The following professionals participated in preliminary judging of The 2013 American Business Awards, the nation’s premier business awards program, in April-May. Their average scores determined the Finalists. We thank them for their time, insights, and support.
Pam Abrahamsson, Vice President, Stephenson Group, Portland, OR, USA
Amal Al-Najjar, HR Manager, Fluor Kuwait, Kuwait
Stewart Andrews, Owner, Noodlebox Design, Washington, DC, USA
Zainab Ansari, Director/CEO, Xenith PR (Pvt.) Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan
Alex Backer, Founder and CEO, Abinventio, Altadena, CA, USA
Michele Baer, Founder and President, Baer Consulting Inc., New York, NY, USA
Nancy Bass, Lead Visual Artist, eLearning, Bytes of Knowledge, Nashville, TN, USA
Jeremy Beckman, Instructional Design/Art Director, LawRoom, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Christy Belden, VP, Media and Marketing, LeapFrog Interactive, Louisville, KY, USA
Jeff Bell, Partner, NCT Ventures, Kirkland, WA, USA
Daniel Bharadwaj, Vice President Quality, Billtrust, Hamilton, NJ, USA
Jill Blankenship, CEO, Frontline Call Center, Eastsound, WA, USA
Israel Bonequi, Creative Director, Birds Nest Foundation, Montreal, Canada
Jennifer Brand, Principal, Brand Solutions Group, Washington, DC, USA
Julien Brandt, CEO, OrganikSEO.com, Solana Beach, CA, USA
Craig Brown, Sr. Technology Consultant, STEM Resource Partners, Houston, TX, USA
Heena Bulchandani, Specialist - Training & Development, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, Dubai, UAE
JL Cabrera, IT Program Manager, TRWD, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Tanya Candia, CEO, Candia Communications, Saratoga, CA, USA
Lynne Cannavan, Global Channels Enablement Manager, IBM Corporation, Dedham, MA, USA
George Cauttero, Producer, Cauttero & Assoociates, Bronx, NY, USA
Susan Chait, VP, Creative Director, Lebowitz | Gould | Design, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Kevin Chen, President/CEO, Business Methods Corporation, Randolph, NJ, USA
Jason Childers, VP Brand Strategy, OneEighty, Seattle, WA, USA
Pamela Clark, Founder/Director, New Heights Educational Group, Defiance, OH, USA
Rebekah Clerk, National Customer Service Manager, Empire Today, Northlake, IL, USA
Ken Collis, CEO, VIIVIIVII, Toluca Lake, CA, USA
Travis Connors, Partner, Egan-Managed Capital, Boston, MA, USA
Erin Craft, Principal, Nimble Bee, Washington, DC, USA
David Craig, Vice President, Human Resources, Fazoli's Restaurants, Lexington, KY, USA
Dan Davenport, VP Marketing, Adecco, Coopersburg, PA, USA
Mary DiMaggio, President, HMA, Washington, DC, USA
Richard Dixon, Advertising Director, Dallas Business Journal, Keller, TX, USA
Sue Dowd, Senior VP-Financial Services, Miller Zell, Atlanta, GA, USA
Michael Drake, Instructional Designer, Frog Design, New York, NY, USA
Brenda Dukart, Executive Account Manager, Managed Business Solutions, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Whitney Duprey, Sales and Marketing Assistant, IAPP, Portsmouth, NH, USA
Thomas Evansen, Portfolio Director, JM Family Enterprises, Deerfield Beach, FL, USA
Corinna Fabre, Assistant Account Executive, Duo Public Relations, Seattle, WA, USA
Marc Foelsch, Associate Creative Director, Fraser Wallace Advertising, Dulles, VA, USA
Julia Forsyth, Senior Marketing Manager, GSMA, London, UK
Steve Gallagher, Teacher, Truman High School, Bronx, NY, USA
George Georgallides, Managing Partner, Curious Ventures, Los Angeles, CA, USA
David Gilman, President, Gilman Performance Systems, Brookfield, CT, USA
Katharine Goldman, SVP, Executive Creative Director, Jack Morton Worldwide, New York, NY, USA
Carolyn Goodman, President/Creative Director, Goodman Marketing Partners, San Rafael, CA, USA
Connie Guglielmo, Technology Reporter, Forbes Magazine, Los Altos, CA, USA
