{"id":2412,"date":"2016-06-06T13:38:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-announces-winners-of-2010-counselor-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:36","slug":"asi-announces-winners-of-2010-counselor-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-announces-winners-of-2010-counselor-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Announces Winners of 2010 Counselor Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Proforma\u2019s Greg and Vera Muzzillo jointly named Counselor Person of the Year<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style5\"><span class=\"style3\"><span class=\"style4\"><strong>TREVOSE, PA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 <strong>May 6<\/strong>,<strong> 2010<\/strong> \u2013 The Advertising Specialty Institute today announced the winners of the 2010 <em>Counselor<\/em> Awards, including Proforma\u2019s Greg and Vera Muzzillo as <em>Counselor<\/em> Person of the Year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"style5 style4\">The awards, chosen by editors of ASI\u2019s <em>Counselor<\/em> magazine, recognize outstanding individuals and companies in nine categories.\u00a0 The winners represent some of the brightest talent in the advertising specialty industry.\u00a0 At the ceremony, which took place at The Plaza in Manhattan during <em>The<\/em>\u00a0<em>ASI Show<\/em> New York, <em>Counselor<\/em> also announced the Top 40 Distributors and Top 40 Suppliers rankings \u2013 the largest companies in the industry based upon 2009 revenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style5 style4\">\u201cCongratulations to all our winners,\u201d said Melinda Ligos, ASI editor in chief\/senior vice president of professional development.\u00a0 \u201cThis year, perhaps more than ever before, exceptional leaders rose to meet an unprecedented economic challenge, and <em>Counselo<\/em>r magazine and ASI are happy to acknowledge their hard work and ingenuity with these prestigious honors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"style5 style4\">The winners of the 2010 <em>Counselor<\/em> Awards are:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"style5 style4\" type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Person of the Year<\/strong>: Greg and Vera Muzzillo, founder and CEO of Proforma (<em>asi\/300094<\/em>), respectively<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Person of the Year<\/strong>: Nicolas Paillot, CEO, BIC Advertising &amp; Promotional Products<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distributor Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong>: Jerry McLaughlin, chairman and CEO, Branders.com (<em>asi\/145021<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supplier Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong>: Bill Grassmyer, CEO, MediaTree (<em>asi\/70303<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Counselor Woman of Distinction<\/strong>: Teresa Moisant, owner, Moisant Promotional Products (<em>asi\/275276<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bess Cohn Humanitarian Award<\/strong>: T.J. Garrett, senior key account manager, Evans Manufacturing (<em>asi\/52840<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marvin Spike Lifetime Achievement Award:<\/strong> Harry Rosenberg, marketing consultant, Ariel Premium Supply Inc. (<em>asi\/36730<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distributor Family Business of the Year<\/strong>: Sunrise Identity (<em>asi\/339206<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supplier Family Business of the Year Award<\/strong>: American Ad Bag (<em>asi\/35290<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"style5 style4\">\u201cFor building and growing a model organization that has successfully transformed its owners from print brokers into marketing services providers, for continuing to influence the industry, Greg and Vera Muzzillo have been chosen as the 2010 <em>Counselor<\/em> Person of the Year,\u201d said Timothy M. 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