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ales & Marketing Executives (SME) of Cleveland has been supporting sales and marketing professionals for more than 90 years through networking, education and leadership opportunities. With 255 members, 38 corporate members and five corporate sponsors, SME Cleveland focuses on assisting members in reaching their sales and marketing goals, and improving their skills through networking luncheons, educational workshops, Business After Hours networking events, sales training programs and four Business Connection (BizCon) Lead Exchange Groups. SME’s Distinguished Marketing and Sales Awards (DMSA), says
SME Cleveland executive director Mary Margaret Lavelle, is the best networking opportunity of the year. CEOs, presidents, vice presidents and sales managers — the decision makers at Cleveland’s top companies — are available for networking and sharing best practices. The 58th annual DMSA banquet is the profession’s premier honor to acknowledge excellence and provide recognition for outstanding sales and marketing achievement. The awards will be presented this year on Feb. 28 at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven and will honor 2019 Business Executive of the Year Carl J. Grassi, chairman of McDonald Hopkins LLC law firm in Cleveland, as well as the area’s elite business professionals. Selection criteria are based on the demonstration of the highest business, professional and ethical standards. Lavelle says the Business Executive of the Year award recognizes a top leader who has contributed significantly to the profession and the Greater Cleveland community and is given solely on merit.
“Things that make Carl worthy of this include the fact that he’s very active in the community and also involved in many public service endeavors,” Lavelle says. “SME Cleveland is honored to be able to present Carl with the Business Executive of the Year award for 2019.” The Business Executive of the Year was first awarded in 1962 to Elmer Lindseth, chairman of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. It is the longest running and oldest award recognizing pillars of the Northeast Ohio community. Lavelle says the DMSA continues SME Cleveland’s mission of being active in the industry and promoting the successes of individuals in the sales and marketing profession. SME Cleveland works to enrich the careers of its members by connecting them to industry professionals and providing opportunities to grow their networks. No matter where someone is in their career, Lavelle says members can walk away with new ideas and information from meaningful presentations, educational opportunities or networking luncheons.
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