The following professionals participated in preliminary judging of The 2012 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.
Tsvika Abramovitch, Vice President, HR, Hadera Paper, Hadera, Israel
Ilene Adler, CEO, Vantage Communications, San Francisco, CA
Stewart Andrews, Creative Director, Noodlebox Design, LLC, Arlington, VA
Zainab Ansari, Director/CEO, Xenith PR (Pvt.) Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan
Jon Baer, President, Wakefly, Westborough, MA
Jeff Bell, Partner, NCT Ventures, Kirkland, OH
Ray Benjamin, President, Ray Benjamin Productions, New York, NY
Israel Bonequi, Creative Director, Birds Nest Foundation, Montreal, Canada
Jonathan Bruns, Art Director, The Design Channel, Chevy Chase, MD
Heena Bulchandani, Specialist - Training & Development, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, Dubai, UAE
Joy Carter, Communications Manager, American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birmingham, AL
William Casey, Vice President, Global Marketing, Brightpoint, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Annie Castellano, Chief Creative Officer, Switch, St. Louis, MO
Susan Chait, VP, Creative Director, Lebowitz | Gould | Design, Inc., New York, NY
Kevin Chen, President/CEO, Business Methods Corporation, Randolph, NJ
Denise Clancey, President, Teledirect Partners, Boston, MA
David Clarke, Managing Director, BGT Partners, Miami, FL
David Craig, Vice President, Human Resources, Fazoli's Restaurants, Lexington, KY
David Crawford, Senior VP, Managing Group Creative Director, GSD&M, Austin, TX
Cynthia Cruz, PR Account Coordinator, iolo technologies, Los Angeles, CA
Karen Danielson, Marketing Communications & Brand Manager, US Water Services, Inc, St Michael, MN
Sherri Davis, Manager, Internet Marketing Services, Delphi, Troy, MI
Jennifer Deare, President, Deare Marketing, Inc, Tenafly, NJ
Rachel Deutsch, Creative Director, The Design Channel, Chevy Chase, MD
Kevin Elliott, Senior Vice President, Hill & Knowlton Strategies, Irvine, CA
Hossein Eslambolchi, Chairman and CEO, 20/20 Venture Partners, Charlotte, NC
Robert Feeney, Sales Manager, catchfire, Minneapolis, MN
Mike Fernandez, Corporate VP, Corporate Affairs, Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN
Jennifer Fisher, Director, Sales Operations and Production, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, DC
Marc Foelsch, Senior Art Director, Fraser Wallace Advertising, Montgomery Village, MD
Anna Garcia, Owner, CouponAnna, West Covina, CA
Kristina Garcia, Managing Director, German State of Hessen U.S. Office for Economic Development, New York, NY
Mark Geiger, Assoc. Director of Marketing & Communication, Georgia World Congress Center Authority, Atlanta, GA
Paul Gennaro, Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer, AECOM, New York, NY
Stephen Gifford, Director of Human Resources, Eurpac Service, Inc., Norwalk, CT
David Gilman, President, Gilman Performance Systems, Brookfield, CT
Justin Grenier, Support Team Manager, Listrak, Lititz, PA
Andrew Gutman, Chief Financial Officer, Farbman Group, Southfield, MI
Rosemary Haefner,Vice President, Human Resources, CareerBuilder.com, Minneapolis, MN
Christopher Harmon, Principal & CEO, theBATstudio, Oakland, CA
Peggy Heafey, Director - Intermediary Partner Care, Marriott Intl, Inc., Omaha, NE
Courtenay Higgins, Senior Partner, Winning Strategies, Newark, NJ
Diego Hoic, Product Manager, Church & Dwight, Princeton, NJ
Carole Holden, Founder/CEO, Gelmtree Advertising, Howey in the Hills, FL
Jamie Holt, President/CEO, JMK Notary & Services, Miami, FL
