Linda Kaplan Thaler
CEO, Chief Creative Officer
Robin Koval
President
Gerry Killeen
Managing Director, Creative Services
Tricia Kenney
Managing Director, Corporate Communications
Lisa Bifulco
Managing Director, Integrated Production
Jeffrey Wolf
Managing Director, Strategic Planning
David Barron
Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Anderson
Managing Director, Business Development
Susan Lauher
Managing Director, Human Resources
Dennis Marchesiello
Managing Director, Integrated Graphic Services
Daniel Flamberg
Managing Director, Digital Strategy and CRM

Linda Kaplan Thaler

CEO, Chief Creative Officer

At the Kaplan Thaler Group since:
1997 - The very beginning!
What I do:
I help set the vision and philosophy of the agency, while working day to day overseeing the creative output.
What I've done:
I've done stand-up comedy, hosted two reality TV shows, acted off-Broadway, taught music theory at CCNY, co-written three best-selling books, helped to create those teary-eyed Kodak moments and wrote the Toys ‘R’ Us jingle—which has been running so long those kids are now grandparents—and composed music for television and theatre. My favorite hobby is sleeping.
A moment to remember:
While earning my MA in music, I spent my days toiling away, trying to write cutting-edge atonal compositions. Then one day, my professor looked at me and said in his thick Argentinean accent, “Leenda, you cannot do this. Maybe you should write jeengles.” What audacity! What an insult! And what a great career move that turned out to be! Lesson learned: Plan B is often the best path to take, so don't fight it.