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2009 Preliminary Judges

Thank you to the following preliminary-round judges for the 2009 IBAs - we appreciate their time, efforts, and insights.

Kausar Asif, Senior Manager, Marketing Services,Cupola Pakistan Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
John Basler, President, Basler Group Inc., Cornwall, ON, Canada
David Beld, Freelance Producer, Steel Bridge Productions, New York, NY USA
Eileen Bettelheim, Marketing Director,Imagekind.com, Seattle, WA USA
Ryan Bott, Management Consultant, Salt Lake City, UT USA,
Melanie Brenneman, Public Relations Manager, Vignette, Austin, TX USA
Jane Bryant, Director, Spire Communications, Fredericksburg, VA USA
Marianne Carlton, Senior Director - Editorial Communications, KPMG, Montvale, NJ USA
Emily Carr, Assistant Studio Director, Gensler, Washington, DC USA
George Cauttero, Executive Director & Writer, The Cauttero Group LLC, Bronx, NY USA
Deborah Charnes Vallejo, VP-Managing Director, Bromley Communications, San Antonio, TX USA
Anouar Chennoufi, President/CEO, MONDIAL PARTNERS INVEST, Tunisia
Rachel Deutsch, Principal, Biondi LLC, McLean, VA USA
Stephen Gallagher, independent director/producer, Bronx, NY USA
Kristina Garcia, Managing Director, German State of Hessen U.S. Office for Economic Development, New York, NY USA
Lauren Gertzman, Director of Graphic Design, Washington DC Economic Partnership, Washington, DC USA
James Hart, Founder, Europlus Direct, Bradford, United Kingdom
Gerry Hopkinson, Co-founder, Unity Marketing Group, London, United Kingdom
TANVIR KANJI, Managing Director, INCA TANVIR ADVERTISING, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Sabine Kostevc, Head of Corporate Internet Presence, Roche, Basel, Switzerland
Caroline Krider, VP & Senior Lender, U.S. Bank, N.A., Milwaukee, WI USA
Jennifer Kunkel, Graphic Designer, Washington DC Economic Partnership, Washington, DC USA
Wayne Kurie, marketing communications creative consultant, Washington, DC USA
Anil Machado, Managing Director, Guardwell Security Services LLC., Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Elvera Nuriawiati Makki, Internal Communications Manager, PT Unilever Indonesia, Tbk, Jakarta, Indonesia
Edward Martin, Business Development Executive, Exal Corporation, Norwalk, CT USA
Justin McCammon, Quality Assistant, Eastman Kodak,Evans, CO USA
Rituraj Mehta, Senior Manager, Birla White, Jodhpur, India
Stan Mendoza, Managing Partner, Mendoza Media LLC, Montclair, NJ USA
Hugo Middleton, Muirgarth Ltd, Warminster, United Kingdom,
Simona Mollova, CEO, Investment JSPK Credit Consult, Sofia, Bulgaria
Debra Naylor, Art Director/Owner, Naylor Design, Inc., Washington, DC USA
Makiko Omokawa, President, Platinum Marketing Management Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Justin Paul, Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce & Industry, Nagoya, Japan
Pamala Proverbs, Managing Director, PRMR Inc., Bridgetown, Barbados
Fanjarivo Rakotonirina, President, Tropical Items Madagascar, LLC, Boulder, CO USA
Ivan Savvov, Owner, East-Ukrainian Academy of Business, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Aysegul Seferoglu, External Communications Coordinator, Effect PR, Istanbul, Turkey
Jessica Shearer, Marketing Director, MWW Group, East Rutherford, NJ USA
Pejman Shojaeion, Chief Editor, Road & Structure Journal, Tehran, Iran
Thurston Smith, Owner, SPK Productions, New York, NY USA
Brenda South, Senior Vice President, Weber Shandwick, Seattle, WA USA
Harold Tan, CEO, FastTrack Fundraising, Los Angeles, CA USA
Joe Thoma, President/Editor, Primary Source Press Inc., Oviedo, FL USA
Aaron Thornburgh, Designer, Greenfield/Belser Ltd., Washington, DC USA
Marine Wallace, Senior Consultants & International Accounts Director, Publicis Consultants, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brian Ward, Senior VP-Client Services, IntraLinks,New York, NY USA
Angela Wende, Marketing Director, CETRA Language Solutions, Elkins Parks, PA USA
Pamela Wong, Director, Business Development, Asia, Manulife Financial, Hong Kong
Joseph Zitzelberger, Director of Manufacturing Development, PACCAR Inc, Chillicothe, OH USA