Susan Hudgins, Technical Producer, Fourth Wall Events, New York, NY
Jodi Hutchison, Director of Communications, Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks, CT
Ananda Jagoda, Chief Creative Officer, Smart Media - The Annual Report Company, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Robert Jeppsen, Sr. Vice President, Commercial Sales, Zions Bank, Salt Lake City, UT
Allen Jernigan, President & CEO, My Marketing Department, Inc., Seminole, FL
Mike Jingozian, Founder and CEO, AngelVision, New York, NY
Robert Jones, Vice President, Corporate Development, DRC, Reston, VA
Peter Justen, CEO, MyBizHomepage, Inc., Middleburg, VA
Nagib Khallouf, President, Trademart International Trading, Santa Rosa, CA
Ross Kimbarovsky, Co-Founder, crowdSPRING, Chicago, IL
Patrick King, Founder, ImagineDesign, Manassas, VA
Bob Klee, CEO, HometownQuotes.com, Franklin, TN
Nitin Kumar, Director, PWC, New York, NY
Micah Laney, Sr. Digital Communications Manager, Walmart Global Associate Communications, Fayetteville, AR
Brook Larios, CEO and Founder, PlainClarity Communications, San Diego, CA
Laure LeBlanc, President, ubi.Q Inc, East Greenwich, RI
Peter Levy, President, Corniche Productions, Brooklyn, NY
Lloyd Lofton, Vice President COO, American Eagle Consultants, Inc, Smyrna, GA
Krushna Prasad Mahapatra, Global Head HR- GE ISU, Tata Consultancy Services, Edison, NJ
Janice Maiman, Senior Vice President, Communications & Media Channels, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York, NY
Joseph Mangiaracina, Principal/Owner, SurfNet.Inc., Levittown, PA
Laura Maniccia, Principal, Interactive Marketing Solutions, South Lyon, MI
Andrew Mauriello, Sr. Manager, Global Sales Operations, Mimio - A Newell Rubbermaid Company, Cambridge, MA
Maggie Mayer, Founder, Mayer & Associates, CPA, LLC, Madison, CT
Dawn McDermott, Marketing Associate Director, Sun Life Financial, Wellesley Hills, MA
Jeannine McHenry, Art Director, One17 Creative, Marina Del Rey, CA
Colin McKillop, Chief Executive Officer, Butcher Enterprises, Windsor, Canada
Catherine McQuaid, Principal, Big Game Hunting, Toronto, Canada
Gabrielle Medecki, Chief Marketing Officer, Wolfgang's Vault, San Francisco, CA
Stan Mendoza, President, Mendoza Media, Montclair, NJ
Kathy Menzie, Associate Professor & Chair, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Jessica Merz, Director Global Corporate Communications, Bacardi-Martini, Inc, Coral Gables, FL
Sharon Metzung, Publications & Graphics Manager, Lake Metroparks, Concord Township, OH
Andrea Michaels, President, Extraordinary Events, Sherman Oaks, CA
Thaddeus Miles, President, Neighborhood Networks National Consortium, North Little Rock, AR
Carlos Minetti, President, Consumer Banking, Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, IL
Simona Mollova, CEO, www.nokbg.eu, Sofia, Bulgaria
Brian Mulvey, Vice President, Investor Growth Capital, New York, NY
Christina Mulvihill, Director, Government and Public Affairs, Sony, Washington, DC
Ann Murphy, Senior VP, O'Neill & Associates, Boston, MA
Kirk Musselman, Director, Human Resources, Classified Ventures LLC, Chicago, IL
Rajendran Nair, Director, Marketing, Callidus Software, Pleasanton, CA
Steve Nelson, Partner & CTO, AP42, San Ramon, CA
Cheryl Nguyen, Manager, Sales & Marketing Communications, Marriott International, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Judilynn (Judi) Niedercorn, President and CEO, SysTactics, McLean, VA
Kevin O'Donnell, Vice President, Credit Issuance, Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, IL
Bob Older, President, Creative Travel Inc. dba Rainbow Charter Service, Wilmington, DE
