David Saunders
Richmond, Virginia
President & Chief Idea Officer of Madison+Main, an award-winning, branding, marketing and PR agency that provides creative marketing solutions for emerging companies. Based in Richmond, Virginia, Dave is a nationally-recognized expert in interactive marketing and speaks frequently to businesses and civic organizations about the potential power of the World Wide Web.
a former Advertising Manager with Richmond Times-Dispatch/Media General
founder of Great American Concepts, an L.A. advertising and design firm,
former Director of the Los Angeles office of Hal Riney & Associates
-former Marketing Programs Director for Tribune Media, parent company of the Los Angeles Times and its internet properties: CareerBuilder, Cars.com and LAtimes.com.
- adjunct faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he taught the nation’s first undergraduate level course on social media marketing. Additionally, he leads the new media and social media workshops for VCU’s Center for Corporate Education.
Dave is frequently quoted as a brand and marketing expert in print publications (such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Village Voice, The Guardian, Wired Magazine, Richmond-Times Dispatch, Style Weekly, Virginia Business, Richmond Magazine, Grid Magazine and Work Magazine). Awards and honors: 2010 Finalist VMFA Muse Award for Creativity in Business, 2009 Nominee US Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Person of the Year, 2008 Ad Person of the Year – The Richmond Ad Club, 2008 & 2009 Finalist for the Annual Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce IMPACT Award, two time (2009 and 2010) Finalist for Advertising Category – Twitter – Knight Foundation, 2008 Greater Richmond Companies to Watch, 2008 The Richmond Ad Show Winner (Cannonball for Direct Mail), 2007 The Richmond Ad Show Winner (Cannonball for Promotional Design Category), 2007 Rotary International Public Relations Award, 2007 NSPRA Award of Merit and Honorable Mention - TED Campaign, 1998 Orson Welles Award from NAB for Radio Commercial Production, 1994 Golden MIC - California Association of Broadcasters - Advertising Category. Education: Dave attended Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Mass Communications and is a graduate of University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he received a BA in English (Writing Concentration).