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

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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

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

• 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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