MAAX Awards Honorees Gallery

The Marketing to African-Americans with Excellence [MAAX] Awards

2011 MAAX HONOREES


Advertising Executive of the Year ROBERT McNEIL CEO IMAGES USA	Media Executive of the Year MICHELLE EBANKS President, Essence Communications	Marketing Executive of the Year JENNIFER JONES Vice President - Diverse Markets AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets	Research Executive of the Year MATTHEW BARNHILL Senior Vice President - Market Research Black Entertainment Television	Public Relations Executive of the Year TERRIE WILLIAMS President Terrie Williams Public Relations	Lifetime Achievement Award DON JACKSON Chairman and CEO Central City Productions

Lifetime Achievement Award BARRY MAYO President Radio One

2010 MAAX HONOREES

Advertising Executive
of the Year
FAY FERGUSON

Co-CEO Burrell Communications

Advertising Executive

of the Year

McGHEE WILLIAMS OSSE

Co-CEO Burrell Communications

Media Executive

of the Year

DEBRA L. LEE Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

BET Networks

Marketing Executive
of the Year
ROB JACKSON

Marketing Director, McDonald's USA

Research Executive of the Year

MARILYN STEPHENS Assistant Regional Census Manager U.S. Census Bureau

Public Relations Executive of the Year

WYNONA REDMOND President, National Black Public Relations Society

Lifetime Achievement Award

REV. JESSE L. JACKSON, Sr. Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Lifetime Achievement Award EARL G. GRAVES. Chairman and Publisher Earl G. Graves Ltd., Black Enterprise Magazine

Lifetime Achievement Award

LERONE BENNETT, Jr. Historian and Author, Former Executive Editor of Ebony Magazine

2009 MAAX HONOREES

Advertising Executive
of the Year
CLIFF FRANKLIN
CEO
FUSE Advertising

Media Executive
of the Year
LOUIS CARR
President, Broadcast
Media Sales
Black Entertainment
Television

Marketing Executive
of the Year
CRYSTAL WORTHEM
Multicultural Marketing
Manager
Ford Motor Co.

Research Executive
of the Year
ESTHER FRANKLIN
Executive Vice President Starcom Mediavest
Group

Public Relations Executive of the Year
KIM HUNTER
President / CEO LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS

Lifetime Achievement
Award
JOHNATHAN RODGERS President
TV One

2008 MAAX HONOREES


Advertising Executive of the Year DON COLEMAN Chairman & CEO GlobalHue	Media Executive of the Year ROBERT BOGLE President & CEO The Philadelphia Tribune	Marketing Executive of the Year PAMELA EL Marketing Vice President State Farm Insurance	Research Executive of the Year RICARDO BATES Group Account Director UniWorld Group	Public Relations Executive of the Year PAT TOBIN President Tobin & Associates	Lifetime Achievement Award CHUCK MORRISON Executive Vice President UniWorld Group	Lifetime Achievement Award BILL LAMAR Chief Marketing Officer (Retired) McDonald's USA

2007 MAAX HONOREES

Advertising Executive
of the Year
EUGENE MORRIS
Chairman and CEO
E. Morris
Communications

Media Executives
of the Year
CATHY HUGHES
Chairman & Founder
ALFRED LIGGINS III
CEO & President
Radio One

Marketing Executive
of the Year
GWEN KELLY
Senior Marketing
Manager African
American Initiatives
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Research Executive
of the Year
PEPPER MILLER. President
Hunter-Miller Group

Public Relations Executive of the Year
MICHELLE FLOWERS
President and CEO, Flowers Communications
Group

Lifetime Achievement
Award
CAROL H. WILLIAMS
CEO and Chief Creative Officer,
Carol H. Williams Advertising

2006 MAAX HONOREES

Advertising Executive
of the Year:
RENETTA McCANN
CEO, The Americas
Starcom Mediavest
Group

Media Executive of
the Year:
SYDNEY SMALL
Chairman/CEO
Access.1 Communications

Marketing Executive
of the Year
JERRI DeVARD
Senior Vice President Marketing & Brand Management
Verizon

Research Executive
of the Year
RONALD FRANKLIN
Exec. Vice President, Dir. of Research & Planning
GlobalHue

Lifetime Achievement
Award
THOMAS BURRELL
Thomas Burrell
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Burrell Communications Group