in 2002 after gaining more than 18 years of marketing experience throughout the country. Most recently, he was a senior vice president of sales and marketing for a $400 million aviation services firm where he steered the rebranding of the company and helped facilitate five acquisitions.
Doug earned a degree in finance from the University of Maryland. He did graduate work at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and studied executive education at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.
Doug serves on the boards of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, Come Home to Syracuse, the Skaneateles Library and the John D. Barrow Art Gallery, and is on the marketing committee for MedTech. For four years, he co-chaired the largest fundraising event for Enable, the Annual Claire L. Smith Memorial Golf Tournament. He also coaches youth sports including soccer, basketball and baseball. He lives in Skaneateles with his wife and two children.
Aaron Hugo, Executive Vice President
As a partner and executive vice president of the Pinckney Hugo Group, Aaron is responsible for developing strategic marketing plans for agency clients and overseeing the day-to-day account service function. His diverse background allows him to approach client assignments with experience including print, broadcast, outdoor, direct mail, media, event marketing, public relations, interactive and more.
Prior to the Pinckney Hugo Group, Aaron gained both agency and client-side marketing experience. He was marketing manager at the Smith Corona Corporation where he was a key member of a team that re-branded the 110 year-old company. He held key positions at some of the top firms in Central New York where he was responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategies for agency clients.
Aaron earned his bachelor's degree from Ithaca College in television-radio with a concentration in advertising and public relations.
He has lent his time to the Friends of the Central Library, the Gifford Foundation, and the St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Foundation. He is on the board of directors at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York. Aaron lives in Fayetteville with his wife and two children.
Chris Pinckney, Executive Creative Director
As a partner and the executive creative director of the Pinckney Hugo Group, Chris is responsible for all creative work provided by the agency including print, direct mail, interactive and broadcast advertising. He has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Chris has over 40 regional and national creative awards to his credit.
After working in New York City with clients including IBM, UPS, and MCI, Chris moved back to his hometown in Skaneateles, N.Y.
He graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a bachelor's degree in studio art. He also studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
The following are some of the organizations Chris has lent his time to: the Food Bank of CNY, Enable, M.O.S.T., the Friends of the Central Library, CNY Community Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York, the Mental Health Association, and the Rosamond Gifford Foundation. He lives in Skaneateles with his wife and twin boys.
Kathleen Brogan, Vice President of Media Services
As vice president of media services, Kathleen is responsible for the development of all media services, includes the planning, negotiating, buying and executing process. She provides direction and oversight on media planning and execution for agency clients. She oversees a media planning team, working with account directors and interacting with clients.
She has experience as an agency principal. Prior to joining the Pinckney Hugo Group, she owned Brogan Marketing-Advertising for 13 years. Kathleen also served as print advertising manager for Fays Drugs, where she managed all insert advertising placement in N.Y., N.J. and Penn.
She graduated from Becker College with a degree in retail management.
Kathleen is an event committee member of Savoring the Salt City and is a board member of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Central New York. She has two adult children and lives in Manlius with her husband.
Robin Moore, Vice President
As vice president of the Pinckney Hugo Group, Robin Moore helps manage the account management and media teams at the agency and provides strategic direction on media planning and execution for agency clients. Her extended background allows her to approach various accounts and to assist managers with a great deal of experience and knowledge in the day to day account service area.
Prior to the Pinckney Hugo Group, Robin was a founding partner, SVP, chief media officer, and chief operations officer at Mark Russell & Associates (MRA). She played an integral role in the merger between MRA and Eric Mower and Associates (EMA) and has more than 25 years of account management, media and operations experience, and oversaw all research, planning and buying services for agency clients. She also worked with a wide variety of national, regional and local clients, including Motorola, Pizza Hut, Sears, Verizon, Keepsake Jewelers, Gold’s Gym, CXtec, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Mobile Chemical, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, National Bank & Trust, Comstock Foods, Trump Casinos and ADT Security.She received a degree in journalism from SUNY Morrisville and went on to pursue her bachelor’s in English/communications at Le Moyne College.
Robin served as the media chairperson of WorldWide Partners, an international association of advertising agencies, and currently serves on the board of directors and Executive Committee of Contact Community Services, a national community service provider. She has also held several leadership positions with community organizations, including past president of Women in Communications, chair of the communications committee for the United Way and member of the board of directors for New Life Adoption Agency. She has been involved with organizations such as On Point for College and regularly lectures at local colleges. She resides in Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Colleen O'Mara, Senior Public Relations Manager
As senior public relations manager, Colleen is responsible for overseeing all public relations activities for local and national agency clients including writing, media relations and the creation and execution of strategic communication plans. In this role, she has been successful at obtaining non-paid media coverage as well as providing research, strategy and direction for a variety of agency clients.
Previously, Colleen was a communications assistant for the New York State Assembly. As the primary communication officer for a government representative, she wrote speeches and press releases, worked with the media on a daily basis and planned events. In addition, she hosted and attended meetings with constituents and local organizations on the member’s behalf, and responded to constituent concerns.
Colleen has a master’s degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California Berkeley. Locally, Colleen has lent her time to the Rescue Mission and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York. She is a graduate of the Leadership Greater Syracuse Class of 2008 and is serving as president-elect for the Public Relations Society of America Central New York Chapter (PRSA-CNY) in 2009-10. Colleen is also on the board of directors for On Point for College. She resides in Camillus.
Cathy Van Order, Director of Production Services
As director of production services, Cathy is responsible for overseeing the agency’s print production department, maintaining all vendor relationships, sourcing and estimating all production-related expenses and negotiating contracts with vendors.
She brings a broad range of production experience to the Pinckney Hugo Group that includes in-house, agency and commercial printer work. Prior to joining the agency in 2006, she held various production positions in Philadelphia and Louisiana including production manager and direct mail and print specialist for other firms. Her account experience includes Microsoft, ESPN, Cox Communications and Gulfstream Aerospace.
Cathy has received professional certifications in print production and digital and variable data printing from Print Communications Professionals International Inc. (PCPI) and is currently working toward PCPI’s certification in “Best Practices for Sustainability in Print.” Printing Impressions magazine wrote a profile story on Cathy in October 2008 titled “What Print Buyers Want.”
Cathy received a bachelor’s degree from the University at Albany. She has lent her time to the Rosamond Gifford Foundation, Friends of the Central Library, Enable and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York. She resides in Marcellus with her husband and two sons.
Adam Jwaskiewicz, Senior Interactive Designer
As senior interactive designer, Adam is responsible for the concept and design of Web sites, banner advertisements, HTML e-mails and other interactive marketing materials and campaigns. In addition, Adam oversees the management of strategic programming partnerships for the agency.
Prior to joining the Pinckney Hugo Group, he was a senior designer at Town Sports International, the largest health club company in the Northeast. He also gained experience at several marketing agencies in New York City. Adam received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the New York State College of Ceramics and the School of Art & Design at Alfred University. He resides in Liverpool with his wife and daughters.