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min's 2008 Sales Exec of the Year Award Winners
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Award recipients kept their speeches quick and funny at min's fourth annual Sales Executive of the Year Awards Ceremony held this morning at the Grand Hyatt in NYC. The awards recognize the very best in media sales performance. The coveted Sales Teams of the year awards went to ESPN and National Geographic, who both put together amazing videos that showed what their talented sales teams are made of.

Check out ESPN's video here and National Geographic's here.

Other big awards includecd the Sales Team of the Year: Multiple Magazine Titles award was a three-way tie this year between Jack Bamberger, SVP, Meredith, Paul Caine, President/Publisher, Time Inc. and Jonathan Chalon, VP/Group Publisher, Penton. Below is a complete list of the 2008 winners and honorable mentions.

 

Salesperson of the Year: Magazines - Single Title with Circulation 500K and above

Winner: Vincent Krsulich, Advertising Director, National Geographic Adventure

Vincent Krsulich

  • Clarisse Challgren, Midwest Account Manager, Prevention
  • Gayle Champagne, Detroit Sales Manager, SELF Magazine
  • Jennifer Grace, Financial Director, WIRED
  • Bonnie Yuriko Oda, Western Ad. Manager, The Family Handyman


Salesperson of the Year: Magazines - Single Title Circ Under 500K

Winner: Ryan Grabenkort, Director of Advertising, The Atlantic

  • Brian Brown, Advertising Director, Oklahoma Today Magazine
  • Christina Roccos, Advertising Sales Manager, Financial Planning


Salesperson of the Year: Magazines - Multiple Titles Consumer or B2B

Winner: Lauri Krajewski Niedermaier
Lauri Krajewski Niedermaier

  • Janet Catallo, National Corporate Sales Director, Motor Trend, Automobile Magazine


Sales Team Leader of the Year - Magazine (Consumer)

Winners: Mary Murcko, VP/Publisher, Women's Health & Sally Preston, SVP, Publisher, Martha Stewart Living

  • Andrew Amill, Publisher, Weight Watchers Magazine
  • Beth Fuchs Brenner, Vice President & Publisher, Domino Magazine 
  • Larry Burstein, Publisher, New York Magazine
  • Peter C. Haeffner, Senior Vice President, Publisher, TV Guide
  • Gary Holland, Publisher and Vice President of Sales, Barron's Magazine
  • Diane Malloy, Associate Publisher, Prevention
  • Tom Morrissy, Publisher, OK! Magazine

Sally Preston and Mary Murko Jonathan Chalon and Jack Bamberger

Sales Team Leader of the Year - Multiple Magazine Titles

Winners: Jack Bamberger, SVP, Meredith Corporation, Paul Caine, President/Publisher, Time Inc. Entertainment Group & Jonathan Chalon, Vice President/Group Publisher, Penton Media

  • Mara Filo, Rodale Marketing Solutions
  • Amy Molinero, Publisher, Guideposts


Sales Team Leader of the Year - TV Network

Winner: Michael B. Fox, Vice President, ESPN

  • Paul Brennan, Vice President, Advertising Sales, Sony Pictures Television
  • Trisha Pray, Senior VP of Network TV, Univision Communications
  • Peter Vesey, VP National Sales Manager, Fuel TV


Sales Team Leader of the Year - Web Site

Winner: Josh Stinchcomb, Associate Publisher, Wired.com

  • Tim Bryan, President of Advertising Sales, TIME.com
  • Aaron Gallagher, Regional VP, Sales, CNNMoney.com
  • Robert Shore, Senior Director, Penton Media

Josh Stinchcomb and Michael B. Fox
Hall of Fame

  • Steve Florio – posthumous honor
  • Steve Giannetti, National Geographic
  • Steve Greenberger, President & CMO, SLG Advertising
  • Tony Merpi, Crain Communications
  • Mary Morgan, Redbook
  • Eric Zinczenko, Bonnier Outdoor Group, Field & Stream,Outdoor Life
2008 Hall of Famers
Steve Florio Steve Giannetti Steve Greenberger
     
Tony Merpi Mary Morgan Eric Zinczenko



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1.
Who does Lauri Krajewski Niedermaier work for?
Posted by Denis OMalley on Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 11:48 AM
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Lauri is the regional manager for Disney Publishing's FamilyFun and Wondertime magazines.
Posted by Iris Dorbian on Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 02:37 PM

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