Kirsten Osolind, CEO, Reinvention Marketing, San Diego, CA
Mark O'Toole, Managing Director, Public Relations & Content Marketing, H|B, Newton, MA
Audrey Pannell, Director of Public Relations & Social Media, STYLE Advertising, Birmingham, AL
Paul Patton, Senior Product Development Manager, Delta Faucet Co., Indianapolis, IN
Michael Pisner, Graphic Designer, The Design Channel, Chevy Chase, MD
Mac Premo, Creative Director, MacPremo, Brooklyn, NY
Fabi Preslar, President, SPARK Publications, Matthews, NC
Toni Purry, President, Purry Communications Group, Los Angeles, CA
Gillian Rawcliffe, Business Development Manager, Vérité, Sandy, UT
Dennis Reno, Vice President, Global Customer Service, Oracle, San Francisco, CA
Avis Richards, President/CEO, Birds Nest Productions, Purchase, NY
Bridgette Ridgeway, President & CEO, Taylorfield & Company, Brown Deer, WI
Viurniel Sanchez, Program Management Coordinator, NextEra Energy, Inc., Miami, FL
Scott Sanfilippo, Co-Founder, Solid Cactus, Shavertown, PA
Russell Sarder, CEO and Chairman, NetCom Learning, New York, NY
John Sawyer, Senior Security Analyst, InGuardians, Inc., Gainesville, FL
Karen Schadow, President, The Voice of Success, New York, NY
Francesca Schuler, Chief Marketing Officer, BevMo!, Concord, CA
David Sentman, SVP-Change Management Executive, Bank of America, Newark, DE
Bill Shelton, Vice President, USHEALTH Advisors, Grapevine, TX
Gary Shumaker, President, Gary E. Shumaker, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Jeffrey Shuman, Senior VP Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer, Harris Corp., Melbourne, FL
Ravinder Paul Singh, Director - Strategy and Online Marketing, Kulwant Advisory, Nairobi, Kenya
DeAllous Smith, Public Information Officer, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, GA
Julian Soler, Director of Marketing, Studio One Networks, New York, NY
Cate Sommervold, Vice President of Development and Patient Outreach, pharmaCline, Sioux Falls, SD
Lacey Stephen, Project Manager, Strativity Group, LLC, Rochelle Park, NJ
Caroline Storey-Sabetti, Executive Director, Marketing & Business Solutions, Staff Management | SMX, Amherst, MA
Julie Suntrup, SVP Marketing and Business Development, Switch, St. Louis, MO
Daniel Sweeza, SVP, Operations, Air Evac EMS, Inc., West Plains, MO
Julie Thomas, CEO, ValueSelling, Santa Fe, CA
Stephen Thompson, Executive Creative Director, iCrossing, Chicago, IL
Michelle Thorsell, Principal, SMT Architects, P.C., Glen Ellyn, IL
Han Tjan, Corporate Communications, Daimler, New York, NY
Beverly Turek, Owner/Operator, Turek's Computer Dr, Bryan, TX
Rajani Veeramachaneni, President, E Center, Inc., Newtown, PA
Vinny Verdi, Producer, CUNY-TV, New York, NY
Kate Watts, VP of Client Services, Huge, Brooklyn, NY
Jake Wengroff, Global Director, Social Media Strategy & Research, Frost & Sullivan, San Antonio, TX
Vicki Whisenhant, SVP Cultural Transformation, Medtech, Atlanta, GA
Kirsten Wilkinson, Customer Service Manager, Heeling Sports, Ltd., Carrollton, TX
Keith Wolf, VP of Marketing, Murray Resources, Houston, TX
Leslie Yeransian, Communications/Media, Rising Medical Solutions, Chicago, IL
Michael Yue, Senior Writer, The Design Channel, Chevy Chase, MD
Didi Yunginger, Director of Strategy & Development, Wolper Subscription Services, Easton, PA
Julia Zamorska, VP of Corporate Communications, iolo technologies, Los Angeles, CA
Matthew Zintel, President, Zintel Public Relations, Cypress, TX
Joseph Zitzelberger, Director of Manufacturing Development, PACCAR Inc, Chillicothe, OH
Chris Zoloth, Director, Global Customer Care, IHG, Salt Lake City, UT
