LMA Chicago Announces New Board of Directors for 2008

The Chicago Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA Chicago) is pleased to announce the new Board of Directors for 2008. Sydney Iglitzen, Public Relations Manager at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, has been elected president of LMA Chicago. In addition, Megan Wilroy, Marketing Project Manager at Foley & Lardner LLP, has been named president-elect.  Joy Long, Business Development Director at Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, will continue as immediate past present.

Ms. Iglitzen has been a member of the LMA Chicago since 1997 and has been on the chapter's Board of Directors for several years. She has served as program chair for more than four years, implementing monthly and special programming for the chapter in Chicago and expanding programming to the legal marketing communities in Indianapolis, Milwaukee and soon to those in the Detroit area. She has also served as the chair for both the chapter's public relations and membership committees.

"I look forward to a very exciting year in 2008," said Ms. Iglitzen.  "I hope to streamline and restructure our committees to make them more interconnected, inclusive and easier for people to participate. I want to improve communication between our committees and our membership so that our members are better informed about the benefits and value of participation. Finally, I will continue to crusade for expanding our reach to other legal marketing communities in the Midwest."

Ms. Wilroy has been a member of LMA since 2003.  As president-elect, she becomes the new program chair and will also assist with implementing chapter goals and recruiting committee members. As program chair, Ms. Wilroy looks forward to providing fresh, educational "hot topic" programs, covering topics such as online marketing, trends in legal marketing for 2008 and innovations in the legal industry nationwide and abroad.

Also elected to the 2008 Board of Directors of LMA Chicago are:

• Megan McKeon – Treasurer (Marketing Director, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP)
• Dallas Ingold – Treasurer-Elect (Account Manager, Goes Incentives & Awards)
• Jennifer Morrison – Secretary (Marketing Manager, Ungaretti &Harris LLP)
• Nancy Myrland – Member-at-Large ( Myrland Marketing, Inc., Indianapolis, IN)
• Darryl Cross – Member-at-Large (Senior, Vice President – Business Development, Concep New York)
• Ashley Galston – Member-at-Large (Marketing Manager-Chicago, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)

The Legal Marketing Association is an international not-for-profit organization with more than 3,000 members dedicated to serving the needs and maintaining the professional standards of those involved in marketing within the legal profession. One of the principal goals of LMA Chicago is to provide its members with networking opportunities as well as vital information from a wide range of resources on an abundance of legal marketing issues so that its members may grow professionally as well as personally.

For more information, please visit the LMA International Web site at http://www.legalmarketing.org/ or the LMA Chicago Web site at http://www.lmachicago.org/.