The Media Association of Pittsburgh (MAP) was founded in 1946 by Thomas J. MacWilliams with the original name as The Pittsburgh Radio and Television Club or the PRTC. The primary mission of the PRTC was to offer gatherings and luncheons for social and networking purposes. For several decades, the PRTC was largely composed of ad agency Account Executives and Media personnel, Sales Managers, and General Managers from Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh-area radio and television stations. With the onslaught of digital media, membership has expanded to that area to include Digital Agencies and their staff.
Our Mission remains the same:
To be the preeminent resource for the media buyers and sellers in the greater Pittsburgh area. To identify, celebrate and educate the media community. To be a conduit for area businesses seeking to invest in media.
The name of the organization was changed in 2007 to the Media Association of Pittsburgh (MAP) to better represent the increasingly diverse membership and to also move the organization in more of a media resource and educational direction, while not losing sight of the social and networking roots of the group.
During the last thirty years, a significant portion of the organization’s membership became media buyers, creative folks, directors and owner/operators of smaller boutique type ad agencies, along with advertising Account Executives and Managers from non-broadcast media such as outdoor and print. The push to bring students from local colleges and universities into the club began over 30 years ago when MAP created their internal scholarship award process to assist deserving students who are studying within the marketing arena.
Some of the organization’s highlights over the past 30 years include the Outstanding Achievement in Media Awards annual dinner which celebrated its 30th year in 2018. MAP also provides numerous social/networking events which assist in raising money for the college scholarships as well as offering informational breakfasts surrounding topics of interest that range from marketing within video games, to Print magazine updates to Artificial Intelligence, all geared to keep our members educated and enlightened.
In 2021, the Media Association of Pittsburgh will be celebrating its 75th year!
Come join us…we love new members!
PAST PRESIDENTS
1946-47 Thomas J. MacWilliams – Founder
1947-48 Carl Dozer
1948-49 Richard C. Bachman
1949-50 George L. Young
1950-51 George L. BarenBregge
1951-52
1952-53 Joseph A. Jenkins
1953-54 Harold C. Lund
1954-55 William Coffman
1955-56 Clair Wingerson
1956-57 Henry R. Kaiser
1957-58 William Kelley
1958-59 J. Paul Scurlock
1959-60 Leslie B. Sterne
1960-61 Don Ioset
1961-62 Jerome R. Reeves
1962-63 Stephen J. Rooney
1963-64 Franklin C. Snyder
1964-65 William D. Morrissey
1965-66 Roger D. Rice
1966-67 John D. Gibbs
1967-68 Alexander W. Stevenson
1968-69 David M. Crantz
1969-70 Patrick M. Gmiter
1970-71 Edwin C.M. Cassard
1971-72 Earl Buncher
1972-73 Warren Maurer
1973-74 Paul C. Kress, Jr.
1974-75 Stanley Skirboll
1975-76 Gilbert H. Smith, Jr.
1976-77 Stella Wolk
1977-78 Marion Loper / William C. Strong
1978-79 Marianne McDermott / John Longo
1979-80 John Longo
1980-81 Jack A.W. Shenkan
1981-82 Judith Granato
1982-83 Ted Atkins
1983-84 Donna Ivol Sanford
1984-85 Jack A. D’Amico
1985-86 Gil Lucas
1986-87 Chuck Hobbs
1987-88 Carol Sokol
1988-89 Mike Wolff
1989-90 Jeffrey Martin
1990-91 Lois Elder
1991-92 Bill Blume
1993 Stephanie Satterfield
1994 Maureen Durkin
1995 Richard J. Wolk
1996 Bob Bugle
1997 Duncan Jameson
1998 Marsha Gavula
1999 Roger Rafson
2000 Morry Feldman
2001 Paige Beal
2002 Julie Smith
2003 Brent Weiner
2004 Rebecca Lamperski
2005 Petra Arbutina
2006 Candice Puzak
2007 Michael Hills
2008 Jimmy Kennedy
2009 Claire Devereaux
2010 Renee Previty
2011 Tim McLaughlin
2012 Suzanne Berg Currier
2013-14 Christy Rodibaugh
2015-16 Tatia O’Connor
2017-18 Jason Dille
2019-20 Anita Miller
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