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Concierge Preferred - Chicago

President & Publisher - Tim O'Malley

Tim O'Malley is the founder, chief executive officer and publisher of Concierge Preferred, and a co-founder of O'Malley-Magnusson Publishing Group (OMP). A 20-year veteran of the media industry, O'Malley has focused his career primarily on web, newspaper and magazine publishing.

Before founding Concierge Preferred in 2002, O’Malley was a Senior Vice President at TravelCLICK, an electronic marketing services company. While at TravelCLICK, he created a new division of the company that brought together various online travel products, such as Travelocity and Virtually There, to build an online travel advertising network. Prior to that role, O’Malley was publisher of WHERE Chicago Magazine, one of the leading divisions of Miller Publishing, a $120 million company. Within two years he more than doubled the size of the business through both internal growth and acquisition. O’Malley joined Miller Publishing after an award-winning performance with the Los Angeles Times, where he led the advertising team to over $100 million in sales within the central states division.

O'Malley also co-founded the Chicago Visitor's Choice Awards, and sits on the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau's Board of Directors. He has also served on the boards of the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association and the Greater State Street Council, and is President of “One for the Kids” charities. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, and resides in Indian Head Park with his wife and two sons.

Vice President of Sales - Jim Gilligan

Leading the multi-pronged sales team at Concierge Preferred, Gilligan handles display advertising for our print magazine, online revenues at CP.com, and oversees CP's overall visitor marketing services. Gilligan joined Concierge Preferred in 2005 as the Director of Sales, and since 2007 has been in his current position, in which he oversees all facets of sales and marketing for the company in both Chicago and St. Louis. 

Prior to joining the Concierge Preferred team, Gilligan worked at the advertising firm Stevens & Tate, where he directed the marketing for the re-launch of the all new Abbey Resort and Spa, a full-service luxury resort on Lake Geneva.  Prior to that, he sold advertising in the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau’s various planning guides for Weaver Publications, a national publisher of tourism materials.  Gilligan started his hospitality career in sales for corporate special events at Windy City Fieldhouse, the Midwest’s largest provider of teambuilding workshops and other corporate outings. In 2005 and 2006, he served as President of the Illinois chapter of Hospitality, Sales, and Marketing International (HSMAI), and he remains on the board of directors. He is also active in the National Concierge Association, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, the Greater North Michigan Avenue Association, and the Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. A 2000 graduate of St. Norbert College, Gilligan now makes his home in Chicago, where lives with his dog, Moose.

You can contact Jim Gilligan at jgilligan@conciergepreferred.com for any sales-related questions.

Concierge Preferred - St. Louis

Associate Publisher - Mary Heritage

Ms. Heritage recently joined Concierge Preferred in April of 2009 with the responsibilities of managing the overall operations of Concierge Preferred in St. Louis. As a native St. Louisan, Ms. Heritage is very comfortable in her new role. She has worked at the Post Dispatch; on the Folio; and Your Next Home; as well as held the Publisher’s role at St. Louis New Home Guide, Fine New Homes, Midwest Commercial Journal and Midwest CEO Magazines.

St. Louis Managing Editor - Erin Callier

As a native St. Louisan, Erin Callier is well versed in all things St. Louis. Her work as a freelance writer has appeared in a myriad of local publications, including St. Louis Magazine, St. Louis Magazine-AT HOME, The Saint Louis Beacon, St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles and Concierge Preferred. As the editor of Concierge Preferred magazine in St. Louis and regular contributor to ConciergePreferred.com, Callier combines her intimate knowledge of St. Louis with her extensive travels in order to create a vibrant and active visitor publication. She has a degree in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia.