My tenure as Ad 2 President has officially come to an end. I was the first Ad 2 President to serve a two year term, and we got a lot done! Our membership doubled, we won numerous @aafnational Club Achievement awards, and we hosted a National Ad 2 retreat.

We had some good times as well! The picture above is my favorite. Its from our Kickball Tournament last month. What I’m most proud about though, is the jobs that were created and the business relationships that were formed.

There are numerous individuals and companies who have helped grow Ad 2 the past couple of years. For this article, I tapped into the Twitter API and their new @anywhere feature. I was fortunate to be in the audience at SXSW when Evan Williams announced the feature, and I immediately had the idea to use it for my final Presidents Message.

If you are new to Twitter, or to San Diego in general, this list will give you a heads up of “whose who”. Please hover over their names, and follow them, as they are San Diego’s brightest.

If I left everyone out, it was because we are not connected on Twitter. Greg Joumas, Cindy Saylor, Sara Tovar, Melissa Lopez, Mike Magannis, Carissa Felix, Andrew Mera, Brittany Cook, Dan Foote, Myles McGuinness, Maggie Mariscal, Michael Glass, Scott Smith, Kyle Henley, and Jimmy Stevens are the first to come to mind. They all deserve a special thank you as well. They are “pro’s pros”!

Cheri Reeves, Jenn Baker and Megan Chawathe did a great job as the Ad 2 Presidents ahead of me. Now, to introduce your next Ad 2 President:

Gary Ware! Gary bursted upon the Ad 2 scene in 2008 and quickly rose up the ranks. Gary is extremely bright, having spoke at Marketing Sherpa, Omniture, and OMS events before. He is a leader in the community and will do an excellent job taking Ad 2 to the next level.

As far as I go, I plan on being an Active Past President. I recently got elected to the San Diego Ad Club’s board, so you’ll see me around. I will enjoy the extra time to build my San Diego Online Marketing Agency, BigTuna Interactive though!

Until next time!

P.S. Feel free to follow @ad2sd and myself @adamhermsdorfer while your at it!