CTAM recognizes excellence.
The TAMI Award is given annually to members who have contributed significantly to the overall success and growth of the organization. The award recognizes their creativity and effort in the development of various events and programs.
2009 Honorees
- Marvin Dorson, Senior VP, Creative Services, Hallmark Channels – For multi-year leadership of the Network Consumer Marketing Council, building a vibrant community of marketers, creatives and agencies to share experiences and learning.
- Colleen Fahey Rush, Executive Vice President, Strategic Insights and Research, MTV Networks – For co-chairing the highly successful 2009 Research Conference in Washington, D.C., as well as for her integral role on the CTAM Research Committee.
- Gregg Graff, SVP, Field Operations, Insight Communications – For seven years of co-leadership of the Chapters Council, providing his clear understanding of the needs of Chapter members and serving as a trusted advisor.
- Katie Lacey, SVP Marketing, ESPN – For co-chairing the very successful 2008 CTAM Summit in Boston, particularly for her help in delivering exciting new content in the areas of branding and consumer marketing.
- Brad Samuels, EVP, Content Distribution, Fuse and MSG Media, Fuse – For seven years of co-leadership of the Chapters Council, offering his expansive thinking – and often his humor -- to continuously raise the standards of Chapter programs.
- Horst Stipp, SVP Strategic Insights and Innovation, NBC Universal Global Networks – For co-chairing the 2009 Research Conference and for his involvement with the Research Committee, guiding innovative research such as the recent Television, Online, Mobile: A Deeper Dive into the Three Screen Experience.
Past Honorees
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 |
1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 |
1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 |
2008 Honorees
Linda Finney
truTV
Paul Hockenbury
Comcast
Doug Hurst
Scripps Networks
Heather McCallion
NBC Universal
Reece Ritter
Cox Communications
2007 Honorees
Daniel Fischer
Solve It Group LLC
Shawn Gannon
Playboy Entertainment Inc.
Jo Holz
NBC Universal
Laura Masse
Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel
Domenic Vivolo
Astral Television Networks
2006 Honorees
Artie Bulgrin
ESPN
Steve Goldmintz
AE Feldman
Steve Leblang
FX/Fox Cable Networks
Holly Leff-Pressman
Nielsen Entertainment
Steve Schiffman
National Geographic Channel
2005 Honorees
Kim Cannon
GM
Time Warner Cable.
David S. Charmatz
SVP, Research, Analysis, & Strategy
Starz Entertainment Group LLC
Paul S. Lenburg
President
Media Frontiers, Inc..
Mark Tomizawa
President/CEO
SMASH Advertising
Adriana Waterston
Director of Marketing
Horowitz Associates, Inc.
2004 Honorees
Tom Alexander
Vice President, Trade Marketing
Cartoon Network
Ken Fitzpatrick
Senior Vice President
Time Warner Cable
Kim Lemon
Senior Vice President
Showtime Networks
Patti Marciano
Regional Vice President, Affiliate Sales and Marketing
Fox Cable Networks
Robert Wharton and Duane Dick
Senior Partners
Sand Cherry Associates
Mark Hess
Vice President, Digital TV
Comcast Cable Communications
Sergei Kuharsky
Senior Vice President, Marketing
iNDEMAND
2003 Honorees
Andy Addis
VP Marketing and New Products
Comcast Cable Communications
Sherita Ceasar
VP and GM, SciCare Broadband Services
Scientific-Atlanta
Robert “Bob” Davis
Managing Director
Dove Consulting
Mark S. Greenberg
EVP, Corporate Strategy and Communications
Showtime Networks
Timothy J. Larson
Director Affiliate Sales
Home Shopping Network
Chris R. Moseley
EVP Worldwide Marketing and Brand Strategy
Hallmark Channel
Michael A. Pardee
VP Research
Scripps Networks
2002 Honorees
Joe Boyle
Vice President Corporate Communications
iN DEMAND
Tim Brooks
Senior Vice President, Research
Lifetime Television
Tom Feige
President, Los Angeles Division
Time Warner Cable
Rob Goodsell
Vice President, Business Development
weather.com
Roland Grybauskas
CEO & Executive Creative Director
Blue Dingo/GB
Jim Horner
Division Director of New Products
Comcast Mid-Atlantic
Lynn Rutledge
Vice President Trade Communication & Promotion
Showtime Networks
John Zamoiski
President, GEM Entertainment
The GEM Group
2001 Honorees
Jenifer Cistola
Director Network and Applied Business Development
Scientific Atlanta
Marshall Cohen
Senior Vice President
AOL Time Warner
Fontana Fitzwilson
VP Marketing Research
TV Guide Networks
Mike Hale
SVP Marketing and Business Development
Starz Encore Group
Bruce Leichtman
VP Corporate Strategy
Vividon
Shauna McCaffrey
Manager Marketing and Programming
Canadian Cable TV Association
Patty McCaskill
VP Programming and Pay Per View
Charter Communications
Michael Mohamad
SVP Marketing
A&E Television Network
Larry Oliver
VP and Group Publisher
Cahners Television Group
2000 Honorees
Lou Borelli
Chairman and CEO
ISoft, Inc.
