{"id":2460,"date":"2016-06-06T13:38:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T13:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asi2.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/asi-names-top-women-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:05:34","slug":"asi-names-top-women-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asicentral.com\/press-releases\/asi-names-top-women-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI Names Top Women to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>10 trailblazing women in the ad specialty industry recognized<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TREVOSE, PA<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>February 21, 2011<\/strong> &#8211; The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) honored 10 outstanding business leaders at its inaugural Top Women to Watch in the Advertising Specialty Industry Awards ceremony at its recent Women\u2019s Summit headlined by former first lady Laura W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>The ASI Women\u2019s Summit was held Friday, February 18 in Dallas, Texas. Laura Bush gave the luncheon keynote, entitled \u201cShaping the Future: Empowering Women Around the Globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bush, one of America\u2019s most popular first ladies and author of the best-selling memoir <em>Spoken from the Heart<\/em>, has investigated and showcased successful programs for early childhood education, at-risk youth, global literacy and preservation of our national parks and our country\u2019s national treasures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach woman honored this year is a trailblazer who is making a big impact on the ad specialty industry,\u201d said Nicole Rollender, editor of ASI\u2019s <em>Stitches<\/em> magazine and director of education. \u201cRecipients include entrepreneurs who started their own businesses with nothing and grew them into super companies, million-dollar salespeople, marketing mavens who always know how to create just the right business buzz, and ad specialty veterans who are the favorite mentors for industry newcomers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASI\u2019s award-winning <em>Advantages<\/em> magazine will feature the finalists and award winners in its April issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Top Women to Watch in the Advertising Specialty Industry:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><strong>Linda Martinelli,<\/strong> CEO of Proforma Graphic PrintSource (<em>asi\/300143<\/em>), of Corona, CA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leanne Schillinger<\/strong>, sales associate at American Solutions for Business (<em>asi\/120075<\/em>), of Glenwood, MN.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mary Ellen Nichols<\/strong>, director of marketing communications at Bodek and Rhodes (<em>asi\/40788<\/em>), of Philadelphia, PA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Theresa Roberts,<\/strong> sales associate at Boundless Network (<em>asi\/143717<\/em>), of Austin, TX.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonni Shevin-Sandy<\/strong>, president of Dard Design and vice president of Dard Products Inc. <em>(asi\/48500<\/em>), of Evanston, IL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cindy Qin,<\/strong> vice president of operations at Sweda (<em>asi\/90305<\/em>), of City Of Industry, CA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jo-an Lantz,<\/strong> executive vice president of Geiger (<em>asi\/202900<\/em>), of Lewiston, ME.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teresa Moisant,<\/strong> president of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Moisant Promotional Products (<em>asi\/275276<\/em>), of Oklahoma City, OK.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Missy Kilpatrick<\/strong>, executive vice president of Castelli North America (<em>asi\/44305<\/em>), of Sparks, NV.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paula Shulman,<\/strong> vice president of sales at Prime Resources (asi\/79530), of Bridgeport, CT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 trailblazing women in the ad specialty industry recognized TREVOSE, PA &#8211; 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