About Us

Joyceann Cooney-Garippa is the group publisher & show director of Training magazine and Training magazine Events, Sales & Marketing Management, and Nielsen Intellectual Property Intelligence. Prior to joining The Nielsen Company, Cooney-Garippa was Editor-in-Chief of LICENSE magazine, where she developed a highly successful conference program, LINK (Licensing International Networking Conference). Cooney-Garippa has held positions at various trade magazines and has a deep retail and branding background. In her now 15-year publishing career, she has served as managing editor of Accessories magazine; senior retail editor of Vision Monday and Eyewear magazines; editor of Sunwear magazine; and editor-in-chief of Accent, Body Fashions Intimate Apparel (BFiA), Global Cosmetic Industry (GCI), and LICENSE magazines. Cooney-Garippa speaks frequently on retail, consumer, and overall business and economic trends.

Dawn Wilensky, editor of Nielsen Intellectual Property Intelligence, has been a writer and editor for more than 20 years, beginning her career with Retailing Today. Dawn was a founding editor of License! magazine, where she focused on licensing in the character, entertainment, toys, and publishing categories, as well as edited the annual Top Licensors and Top Licensees sections and the weekly e-newsletter. She has vast experience reporting on various retail segments.

Hidemi Kurokawa is sales and business development manager for Nielsen Intellectual Property Intelligence. Prior to joining The Nielsen Company, Hidemi served as senior account executive of License magazine, based on the West Coast. She has held various sales and business development positions at Primedia Business, Jobson Publishing, and Yale Robbins.

Prior to joining Nielsen Business Media as National Online Account Manager, Anthony DeRico was Account Manager at Access Intelligence selling integrated print, event and digital packages for the Media Communication Group (Media, PR & Cable). Anthony also worked as an associate attorney at the law firm of Lemery Greisler LLC specializing in corporate formation, bankruptcy, health care, commercial financing, and litigation. Anthony also has an editorial background, serving as a columnist and editor for business magazines.