Mark Weninger Managing Partner, Chief Creative Officer
Bringing his clients more than 15 years of award-winning expertise, Mark has built his career on combining the conceptual strengths of brand advertising with the behavior-changing power of one-to-one communications.
The result is a nationally acclaimed portfolio and a long series of wins for the agency in high-profile shootouts for clients including Continental Airlines, Ameriprise Financial (formerly American Express Financial Advisors), U.S. Bank, jetBlue Airways, AOL, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and other category leaders.
Before joining The Lacek Group, Mark was Senior Vice President, Executive Creative Director, at Wunderman/Young & Rubicam, New York, and he held the same position at Carlson Marketing Worldwide, Minnesota, with global responsibilities. His experience spans consumer and business markets alike, and includes internationally recognized work for British Airways, Sprint, Hallmark, General Electric, Federal Express, Miles Laboratories, General Dynamics and other dominant brands.
Earning top honors for his clients and his teams in the most celebrated creative shows, Mark is a frequent speaker at national industry gatherings, and regularly serves as judge for a variety of creative competitions. He is also among the very few of his peers to have been named among the Outstanding Practitioners of The Creative Arts.
Mark holds a bachelor of arts degree with summa cum laude honors from Borromeo College of Ohio and a master of arts degree from St. Mary-on-the-Lake, Ohio.