Women to watch in meda sales, marketing

(KXAN) - American Women in Radio & Television presented the inaugural 25 Women to Watch in Sales and Marketing.

Nominations were accepted from AWRT members and industry leaders and encompassed a broad array of women from all facets of electronic media including radio, television, cable and web-based media.

This year's designees, voted upon by AWRT members, will be featured in the fourth-quarter edition of AWRT’s national magazine, Making Waves, which will focus editorially on transitions and the shifting sales and marketing landscape in media.

The list of honorees is as follows:

• Abby Auerbach - Television Bureau of Advertising
• Tasha Coats - Coats Media Services
• Amy Coplen - LIN Television Austin
• Jana Cosgrove - Katz Media Group
• Lauren Darr - LOI International
• Liz Dolan - OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
• Mahala Duff - Sinclair Broadcast Group
• Sarah Frazier - CBS Radio
• Brenda Freeman - Turner Broadcasting
• Carol Hanley - Arbitron, Inc.
• Adrienne Hoar - C-SPAN
• Deanna Kennedy - VCI Solutions
• Brenda Labbee - Initiative Media
• Lisa Liebl - Mega-Media
• Karen Miller - CBS Radio Sales
• Kay Olin - Local Focus
• Juleann Pasqualini - Katz Media Group
• Bonnie Press - Katz Media Group
• Julie Rahrig Gossard - Sinclair Broadcast Group
• Heidi Raphael - Greater Media Inc.
• Bridgette L. Ridgeway - TaylorField & Company
• G.K. Sellers - Katz Media Group, Katz Radio
• Stephanie Shumway - Sinclair Broadcast Group
• Pam Sullivan - Sinclair Broadcast Group
• Amy Witt - Bright House Networks

AWRT is proud to showcase these exceptional women in our upcoming issue of Making Waves," AWRT interim president Sylvia Strobel said. "Their impressive individual and collective accomplishments make them truly 'women to watch'."