Inland Empire, CA (4/12/2011) – The AAF-Inland Empire is pleased to announce that eight of our Inland Empire members, and three Inland Empire students, have been honored for their work at the Regional ADDY Awards judging on April 9, 2011. The District Competition finalists were from Southern California and Southern Nevada, and included all Gold Medal winners from local ADDY competitions.

The local professional winners each won Regional Silver ADDY® Awards:

• University of Redlands TV – Andrew Wilkin for the University of Redlands
• Destination Marketing Campaign – City of Riverside
• Human Body Exhibit Partners in Health –  Ignite Design & Advertising
• KUMHO TIRES ‘DriveKumho’ – Ignite Design & Advertising
• The Learning Centers at Fairplex – Ignite Design & Advertising
• Super Nutricia Trading Cards – Inland Empire Health Plan
• 1foodsource – J. Brenlin Design
• Loma Linda University Cancer – Loma Linda University Health

The Inland Empire student winners were:

• Gold ADDY® Award: Summer Registration Campaign,  Aldo Lopez, Art Institute-Inland Empire
• Silver ADDY® Awards: LA Marathon Campaign, Oscar Orozco, Art Institute-Inland Empire
• Silver ADDY® Awards: St. Valentines Day Massacre, Ricardo Gonzalez, Art Institute-Inland Empire

“Winning regional ADDY® Awards is not only important to the individuals and agencies; but it also represents the creative excellence, professionalism, and quality that Inland Empire advertising professionals produce.  We would encourage Inland Empire businesses to support local professionals before going to Los Angeles or Orange County, because our area has plenty of talent” said, Jon Burgess, Vice President of the AAF-Inland Empire.

American Advertising Federation (AAF) Inland Empire is a non-profit organization that promotes the free exchange of ideas and information relating to all fields of advertising in the Inland Empire. For more information, please visit www.aaf-inlandempire.com