What is "mckinney"

McKinney may refer to:

McKinney is an advertising agency based in Durham, North Carolina led by chairman and CEO Brad Brinegar and Chief Creative Officer Jonathan Cude. John Newall is president, and Walt Barron is chief strategy officer.

In 2012, the agency had 13 Effie Awards finalists for seven clients in 12 categories and won five Effies, making McKinney the most effective independent advertising agency in the world according to the global results of the Effie Effectiveness Index. The Travelocity Roaming Gnome came "home" to McKinney, as reported by The New York Times. And Walt Barron returned as SVP/head of Account Planning in October after his brief stint as director of Account Planning for Peter Mayer in New Orleans.

Also in 2012, McKinney was acquired by Cheil Worldwide, Korea's largest and one of the world's leading integrated marketing communications networks. McKinney "will play a central role in the reinvention of Cheil's network in the Americas and beyond." This started by expanding the agency's East Coast footprint with an office in New York headed by Managing Director Kerry Fitzmaurice,.

In 2013, McKinney earned 11 Effie finalists and five Effie Awards, resulting in the following rankings by Effie Worldwide and WARC via the Effie Effectiveness Index:

• The most effective brand in North America (Mizuno)
• The third most effective agency office in North America

McKinney (1887–1917) was an American Standardbred horse. A descendant of Hambletonian 10, he is considered one of the most important sires in the development of the modern Standardbred breed. McKinney was 15.2 hands high.

McKinney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anthony McKinney, a convicted murderer in Illinois whose guilt has been questioned
• Baylus Benjamin McKinney (1886–1952), American singer, songwriter, and music editor
• Bevin McKinney, co-inventor of the Roton rocket
• Bill McKinney (born 1931), American actor
• Billy McKinney (politician), American politician (and father of Cynthia McKinney)
• Chance McKinney, American singer
• Charlotte McKinney, American model and actress
• Chris McKinney (born 1973), American writer
• Collin McKinney (1766–1861), American merchant and politician, an important figure in the Texas Revolution
• Cynthia McKinney (born 1955), American politician and 2008 Green Party nominee for president
• David Frank McKinney (1928-2001), Northern Irish ornithologist and ethologist
• Demetria McKinney (born 1981), American actress and songwriter
• Fearghal McKinney (born 1962), Northern Irish television presenter and journalist
• Frank McKinney (1938–1992), American swimmer
• Frank Kenneth McKinney (1943-2011) - American paleontologist, marine biologist
• Gene C. McKinney (born 1950), American soldier
• Hannah McKinney, American economist and politician
• Irene McKinney, American poet and editor
• Jack McKinney (basketball), American basketball coach
• Jack McKinney (writer), pseudonym used by American writers James Luceno and Brian Daley
• Jeremy McKinney (born 1976), American football player
• Jimmy McKinney (born 1983), American basketball player and film actor
• Joe McKinney (born 1967), Irish thespian
• Joseph Crescent McKinney (1928–2010), Roman Catholic bishop
• Joyce McKinney (born 1949), alleged rapist, see Mormon sex in chains case
• Kennedy McKinney (born 1966), American boxer
• Kurt McKinney (born 1962), American actor
• Louise McKinney (1868–1931), early Canadian politician
• Mark McKinney (born 1959), Canadian comedian and actor
• Mary McKinney (1873–1987) American, recognised as "the world's oldest person" at the time of her death
• Nathaniel McKinney (born 1982), Bahamian athlete
• Nina Mae McKinney (1913–1967), American actress
• Philip W. McKinney (1832–1899), American politician
• Richard McKinney (born 1953), American archer and author
• Samuel McKinney (1807–1879), Irish-born Presbyterian minister in the American South.
• Seth McKinney (born 1979), American football player
• Steve McKinney (born 1975), American football player
• Stewart McKinney (politician) (1931–1987), American politician
• Tamara McKinney (born 1962), American alpine ski racer
• Thomas McKinney, Irish rugby league footballer
• William McKinney (1895–1969), American jazz drummer