Thomas Cullen
VP Internet Services
MediaOne Internet Services
Lynne Elander
Director Product Development
Cox Communications
Christoper Lammers
EVP and COO
CableLabs
Jamie McCabe
VP Worldwide PPV
Twentieth Century Fox
Thomas Michel
VP Affiliate Marketing
MTV Networks
Anthony White
SVP Marketing and Network Development
Playboy TV Networks
Debora Wilson
President and CEO Weather.com
The Weather Channel
1999 Honorees
Pam Euler-Halling
SVP Marketing and Programming
Insight Communications
Barry Kresch
SVP Research & Marketing Services
Lifetime Television
Joe Lawson
VP Marketing
Bresnan Communications
Angelina Li
VP Marketing Research
Cox Communications
Julie Minor Hoffman
EVP Client Services
Grey Entertainment
Terry Rich
President
Rich Heritage, Inc.
Rick Sperry
President
Sperry & Associates
1998 Honorees
Jim Braun
Director New Product Development
Time Warner Cable
Bruce Friend
VP Worldwide Research & Planning
Nickelodeon
Pete Gatseos
VP Strategic Research
TCI Communications
Karin Henderson
EVP and Creative Director
MK Advertising Partners
Scott Kurnit
Founder and CEO
The Mining Co.
Ted Livingston
Business Development Executive
Dana Ritchie
SVP New Media Development
Disney TeleVentures
Joe Rooney
Executive Director Marketing
Cox Communications
1997 Honorees
Judi Allen
SVP Marketing
Century Communications
Peter Gulla
VP Marketing
Time Warner Cable
Brian Kelly
VP Sales & Marketing
Time Warner Cable
Carter Maguire
EVP
Turner Network Sales
Kate McEnroe
President
American Movie Classics
Mary Tassini
Regional Director, Sales & Marketing
Cablevision Systems
Gemma Toner
SVP
American Movie Classics
Sandy Wax
VP Research & Planning
Discovery Communications
1996 Honorees
Kate Adams
General Manager
Bell Atlantic Video
Jeff Bernstein
SVP Marketing & Programming,
Request
Hilda Chazanovitz
VP Marketing
Viewers Choice
Lou Borrelli
EVP/COO
Marcus Cable
Bill Goodwyn
SVP Affiliate Sales
Discovery Networks
Barry Kresch
SVP Research & Marketing
Lifetime
Katherine Lewis
VP Marketing
Sega Channel
1995 Honorees
Nancy Anderson
VP Pay Per View
Jones Intercable
Pete Gatseos
Director of Strategic Research
TCI
Julie Minor Hoffman
SVP/Group Management Support
Grey Entertainment & Media
Gary Knisely
Managing Director
Johnson, Smith & Knisely
Kim Lemon
VP Marketing Research
Showtime Networks
1994 Honorees
Lucy Bates
Time Warner Cable
Greg DePrez
Tele-Communications, Inc.
Barbara Greenberg
TV GUIDE
Nancy Harris
Buena Vista Home Video
Seth Morrison
US WEST Broadband and Multimedia Services
James O'Brien
Jones Intercable
1993 Honorees
John D. Clark, Jr.
