{"id":2114,"date":"2016-10-04T08:20:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T08:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-names-2016-list-of-counselor-hot-25\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:01:33","slug":"asi-names-2016-list-of-counselor-hot-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-names-2016-list-of-counselor-hot-25\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Names 2016 List of Counselor Hot 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Annual list of movers and shakers in the promotional products industry released<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 March 4, 2016 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Charisma, creativity and innovation are qualities the members of the\u00a02016\u00a0CounselorHot 25\u00a0have in abundance, according to the annual list of movers and shakers in the $22 billion promotional products industry released today by the\u00a0Advertising Specialty Institute<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(ASI).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese professionals are certainly taking the market by storm and most definitely not looking back,\u201d said ASI Editorial Director Andy Cohen. \u201cThey\u2019re sparking creativity and innovation in the industry by approaching the business in highly unique ways. As a whole, it\u2019s a group that stands out for its energy, vision and inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone in the promotional products industry can nominate a peer for the annual Hot List, published since 2008. ASI\u2019s editorial team reviews each nomination and determines the top innovators. The results and more information on all Hot 25 winners are in the March issue of the award-winning<em>Counselor<\/em>\u00a0magazine, which is published by ASI, and profiles and photos of all winners are\u00a0available online.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s list is a mix of industry veterans and newcomers, children of industry legends and heads of overseas companies. Below is the list of the\u00a02016 Hot 25, alphabetized by first names:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bayo Simmonds<\/strong>, Assertive Creativity LLC (asi\/37166)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carol DeVille<\/strong>, The Branding Company<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Ferriter, Spencer Kramer and Scott Latimer<\/strong>, SoBe Promos (asi\/245603)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Sinclair and Shaun Lichtenberger<\/strong>, Brand Blvd. (asi\/145124)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Courtney Ramos-Fincher<\/strong>, A.R.K. 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ASI\u2019s growing magazine circulation is audited, which ensures the quality of the readership, and\u00a0<em>Counselor<\/em> magazine\u2019s collection of \u201ctop\u201d lists \u2013 including the Top 40 Distributors and Suppliers \u2013 are now the industry standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual list of movers and shakers in the promotional products industry released TREVOSE, PA \u2013 March 4, 2016 \u2013\u00a0Charisma, creativity&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-2114","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 Names 2016 List of Counselor Hot 25 &#8226; 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