RON SCHARBO
president

Ron Scharbo is Chairman and President of Scharbo and Company, which he founded in 1990.

Previously, Ron was an Executive in Residence at the University of Georgia. Before teaching, he spent approximately 25 years in the advertising agency business in Pittsburgh, New York and Atlanta.

For thirteen years, Ron served as Chairman and President of Burton-Campbell, Inc., one of Atlanta’s major agencies, which was sold to Earle Palmer Brown in 1987. Under his management, Burton-Campbell’s billings grew from $2 million to a high of $68 million. The Agency’s clients included: Ryder Truck Rental, Sunbeam Appliance Company, Scripto, Wilkinson Sword, Vail, Colorado, First Union and BellSouth Corporate.

Ron previously was associated with Atlanta’s McDonald & Little as Executive Vice President/ Director of Account Service and Cargill Wilson Acree as Executive Vice President/Managing Director.

Before moving to Atlanta, Ron was in New York with BBDO, Carl Ally, Inc. and Young & Rubicam, Inc. His New York account experience included Eastern Airlines, Hertz and Burger King. He began his agency career in Pittsburgh with Ketchum, McLeod & Grove, Inc.

Ron’s positions with professional organizations have included Chairman of the Atlanta Council of the American Association of Advertising Agencies and membership on that organization’s National Committee on Account Management. He also served as Director with Affiliated Advertising Agencies International and as President of the Atlanta Advertising Club.

Community activities have included membership on the advisory boards of the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta College of Art and the Paideia School. He currently is a member of the Advisory Board of the Henry Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia.

Finally, Ron is a graduate of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

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