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2008 Preliminary Judges

2008 Preliminary Judges

The following professionals participated as preliminary judges in September-October 2008. Their average scores determined the Finalists. We thank them for their time, efforts, and insights.

Yvette Adams, Director, The Creative Collective, Maroochydore, Australia
Chris Andism, Communication and Media Officer, Municipal Services Agency, Sacramento County, Sacramento, CA
Robert Anthony, President, Robert Anthony Marketing and Communications, East Lansing, MI
Gina Aswell, Manager, Communications & Public Relations, Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau, Jackson, MS
Virginia Balcom, VP-Marketing, Strangeloop Networks, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mona Baset, Senior Vice President, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
Susan Benton, Principal, Benton Communications, Hermosa Beach, CA
Noreen Braman, Multimedia Design Editor, RFB&D, Princeton, NJ
Kimberly Bristol, Associate VP, Corporate Giving Manager, Citizens Financial Group, Boston, MA
Crystal Brown-Tatum, CEO, Crystal Clear Communications, Shreveport, LA
Janice Southard Burk, Community/Employee Relations Manager, Penasco Valley Telecommunications, Artesia, NM
Linda Byerline, CEO, MLB Industries dba Happy Heinys, El Cajon, CA
Bev Campbell, Volunteer Manager, Seniors Assisted Transportation Society of Greater Edmonton, AB, Canada
Sum-Sum Chan, Director of Marketing Communications, CaseStack, Santa Monica, CA
Denise Clancey, President, Teledirect Partners, Boston, MA
Robin Cook, CEO, Marketing with a Flair, Glendale, AZ
Kimberly Cooley, Communications Director, Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough, Chattanooga, TN
Gary Cooper, Media Specialist, New Jersey State Library, Trenton, NJ
Diane Creston, President/Creative Director, Creston Advertising & Marketing, Inc., New York, NY
Michele Cuthbert, Creative Director, Baker Creative, Groveport, OH
Kelly Donahue, Corporate Communications Manager, EYP, Albany, NY
Corina DuBois, Creator, Celebrate Mama! LLC, Silver Spring, MD
Jamie Entzminger, President, Mach 1 Global Services, Inc., Tempe, AZ
Lori Ericson, VP Product Planning & Development, SPECTRUM Human Resource Systems Corporation, Denver, CO
Shannon Eusey, President and COO, Beacon Pointe Advisors, Newport Beach, CA
Scott Fuhr, Director, Corporate Communications, Advertising Specialty Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Lorretta Gasper, Manager of Corporate Communications, CDC Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Kathleen Gibbs, Public Affairs Officer (Retired), US Army, Mandeville, LA
Gail Greenberg, Owner, Some Sweet Dreams, Philadelphia, PA
Christian Have, Director, Have PR & Kommunikation, Frederiksberg, Denmark
Kathryn Hayden, Director of Media Relations, Sabre Holdings, Southlake, TX
Marie Holliday, EFT-ADV, MAAMET, EFT Spain, Murcia, Spain
Lindsay Hyde, Founder and President, Strong Women, Strong Girls. Inc., Boston, MA
Georgia Jones, President, NewVoices, Inc., Sonora, CA
Rose Jurczewski, Owner, Funxion Fuzion, Roselle, IL
Kathryn Kempf, Vice President, B&Y Communications, Montclair, NJ
Deborah Kilcollins, Communications Liaison, Big Five Tours & Expeditions, Stuart, FL
Terri Kruzan, President, Culture Consulting, Decatur, GA
Noah Lam, Vice President, Connetquot West, Farmingdale, NY
Brook Larios, Public Relations Specialist, San Diego, CA
Donna LaVoie, President & CEO laVoie Group, Salem, MA
Carolyn Lefebvre, President/CEO Autohaus Arizona, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Lori Lemmon, Director, Customer Communications, Publications & Diversity Marketing, UPS, Atlanta, GA
Alysia Lew, Director, Communications, AOL, New York, NY
Dr. Madeline Lewis, President/CEO, Deline Institute for Professional Development, Upper Marlboro, NJ
Nancy Long, President, Dorland Global Public Relations, Philadelphia, PA
Jennifer Louis, Creative Director, Think Monster, Atlanta, GA
Elvera Nuriawati Makki, Internal Communications Manager, PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk, Jakarta, Indonesia
William Mecke, Communications Director, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, Atlanta, GA
Sara Miller, Communications Manager, Dairy Council of California, Sacramento, CA
Gayle Morrison Duncan, Partner, Executive Options, Bellevue, WA
Kyle Potvin, Principal, Splash Communications, LLC, Hampstead, NH
Fanjarivo Rakotonirina, President, Tropical Items Madagascar, LLC, Boulder, CO
Kimberly Rogers, Web Project Facilitator, Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, TN
Christine Seymour, Business Unit Manager, Power Conversion Division, Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., Alpharetta, GA
Jacqueline Shannon, Communications Director, Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
Gary Shumaker, Senior Consultant, Gary E. Shumaker, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Pam Small, Co-Founder, Bitzi & Babz Business Consulting, Ledgewood, NJ
John Soller, CEO, Maximum Performance, Huntington Beach, CA
Latha Stead, MD, Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Amy Stevens, Director of Marketing Communications, Wellmont Health System, Kingsport, TN
Lynn Stoner, President, Stoner Construction, Inc., Plantation, FL
Nickoletta (Letty) Swank, CEO/President, iPrint Systems, Inc., Redwood City, CA
Erika Taylor, CEO-Chief Publicist, Three Girls Media & Marketing Inc., San Jose, CA
Ronald Trahan, President, Ronald Trahan Associates, Inc., Westwood, MA
Beverly Turek, Owner, Turek's Computer Dr, Bryan, TX
Michael Turner, President, Bearsworth Communications, Inc., Chatsworth, CA
Mary Vail, Publicist, Las Vegas, NV
Sharon Vaz, CEO, Internet Marketing Angel LLC, Dallas, TX
Jeff Wallace, President, Global Kinetics Inc., Oakland, CA
Nancy Wellman, APR, Director of Church & Public Relations, Lutheran Homes Society, Toledo, OH
Lydia Wilbanks, Founder and Managing Partner, WilbanksElam, Birmingham, AL
Marcia Williams, Chief Public Affairs and Marketing Officer, Providence Health & Services, Portland, OR
Melissa Wilson, Owner, Wilson Monnig Creative, St. Peters, MO
Dick Wolfe, Vice President, Gibbs & Soell Public Relations, New York, NY
Kathy Woodard, Director of Public Service, Ohio Dental Association, Columbus, OH