IES Member of the Year Recipients
As a member-based entity, the IES recognizes yearly sales leaders who have demonstrated leadership in corporate and B2B sales while also providing optimal leadership at the IES.
Qualifications for the Member of the Year Award include a substantive career as a sales professional and a commitment to improving the sales profession by serving other IES members either as a program leader, council member or active participant.
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Rebecca Wetherly
2024 Recipient
Rebecca Wetherly leads the strategic development and accelerated growth for AWS’s diverse and expanding Systems Integrator (SI) partner ecosystem. This rich partner ecosystem enables government, education, and nonprofit customers to grow and deliver impact by leading with AWS cloud services. As a change agent, she brings 30+ years of experience advancing technology, innovation, […]
Robert Greene
2023 Recipient
Bob Greene is an accomplished and nationally recognized corporate sales trainer and strategic business advisor. As CEO of rcgworkgroup.com, he provides tailored solutions to companies of all sizes, from the Fortune 500 to start-ups, to help meet and exceed the unique business needs of each client.
Bob is also an adjunct faculty […]
Vince Burruano
2022 Recipient
Vince Burruano received his MBA in Business Administration, Management and Operations from The George Washington University and his Bachelor of Philosophy from the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, both located in Washington, DC. Vince has also received the following certifications: Top-Ten Sales Skills of Elite Salespeople (ASHER […]
John Asher
John Asher is an experienced international speaker on sales, sales management and marketing. He has been a frequent speaker at the IES and a guest on the Sales Game Changers virtual learning sessions and podcast many times. His books, “Close Deal Faster” and “The Neuroscience of Selling” have changed the lives of sales professionals around the globe. In 1998, he […]
Darrell Gehrt
About Darrell Gehrt
2021 Recipient
Cvent Sales leader Darrell Gehrt has been an IES member since 2015 and serves on the IES Executive Council.
His professional career has been defined by taking on a series of entrepreneurial ventures that have grown rapidly.
His professional experiences range from starting as a commission-only sales rep, to co-founding a business […]
Heather Combs
About Heather Combs
2019 Recipient
Heather Combs is the CEO of Straightline.
She sits on the IES Executive Leadership Advisory Board. She has been a speaker at the IES Women in Sales program and has been a corporate member since 2014.
She is known as a tenacious sales executive with proven performance in business unit management, product […]
Gina Stracuzzi
About Gina Stracuzzi
2018 Recipient
Gina Stracuzzi was a leader in growing the IES Women in Sales program.
She has provided strategic business development, sales training, marketing communication, and branding advice to start-ups and small to medium-sized businesses across a variety of industries for over 20 years.
Her passion is connecting people and businesses with new ways […]
Thomas Ellis
About Thomas Ellis
2017 Recipient
Thomas Ellis is an in-demand sales trainer and coach.
He has a passion for helping sales professionals truly understand how to obtain success in sales and has demonstrated this in his interactions with hundreds of guests at IES programs nationwide.
His company, EWC Consultants, specializes in sales training and coaching, the goal […]
Brian Green
About Brian Green
2016 Recipient
Brian Green is the Senior Vice President of North America Sales and Client Enterprise Solutions at Learning Tree International. He sits on the IES Executive Leadership Advisory Board and has been an IES member since 2013.
Brian is a highly-accomplished client engagement leader in the professional training, coaching and IT management/consulting […]
