Sam Milkman was named President of MediaEKG^® in 2006. Over the past 15 years, Sam held a variety of programming and operational positions at radio stations in New York and Philadelphia, including Operations Director of WXRK (“K-Rock”) New York, Research Director of WHTZ (“Z100”), New York and Program Director of WMMR Philadelphia. During that period, he worked with a number of high profile radio morning shows and talk shows including: The Howard Stern Show, the Z100 Morning Zoo, John Lander, Chris Jagger and Dr. Judy Kuriansky and the Lovephones national sex talk show.

He began his career as a litigation, intellectual property and entertainment attorney at the Philadelphia law firm of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll.

Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctorate from Cornell Law School.

Kelly Ellis is a Senior Research Analyst with mediaEKG. She brings 4.5 years of research experience from Coleman Insights where she worked as a Senior Research Analyst on a variety of research projects for radio and other media clients both domestically and internationally. Previously, Kelly worked with Hi Frequency Marketing, an entertainment marketing firm, promoting such artists as Norah Jones, Avril Lavigne and Jimmy Eat World. She also had the honor of working for the prestigious Peabody Awards as a Student Judge in 2003 and 2004 and as a Public Relations Aide for the 2003 Peabody Awards ceremony in New York City.

Kelly holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in Journalism & Mass Communication and dual Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated with Highest Honors and Distinction and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa