NYF 2017 specialised Pharma(Rx) and Health & Wellness Juries announced

New York Festivals Global Awards, honouring the World’s Best Healthcare & Wellness Advertising, has announced the 2017 Executive and Grand Juries. These prominent Chief Creative Officers, Managing Partners, EVPs, and Executive Creative Directors from the world’s foremost healthcare advertising agencies are representative of creative leadership talent from 15 countries on 6 continents. 

“For almost a quarter of a century the Global Awards has been genuinely dedicated to honouring the best work. It’s all about the work,” said Fran Pollaro, Executive Director, Global Awards. “The 2017 Global Awards Executive and Grand Juries, an international panel of the most diverse and respected creative minds in the healthcare and wellness industry, are committed to recognising the ground-breaking achievements of the teams of men and women who strive to raise the bar of creative communications. Our juries’ dedication and high standard of excellence has meant that the ongoing legacy of the Globals is respected around the world, both by the winners themselves and in industry reports measuring the competitive excellence of world-wide advertising and communications competitions.” 

This year marks the first year that the competition has enlisted two separate and specialised Executive Juries to select those entries who will earn trophies for the 2017 competition. The recent reconfiguration of the Executive Jury divides the jury into two separate panels, Pharma (Rx) and Health & Wellness. This split ensures that each entry from each exclusive designation is judged by renowned international talent with global knowledge and perspective from the industry. The Executive Jury will review the entries that achieve finalist status as selected by the Global Awards Grand Jury. 

2017 Pharma (RX) Executive Jury: 

Chairwoman: Robin Shapiro, Global President, TBWAWorldHealth USA
Dick Dunford, Creative Partner, Loooped UK
Tina Fascetti, Chief Creative Officer, Guidemark Health USA
Tim Hawkey, EVP Managing Director & Executive Creative Director, Area 23 USA
Rich Levy, Chief Creative Officer, FCB Health USA
Gerrard Malcolm, Owning Director, Insight Agencies Australia
Guy Mastrion, Chief Creative Officer, Brandforming USA
Shaheed Peera, Executive Creative Director, Publicis LifeBrands UK
Gustavo Pratt, Managing Director & Chief Creative Officer, Asterisco Healthcare Communications Mexico
Xavier Sanchez, Founder, CCO & CEO, Umbilical and Amniotic.tv Spain
Scott Watson, Global Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide USA 

2017 Health & Wellness Executive Jury: 

Chairwoman: Elizabeth Elfenbein, Partner, Chief Creative Officer, The Bloc USA
Praful Akali, Founder & Managing Director, Medulla Healthcare Communications India
Kathy Delaney, Global Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness USA
Diego Freitas, Creative Director, Havas Life São Paulo Brazil
Diane Iler-Smith, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy USA
Steven Michaelson, Founder, CEO, Calcium USA
Graham Mills, Global Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Health USA
Jeremy Perrott, Global Chief Creative Officer, McCann Health USA
Beth Sabbatini, EVP Executive Creative Director, H4B Chelsea USA
Gary Scheiner, EVP, Chief Creative Officer, Grey Health Group USA
David Sonderman, Chief Creative Officer, GSW USA
Andrew Spurgeon, Executive Creative Director, Langland UK 

The Global Awards Grand Jury of award-winning creatives from around the world is charged with reviewing all entries submitted to the competition via NYF’s online judging platform. Their collective votes ensure that all entries achieving finalist status and progressing to the Executive Jury judging round truly represent the World’s Best Healthcare & Wellness Advertising. The 2017 Grand Jury is comprised of 49 prominent creative executives and leaders from 46 world-wide agencies representing 13 countries around the globe, a truly non-partial and world-class jury. 

The 2017 Global Award winners will be announced on November 16 and will be showcased at awards ceremonies in New York City and Sydney, Australia. The Global Awards will accept entries through September 15, 2017. 

For 23 years, the international Global Awards has honoured the World’s Best Healthcare & Wellness Advertising and has served as a touchstone for celebrating creative achievement in healthcare and wellness communications beyond the barriers of language and culture.