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Meet Our 2017 CincinnADDYs Judges!

Introducing the 3 incredibly accomplished creatives who will be judging this year's CincinnADDYs ... Here are the pics + bios of ALL three judges. Quite a trio. 

Meet Cheryl Van Ooyen

In her own words:

While I'm currently a freelance creative in New York, my career began in Seattle. While I loved the small creative agency life, the rain was just too much, so I fled to New York. Once at Deutsch, I ran multiple accounts including Snapple and Ikea. I also pitched and won many accounts for the agency, including Snapple, Footlocker, Dominoes and Verizon. I then joined BBDO to run Visa. After a successful time there, I left to begin creating and directing content and short-form on a project basis for VH1 and MTV.

Following that, I joined mrm worldwide. There, I created and directed content/ social projects for clients, including General Mills, Wal-Mart, Toy R Us and multiple Diageo brands. Leaving mrm, I joined mcgarrybowen as an ECD on the Verizon account-- most notably creating the “#48hours" Ed Norton campaign for Droid.

I live in Brooklyn in a house full of happy chaos – husband, a couple of giant sons, and a 150 lb. dog. And though I've been fortunate to garner awards at all major industry shows -- including The One Show, Cannes, D&AD, CA, National Addy's, AICP, etc -- what I'm most proud of are my parallel parking skills. Seriously.

Meet Alan Gong

In his own words:

I was born in the north of England and am a 1st generation, 3rd son of Chinese immigrants. I trained as a Graphic Artist and worked in ‘below the line’ agencies until the opportunity came to move into the Toys and Games industry …

I became known as the ‘Toy Boy’ in the family. I’ve spent almost 30 years in various creative positions in the Toys and Games Industry, including Director of Creative Services for Hasbro Europe, VP of Hasbro Europe’s Design Center and then I moved to the East Coast of the US as the SVP of Hasbro’s Global Games Division. Recently I held the position of VP of Design and Global Business Leader for Spin Masters games division based in Los Angeles.

Having had such a long career in the T&G industry I now consider “Play is a Human Need” and that social gaming is a great way to bond with family and friends, to create platforms for discussion and, of course, to make life time memories! …whether you WIN or LOSE.

Meet Tiffany Moy-Miller

In her own words ... 

Tiffany Moy-Miller doesn’t often speak of herself in the third person, but is giving it a go.

Tiffany started Michigan State University with International Business Pre-Law in mind. About one semester in (more like two weeks), she realized her left brain couldn’t keep up and she, ultimately, left MSU with a B.A. in Communications/Advertising. Tiffany furthered her education at the Miami Ad School in South Beach, Florida where she honed the craft of twisting words and bar-hopping in a bikini. That was eons ago.

Since then, she’s lived and worked in Miami, New York, Dallas, and Chicago—collecting random awards, accolades and experiences along the way. (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson even said she’s the best!) She’s worked on more accounts than she can remember, but a few that come to mind are Ford, National Cattleman’s Beef Association, Rolling Rock, Quick Lane, Hollywood Casino and The Michigan Economic Development Corporation. These days, Tiffany brought her twenty plus years of experience back to her hometown and is a Group Creative Director at MRM/McCann-Detroit. There, she wrangles the creative for GM’s Capital One credit card—the BuyPower Card and GM’s Vehicle Purchase Plans.  Tiffany has been described as relentless in her pursuit of great creative, but it’s her positive energy and freakishly straight-forward (yet somehow always empathetic and respectful) demeanor that lets her stand out.