NMC Announcement: The First Three Judges
The New Media Challenge, a friendly competition between the 14 southern state party organizations, began a few weeks ago. We’ve already seen some great viral videos out of several states, but this match also includes email campaigns, websites, social media and more.
These inclusive campaigns will be judged by a panel of industry experts in March 2010. SRLC 2010 is pleased to announce today that this panel will include: Saul Anuzis, Chairman of the RNC Committee on Technology; Matt Scofield, Director of Online Communications for Newt Gingrich, and Todd Herman, RNC New Media Director.
Saul Anuzis, aside from his chairmanship of the RNC Committee on Technology, also currently serves as the National Chairman for the “Save American Jobs Project.” He is a former Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, and he was a candidate for RNC Chairman in 2008. Saul and his business partner own Quick Connect USA, a telecommunications firm providing local, long distance, VOIP, Internet, and data services to residential and small businesses throughout Michigan.
Matt Scofield is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s top-ranked Information Systems program. He has worked with the web in various fields since 1996. He is currently the Director of Online Communications for New Gingrich where he is putting his efforts toward his greatest passion: the nexus of politics and education in the online world. His previous projects include mobile ecommerce sites at Nokia, developing e-learning courses for Gatlin education, and assessing government agency websites on an international scale at CyPRG.
Todd Herman currently manages all aspects of the Party’s digital strategies in his role as RNC New Media Director. Prior to joining the RNC, Herman served as Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of SpinSpotter (an online media bias software start-up), General Manager of Media Strategy and Monetization for MSN, and held several senior positions with MSNBC.com – amongst other roles. He is one of the first 25 initial inductees in the “Streaming Media Hall,” and was named “the media guy at Microsoft” by AdAge Magazine.
SRLC 2010 is excited to have these judges participate in this fun and important competition. More NMC judges will be announced in the near future. For more information about the New Media Challenge please call (225) 753-3549. If you are interested in being a NMC judge or if your company is interested in sponsoring the new media component of SRLC 2010, please contact Kirstin Hopkins, khopkins@srlc2010.com.
