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OUR TEAM

Jack Myers

Media Ecologist and Founder of MediaVillage

Diane Stefani

MediaVillage + AdvancingDiversity.org PR Consultant

Jeff Minsky

Editor and Lead Industry Analyst

Juan Ayala

Social Media Director

Maryann Teller

Head of Operations

Robin Wallace

Member Services Manager

Sierra Addams

Executive In Residence

Jack Myers

Media Ecologist and Founder of MediaVillage

Jack Myers

Media Ecologist and Founder of MediaVillage

Jack Myers is founder of MediaVillage, Advancing Diversity.org and The Myers Report. He’s the nation’s leading media ecologist, having dedicated his career to studying and reporting on the media business. His five decades of behind-the-scenes work with brands, agencies, content publishers, studios, emerging tech companies, non-profit organizations and educational institutions has made Jack one of the most influential leaders in the history of the media and advertising business.

Jack has received the Excellence in Education Award from the Global Forum on Education & Learning, the George Foster Peabody Award, and an Academy Award nomination for Documentary Filmmaking. He’s written five books on the intersection of media and culture, including his visionary 2007 book Virtual Worlds: Rewiring Our Emotional Future; Hooked Up: A New Generation’s Surprising Take on Sex, Politics and Saving the World in 2012; and The Future of Men in 2016.

Through his research on technological and generational trends, Jack anticipated the industry’s need to invest in and train a new workforce, leading to his founding of MediaVillage and AdvancingDiversity.org. Today more than 100 content partners in the MediaVillage Knowledge Exchange connect with thousands of professionals, educators, students and job seekers who subscribe to free daily MediaVillage reports and rely on MediaVillage.com for meeting preparation and professional development.

Jack began his career in advertising sales and marketing with Metromedia Outdoor, ABC Radio, CBS-TV and UTV Cable. He majored in Radio-Television at the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University and has a master’s degree in Media Ecology from NYU Steinhardt. Jack is Chairman Emeritus of the International Radio and Television Society Foundation (IRTS), founder of the Newhouse 44 Mentoring Program, serves on multiple advisory boards, and is the recipient of the Mac Dane Humanitarian Award from the UJA. Jack and his wife, Ronda Carnegie, have established the 501C-3 Jacaronda Foundation to provide college loan relief to deserving young professionals.

FUN FACT

Jack is an Eagle Scout. Jack was invited to represent the advertising community at the 1995 White House Summit on Educational TV hosted by President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore.

Diane Stefani

MediaVillage + AdvancingDiversity.org PR Consultant

Diane Stefani

MediaVillage + AdvancingDiversity.org PR Consultant

Diane Stefani is a results-driven public relations specialist with over two decades of experience garnering top-tier press placements and providing brand strategy for a broad range of innovative organizations, mission-based startups and legacy media companies.

Diane was brought on board to bring awareness to MediaVillage’s AdvancingDiversity.org and annual Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors. The relationship has grown to include publicizing the growing number of content marketing channels, subject matter columnists, and multiplatform journalists.

Prior to launching Diane Stefani Public Relations, the born and bred New Yorker was Executive Vice President at the Rosen Group, managing clients as diverse as the James Beard Foundation, B. Smith Enterprises, One Club for Art & Copy, Barnes & Noble, National Magazine Awards, Etsy, and Fast Company. Stefani credits her earlier career as an entertainment reporter at The New York Post and Director of Communications at Playboy Enterprises for a passion for journalism.

Photo credit: Matt Sutton.

FUN FACT

Diane is currently obsessed with the audio-based social network Clubhouse, swimming, spinning, and her husband Terry Peikin’s @TheSteampunkIlluminist artwork.

Jeff Minsky

Editor and Lead Industry Analyst

Jeff Minsky

Editor and Lead Industry Analyst

Jeff is an award-winning advertising and digital media pioneer, strategist, and media technologist. He is one of only a handful in the industry with not only a strong mix of traditional and digital knowledge and experience, but also experience on all sides of the business, agency, client, and media sales.