Eric Halvorson, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Christopher Harmon, Principal & CEO, theBATstudio, Oakland, CA, USA
Batul Hasan, CEO, BSH Consultants, Karachi, Pakistan
Peggy Heafey, Director - Intermediary Partner Care, Marriott Intl, Inc., Omaha, NE, USA
Mary Ann Henker, President, The Henker Group, Easton, MD, USA
Brian Henrichs, Chief Business Development Officer, Actiontec Electronics, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Johan Hernández, SEO & Web Developer, Swiss Travel Costa Rica, Santa Ana, Costa Rica
Courtenay Higgins, Senior Partner, Winning Strategies, Newark, NJ, USA
Brent Howison, President, Remi, Charlotte, NC, USA
Susan Hudgins, Producer, Fourth Wall Events, New York, NY, USA
Sumaiya Hussain, Assistant Manager, Compensation & Benefits, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Joe Jessen, Chief Solutions Officer, Gotham Technology Group, Montvale, NJ, USA
Stuart John, CEO, SJ Strategy, Santa Monica, CA, USA
James Johnson, Chairman, The Standish Group International, Inc., Boston, MA, USA
David Johnston, President, Sales Resource Group Inc., Oakville, Canada
Kim Jones, CEO, Verite, Inc., Sandy, UT, USA
Anila Kalleshi, President, Kalleshi Center, Tirana, Albania
Craig Kavicky, Director, Business Development-North America, FITCH, Inc., Columbus, OH, USA
Stafford Kendall, Principal, Covalent Logic, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Bob Kersten, Strategy Director, Landor Associates, San Francisco, CA, USA
Patrick King, Founder/CEO, ImagineDesign, Manassas, VA, USA
Lesley Kirchman, Sr. Director of Corporate Marketing, Actiontec Electronics, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Slade Kobran, CMO, Chief Outsiders, New York, NY, USA
Nitin Kumar, Director, PWC, New York, NY, USA
Hao Kuo, Marketing Coordinator, Aurico, Arlington Heights, IL, USA
Micah Laney, Sr. Digital Communications Manager, Walmart Global Associate Communications, Fayetteville, AR, USA
Frank Laudo, Senior VP Creative Director, GES, Grapevine, TX, USA
Robert Leggat, Senior Vice President, Goddard Global, Brussels, Belgium
Robin Lenihan, Portfolio Director - JM&A PMO, JM Service Center, LLC, Deerfield Beach, FL, USA
Peter Levy, President, Corniche Productions, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Alex Louie, Creative Director, Wilshire Axon, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ginger Lynch, Outrageous Marketing Manager, PrintingForLess.com, Livingston, MT, USA
Darren MacLennan, President, SureShip (a G&G Outfitters Company), Lanham, MD, USA
Janice Maiman, Senior Vice President, Communications & Media Channels, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, NY, USA
Joseph Mangiaracina, Principal/Owner, SurfNet.Inc., Levittown, PA, USA
Maggie Mayer, Founder, Mayer & Associates, CPA, LLC, Madison, CT, USA
Anne McCarthy, President and Founder, Westmeath Communications, Castle Rock, CO, USA
Sharon McGowan-Spinelli, Director, Corporate Communications, Avid, Burlington, MA, USA
Colin McKillop, Chief Executive Officer, Butcher Enterprises, Windsor, Canada
Stan Mendoza, President, Mendoza Media, Montclair, NJ, USA
Kathy Menzie, Associate Professor & Chair, Washburn University, Topeka, KS, USA
Feroz Merchhiya, CTO, California Insurance Guarantee Association, Diamond Bar, CA, USA
Carlos Minetti, President, Consumer Banking, Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, IL, USA
Jay Mitchell, Managing Director, Mereo, LLC, Irving, TX, USA
Brian Mulvey, Vice President, Investor Growth Capital, New York, NY, USA
Mark Murphy, Director of Content Management, Reliv International, Chesterfield, MO, USA
Kirk Musselman, Director, Human Resources, Classified Ventures LLC, Chicago, IL, USA
Steve Nelson, Partner & CTO, AP42, San Ramon, CA, USA
