Legacy Award Honorees
Class of 2019
- Melissa Andresko — Communications Director — Lutron Electronics.
- Alexandra Harding — Director of Vendor Management, Business & Consumer Solutions (BCS) — Ingram Micro
- Bridget Karlin — Global Chief Technology Officer and VP of IBM’s Global Technology Services Business
- Tiffany M. Moore — Senior Vice President of Political and Industry Affairs – CTA
Woman to Watch: Jennifer LaBollita, director of sales and marketing at InnerSpace Electronics Inc. Ambitious, passionate, and a team leader, LaBollita has been a part of the consumer electronics industry since 2012. With a core background in sales and marketing, she was a key player in the growth and development of Autonomic Controls Inc., bringing a unique skill set across all facets of the organization that contributed to its acquisition in 2016. A strategic leader focused on building cross-functional teams — and rallying for one mission: to succeed — she has transitioned into her current role at InnerSpace Electronics.
Woman to Watch
- Jennifer LaBollita — Director of Sales and Marketing — InnerSpace Electronics Inc.
Carol Campbell Inspiration Award - April Feller — Chairman of the Board — BGZ brands
Class of 2018
- Stephanie Dismore — Vice President & General Manager, Americas Channels — HP
- Eden Goldberg — VP, Marketing & Business Development — InMotion Entertainment Group
- Bonnie Perella — Eastern Regional Sales Manager — Legrand
- Heather Sidorowicz – Owner — Southtown Audio Video
Woman to Watch
- Megan Dutta – Editor, Systems Contractor News — Future PLC
Carol Campbell Inspiration Award
- Ellen Savage — Vice President, Member Programs — Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
Class of 2017
- Sandy Conrad –Senior Vice President, Merchandising — HSN
- Julie Jacobson — Founding Editor — EH Publishing’s CE Pro magazine
- Karyn Schoenbart — President & COO — The NPD Group
- Sally Washlow – CEO — Cedar Electronics Holdings Company
Woman to Watch — Paris Bradley — Head of Product Communications, Company Spokesperson — Dish Network
The Carol Campbell Inspiration Award — Shelley Zalis — CEO and Founder — The Girls’ Lounge and TFQ Ventures
Class of 2016
- Ann Boutcher — VP, Director of Marketing and Board Member — VOXX Electronics
- Glenda MacMullin — Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer — CTA
- Tara Maitra — Senior Vice President & General Manager, Content and Media Sales — TiVo
- Dawn vonBechmann — Senior Vice President, Technology, Entertainment and Office — Walmart/Sam’s Club
Woman to Watch — Vanessa Zitzmann — Marketing & Sales — 21st Century Distributing
The Carol Campbell Inspiration Award — Iris Goldschmidt – Founder & CEO — APW Holdings LLC
Class of 2015
- Amy College — SVP, Merchandising for Home Theater, Digital Imaging, Entertainment, and Connected Home — Best Buy
- Amy Jo Smith — President – Digital Entertainment Group (DEG)
- Andrea Smith — Technology Consultant/Journalist — Andrea Smith Media, LLC
- Nasrin Thierer — Founder/CEO – Revenew, Inc.
Woman to Watch — Lauren Theobald — Senior Marketing Communications Manager — Milestone
The Carol Campbell Inspiration Award — Michelle Troupe— Buyer-Procurement — Definitive Audio
Class of 2014
- Deena Ghazarian – SVP Global Sales & Finance — Monster Products
- Kathleen Thomas – VP North America Sales — AudioQuest
- Sandra Benedetto – Director – Product Manager — THX Ltd.
- Tricia Parks – Founder, Chairman, and CEO — Parks Associates
- The Carol Campbell Inspiration Award — Deb Kassoff – Director, Member Programs — CTA
Class of 2013
- Tara Dunion – Senior Director, Communications – CTA
- Marcia Grand – VP & Publisher — TWICE
- Mindy Grossman – CEO & Director – HSN, Inc.
- Helen Heneveld — President and Founder — Bedrock Learning, Inc
- Marla Suttenberg — Owner — Sapphire Marketing LLC
The Carol Campbell Inspiration Award — Liz Haesler – VP Global Merchant & Supply Chain Leader — Best Buy
Class of 2012
- Kristen Cook — Executive Vice President — BDS Marketing, Inc.
- Denise Gibson – Founder, President & CEO – Brightstar US
- Jeannette Howe – Founder & Executive Director — Specialty Electronics Nationwide
- Maureen Jenson – VP Editor-in-Chief — NAPCO
- Tricia Nystrom — Senior Merchant — Best Buy
Class of 2011
- Teresa Gallo — President — Market Share
- Kathy Gornik – President & CEO — Thiel Audio Products
- Stacey Kerek — General Manager & COO — Lenbrook America
- Jill Lynch-Wenner — Senior Merchant, Mobile Electronics — Best Buy
- Denise Morales-Wallace – VP Sales & Channel Marketing – Monster Products
Class of 2010
- Irene Baran — CEO — Speck Products
- Karen Chupka — Senior VP CES & Corporate Business Strategy — CTA
- Pam Crane — EVP — Crane’s Home Entertainment
- Rachelle Friedman — President — J&R Music and Computer World
- Krista (Bergman) Haughey — Sonance
- Laynie Newsome — Co-Founder, Senior Sales Executive — Vizio
- Debbie Schaeffer — CEO — Mrs. G TV and Appliances