 

Throughout the course of his 25-plus years in the marketing communications industry, Jeff has driven media strategy, internal digital change management, and media negotiation/project management for brands as diverse as IBM, Intel, McDonalds, The CW, CBS, Showtime, Disney, Visa, Hilton, State Farm, Anheuser Busch, and Pepsi. He has been influential in creating the industry frameworks by which digital media is purchased as the coauthor and lead negotiator for the 4As/IAB Industry Standard Terms and Conditions for the Buying of Digital Media.

FUN FACT

Jeff developed a deep love of technology, sparked when his beloved grandfather presented him with an Apple II computer for his bar mitzvah. Had he received the moped he wanted; his life could have turned out much differently.

Juan Ayala

Social Media Director

Juan Ayala

Social Media Director

Juan Ayala is a Brooklyn-based writer, podcast producer and host at MediaVillage. Since 2017, under his column Multicultural TV, he has covered programming aimed toward diverse and multicultural audiences, as well as the LGBTQ+ and Latin communities. Since 2021, he has hosted the podcast “Multicultural TV Talk” for MediaVillage, where he interviews with stars of television and media, focusing conversations on diversity, representation and inclusivity in entertainment. In addition, he hosts “Actors With Issues” a podcast where he chats with rising and established stars from across entertainment, taking mini deep-dives into their careers and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

He is also a member of the Critics Choice Association.

FUN FACT

Juan's love for TV and film ranges from workplace comedies and political dramas to horror classics and comic book movies.

Maryann Teller

Head of Operations

Maryann Teller

Head of Operations

Maryann has been an integral part of the Myers team for over 30 years. She serves as the hub of MediaVillage, ensuring that members, readers, and staff are best served. On a daily basis she manages internal operations, including human resources and accounting; and she oversees such customer-facing operations as content distribution and web management. In her brief moments of "spare time" she dabbles with the company's research, supporting and working alongside the research team to deliver top-notch insights to the industry.

 

As the person with the most institutional knowledge (besides Jack, of course), she serves as a key mentor and supporter for all new team members. She thoroughly enjoys working with every member of the team to help them succeed individually, and to help them come together to ensure the success of MediaVillage and its members and readers.

FUN FACT

A total TV nerd, Maryann is a major Star Trek and Star Wars fan, and has been watching Days of our Lives since its inception. She also enjoys a great motorcycle trip on a crisp fall day.

Robin Wallace

Member Services Manager

Robin Wallace

Member Services Manager

As MediaVillage’s member services manager, Robin leads the business relationship with our member companies. She also works to help foster a sense of community for our members by managing events such as the 3rd Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors Induction Experience, the leading diversity & inclusion event at CES.

 

Robin started her career in movie advertising, working on behalf of New Line Cinema and Dreamworks. She moved to the nonprofit sector, where she worked in partnerships and fundraising for organizations including UJA-Federation of New York, Women in Need, and Urban Dove. Most recently, Robin was able to merge her love of media and entertainment with her passion for bringing people together while at The Paley Center for Media, where she ran membership and events for their industry executive group.

 

When she’s not working, Robin can be found hanging out with her husband Paul and her kids Quinn and Noah.

FUN FACT

Robin moonlighted as a waterski instructor in college.

Sierra Addams

Executive In Residence

Sierra Addams

Executive In Residence

Sierra Addams supports the AdvancingDiversity.org team by managing collegiate level outreach and reviewing submissions to MediaVillage’s resume portal. She also coordinates #TVTuesday for @mediavillagecom on Instagram which highlights Behind the Scenes in Hollywood, The Ed Martin Report, #AndradeSays, In the Loop, and Multicultural Media articles. Sierra joined MediaVillage as the Media Ecology Intern through the International Radio & Television Society’s (IRTS) Summer Fellowship in June 2022.

Graduating in May 2023, Sierra is a senior at New York University earning her B.S. in Media, Culture, and Communications with a minor in Producing. During her time at NYU, she has worked on Tristan Flournoy’s music video ‘Too Good to Forget’ and was the producer of ‘Behind the Screens’, a documentary following female content creators of color’.

FUN FACT

Sierra has been a sister in the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority since October 2020.

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