International Council:

International Direct Marketer of the Year Award

The DMA International Council presented its second annual International Direct Marketer of the Year Award at the Council's annual International Day, which was held on June 19, 2006, at The Harvard Club in New York, NY.

Nominating Criteria

Nominee must be an individual whose contributions stand out or who has materially contributed to the growth and success of an area of International Direct Marketing.

Past Winners

2006 - Mark Bridges
Mark Bridges began his career in international list brokering at EMAP Maclaren Publishing and Lists Media International. Later, as director of list management at the Reed-Elsevier-owned international list company Mardev, he was responsible for a portfolio of multi-national lists, including McGraw-Hill, The International Herald Tribune, Time Magazine, Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and The Financial Times.

In Bridges’ last post at Mardev’s UK, he served as director of Mardev’s US sales operation, based in New York. In 1997, he joined MOKRYNSKIdirect as vice president, sales and marketing for the international division and was appointed director of the international division in 1998.

Bridges holds an M.A. in English Literature from Cambridge University.

2005-Walt Terry
Terry began his career in publishing in 1988. He went on to become business manager for Caribbean Travel and Life, Inc, a Washington area startup where he was responsible for all circulation, direct mail, accounting, information systems, and office management. The company published three magazines and a newsletter with only a dozen people on staff.

For more information, please contact Kelli Hornachek at (212) 768-7277 ext. 1514 or khornachek@the-dma.org.