Crown Media
Robert A. Maxwell
Home Box Office
Michael D. Smith
The Disney Channel
Brenda R. Stevens
Continental Cablevision
Winifred B. Wechsler
The Disney Channel
Thomas Wszalek
The Disney Channel
1992 Honorees
Jefferey Bernstein
Warner Brothers Pay TV
Thomas M. Kirkwood
NewsChannels Corporation
Eric Kisch
Warner Cable Communications
Dennis Patton
Rainbow Programming
Kathleen D. Rederscheid
Times Mirror Cable
Database Advisory Committee:
Jefferey Morris
Showtime Networks, Inc.
Todd Felker
CENCOM Cable
Cate Mumford
Home Box Office
Margaret Troha
Cox Cable Communications
1991 Honorees
Tim Hanalon
Warner Cable
Eric Kisch
Warner Cable Communications
Paul Lenberg
ASI
Jeff Morris
Showtime Networks, Inc.
Tom Neville
Showtime Entertainment Television
Bill Revell
Media General Cable
1990 Honorees
Isabella Arace
TKR
Kathy Bardsley
Times Mirror
Chris Forgy
Times Mirror Cable Television
Dan Levinson
Home Box Office
Jerry Maglio
United Artists
Frank Modrak
Cox Cable
Mike Ritter
Continental Cablevision
1989 Honorees
Ron Christensen
Jones Intercable, Inc.
Lee Clayton
Bortz & Co.
Bill Doten
Home Shopping Network, Inc.
Dan Levinson
Home Box Office
Don Mathison
Media General Cable
Terry O'Connell
Warner Cable Communication
Andy Orgel
Video Jukebox Network
Margaret Troha
Cox Cable Communications
1988 Honorees
Nancy Anderson
Graff Pay-Per-View
Marshall Cohen
MTV Networks
Ajit Dalvi
Cox Cable
Rick Howe
Showtime/The Movie Channel
Ted Livingston
Continental Cablevision
Terry Rich
Heritage Communications
Sheldon Satin
Sheldon Satin Associates
Robert Townsend
NYT Cable
1987 Honorees
Susan Bishop
Johnson, Smith and Knisely
Shelley Blain
Arts & Entertainment Network
Del Heintz
Arts & Entertainment Network
Patti Kantner
American Cable Systems Corporation
Nimrod Kovacs
United Cable Television Corporation
Paul Lenburg
ASI
Margaret Richebourg
Richebourg Marketing
1986 Honorees
John K. Billock
HBO
Lee Clayton
United Cable Television
Dean Gilbert
Paragon Communications
Jack G. Heim
Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc.
Sue Ellen Jackson
Heritage (Dallas)
Frederick (Ted) Livingston
Continental Cablevision, Inc.
John D. Reardon
MTV Networks, Inc.
Marianne Seiler
Viacom Cable
1985 Honorees
Matt Blank
HBO
C. Ron Dorchester
Prime Cable
Marty Lafferty
Turner Broadcasting
Ewan Mirylees
Warner Amex
Rod Thole
Turner Broadcasting
1984 Honorees
Char Beales
National Cable Television Association
Barry Lemieux
American Cablesystems
Alex Papagan
Colony Communications
Scott Reid
Storer Cable
Charles Townsend
United Cable Television Corporation
1983 Honorees
Edward Bennett
Viacom Communications
Marty Lafferty
Group W Cable
Terry McGuirk
Turner Broadcasting System
Bob Sieber
Turner Broadcasting System
Gary Weik
Harte-Hanks Cable Communications
1982 Honorees
David Batalsky
Showtime
Bob Bedell
HBO
Susan Burch
Storer
Art Dwyer
Cox Cable
Craig Ehrlich
Falcon
Charlotte Hincir
Cable Registry
Bob Mariano
CBS Cable
Alan McDonald
ATC
1981 Honorees
Bill Aubrey
Lisa Connor
Winston (Tony) Cox, Sr.
Home Box Office
Jim Faircloth
William (Bill) Fogarty
Daniels & Associates
Wayne Harris
Butch Henlay
Charlotte Hincir
Mike Jackson
Barbara Kirbach
Ken Lahey
David Lewine
Netia Lowell
Chip Morris
Mike O'Connor
Ernest (Ernie) Olson
Metrovision
Rick Perrone
Leonard Reinsch
Warner Amex Board of Directors
Barbara Ruger
Charles Smithgale