Judi Niedercorn, President and CEO, SysTactics, McLean, VA, USA
Cynthia Nustad, SVP, CIO, HMS, Irving, TX, USA
Bob Older, President, Creative Travel Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA
Linda Olsan, Director, Operations & Customer, 3iCorp.com, Irvine, CA, USA
Paul Patton, Senior R&D/Regulatory Manager, Delta Faucet Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA
Don Pearce, New York, NY, USA
Rob Peglar, CTO Americas, EMC Isilon, Wildwood, MO, USA
Mary Pettersen, Director, Corporate Practice, Burson-Marsteller, Chicago, IL, USA
Fabi Preslar, President, SPARK Publications, Matthews, NC, USA
Jesintha Rajaratnam, Partner, Joje India Consultants-Finance & HR, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Daniel Recanati, CEO, Rhodium, New York, NY, USA
Zev Remba, Creative Director, Unconformity, Alexandria, VA, USA
Dennis Reno, Vice President, Customer Portal Experience, Oracle, San Francisco, CA, USA
Julie Ridenour, Senior QA Specialist, Cigna, West Hartford, CT, USA
Chris Risheill, Director of Sales, Marketing and Exhibits, Association for Middle Level Education, Westerville, OH, USA
Randall Romberger, Principal, Advantage Healthcare Solutions, LLC, Greenville, SC, USA
Viurniel Sanchez, Program Management Coordinator, NextEra Energy, Inc., Miami, FL, USA
Luz Sanchez, Social Catering Manager, DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport Convention Center, Miami, FL, USA
Scott Sauder, Area Operations Consultant, The UPS Store, Noblesville, IN, USA
Jodi Sawyer, Director, John Hancock, Boston, MA, USA
Harry Schechter, CEO/President, Temperature@lert, Boston, MA, USA
Lauren Selikoff, Managing Director, Selikoff+Company, Orange, NJ, USA
Bill Shelton, Vice President, USHEALTH Advisors, Grapevine, TX, USA
Lisa Sigler, Marketing Manager, Apptix, Herndon, VA, USA
Erica Smith, Principal, Social Combustion Promotions, San Francisco, CA, USA
Michael Spurlin, VP, Operations, Crystal Technologies Group, Inc., West Chester, PA, USA
Michael Stephenson, Senior Director, Oracle Corp., New York, NY, USA
David Street, Owner, Street Works Studio, Boston, MA, USA
Joe Thoma, President/CEO, Primary Source Press Inc., Oviedo, FL, USA
Scott Thomas, CEO, Jake Records, Puyallup, WA, USA
Lillian Valdes, President, At Your Service Hospitality, Miami, FL, USA
Manuel Valencia, VP-Strategy, Excelerant, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Greg Van Dyke, SVP Marketing, PSAV Presentation Services, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Lori Van Dyke, Manager Customer Care, Access One Inc, Chicago, IL, USA
Chris Vasan, Communications Lead, Cisco Systems, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Rajani Veeramachaneni, President, E Center, Inc., Newtown, PA, USA
Vinny Verdi, Producer, CUNY-TV, New York, NY, USA
Mary Verdin, Owner, Verdin Marketing Ink, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Terry Waitzman-Bannister, Vice President, Corporate Development, C2 Solutions Group, Inc., Reston, VA, USA
Brian Ward, SVP Client Engagement, Stylesight, New York, NY, USA
Jerry Weinberger, Sr. Director, Customer Service and Retention, Webs, Inc., Washington, DC, USA
Daryl Wieland, Managing Director, Accenture, Arlington, VA, USA
Sharon Wienbar, Partner, Scale Venture Partners, Foster City, CA, USA
Kelli Williamson, Manager, Loyalty and Engagement, Rymax, Inc., Orange County, CA, USA
Becky Wilson, President, WDS Marketing and PR, Overland Park, KS, USA
Gregory Wright, Communications Manager, AICPA, New York, NY, USA
Joseph Zitzelberger, Director of Manufacturing Development, PACCAR Inc, Chillicothe, OH, USA
Chris Zoloth, Director, Global Customer Care, IHG, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Linda Zumstein, CEO, IntelliSales Training, Arden, NC, USA
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