7 Allison Delagrange, GSM at WMEE, Fort Wayne, IN Nominated by Jim Allgeier, Market Manager at Federated Media. Jim has worked with Allison for a long time and is continually amazed by her superhuman ability to hire and develop strong performers. He shared, “Allison has a passion for talent. She is currently developing an internship program to build the Federated Media talent pipeline.” Demonstrating superior strength and incredible acts of courage, Jim elaborated, “Allison has transformed a struggling station into a consistent performing station by hiring and developing talented people.” Becky Domyan, DOS at Emmis, St. Louis, MO Nominated by Pat Walsh, President and COO of Emmis Communications, who explained Becky’s superpowers by saying, “Becky has a real talent for identifying young talented salespeople that have a passion for the media properties and creative solutions they sell. Her passion and intelligence elevates most everyone she brings into our company. She keeps an active pipeline of talent to make sure that we are always in a position to grow our salesforce when conditions warrant.” Pat went on to share, “Becky is DOS of a market leading radio cluster, while continuing to have hands-on responsibility for the sales efforts of two stations. She has worked with other members of the leadership team to deliver market leading growth these past several years enabling us to deliver record setting revenue shares for our operations. Her motivation and passion is infectious and she has played an enormous role in lifting our culture and spirit, making our stations a great place to work. Becky is all about winning and she has saved the day by playing a big role in getting this cluster back on the road to success.” Ben Saurer, GSM at WOWO, Fort Wayne, IN Nominated by Jim Allgeier, Market Manager at Federated Media who revealed, “Ben is open to trying new things to get candidates to take the OSTI and add people to the talent bank. His consistent approach makes a difference.” He uses ordinary tools to accomplish the extraordinary. Expanding on Ben’s superhuman abilities, Jim explained, “Ben continues to improve the revenue of the flagship station by getting the most out of his team. In Q1 of 2018 Ben increased revenue on the books going into the year by 9% in a down market.”