Mr. Sebastian serves as Global Head of Advertising and Marketing Solutions at New York Times Company. Mr. Tomich served as Senior Vice President of Advertising Innovations at The New York Times Company since April, 2015 and served as its Vice President of Advertising from September 2013 to April 2015 and served as its Vice President of Ad Product & Planning. Mr. Tomich Founded Groovy River Apparel in August 2005. He served as Eastern Advertising Director from August 2012 to August 2013 and National Digital Director from March 2012 to August 2012 at Forbes and also served as Regional Sales Manager from April 2010 to March 2012 and Account Executive from February 2008 to March 2010. He served as Consumer Marketing at Conde Nast since 2007. He holds Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing at University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business from 2004 to 2007.
Mr. Sebastian serves as Global Head of Advertising and Marketing Solutions at New York Times Company. Mr. Tomich served as Senior Vice President of Advertising Innovations at The New York Times Company since April, 2015 and served as its Vice President of Advertising from September 2013 to April 2015 and served as its Vice President of Ad Product & Planning. Mr. Tomich Founded Groovy River Apparel in August 2005. He served as Eastern Advertising Director from August 2012 to August 2013 and National Digital Director from March 2012 to August 2012 at Forbes and also served as Regional Sales Manager from April 2010 to March 2012 and Account Executive from February 2008 to March 2010. He served as Consumer Marketing at Conde Nast since 2007. He holds Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing at University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business from 2004 to 2007.
Sebastian Tomich was named global head of Advertising and Marketing Solutions at The New York Times in November 2017, responsible for leading the Advertising department and its various lines of business globally. Previously, Tomich was senior vice president of Advertising and Innovation, and VP Advertising starting at The Times in August 2013. In 2017 he was named an Ad Age “40 Under 40” and in 2014 he was named to Ad Age’s “Creative 50.”
Melissa Clark is a Food columnist for The New York Times. She reports on food trends (she introduced the world to the deep-fried Twinkie), creates recipes and appears in cooking videos linked to her Food column called A Good Appetite which became the basis for her acclaimed cookbook, “In the Kitchen With A Good Appetite,” published in the fall of 2010. Ms. Clark began writing for the paper as a freelancer in 1998. She has written for a number of publications on cuisine and other products of appetite including Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Elle, the Los Angeles Times and others. She has written dozens of cookbooks and her collaboration with chef Peter Berley, “The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen,” received both a James Beard Award and Julia Child Cookbook Award in 2000.
