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2007 Preliminary Judges

2007 Preliminary Judges

The following professionals participated in the preliminary judging during September-October 2007.  We thank them for them time, efforts, and insights.

Kim Allen, Vice President, Dixon Schwabl Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations, Victor, NY
Gigi Arino, Business Development Manager, Syngenta, Washington DC
Kay Barkin, Director of Media Relations/Social Marketing, United Way of Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, TX
Mona Baset, Senior Vice President, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
Maxim Behar, CEO, M3 Communications Group, Inc., Sofia, Bulgaria
Sandy Belknap, Senior Manager, Employee Communications, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Nashua, NH
Sherry Bellamy, Website Designer, PASHKI, Centreville, VA
Nanette Bentley, National Media Relations Manager, Convergys, Cincinnati, OH
Lisa Boh, Partner, Blue Whitespace, Cincinnati, OH
Meredith Bove, Director, McCabe, Duval + Associates, Portland, ME
Jocelyn Brandeis, Co-Founder, JBLH Communications, New York, NY
Jock Breitwieser, Senior Manager PR/AR U.S. and EMEA, Callidus Software Inc., San Jose, CA
Crystal Brewe, Consultant, Crystal Brewe Consulting, Miami, FL
Kimberly Bristol, AVP, Corporate Giving Manager, Citizens Financial Group, Boston, MA
David Brunet, Communications Specialist, State Farm Insurance, Mendota Heights, MN
Audrey Clarke, Public Information Coordinator, PB Americas, Inc., Tampa, FL
Stephanie Cockerl, Web Consultant, nextSTEPH, New York, NY
Marcy Crump, CEO/Editor-in-Chief, The Flywire Inc., Baltimore, MD
Jean Dalmath, President, Dalmath Associates Inc., Rochester, NY
Julie Davis, Corporate Communications Director, CBRL Group, Inc./Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., Lebanon, TN
Corina DuBois, Creator, Celebrate Mama! LLC, Silver Spring, MD
Eve Dumovich, Senior Writer/Editor, The Boeing Company, Ashford, WA
Caron Ellis, Staff Writer/Copy Editor, Boulder County Business Report, Boulder, CO
Elisabeth Galligan, President/Owner, Newberry Public Relations & Marketing, Inc., Rumford, RI
Patricia Garcia, freelancer, Aurora, IL
Caryn Gresham, Owner, Caryn Gresham Communications LLC, Charleston, WV
Desiree Gruber, President, Full Picture, New York, NY
Barbara Grundy Evans, VP-Marketing, Kopos & Baker, Conshohocken, PA
Zita Gustin, Executive Managing Director, eWomenNetwork, Greater Seattle Chapter, Seattle, WA
Lois Guthrie, Executive Assistant, Shell Oil Products, U.S., Houston, TX
Christian Have, President, Have PR & Kommunikation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sandra Horsman, Benefits Manager, D. A. Stuart Company, Warrenville, IL
Rose Jurczewski, Owner, Funxion Fuzion, Roselle, IL
Darcie King, Owner, E Video Productions, Forked River, NJ
Noah Lam, Vice President, Connetquot West, Farmingdale, NY
Melodae Lane, Senior Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Clarkson College,  Omaha, NE
Brook Larios, Public Relations Manager and Independent Consultant, Cal-a-Vie Spa and private clients, San Diego, CA
Padgett Lewis, Public Relations Manager, Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SC
Teresa Mastin, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Lori McDaniel, President, Voices of Hope Productions, Rumson, NJ
Laura McIntosh, President, M Entertainment, Lodi, CA
Terri McNorton, Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Baton Rouge General/General Health System, Baton Rouge, LA
Michael Munz, Executive VP & Partner, Dalton Agency, Jacksonville, FL
Deb New, Chief Executive, New Enterprises, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Stephanie Obadia, Senior Associate, Kearns & West, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Sharon Oddy, Executive Director, Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, NJ
Amy Oliver, Media Buyer, Synergy Media Group, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT
Trish Pachak, Owner, We Stage Colorado, Westminster, CO
Kim Pita, Managing Principal, Pita Communicaitons LLC, Hartford, CT
Christa Reason, Director of Corporate Communications, Preferred Professional Insurance Company, Omaha, NE
Maria Reitan, Principal, Carmichael Lynch Spong, Minneapolis, MN
Jill Rodby, VP-Communications, Commonwealth Business Media, San Francisco, CA
Rhonda Rosenberg, Director of Communications, King County Housing Authority, Tukwila, WA
Amy Scarlino, President & COO, Catchpole Corporation, Wellesley, MA
Brad Schulz, Communications Officer, Triangle Transit Authority, Research Triangle Park, NC
Ruth Sender, President/Co-Founder, Double R Consulting, LLC, Las Vegas, NV
William Sheridan, President, Cynosure Productions, Ltd., Jupiter, FL
Michael Spink, Communications Manager, LGFCU, Raleigh, NC
Nickoletta (Letty) Swank, CEO & President, iPrint Systems, Inc., Redwood City, CA
Shoab Syed, IT Manager, SJS Solutions, Brampton, ON Canada
Olga Luz Tirado, President, LTCommunications, Yonkers, NY
Rae Todd, Communications & Media Relations Specialist, Platte River Power Authority, Fort Collins, CO
Nicole Vaughn, Account Supervisor, Fleishman-Hillard, St. Louis, MO
Sherwood Wallace, Chairman, The Investor Relations Company, Chicago, IL
Barbara Wayman, APR, President, BlueTree Media, LLC, Dublin, OH
Rhonda Wehler, Corporate Communications Manager, West Coast Bancorp, Lake Oswego, OR
Drenda Witt, Director, Collaborative Network Marketing, JPS Health Network, Ft. Worth, TX