SmithBucklin Promotes Stephanie Schall to Director, Marketing & Communication Services
CHICAGO - Oct. 18, 2006 – SmithBucklin, the world's largest association management company, announced today that Stephanie Schall has been promoted to Director, Marketing & Communication Services. As a member of the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) senior team in SmithBucklin's Chicago office, Schall has been a key player in driving ASUG's ongoing growth and in developing and integrating its new-product-development process. ASUG is the world's largest, customer-driven community of SAP professionals and partners.
"Stephanie's promotion recognizes the exceptional marketing and business counsel and outstanding client stewardship she provides to her clients," said Cindy Kuhn, SmithBucklin senior vice president, Marketing & Communication Services. "Stephanie is a strong team leader and staff manager, and she has played a very valued role in our services unit."
Schall joined SmithBucklin in January 2000 as a manager. During her tenure she has worked on the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG), InSight (the user group for McKesson healthcare IT customers), ITUG (the International HP NonStop Users Group), Joint Users of Siemens Technology-US and the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS).
Prior to joining SmithBucklin, Schall worked in product management at Zenith Electronics. She has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Business Administration degree from DePaul University.
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About SmithBucklin
SmithBucklin is the world's largest association management and professional services company providing flexible, tailored full-service management and function/project-specific services to more than 235 trade associations, professional societies, technology user groups, government institutes/agencies and corporations. SmithBucklin's mission is to drive growth and build sustained competitiveness for client organizations. Founded in 1949, the company employs 750 professionals specializing in all phases of association activity including executive management, member and chapter administration, convention and trade show management, marketing and branding, Web services, education and programs, government relations and financial management. SmithBucklin manages more than $200 million in annual client budgets from offices in Chicago, Washington, DC, St. Louis and Durham, NC. SmithBucklin is 100% employee owned. For more information, please visit www.smithbucklin.com or call 1.800.539.9740.
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