Matthew Scheckner

Partner – US, Europe, African & Australia

About Matthew Scheckner

Matt Scheckner is President & CEO of Stillwell Partners, a New York-based boutique consultancy. In addition, Scheckner serves as Executive Director of Advertising Week, the largest annual gathering of advertising, marketing & media decision-makers in North America, a position he has held since 2003. Scheckner is responsible for day-to-day management including strategic development and execution of all aspects of The Week.

Prior to founding Stillwell, Scheckner was with Yahoo! (2006-08) where he managed the corporation’s relationships with Madison Avenue and was responsible for major strategic initiatives to leverage the Yahoo! brand. He produced major global events for the company at such diverse locales as Pebble Beach, California and Cannes, France including a once-in-a-lifetime concert with Tony Bennett in June of 2008.

Among Scheckner’s professional honors, he was selected as a member of Crain’s New York Business “Forty Under Forty” and has been profiled in The New York Times Sunday national business section and was recognized in 2008 as producer of the #1 special event in the world by the International Special Event Society.

He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at the New York University Management Institute, wrote the curricula for “The Successful Marketing Proposal” core course, and was appointed coordinator of NYU’s annual Summer Institute on Sports and Event Marketing in 1995 forums.