Northwinds

Name: Tami Huber
Position: Strategic Account Director

(born Tommasina Justina Marie Cavallaro – but only heard this name growing up if I was in big trouble)

Education:
• Graduated from East Rochester, New York (of course with a name like that where else would I have grown up)
• Graduated from California State University at Fullerton with a BA in Business with a concentration in Advertising
• Internship at the famous Chiat/Day in Venice beach – yes, there really was a car in the building, furniture made out of cardboard and a fish bowl conference room. There were also some of the greatest marketing minds in our country who taught me about our great profession
• In the last stages of a Masters from Nazareth College

Business Accomplishments:
• Have worked in advertising and marketing for the past twenty-three years (but don’t tell my kids because I have them convinced that I am 28)
• Have worked for some of the biggest advertising agencies in the country such as McCaffrey and McCall, Backer, Spielvogel and Bates, Cato Johnson, and Young and Rubicam
• Have worked on clients such as Chase, NEC, Paragon Pictures, The State of New York, Nissan, Kodak, Bausch and Lomb, Wendy’s and Hyundai national to name just a few
• Owned my own advertising agency in Upstate New York that serviced over forty-five B2B and retail accounts throughout the United States until it was purchased by another advertising agency in the region
• Have won national recognition for implementation of a sustainability program
• Have run the national marketing and sales departments in manufacturing and media which yielded increases up to 200% of revenue growth
• Have established national sales teams, trade show presence and brand recognition throughout the country for organizations

Important Facts to Know About Me:
• I have five children – 4 sons and thank goodness only one daughter
• I also have 63 children in an orphanage in Kenya called Rehema Home that I care for, fundraise for and visit because five children just wasn’t enough
• I volunteer for the Flower City Habitat program that assists teens with helping repair houses in Rochester
• I am a horrible singer and not such a talented guitar player, but a decent oil painter
• I am the oldest of four girls in a very Italian (sorry, Sicilian family) which means that I am not really that quiet and absolutely cannot talk without my hands flying around
• Relationships are what I am all about and acquaintances tend to become family.

♥ I am married to my best friend, Tim Huber