The winter storms that blanketed parts of the country last week were no match for the National Best of NAMA judges. Many waited hours at airports to board their flights to take them to the judging on February 17 in Kansas City. While a couple of judges simply couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t overcome the transportation challenges, most made it in for the event that took place at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center.<\/p>\n
This year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s judging featured some fine tuning designed to make the judging process simpler. Judges evaluated 500 national entries, the cream of the crop, so to speak. A first and merit award will be presented in 69 categories and three Best of Show Awards will be given out in the areas of Advertising, Public Relations and Specialty Categories.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s national Best of NAMA judges: <\/p>\n
Phil Johnson, Colle+McVoy
\nKeith Canfield, PIC
\nMark Moore, Charleston|Orwig
\nJoy Watson, BASF
\nCatherine Wang, Gibbs & Soell
\nJill Greene, The Meyocks Group
\nMike Butler, archer>malmo
\nGerri Lein, AdFarm
\nCarol Anderson, Anderson Kisner Fallon LLC
\nIllinois Blasdel, Blasdel Cleaver Schwalbe
\nLinda Monslow, Osborn & Barr Communications
\nGreg Smith, Padilla Speer Beardsley
\nBob Shriner, Bader Rutter
\nJanell Aust, McCormick Company
\nSteve Rhea, Rhea & Kaiser
\nEric Baumgartner, VML
\nMike Gustafson, John Deere<\/p>\n
Special thanks also goes to Pioneer Hi-Bred, Intl., Inc. for sponsoring the national Best of NAMA Judges’ Luncheon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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