--- title: AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS NAME COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2012 FINAL JUDGING description: The final judging committee chairs have been named for The 2012 American Business Awards. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812651-gif/images/12-aba-co-chair_web-resized-600.gif --- [![stevie-awards-full-logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards%20Blog%20Theme%20Files/stevie-awards-full-logo.png?width=347&height=70&name=stevie-awards-full-logo.png "stevie-awards-full-logo")](http://stevieawards.com) Click to View Posts by Stevie® Awards Categories # AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS NAME COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2012 FINAL JUDGING Posted by [Liz Dean](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/liz-dean) on Mon, Apr 23, 2012 @ 10:02 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ***April 25 Final Entry Deadline for Tenth Annual Program*** **** ****The Stevie® Awards today named the 10 executives who will chair and form specialized final judging committees for its 10th Annual American Business Awards. All organizations and individuals operating in the U.S.A. - public and private, large and small, for-profit and non-profit - are eligible to submit nominations to The American Business Awards.  Details are available at [http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA](http://www.stevieawards.com/ABA).  The final entry deadline is April 25. The 10 committee selections are based on the categories that will be judged.  The appointments are as follows: **[![ABA CO Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812651-gif/images/12-aba-co-chair_web-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3657.cfm)** ****   **[Company/Organization Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3657.cfm):** Doron Reuveni, CEO & Co-founder of [uTest](http://www.utest.com/), Southborough, MA     **[![ABA PR Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812679-gif/images/12-aba-pr-chair_web-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3658.cfm)**   **[Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, and Public Relations Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3658.cfm):** Alison Graves, WW Influencer Relations, Printing of [Hewlett Packard Company](http://www.hp.com/), Escondido, CA     **[![ABA Media Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812669-gif/images/12-aba-media-chair_125-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3660.cfm)**   **[Creative Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3660.cfm)****:** Stafford Kendall, Principal of [Covalent Logic](http://www.covalentlogic.com/), Baton Rouge, LA **[![ABA Customer Service Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812653-gif/images/12-aba-cs-chair_web-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm)**   **[Customer Service Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14097.cfm):** Anita Samojednik, VP Customer Operations of [TheLadders](http://www.theladders.com/), New York, NY       **[![ABA HR Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812655-gif/images/12-aba-hr-chair_web-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14098.cfm)**   **[Human Resources Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14098.cfm):** John Hovnanian, Senior VP of Human Resources & Chief Talent Officer of [Williams Lea](http://www.williamslea.com/), New York, NY   **[![ABA Support Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812683-gif/images/12-aba-su-chair-weinberger_-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14103.cfm)**   **[Support Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14103.cfm):** Jerry Weinberger, Senior Director, Customer Service and Retention of [Webs, Inc.](http://www.webs.com/), Silver Spring, MD     **[![ABA IT Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812661-gif/images/12-aba-it-chair_web-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14100.cfm)**   **[Information Technology Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14100.cfm):** Elizabeth Redding, President of Tellago, Schaumburg, IL   ![ABA MGT Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812673-gif/images/12-aba-mgt-chair-tucker_web-resized-600.gif)   **[Management Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_3656.cfm):** Therese Tucker, CEO of [BlackLine Systems](http://www.blackline.com/), Los Angeles, CA       **[![ABA Marketing Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812667-gif/images/12-aba-market-chair-wadswor-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14099.cfm)**     **[Marketing Awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14099.cfm):** Charles Kirby Wadsworth, VP of Global Marketing of [F5 Networks](http://www.f5.com/), Seattle, WA     **[![ABA NP Chair](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/file-13812676-gif/images/12-aba-np-chair_web-resized-600.gif)](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14101.cfm)**    **[New Product Awards & Product Management](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/awards/70_816_14101.cfm):** Mike Oeth, CEO of [OnSIP Business VoIP](https://www.onsip.com/), New York, NY   “The executives who will chair the final judging committees for the 2012 ABAs are all past Stevie Award winners and are leaders of their industries,” said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie Awards. “Having a deep involvement and understanding of their respective industries and changing landscapes, these individuals possess the insight to recognize success factors for this year’s nominees.” Finalists in The 2012 American Business Awards will be determined in preliminary judging to be conducted through May 6 by volunteer professionals nationwide. Final judging, to be conducted by panels that will be formed by the newly appointed committee chairs, will take place from late May through early June.  In total, more than 200 executives across the U.S.A. will participate in the judging process to determine 2012 Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners. ABA Stevie Award winners will be announced at two award banquets: the first will take place on June 18 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York; and the second, a new event, will be held on September 17 at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, California and will honor Stevie Award winners in all tech-related categories. 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