2009 Winners

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Congratulations to all of the 2009 Gold Tower Award winners. Please download the 2009 Gold Tower Awards Booklet (PDF 3.1Mb) to view the 2009 winners.

Gold Tower Award: Advertisements, Flyers, Promotions, Posters, and Postcards

“6 Reasons To Go” Study Abroad Promotion
College of Computing

  • Stefany Wilson – Director of Communications, College of Computing
  • Mike Terrazas – Assistant Director of Communications, College of Computing
  • Louise Russo – Web Marketing Manager, College of Computing
  • Matt Schaffer – Graphic Designer, College of Computing
  • Patricia LaHay – Writer, College of Computing

Recognition of Excellence: Advertisements, Flyers, Promotions, Posters, and Postcards

Georgia Tech Football Poster – International Campaign
Georgia Tech Athletics

  • Mindy Hylton – Director of Marketing, Georgia Tech Athletics
  • Wes Durham – Director of Broadcasting, Georgia Tech Athletics
  • Wayne Hogan – Associate Director of Athletics - Public Relations, Georgia Tech Athletics
  • Jessica Lee – Support Staff, Georgia Tech Athletics
  • Aja Pijeaux – Graduate Marketing Assistant, Georgia Tech Athletics

Tower Award: Brochures, Catalogs, Viewbooks, Handbooks, and Guides

2008-2009 MBA Viewbooks
College of Management

  • Hope Wilson – Director, College Affairs and Communications, College of Management
  • Brad Dixon – Assistant Director of Communications, College of Management
  • Jennifer Sullivan – Marketing Manager, College of Management
  • Paula Wilson – Director of MBA Admissions, College of Management
  • Stanley Leary – Freelance Photographer
  • Gary Meek – Freelance Photographer
  • Jason Sherriffs – Freelance Designer

Recognition Of Excellence: Brochures, Catalogs, Viewbooks, Handbooks, and Guides

Parents Calendar 2009-2010
Georgia Tech Parents Program

  • Rachael Pocklington – Communications Officer, Georgia Tech Parents Program
  • Kim Sterrit – Director, Georgia Tech Parents Program
  • Charidy Vinson – Client Manager, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Stephen Bollinger – Creative Director, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing  
  • Nicholyn Hutchinson – Senior Editor, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing

Gold Tower Award: Magazines and Annual Publications

Research Horizons – Summer 2008
Georgia Tech Research News & Publications Office

  • John Toon – Manager, Georgia Tech Research News & Publications  
  • Abby Vogel – Communications Officer, Georgia Tech Research News & Publications  
  • Rick Robinson – Communications Officer, Georgia Tech Research News & Publications  
  • Nancy Fullbright – Communications Officer, Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Lincoln Bates – Research Associate, Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Gary Meek – Freelance Photographer
  • Chip Evans – Designer, Inward Solutions

Recognition of Excellence: Magazines and Annual Publications

2008 Dean’s Report
College of Management

  • Hope Wilson – Director of College Affairs and Communications, College of Management
  • Brad Dixon – Assistant Director of Communications, College of Management
  • Lee Thompson – Owner/Designer, Thompson Creative
  • Stanley Leary – Freelance Photographer
  • Gary Meek – Freelance Photographer
  • Rob Felt – Photographer, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing  
  • Tony Brenner – Freelance Photographer

 

Gold Tower Award: Newsletters

PoultryTech, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 2009 Automation Issue
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Agricultural Technology Research Program

  • Angela Colar – Communications Officer, GTRI Food Processing Technology Division  
  • Steven Thomas – Senior Information Specialist, GTRI Food Processing Technology Division
  • Lucy Johnson – Administrative Coordinator, GTRI Food Processing Technology Division
  • Doug Britton – Program Manager, GTRI Aerospace, Transportation, and Advanced Systems  

Gold Tower Award: E-Mail Communications and Newsletters

The Compiler
College of Computing

  • Stefany Wilson – Director of Communications, College of Computing
  • Mike Terrazas – Assistant Director of Communications, College of Computing

Gold Tower Award: Web Sites

College of Management Executive MBA Web Site & Microsite
College of Management

  • Hope Wilson – Director of College Affairs and Communications, College of Management
  • Laurie Butler – Senior Marketing Manager Executive Programs, College of Management  
  • Joe Macri – Online Communications and Marketing Manager, College of Management
  • Fusion92 – Digital Marketing Specialists

 

Gold Tower Award: Video and Multimedia Presentations

“Magic Moments,” Class of 1958 50th Reunion
Georgia Tech Alumni Association

  • Marilyn Somers – Director of Georgia Tech Living History, Georgia Tech Alumni Association
  • Scott Dinerman – Videographer/Editor, Georgia Tech Alumni Association 

Recognition of Excellence: Video and Multimedia Presentations

“A Wonderful Gift”
Alumni Association

  • Lora Magnuson – Director of Web Services, Georgia Tech Alumni Association
  • Saxon Unrue – Programmer, Georgia Tech Alumni Association

Gold Tower Award: Innovative Use of Technology and New Media

Virtual Tour of College of Management Building
College of Management

  • Hope Wilson – Director of College Affairs and Communications, College of Management
  • Joe Macri – Online Communications and Marketing Manager, College of Management
  • Stanley Leery – Freelance Photographer

