Women to Watch 2009

Suzanne Alecia

Suzanne Alecia

If digital out of home pops up on a marketer's media plan of late, chances are Suzanne Alecia played a role in getting it there.

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Sarah Armstrong

Sarah Armstrong

Coca-Cola Co. is emerging as an industry leader in value-based compensation, and the woman behind that push is Sarah Madden Armstrong, director-worldwide media and communication operations.

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Jill Beraud

Jill Beraud

Jill Beraud, PepsiCo's global CMO, is working to build its food and beverage brands on a global scale and integrate global marketing.

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Barbara Blangiardi

Barbara Blangiardi

More TV ads these days look less like the hard-sell entreaties of yore that interrupted and distracted and instead seem a part of the TV programs they support. You can give some credit to NBC Universal's Barbara Blangiardi for that ongoing metamorphosis.

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Esi Eggleston Bracey

Esi Eggleston Bracey

"Easy, breezy" as CoverGirl's slogan may be, the cosmetics business hasn't always come easy for P&G. Nor has it always been a thing of beauty. But the business has never been in better shape than now under Esi Eggleston Bracey, 38, VP-global cosmetics.

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Jessica Buttimer

Jessica Buttimer

Clorox Green Works has become, at least by Clorox Co.'s accounting, the largest green brand in household cleaners in less than a year. Last year, it successfully took Clorox into a new category -- dish soap. Helping lead that charge has been Jessica Buttimer.

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Jenny Cisney

Jenny Cisney

Jenny Cisney's personal and professional passions first crossed in 2008, when she became Kodak's chief blogger.

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Vida Cornelious

Vida Cornelious

The Bud Light Lime campaign Vida Cornelious created -- featuring music from the pop star Santogold -- turned the brand into Anheuser-Busch's most successful product launch, by some measures, since Bud Light itself.

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Robin Domeniconi

Robin Domeniconi

It's not too big a stretch to say that the future of Microsoft's advertising business, long a symbol of futility for the Redmond giant, is in the hands of its newly named VP-advertising, Robin Domeniconi.

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Graciela Eleta

Graciela Eleta

At Univision, Graciela Eleta is working with marketers who often are still figuring out which brands should target Hispanics, and how to do it.

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Fran Hauser

Fran Hauser

Fran Hauser has been especially worth watching since last fall, when Time Inc. expanded her portfolio beyond People Digital to add the websites for Entertainment Weekly, Essence, InStyle and People en Espanol.

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Gail Heimann

Gail Heimann

Weber Shandwick's Gail Heimann is regarded by many in the PR industry as one of the best minds in consumer marketing.

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Chandra Hill

Chandra Hill

Facebook may lay claim to being the world's top social networking site, but in the mobile arena, MySpace has the leg up in turning eyeballs into dollars -- thanks to Chandra Hill.

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Kerry Keenan

Kerry Keenan

Six weeks into a summer internship at BBDO, New York, a 21-year old Kerry Keenan sold her first campaign. It was for Frito-Lay's SunChips brand, and she was hooked. Today, Ms. Keenan, 40, is one of Madison Avenue's woefully few female creatives in a global role.

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Jacki Kelley

Jacki Kelley

In her first foray into the agency world, Jacki Kelley has certainly jumped into the deep end of the pool.

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Tiffany Kosel

Tiffany Kosel

In her impressive career at Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Tiffany Kosel has garnered awards at nearly every show out there, from Clios to Cannes Lions.

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Jean Lin

Jean Lin

Aegis Group turned eastward this year and hired Shanghai-based Jean Lin, 44, to fill a new role in the company: global chief strategy office of its digital-marketing division, Isobar.

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Maureen Linder

Maureen Linder

When Maureen Linder took over as VP-global advertising at Campbell Soup Co. in January, she was charged with overseeing Campbell's agencies and the company's worldwide advertising output.

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Mary Murcko

Mary Murcko

Mary Murcko still has an easy, enthusiastic laugh, despite having to deal with some serious challenges and ever-increasing responsibility as her career has progressed.

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Jill Nykoliation

Jill Nykoliation

Two years after quietly opening its doors, Jill Nykoliation's agency Juniper Park has grown from five staffers to fifty and has landed lead agency duties for several Frito-Lay brands in North America and the Quaker snack portfolio, plus local clients such as the Canadian Red Cross and lingerie brand Secrets from Your Sister.

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