Andy Mendelsohn

Location: Greenville, SC
Currently: Founder, Upper West Creative; Partner, Bright+Co
Formerly: Erwin Center Executive Director; Erwin Penland, Warwick NY, Saatchi
Education: B.A., History, Hobart College

About: After a 30+ year career in advertising, Andy Mendelsohn moved from his position as Erwin Penland's Chief Creative Officer to become the Erwin Center's first Executive Director. After 18 months, Mendelsohn left to concentrate on his own fast-growing creative agency but remains a key (and extraordinarily popular) member of the Erwin Center faculty. Mendelsohn has won most major national creative awards, worked at leading agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Warwick Baker O'Neill, SSC&B and Lintas, and lead brand work for Heineken, Panasonic, Verizon, Denny's, Tylenol and many Procter & Gamble brands.