Recognizing the Best and Brightest Email Marketers

ANA Email Excellence Center Awards trophies on display

The ANA Email Excellence Center Awards recognize top individuals within the email marketing industry through two prestigious awards:

Stefan Pollard Email Marketer of the Year Award

Celebrating those working at brand-side or marketing companies who lead in community-driven innovation and thought leadership.

Email Marketer Thought Leader of the Year Award

Honoring professionals at marketing service providers, agencies, consultants, freelancers, technology providers, data companies, or other third-party services who demonstrate email marketing excellence.

Let's Celebrate and Recognize

Join this year's winners in-person at our one-day Email Evolution Conference on September 25 in New York.

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Stefan Pollard Email Marketer of the Year Award

Established in honor of Stefan Pollard, a highly respected and beloved member of the email marketing community who suddenly passed away in 2010, this award honors a brand-side marketer who demonstrates the qualities and high professional standards that Pollard exemplified during his lifetime.

Congratulations to the 2023 Stefan Pollard Email Marketer of the Year, Kelly Haggard, VP of channel innovation and optimization at Synchrony. Covering B2B, B2C, B2B2C, acquisition, and more across her more than two decades in email marketing, Ms. Haggard has worked with numerous email platforms and optimization tools within the financial, retail, education, publishing, and entertainment industries.

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“It is such an honor to receive an award that was launched in tribute of an email legend who helped to set the standard for all who followed in his footsteps.”

- Kelly Haggard, VP of channel innovation and optimization at Synchrony

Previous Stefan Pollard Email Marketer of the Year Winners

2022: Tracy Smith, Cicso
2021: Scott Cohen, Purple
2020: Sandra Cordero, Torrid
2019: Kait Creamer, Scaled Agile, Inc.

2018: Alice Li, Shutterstock
2017: Genevieve Longtin, Sharecare
2016: Jeanne Jones, Alaska Airlines
2015: Alessandra Souers, JibJab

2014: Zack Notes, UncommonGoods
2013: Sal Tripi, Publishers Clearing House
2012: Meg Reynolds, REI
2011: Loren McDonald, IBM Marketing Cloud

Email Marketer Thought Leader of the Year Award

This highly coveted award is given to a vendor-side marketer who exemplifies the best and brightest in the email marketing industry, embodying thought leadership, service, innovation, vision, and influence.

Congratulations to the 2023 Email Marketer Thought Leader of the Year, Ryan Phelan, managing partner at RPE Origin. A well-known industry speaker, Mr. Phelan has influenced and inspired email marketing in ways both big and small, including helping to make professional group events and webinars more valuable through a focus on education and advocacy.

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