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Meta Brophy, Director of Publishing Operations, Consumers Union
Meta Brophy is Director, Publishing Operations at Consumers Union, the pre-eminent national testing organization and nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, ConsumerReports.org, newsletters and special publications. Meta has more than 25 years of publishing and direct marketing production experience. She is a member of the DMA’s Committee on Environment and Social Responsibility as well as the MPA’s Operations Committee. She is the board vice president of the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers.
Chet Dalzell, Public Relations Strategist & Practitioner, Consultant
As director of public relations with publicly held Harte-Hanks (NYSE:HHS), Chet oversees media relations and corporate communications for direct marketing worldwide in the $1.18 billion company, while participating in issues management, public affairs and marketing activities. Chet currently serves as the chairperson for the Environment Subcommittee of the DMA Committee on the Environment and Social Responsibility. Chet also is a founding member of the company's internal Privacy & Compliance Committee, where he monitors laws, ethics, best practices and regulations affecting direct marketing operations, helps train colleagues regarding information policy and sensitivity toward privacy concerns, and provides information to clients and account teams. He also serves as the chairman of the company's intranet working group, and is a leading participant on marketing, Web site, and special event teams. Chet joined Harte-Hanks in 2000, and is based in its New York City office.