Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide's Maria Colicchio Named One of Medical Marketing & Media's Inaugural "Hall of Femme - Women to Watch"

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwired - May 3, 2016) - Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide (www.ogilvychww.com), the health behavior change specialists of Ogilvy & Mather (www.ogilvy.com), and a WPP company (NASDAQ: WPPGY) (www.wpp.com), today announced Maria Colicchio, account group supervisor at the organization's Ogilvy Healthworld office in New York City, has been selected as one of 20 "Women to Watch" by Medical Marketing & Medical (MM&M) magazine for their inaugural "Hall of Femme" program, while also sharing news that Darlene Dobry, managing partner at Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide has been chosen as a panelist for a mentorship session at the event.

To choose the 20 "Women to Watch" MM&M, a leading healthcare marketing publication, solicited nominations for US-based, healthcare marketing professionals who are under the age of 40, below the level of vice president, and have distinguished themselves through their performance on behalf of a brand, a campaign, or for their organization.

Ms. Colicchio, who has been with the Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide network for more than seven years, started her career in healthcare marketing as an intern at Merck and through the years excelled through the ranks to her current position as account group supervisor.

Ms. Dobry will sit on "The Journey of Female Leadership: Mentoring Future Femmes" panel which will feature women leaders discussing the unique qualities they bring to the workforce, the mentors who shaped their careers, what they are doing to encourage diversity through mentorship and sponsorship to drive creativity, and what female leaders can do to shape the next generation of executives.

MM&M's "Hall of Femme" program will be held on June 9, at Vine Event Space in New York City. For more information about MM&M's "Hall of Femme," please visit www.mmm-online.com/hall-of-femme.

About Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide
Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide is committed to creativity and effectiveness in healthcare communications, everywhere. Our global headquarters are in Parsippany, NJ, with additional hubs in New York, London, Paris and Singapore. We maintain multiple additional offices in markets critical to our clients' global aspirations. Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide provides marketing services including behavioral insights, content strategy and management, digital, interactive and new media services, marketing analytics and research, media planning and buying, medical education, payer marketing and market access, professional advertising and promotion, public affairs and relations, relationship marketing, sales training development, social media and social listening, and wellness and consumer advertising and promotion. The network also offers scientific communications and publications planning services through a wholly owned separate legal entity. The organization houses and maintains individual Ogilvy CommonHealth and Ogilvy Healthworld brand identities within the marketplace.