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PostcardMania CEO wins Tampa Bay CEO Magazine’s Marketing & Advertising CEO of the Year
At a recent awards gala, Tampa Bay CEO Magazine awarded 9 deserving Tampa Bay CEOs as the veritable maestros in their fields with PostcardMania CEO, Joy Gendusa, being honored amongst them.
Tampa Bay CEO Magazine presented the 2008 Tampa Bay CEO Awards to 9 deserving CEOs in the Tampa Bay region last week at a black-tie gala to a crowd of nearly 300 attendees. PostcardMania CEO, Joy Gendusa, was amongst the winners, taking the award for the Advertising & Marketing category and Rhea F. Law, CEO & Chair of the Board for Fowler White Boggs P.A. was named overall winner for 2008 Tampa Bay CEO of The Year. Criteria for the award included community involvement, leadership initiatives, corporate vision and market performance.
"There are so many outstanding CEOs in the Tampa Bay region, and our goal with this award was to recognize their work and accomplishments from both a business and community perspective," said David C. Glass, CEO & Publisher, Tampa Bay CEO Magazine.
Overall Winner
Rhea F. Law, Fowler White Boggs P.A.
Advertising & Marketing
Joy Gendusa, PostcardMania
Consumer Products & Services
Larry Morgan, Morgan Auto Group
Business Products & Services
Dennis Mihale, Parses Inc.
Financial Services
Gary J. Levin, Levin Financial Group
Legal Services
Rhea F. Law, Fowler White Boggs P.A.
Emerging CEO
Anand Pallegar, atLarge Inc.
Non-Profit
Paul D’Agostino, Child Abuse Council
Real Estate & Construction Services
David E. Sessions, Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc.
Technology
Barry Shevlin, Network Liquidators
The Panel of Judges included; Renee A. Benton, President & CEO of Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance; Ken Bakunas, CEO of Magnetic; Rachel Cantor; President of RC Associates; Robert Forsythe, Dean of USF College of Business; Andy Hafer, President & CEO of Dynamic Communities; Steve Tingiris, CEO of Prospect Smarter; Nicholas Vojnovic; President of Beef ‘O’ Brady’s
The 2008 Tampa Bay CEO of The Year Awards Gala was presented by Tampa Bay CEO Magazine and sponsored by Cerner, Verizon Business, Talk Radio 860 WGUL, Tampa Digital Studios, Prospect Smarter, Print Concierge and Pepin Distributing.
About Joy Gendusa:
Using a powerful, simple, extremely cost effective way of communicating with customers has earned Joy Gendusa Inc. Magazine’s recognition as the nation’s fastest growing direct mail postcard-marketing firm with year 2007 revenues close to $19,000,000. Gendusa began in 1998 with zero investment capital. Today, her Clearwater, FL firm called PostcardMania, employs over 150 people and prints 4 million and mails 2 million postcards representing 33,000-plus customers in over 350 industries each week. Visit www.postcardmania.com
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