{"id":1988,"date":"2019-06-12T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asis-counselor-magazine-celebrates-2019-hot-list\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:06:26","slug":"asi-s-counselor-magazine-celebrates-2019-hot-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-s-counselor-magazine-celebrates-2019-hot-list\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI&#8217;s Counselor Magazine Celebrates 2019 Hot List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The up-and-coming stars and creative standouts putting the sizzle in branded merch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 June 4, 2019 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Counselor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0magazine\u00a0today announced the game changers on its 2019 Hot List, an annual celebration of the gutsiest trail blazers heating up the promotional products industry.<\/p>\n<p>Counselor\u2019s 12th annual Hot List showcases a diverse mix of 10 women and 10 men, including 12 distributors and eight suppliers. 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In addition to starting, growing or transforming promo businesses, these A-listers have founded charities, excelled at jiu-jitsu, played in a band, competed on\u00a0<em>Shark Tank<\/em>, enjoyed million-dollar sales and cashed in on the cannabis \u201cgreen rush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe promo stars who made this year\u2019s list are never-give-up inventors, do-everything parents and all-night-long networkers,\u201d said Counselor Editor-in-Chief Dave Vagnoni\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VagnoniASI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(@VagnoniASI<\/a>). \u201cThey possess the energy, grit and confidence to shape the future of the industry through bold ideas, new ways of doing business and an unqualified passion for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Counselor magazine, which provides news, trends and business strategies to top distributor decision-makers, is published by the\u00a0Advertising Specialty Institute<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(ASI).<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Counselor Hot List, in alphabetical order by last names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tiffany Anderson,\u00a0<\/strong>corporate channel manager, Dri Duck Traders (asi\/50835)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katie Bauer,\u00a0<\/strong>VP of sales,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Blank2Branded (asi\/141113)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sam Brown,\u00a0<\/strong>director of corporate marketing,BrandVia Alliance (asi\/145037)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jen Carver,\u00a0<\/strong>field sales manager, PCNA (asi\/ 78897)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Del Valle,\u00a0<\/strong>owner and president, Stan Miller &amp; Associates powered by Proforma (asi\/300094)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mike Ferriter,\u00a0<\/strong>director of sales, Sobe Promos (asi\/245603)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carlos Franco,\u00a0<\/strong>account executive, PromoShop (asi\/300446)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mitch Freed,\u00a0<\/strong>VP of strategic initiatives, Genumark (asi\/204588)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kimberly A. Fulford,\u00a0<\/strong>senior VP of owner success,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>AIA Corporation (asi\/109480)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rener Gracie,\u00a0<\/strong>founder,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Quikflip Apparel (asi\/89364)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lucas Guariglia,\u00a0<\/strong>president\/sales director, Rowboat Creative (asi\/313715\/83710)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melissa Guthrie,\u00a0<\/strong>account manager, Swag Promo (asi\/340491)<\/li>\n<li><strong>RJ Hagel,\u00a0<\/strong>marketing manager, Goldstar (asi\/73295)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maggie Mason,\u00a0<\/strong>sales and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>marketing director,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>City Paper Company (asi\/162267)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steve Peters,\u00a0<\/strong>co-founder and VP of operations, Emperor Promos (asi\/52371)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ali Rizvi,\u00a0<\/strong>co-founder, Promotional Drives (asi\/54536)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ankur Sinha,\u00a0<\/strong>head of India operations,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>BAMKO (asi\/131431)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Millie Tadewaldt,\u00a0<\/strong>founder, Brilliant Gifts (asi\/146116)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chelsea van der Meer,\u00a0<\/strong>creative director, Batch (asi\/38781)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicole Verspyck,\u00a0<\/strong>VP of sales, Gemline (asi\/56070)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The up-and-coming stars and creative standouts putting the sizzle in branded merch TREVOSE, PA \u2013 June 4, 2019 \u2013\u00a0Counselor\u00ae\u00a0magazine\u00a0today announced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ASI&#039;s Counselor Magazine Celebrates 2019 Hot List &#8226; 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