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TOP CREATIVE EXECUTIVES TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIA CATEGORY JUDGING FOR 2009 AMERICAN BUSINESS AWARDS

Entry Deadline for 7th Annual Competition Is April 30

New York, NY – April 8, 2009  – Fifteen leading creative executives have joined the Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors for the media section of The American Business Awards and will participate in this year’s final judging.

The American Business Awards (www.stevieawards.com/aba) are open to all organizations operating within the U.S.A. - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.  Entries will be accepted through April 30.  The media section of the ABAs recognizes America’s best advertising campaigns, web sites, videos, live events, annual reports and other literature, and other media.  There are also categories for Advertising, Design or Editorial Agency of the Year and Creative Department of the Year.

The creative executives who have been added to the judging board for this year’s final judging are:

Glenn John Arnowitz, Director-Creative Services, Wyeth
Thomas R. Beeby, Executive Creative Director, Beeby Clark + Meyler
Jason Childers, VP-Brand Strategy, One Eighty
David Clarke, Managing Partner, BGT Partners
Alan Gilleo, Chief Digital Officer, LeapFrog Interactive
Nancy Hasselback, President & CEO, Diversified Business Communications
Mike Jingozian, CEO/President, AngelVision Technologies
Kimberley Jones, CEO, Vérité, Inc.
Tom Nicholson, Founder & CEO, IconNicholson, LLC
Leon Papkoff, CEO & Chairman, Design Reactor
Peter Roman, Designer, Picnik.com
Bud Rosenthal, CEO, TurnHere, Inc.
Matt Spiegel, CEO, OMG Digital, Omnicom Media Group
Jonathan Strietzel, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Big Stage Entertainment
Dave Sylvestre, Group Creative Director, Organic

They join a roster of other creative luminaries on the media-section judging board that is available at www.stevieawards.com/aba. 

Finalists in The 2009 American Business Awards will be determined in preliminary judging to be conducted in April and May by volunteer professionals nationwide.  Final judging will take place May 18 – June 3.  The results of the 2009 competition will be announced at an awards dinner in New York on June 22.

Among the agencies, designers and production companies that were honored with Stevie® Awards in the media section of last year’s American Business Awards were Addison, the Craft & Hobby Association, Creative Channel Services, EffectiveUI, frog design, George P Johnson, Ignited, The Marketing Arm, Molecular, NogginLabs, Pinpoint Logic, Slingshot, Sputnik Pictures, Syrup, Wunderman, and Y&R, among others.

To enter The 2009 American Business Awards, visit http://www.stevieawards.com/aba.

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

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