2012- 2013 Board of Director Nominees

COAMA Nominees for 2012-2013 Board of Directors

Heather Loader
President

Heather Loader, MBA has been in marketing for more than 10 years. She has worked in corporate and agency environments defining strategies for traditional and digital media. She worked with Ascedia, a digital agency, where she led account relations and strategy for the western region. Prior to joining Ascedia she was with Barnhart, the agency of record for Wyoming Travel and Tourism. She also worked for Weaver Multimedia, as the Director of Partner Relations, broadening her experience in publishing and online efforts for Convention and Visitors Bureaus in Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles and Chicago. Heather also spent a few years as a Public Relations Coordinator for a private investment firm.

Heather is a Denver native and earned a BA from Colorado State University and an MBA from Colorado University, Denver.

Gina Nykerk
President - Elect

Gina Nykerk worked for Emma, a Web-based email marketing and communications company that helps small businesses, designers and agencies create, send and track stylish email campaigns. Gina was Emma's 12th employee when she started 5 years ago, and has spent the last 3 years spearheading the sales and business development efforts in the Denver office. A Magna Cum Laude graduate in Business Administration from Belmont University in Nashville, Gina loves working from the Denver outpost and enjoys spending time in Colorado's great outdoors. When she's not busy biking in the summer or boarding in the winter, she greatly enjoys doing a bit of globetrotting.

Katrina Johnson
Treasurer

With experience working with university students and marketing, Katrina Johnson brings many skills to AMA as VP of Colligate Relations. Katrina is a marketing professional with experience in both Publishing and Oil & Gas. Katrina worked at The Berry Company as a Marketing Associate learning from executives the ins and outs of marketing and now continues to increase her skill set in the Oil & Gas industry.

Katrina is a graduate from the University of Denver, where she earned a BSBA in Marketing with high honors. During her time at DU, she served as a Resident Assistant, built lasting relationships and set the stage for success for first year students.

Gaelle Callnin
VP Membership

Gaëlle Callnin is responsible for the global marketing and business development efforts of Virtual Words, an international language services company with offices in Europe and the United States. A native of Paris, Gaëlle is herself a product of bilingual and bicultural education and profoundly adept at understanding different cultures and perspectives.

Prior to joining Virtual Words in 2008, Gaëlle held several key executive and managerial positions with companies in the language and software industries. Throughout her fifteen-year career, Gaëlle has worked and developed expertise to satisfy, serve and support the diverse mix of clients, as well as manage the technology and tools requirements of the language industry at large. In order to optimize success for Virtual Words and her clients, Gaëlle draws upon every aspect of her formal training and education in global marketing and communications, along with a diverse collection of experiences in Paris, New York, Miami, Washington DC, and Lyon, France.

Gaëlle currently resides in Denver, Colorado, United States with her family and an extensive network of close friends and professional colleagues.

John Chambers
VP Sponsorship

John Chambers is the Interactive Marketing Manager at Forest City Stapleton, an international real estate company and the master developer of Stapleton in Northeast Denver. John has worked in the areas of journalism, project management and marketing. He joined the AMA because of the presence and connections the association offers to companies and professionals across the world.

John also obtained a BS in Journalism from Eastern Illinois University before graduating from the University of Colorado Denver with a MS in Marketing.