Mr. Elgin has served on Impart's Board of Directors since February 2006. Since 1994, Mr. Elgin has been the chairman and CEO of the Seattle office of DDB Worldwide Communications Group (www.ddbseattle.com). The Seattle office of DDB is a full-service communications company with capabilities in advertising, public relations, direct, interactive and design. The agency is a unit of DDB Worldwide and Omnicom Group Inc.

Mr. Elgin's broad marketing and advertising expertise, proven business acumen, creative ingenuity, and innovative leadership qualities were sought out to help guide Impart's aggressive expansion in the explosive, alternative out-of-home (OOH) digital media advertising sector. Mr. Elgin has nearly four decades of marketing experience, encompassing all facets of communications disciplines. In 1981, Mr. Elgin co-founded ElginSyferd, Inc. in Seattle. The company quickly became the largest independent communications group/public relations agency in the Pacific Northwest. The agency was sold to DDB Worldwide in 1994.

In addition to his new chairmanship responsibilities of Impart Media Group, Mr. Elgin also serves on the boards of Knowledge Anywhere, Just Cause, Inc. and Hart Crowser. Privately, and within DDB Seattle, Mr. Elgin has made reinvestment in the Pacific Northwest community and corporate-giving top priorities. He has served in the top board positions of many organizations, including PONCHO, Ronald McDonald House, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Swedish Medical Foundation, Marsha Rivkin Center and Big Brothers.