About Us

The leadership team at The CRO has more than 50 years of combined experience leading global business media organizations.

Leadership Team

Jay Whitehead
CEO & Chairman
Since 1982, Jay has led business media companies in seven domains: venture capital, law, human resources, finance and accounting, investor relations, computing, and now corporate responsibility. He has been a founder or senior business leader of 17 business publications, including PC Magazine, CRN, UPSIDE, Research, San Francisco Daily Journal, California Republic, HRO Today, HRO Europe, FAO Today and now CRO Magazine. He has also founded and run several industry-leading conference businesses, including HRO World and HRO World Europe (acquired by LRP Publications in January 2006) and FAO World. He was a founder of the not-for-profit HRO Association (www.HROAssociation.org). Jay has also worked in broadcast, with TV stints at KTTV in Los Angeles, PBS-TV (NJN), and regular guest appearances on CNBC’s On The Money, and a syndicated show on Business America Radio. Jay holds a BA in History and Russian from UCLA (1981) and a Strategic Finance certificate from the Harvard Business School (2006). A dual US-French citizen, Jay is married, has 3 children and lives in New Jersey. Jay can be reached at mailto:jwhitehead@crossingmedia.com.

Dennis Schaal
Editor-In-Chief, CRO Magazine, TheCRO.com
Before joining The CRO, Dennis was Technology and Business Travel Editor, and a columnist for Travel Weekly, where he covered business developments at major online travel agencies and other tech firms, large and small. Dennis was part of a team that won a 2007 Gold National Editorial Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for the series, “Travel and Money.” For his expertise in online travel, Yahoo tapped Dennis to serve on its Yahoo Travel Search Advisory Council. He also previously served as Managing Editor of TravelWeekly.com and Editor of Travel Management Daily. From 1990 to 1995, Dennis was an editor at The Star-Ledger newspaper’s Special Sections department, where he played the lead role in publishing NJ Tech Magazine. Interspersed with his journalism career, Dennis worked for 12 years as a computer technician for Quotron Systems/Citicorp in New York City. A veteran newspaper man, Dennis holds a B.S. degree in Journalism from Boston University. Dennis can be reached at mailto:dschaal@crossingmedia.com.

Anne-Sophie Ribault
Chief Marketing Officer
Prior to The CRO, Anne-Sophie played a similar role at Outsourcing Today LLC, publishers of HRO Today, HRO Europe and FAO Today magazines. Prior to Outsourcing Today, Anne-Sophie was the Marketing Director at pioneering internet HRO firm, EmployeeService.com. Before joining EmployeeService, she was a Bank-Marketing Manager at Sumitomo Bank and California Bank & Trust in San Francisco. Prior to her time spent in banking, Anne-Sophie was the San Francisco-based General Manager of international special-interest magazine publisher Winning International--publishers of sports and entertainment titles including Premiere Magazine, Triathlete Magazine, and Winning Bicycle Racing. A native of France, Anne-Sophie earned a Masters in Business Administration from Catholic University of Leuven in Brussels, Belgium, and a Bachelors degree in International Business Management from ICN in Nancy, France. Anne-Sophie can be reached at mailto:aribault@crossingmedia.com.

Jonathan Campbell
Vice President, Membership Development
Jonathan joined The CRO in 2006 from a sales and marketing leadership role with Jet Aviation, and the Australian Tourist Commission, where he served senior marketing roles in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America for many years. Jonathan was also Vice President Supplier Marketing with New York based Cendant Travel Distribution. Jonathan can be reached at mailto:jcampbell@crossingmedia.com.

Members of the Firm
In addition to CEO Jay Whitehead, other voting and non-voting members of the firm include:
 

James Lincoln, CEO, Illuminated Funds Group, Inc. and Lincoln, Blynken & Nodd Asset Management
As both an investor and social entrepreneur, James Lincoln has been a leader in advocacy for business ethics, corporate responsibility, socially responsible investing and sustainable enterprise for two decades. On behalf of his family foundation, he has spearheaded organization of the Lincoln Institute for Applied Ethics at both Arizona State University and the Thunderbird School, one of the nation’s leading academic programs in the field serving thousands of undergraduate and graduate students annually. James also serves on the board of Investors Circle, as Vice President of VIKA Corporation, Venture Capital; and COO of LFM, Real Estate Holdings. He also serves on several corporate boards, including Entac (Chair), First Affirmative Financial Network and the Land Advisors Organization. James earned his BA from Whitman College and is a resident of Cave Creek, Arizona.

Elliot H. Clark, Chief Executive Officer, Crossing Media LLC
Elliot Clark is the Chairman and CEO of Crossing Media LLC, the media leader in HR, Finance and Corporate Responsibility, owners of HRO Today, HRO Europe, FAO Today and CRO Magazines and online properties, and the Finance Forum and FAO Today conferences. Elliot has had a long and distinguished career in the Business Process Outsourcing industry. Prior to Outsourcing Today, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Kenexa Corporation (Nasdaq KNXA), a leading provider of HR software and outsourcing services, where he oversaw corporate operations and directly managed the outsourcing division. Elliot worked at Kenexa from 1991 until 2006 and was instrumental in growing the company from 12 to 1200 employees. As a key member of the executive team, he was deeply involved in 15 acquisitions, three private equity financings and an IPO. He served on the Board of Directors of Kenexa from 1997 until 2006.

Elliot was instrumental in the development and strategy of the "Employment Process Outsourcing" offering of Kenexa, personally overseeing sales and operations. He leadership resulted in the Kenexa team being named the top provider in Recruitment Process Outsourcing by multiple industry analysts and publications, including HRO Today magazine. Elliot is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania, earning a B.S. Economics in 1983 where he majored in Human Resources. He also served on the National Board of Directors of the Wharton Alumni Association from 1997 to 1998.