Linda Hunyar
President

Linda Hunyar is the President of EDGE Media Consulting a full service media firm.  The firm provides strategic planning, analysis and buying for its clients in all forms of print, broadcast and internet media.   Linda’s extensive background has provided media guidance for clients in a variety of industries from industrial to food service, healthcare to banking and entertainment.

Prior to starting her own firm, Hunyar was the Executive Director, Media for Di Zinno Thompson agency in San Diego where she was instrumental in acquiring and directing over $20 million dollars worth of media for such clients as the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, Casino Morongo, the San Diego Padres, UCSD Healthcare and the Las Vegas Hilton.

For five years prior, she was Executive Vice President, at the Stoorza advertising agency affiliate, Franklin Stoorza.  There, she directed a staff of eight and coordinated media efforts on behalf of their many clients including McDonalds of San Diego, Thermoscan (now a Braun company), the Port of San Diego, the San Diego Water Authority, and the San Diego Convention Center Corporation to name a few.

Her first job was in the advertising department of the Wall Street Journal in Los Angeles.  Eager to leave LA and change sides of the desk (buying vs. selling), she accepted a job at Phillips Ramsey (the largest ad agency in San Diego at that time).  She learned the in’s and out’s of media strategy and negotiation on such accounts as the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, Paragon Steakhouse Restaurant Group (Hungry Hunter/Carlos Murphy’s/Rusty Pelican Restaurants), San Diego Trust and Savings Bank, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and WD-40.

Hunyar graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing.  She resides in Alpine and is active in the local community.