{"id":2140,"date":"2016-06-06T13:37:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-announces-winners-of-2015-counselor-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:50","slug":"asi-announces-winners-of-2015-counselor-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-announces-winners-of-2015-counselor-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Announces Winners of 2015  Counselor Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Magnet Group CEO Bill Korowitz named Person of the Year; Senator Chairman of the Board Michael Nick selected International Person of the Year\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA \u2013 July 16, 2015 \u2013 <\/strong>The Advertising Specialty Institute<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (ASI) today announced the winners of the 2015 <em>Counselor<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> Awards, including The Magnet Group CEO Bill Korowitz as Person of the Year and Michael Nick from global supplier Senator as International Person of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The awards, chosen by the editors of ASI\u2019s award-winning <em>Counselor<\/em> magazine, recognize outstanding individuals and companies in seven categories. The winners represent the best and brightest entrepreneurs, small-business leaders and CEOs in the $21.5 billion advertising specialty industry.<\/p>\n<p>Honored for his industry leadership, Korowitz engineered a 34% revenue increase for Top 40 supplier The Magnet Group over the past five years. Capitalizing on the mergers and acquisitions trend in the ad specialty market, Korowitz and some partners last year also started TMG Capital, a capital company focused on bringing suppliers together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the 50th year we\u2019ve celebrated <em>Counselor<\/em>\u2019s Person of the Year, and this evening, we\u2019re continuing that tradition by honoring a man who\u2019s enjoyed numerous triumphs,\u201d said Timothy M. Andrews, president and chief executive officer of ASI at a black-tie ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of Navy Pier. \u201cWith a potent combination of guts, brains and great timing, Bill Korowitz parlayed a love for our industry and a knack for winning into incredible success \u2013 with great humor and style. What I appreciate most, however, is that the more successful he gets, the more down-to-earth he seems, to his colleagues and especially to his customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the 2015 <em>Counselor <\/em>Awards are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Person of the Year<\/strong>: Bill Korowitz, The Magnet Group, (asi\/68507).<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Person of the Year<\/strong>: Michael Nick, Senator.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supplier Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong>: Adam Walterscheid, T-Shirt Tycoon Solutions (asi\/87000).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distributor Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong>: Heather Sanderson, Overture Premiums &amp; Promotions (asi\/288473).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supplier Family Business of the Year<\/strong>: Prime Line (asi\/79530).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distributor Family Business of the Year<\/strong>: Jack Nadel International (asi\/279600).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distributor Woman of Distinction<\/strong>: Regina Broudy, Clayton Kendall (asi\/162968).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supplier Woman of Distinction<\/strong>: Janet Trachter, Superex (asi\/90231).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marvin Spike Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong>: Walter Hill, Icon Blue (asi\/229398) and Ron Ball, ASI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bess Cohn Memorial Humanitarian Award<\/strong>: Don Watkins, HandStands (asi\/59525).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also Wednesday, <em>Counselor <\/em>announced the Top 40 Distributor and Top 40 Supplier rankings \u2013 the largest companies in the industry based upon 2014 revenue. 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