Marvin, former Executive Creative Director and Executive Vice President of Young & Rubicam Advertising, is president of The Shadow Group, a creative and strategic marketing consulting firm which works for both profit and not-for-profit companies. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Advertising in the Graduate Design Management program at Pratt Institute, an Adjunct Instructor in the Integrated Marketing program at NYU and a founding board member of the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning. Recently he was elected to the board of Generations United, a non-profit advocacy group based in Washington, DC. Marvin was a communication advisor to President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid. He was also a Creative Director on the Crystal Team, which did the advertising and communications for Bill Bradley’s presidential campaign. Marvin specializes in finding solutions to tricky marketing/advertising problems and winning new business. Several of his short stories and poems have been published and a short play of his has been produced. He has appeared on stage with the Upright Citizens’ Brigade, an improvisational group in Manhattan. Marvin is married to Ellen, a psychologist, and has two sons, Andrew and Jacob, a daughter-in-law, Kathleen, a granddaughter, Drew, and a grandson, Mick. His Dog, Fudge, recently left us after a long and adventure-filled life. 

Publications

• Short stories, poems, plays and articles By Various (Jan 01 2000)