Currently at McCann Health NJ as CCO, Bruno was the Creative Lead at McCann Health São Paulo and LATAM for 7 years. With more than 80 brands in his background across all therapeutic areas, 17 years of experience and award-winning campaigns, Abner is raising the standards of the category globally.
Sam Glasgow is the Creative Director at healthcare marketing and strategy firm, Purohit Navigation. She utilizes her industrial design background and unstoppable drive to create breakthrough work. Glasgow can often be found anywhere from live gigs to architectural tours throughout Chicago.
CDM Princeton EVP, Executive Creative Director Gary Scheiner has had a pretty fulfilling career so far. His first commercial ran during the Super Bowl. He launched several new car brands for GM, a wine brand for Kraft, and The Michael J. Fox Foundation hand-in-hand with Michael J. Fox. He’s worked with A-list celebrities, Grammy-winning musicians and Academy Award-winning directors. He even recorded a Beatles song in Abbey Road Studios, using the same Hammond B3 organ that Paul McCartney played on the original track. But of all the amazing things he’s been a part of, he’s most excited about where he is right now – in healthcare, with all its innovation and game-changing, life-changing products and services.
Sixteen years ago, Josh Eastman moved to New York City with no money, no contacts and no idea what healthcare advertising was. With a little bit of hustle, A LOT of luck and the remarkable patience of generous mentors, Eastman started his journey into the world of HCPs, patients and important safety information.
Marcus “Kawa” Kawamura joined AREA 23, an FCB Health Network Company, in December 2020 as executive creative director, reporting to chief creative officer Tim Hawkey. Kawamura develops groundbreaking ideas that help clients reach their audiences in new and innovative ways. He is an award-winning creative with 20 years of experience in art direction, design and more.
Diane Iler-Smith leads the creative department at Biolumina, a healthcare advertising agency focused in oncology. Overseeing a team of more than 70 art directors and copywriters, she is responsible for ensuring the creative quality and integrity of the agency’s work.
As President & Executive Creative Director for Heartbeat – the Agency for Healthcare Challenger Brands – James Talerico has launched ambitious creative campaigns, unafraid of emotion, rich in craft and tailored to inspire action, for clients such as Genentech and Pfizer, Applied Therapeutics and Agile Therapeutics. With his clients, Talerico’s teams have hoisted more than 200 creative advertising awards during the last 10 years.
As chief creative officer at Intouch Group, award-winning executive Susan Perlbachs is responsible for creative leadership across all of the full-service agency network’s affiliates, locations and clients. Perlbachs has nearly 20 years of experience with other renowned healthcare agencies.
2021 Manny Awards MedAdvocate Jury Member Mike Brune embraces his role as Creative Director at Ogilvy Health by bringing a focus that goes beyond his own personal standard for brand-building, to include fostering an environment that empowers others on the team to flourish. Brune has helped lead the creative charge for a wide range of Ogilvy Health clients for 20+ years.
Felipe Munhoz – EVP, Group Creative Director, CDM New York – is bringing his passion to the 2021 Manny Awards MedAdvocate Jury. With more than 16 years of experience, Munhoz has developed campaigns for the most important clients in the world and has been recognized with many industry awards. In 2019, he was ranked by Luerzer’s Archive Magazine as the #1 Art Director in the United States.
