Iowa City, IA - Jul 8, 2009 - Joan Gerberding has joined the Nextgen Marketing Group as a principal and will operate from an office in Skillman, NJ. Her career in the media, radio broadcasting and digital place-based media industries spans more than four decades. In 2000 she was named Broadcaster of the Year by the Radio Advertising Bureau. Between 2000 and 2001, as one of the first in the country to launch a digital place-based media company, she earned a Fast Company Honorable Mention as the founder of one of the Best New Companies.