Wayne McCullough Elected President of the MRII Board of Directors

ANN ARBOR, MI, January 14, 2014 — The Board of the Marketing Research Institute International (MRII) has elected Wayne R. McCullough, Managing Director of the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion at the University of Michigan Health System, as Board President for 2015. He succeeds Barry Watson, CEO of Environics Research Group Ltd, who now becomes Immediate Past President.

The Board also elected Lisa Courtade, Head of Global Market Research at Merck, as President-Elect and Bart Weiner, principal at BW Consulting, as Treasurer. Weiner replaces Michael Halberstam, Chairman at Interviewing Service of America.

“This is both an exciting but also challenging time for the market research industry,” said McCullough. “I am honored to by the opportunity to work with the MRII Board and our partners at the University of Georgia to continue to provide industry-leading online market research education programs.”

About MRII
Founded in 1995 by a consortium of industry leaders, the Marketing Research Association International is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of fulfilling the essential continuing programs for the marketing research profession. In partnership with the University of Georgia, MRII presents the Principles of Market Research, Principles of Mobile Market Research and Principles of Pharmaceutical Market Research courses to fulfill the educational needs of marketing research professionals worldwide.

About the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education is a unit of the University of Georgia’s Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach. The Center provides innovation lifelong learning opportunities through its continuing education programs. On UGA’s campus, the Georgia Center includes a full-service hotel with 200 rooms and suites, restaurants, banquet areas, conference rooms, auditoriums, a fitness center and a computer lab – all under one roof. For more information, go to: www.georgiacenter.uga.edu.