Communicator of the Year | Long-Term Members
Member Recognition
Communicator of the Year
Each year, the Colorado Chapter of BMA honors an outstanding member of the marketing community as Communicator of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes a long-term commitment to advancing the professionalism and high standards of business-to-business marketing. Previous recipients are:
- 1985 Bob Feeney, CBC
- 1986 Harry Doyle, CBC
- 1987 Larry Hennesy, CBC
- 1988 Jim McCoy, CBC
- 1989 Tom Hagan, CBC
- 1990 Al Ross, CBC
- 1991 Bill Walsh, CBC
- 1992 Jane Baumhardt, CBC
- 1993 Tom Ratty, CBC
- 1994 Bob Schaller, CBC
- 1995 Stephen Straight, CBC
- 1996 Michael Menaker, CBC
- 1997 Jay Marks, CBC
- 1998 Tom Costner, CBC
- 1999 Ken Custer
- 2000 Rip Ripley, CBC
- 2001 Karen Sutherland
- 2002 Michael Burke, CBC
- 2003 Pam Giordano, CBC
- 2004 Betty Cundy, CBC
- 2005 Michael Brandt, CBC
- 2006 Marilee Yorchak, CAE
- 2007 Chris McGary, CBC
- 2008 Rich Carvill, CBC
The award acknowledges outstanding contributions and service not only to BMA-Colorado, but also to the business-to-business marketing field as a whole. It recognizes an individual who has supported business-to-business marketing education, who has expanded the success of BMA-Colorado and business-to-business marketing within the community at large, and who has served as a leader and ambassador for the business-to-business marketing community.
The nominee need not be a current or past member of BMA, but the recipient must live in Colorado and have been in business marketing communications for a minimum of 10 years. Past recipients of this award are not eligible. Nomination must be by a member of the Colorado Chapter of the BMA.
To nominate an individual as Communicator of the Year, download and complete the nomination form and return it to Marilee Yorchak, CAE, marilee@bmacolorado.org. Questions? Call Marilee at 303-607-9957.
Long-Term Members
Many members of the Colorado chapter are long-term members of BMA, benefiting from the many advantages and opportunities that membership has to offer and offering their talents to the success of the organization. BMA-Colorado would like to recognize the following long-term BMA members:
5-9 Year Members
Mary Ann Amari, Gates
Dave Anderson, InSync
Sydney Ayers, APR, Ayers Strategic PR
Ann Bettencourt, CBC, IHS
Kevin Borchert, Connect! Communications
Toti Cadavid, Xcelente! Marketing
Christine Cook, Ingather Research
Drew Davis, CAS, Specialty Incentives
Karen Davis, Karen Davis Consulting
Michael Dean, CBC, Wellspring Marketing
Casey Demchak, Copywriter/Consultant
Brian Duffy, BI
Sam Eidson, 90octane
Troy Fisher, OnTarget
Heather Fogelsong, The Hibbert Group
Leslie Franklin, Great-West Life
Mary Beth Gieser, Proctor Productions
Barb Gilroy, Lange Graphics
Dave Greves, Faction Media
Jim Grinney,90octane
Anders Gronstedt, Ph.D., The Gronstedt Group
Jerith Gronski, Apex Silver Mines
Kate Gurule, PG Exhibits
Linda Hardman, CBC, KKf Marketing
Harrison Hartman, CBC, CoorsTek
Michael Hecklinger, Asset Communications
Vish Iyer, Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado
Monica Jackson, The Hibbert Group
Lala Jacoby, CBC, Agilent Technologies
Ron Kahan, CBC, I. Kahan Loyalty Marketing
Matthew Keeney, AOR
Theresa Kloser, Jabber
Laurie Lavelle, CBC, Ingram Micro
Terri Maize, Resonant Research
Will Marquardt, Trendex
Caroline Mondanel, Corporate Express
Clara Moreno, Gates
Janine Mueller, Avnet
Greg Olson, Ubiquity
Steve Parry, Sales Productivity Consultants
Mari Jane Panek, Gates
Marcy Phelps, Phelps Research
Lisa Platz, CBC, Republic Financial
Diane Roggow, Market Illumination
Ken Sabey, HostWorks
Julie Schlegelmilch, CBC, GD&A
Barry Seidenstat, Multimedia by Design
Jerry Sexton, CBC, PGM Integrated
Melanie Shing, Janus
Anne Sibley, Sibley Promotions
Littie Sorrells, IHS
Missie Sunderland
Jackie Tall, CBC, College Invest
Meg Vanderlaan, Gates Corporation
Beth Wampler, AOR
Mitch Wogoman, ExactTarget
Dotty Woods, HSR Business-to-Business
Christy Youngsma, CH2MHill
10 Year+ Members
John Acton, L&M Printing
Vibeke Arentz, CBC, Innotas
Michelle Bechamps, CIRSA
Mark Boulding, ExhibitQuest
Mike Brandt, CBC, Marketing Resources
Jim Braun, CBC, Direct Response, Inc.
Mike Burke, CBC, Morris Animal Foundation
Rich Carvill, CBC, Gates Corporation
Don Condit, Condit Marketing Communciations
Tom Costner, CBC, Spotlight Studios
Ken Custer, Advertising & Marketing Review
Sarah Danaher, CBC, MicroMotion
Keith DeLine, Specialty Incentives
Pam Giordano, CBC
Bob Griff, Griff/SMC
Kami Guildner, IHS Energy
Dan Hoffman, Aspen Media & Market Research
Maggie Holben, APR, Absolutely Public Relations
Chris Kennedy, CBC, Vista International
Joe Kroog, Epsilon
Leni Lambert, CBC, Exempla
Viki Mann, CBC, ProLogis
Jay Marks, CBC, The Marks Group
Chris McGary, CBC, Sun Microsystems
Michael Menaker, CBC, Retired
Gary Null, CBC
Jere Paulmeno, CBC, Healthcare Copy
Leo Proctor, Proctor Productions
Renee Real, R.H. Donnelly
Melissa Rosenbaum, ICON Advisors
Bob Schaller, CBC, APR, Retired
Jessica Schaller, The Accounting Resource, LLC
Deb Schindler, CLC Associates
Robin Seidner, CBC, Collective Intellect
Paige Shepard, CBC, Paige Design
Marna Shillman, Advanced Energy Industries
Jody Soper, CBC, First Data Corporation
Pat Surrena, CBC, The Hanson Group
Karen Sutherland, HSR Business-to-Business
Sarah Tholen, Johns Manville
Steve Toms, CBC, Keyline Graphics
Tom Tucker, CBC, T&R Graphic Imaging
Terry Weeber, CBC, Atlas Copco CMT USA
Christy Youngsma, CH2MHill
Jeannie Zaemes, CBC, Gambro BCT
Many thanks to these long-term members, who help make BMA THE place to be!