Gold Tower Award: Research News Writing

Sifting the Data: $3 Million Award Will Build a Foundation for New Ways to Analyze Massive Data Sets Using Visual Analytics
Georgia Tech Research News & Publications Office

  • Abby Vogel – Communications Officer, Georgia Tech Research News & Publications Office
  • Stefany Wilson – Director of Communications, College of Computing
  • Cohn & Wolfe 

Gold Tower Award: Internal Campaign

Using the Health Belief Model to Promote the HPV Vaccine to Students: A Collaborative Campus Effort
Georgia Tech Health Services

  • Michelle Cohen – Health Educator, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • Kim Bell – Women’s Clinic Nurse, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • MJ Meyers, Immunization Clinic Nurse, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • Vicky Dean – Hall Director, Georgia Tech Housing
  • Colleen Riggle – Program Coordinator, Georgia Tech Women’s Resource Center
  • Melissa Moore – Director of Communications, Georgia Tech Auxiliary Services
  • Charidy Vinson – Client Manager, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Sarah Mallory – Student Communications Officer, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Jon Baker – Director, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • Vladimir Oge – Director of Health Promotion, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • Shan Baker – Women’s Clinic Supervisor, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • Pepe Bowman – Nursing Supervisor, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • Jennifer White – Patient Financial Services Coordinator, Georgia Tech Health Services
  • Kathi Wallace – Director of Research and Analysis, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Nicholyn Hutchinson – Senior Editor, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Stephen Bollinger – Director of Creative Services, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Terry Suter – Adult Immunization Manager, Merck

Gold Tower Award: External Campaign

Comprehensive Marketing of Georgia Tech for the 2009 Biotechnology Industry Organization International Convention
Enterprise Innovation Institute

  • Ann E. Schmierer, Ph.D. – Bioscience Specialist, Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Katharine Montgomery – Manager for Industrial Relations & Technology Transfer, Georgia Tech Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
  • Katie Bows - Director of Marketing Communications, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Laura Pusateri – Special Events Coordinator, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Faye Downey – Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Melisa Teske – Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Johanna Kaiser – Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Megan McDevitt – Marketing and Events Manager, Georgia Tech Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience

 

Recognition of Excellence: External Campaign

Buzz Around Town
Georgia Tech Alumni Association

  • Renee Queen – Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Georgia Tech Alumni Association
  • Chris Gaddis – Director of Facilities, Georgia Tech Facilities
  • Aimee Anderson – Licensing Manager, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing

 

Gold Tower Award: Annual Events

Burdell-Phoenix Dinner 2008
Georgia Tech Alumni Association

  • Jessica Battista – Director of Events, Georgia Tech Alumni Association

Recognition of Excellence: Annual Events

Georgia Tech Earth Day Celebration
Georgia Tech Facilities

  • Cindy Jackson – Manager, Georgia Tech Facilities
  • Steve Cseplo – Architect, Georgia Tech Facilities
  • Jonathan Etress – Events Coordinator, Georgia Tech Student Center
  • Michael Hagearty – Manager of Campus Communications, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Cynthia Jackson – Georgia Tech Capital Planning & Space Management
  • Chuck LaFleur – Georgia Tech Facilities
  • Heart Lawson – Georgia Tech Facilities
  • Sarah Mallory – Student Communications Manager, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Melissa Moore – Director of Communications, Georgia Tech Auxiliary Services
  • Robert Nesmith – Employee Communications Manager, Georgia Tech Communications & Marketing
  • Cheryl Smith – Georgia Tech Parking & Transportation

Gold Tower Award: Special Events

Function Forming Fashion: One Hundred Years of Architecture at Georgia Tech
College of Architecture

  • Teri Nagel – Communications Officer, College of Architecture
  • Lucie Andre – Director of Development, College of Architecture
  • P.K. Trettell – Freelance Events Specialist
  • Leslie Sharp – Assistant Dean, College of Architecture
  • Norma Denuex– Assistant to the Dean, College of Architecture
  • Event Staff:  Leigh Hall, Casey Hall, Barbara Rodgers, Tim Rodgers

Recognition of Excellence: Special Events

Transforming the Next Generation
Georgia Tech Alumni Association

  • Debra Thompson – Senior Manager of Affinity Groups, Georgia Tech Alumni Association
  • Crissy Klaus – CEO & Founder, FIO360
  • Saundra Carter – Owner, Math 1 on 1
  • Melissa Gerrior – Student Assistant, Georgia Tech Housing
  • Event Staff: Georgia Tech Student Ambassadors, Computing Alumni Affinity Group, Black Alumni Affinity Group, Georgia Tech RoboJackets, College of Architecture Center for Music Technology, Alpha Phi Alpha, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Gold Tower Award: Faculty Communicator-of-the-Year

Maysam Ghovanloo
Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Gold Tower Award: Staff Communicator-of-the-Year

Kirk Englehardt
Director of Communications, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Recognition Of Excellence: Staff Communicator-of-the-Year

Teri Nagel
Communications Officer, College of Architecture

Important contacts

Amelia Gambino
Assistant Vice President, Communications & Marketing
Phone: 404.894.7042

2011 Planning committee

Abby Robinson
Enterprise Innovation Institute

Brooke Novak
Communications & Marketing

Dawn Zarimba
Communications & Marketing

Josie Giles
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Katie Takacs
Enterprise Innovation Institute

Katie Taylor
Communications & Marketing

Katya Kouznetsova
Communications & Marketing

Nicole Stephens
Human Resources