Staff

PETER C. MARINELLO
Director - National Advertising Review Council

Peter C. Marinello is the Director of the National Advertising Review Council's ("NARC") Electronic Retailing Self Regulation Program ("ERSP"). Before joining NARC in July 2004, Peter had been the Associate Director at the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus since 2000 and a Senior Staff Attorney with NAD since March of 1993. Peter has written over 200 decisions for NAD on various advertising issues including nuclear energy, infomercials and on-line marketing and has spoken on behalf of the NAD at a number of trade conferences and workshop seminars. 

Prior to joining NAD, Peter practiced law for six years at a general litigation firm and specialized in the drafting and negotiation of residential and commercial contracts. Peter has appeared in court in each of the five boroughs of New York as well as Nassau and Suffolk counties and is also admitted to New York's Southern and Eastern District Courts of the United States. Peter also brings an extensive communications background to NARC beginning as a radio broadcaster at WNYU in New York. He has assisted in the production of television broadcasts for the USA Cable Network and NBC Sports and worked with on-air talent and helped to coordinate the scheduling of program sponsors. The combination of Peter's legal and communication skills adds a unique expertise to NARC and he has contributed a specialized knowledge to this forum of advertising self-regulation.  

Peter is a graduate of New York University and St. Johns University School of Law and has been a member of the New York State Bar Association since 1988. 

 

JESSICA GRODZKI

Advertising Review Specialist 

Jessica Grodzki is the Advertising Review Specialist for the Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program (“ERSP”). She assists with ERSP’s ongoing monitoring program along with ERSP’s day to day activities. 

Before joining ERSP, Jessica worked at the Better Business Bureau Serving Metropolitan New York where she managed the Information & Investigations Department. As manager, she reviewed advertising, conducted investigations of local businesses, and helped organize the annual Top Ten Consumer Frauds and Complaints press conference.

Jessica has a B.A. from Boston University.

 

LEANNE GABINELLI

Staff Attorney

Leanne Gabinelli is the Staff Attorney for the National Advertising Review Council's Electronic Retailing Self-Regulation Program ("ERSP"). She assists with ERSP's ongoing monitoring program.

Before joining ERSP, Leanne was a Legal Intern at the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus ("NAD"). While at NAD, Leanne worked on over 10 evidentiary hearings, cases, administrative closings and appeals. She identified legal issues, summarized party positions, and drafted NAD case decisions on national advertising campaigns, including Verizon FiOS, Schick Intuition Plus, and Vaseline Intensive Care. As a law student, Leanne worked as a Research Assistant at New York Law School's Institute for Information Law and Policy, where she did extensive research on the Google Books lawsuit and settlement.

Leanne is a graduate of New York Law School and Ithaca College (B.S., magna cum laude in Communication Management and Design). She is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey.