Direct Marketing Educational Foundation Announces Rising Stars Award Winners

The Direct Marketing Educational Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2011 Rising Stars Awards and 2011 Corporate Commitment Award. The winners will be honored at the Rising Stars Awards Dinner June 21.

Gerber Life Insurance Co. was named the 2011 Corporate Award Winner. President and CEO Wes Protheroe will accept the award on the company's behalf. The 2011 Rising Stars are Shane Atchison, founder and CEO, ZAAZ, a division of Wunderman; Steve Froehlich, vice president of membership, ASPCA, and member of the FundRaising Success Editorial Advisory Board; Avinash Kaushik, co-founder, Market Motive, and analytics evangelist, Google; Megan Pagliuca, vice president of display media, Merkle; and Paull Young, director of digital engagement, charity: water.