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Hubert Echele – 2015

Hubert J. Echele’s contribution to the advertising industry came in the form of  his behind-the-scenes work at the Advertising Club of St. Louis. A printer by trade, Echele served as Ad Club president for two successive terms and was general chair of the club’s  Gridiron for six terms. He was also elected Chief Haymaker twice in 1933 and again in 1942. In 1966 Hube was elected to the Ad Club Hall of Fame, the same year he received the coveted Silver Medal presented for a lifetime of achievement and service spent in the highest traditions of the advertising business. The first man to be awarded a lifetime membership in the Junior Advertising Club of St. Louis, Hube was awarded an Honorary Life membership in the St. Louis Advertising Club. He was a major force in establishment and fostering better relations with political representatives and in the fight against legislation the ad community deemed unfair and restrictive. 

Dave Senay – 2015

Dave Senay joined FleishmanHillard’s St. Louis headquarters staff in 1984 as an account executive.  In the 32 years that followed, he quickly rose through the corporate ranks, serving as a group leader; as general manager of the St. Louis office; as regional president for the Central U.S., for Canada, and for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  He became president and CEO of the firm in July, 2006, the third in its 70-year history, a position he held until he stepped down and became special counsel to the firm in 2016. In 2011 Dave was inducted into the PRNews Hall of Fame. He also served two terms as Chairman of The PR Council, and was named “PR Professional of the Year” in 2014 by PRWeek — the same year it named FleishmanHillard “Global Agency of the Year.”  

Steve Bunyard – 2015

Steve Bunyard joined Gardner Advertising in 1973, working in media on various Ralston and Anheuser-Busch brands over four years.  In 1977, he was named VP/Media at Kenrick Advertising, leaving 2 1/2 years later to form the Clayton Webster Corporation, a startup national radio syndication entity that would later evolve into the Olympia Networks.

Over the next 24 years, St. Louis-based CWC/Olympia created and syndicated 18 national radio programs to over 1600 radio stations each week.

Then in 1989, what would later become Pacific Broadcasting was formed by Bunyard to acquire middle market “turnaround” radio station across the country. Through 2014, 13 radio stations were bought and later sold various major broadcast groups.

Tim Rodgers – 2014

Considered one of the leading advertising strategists in the region, Tim Rodgers had a notable, twenty-year career at DMB&B, after which he co-founded Rodgers Townsend with Tom Townsend in 1996, leading the company into becoming one of the most successful, award-winning agencies in the Midwest. In addition to winning every major international creative award, the agency was recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and was presented the Mayor’s “Spirit of St. Louis Award” for their ongoing commitment to providing pro bono advertising and marketing assistance to worthwhile charitable and community organizations. The agency was also regularly listed among St. Louis’ “Best Places to Work.” cited for its egalitarian culture. In 2006, the company was acquired by Omnicom.

Tom Townsend – 2014

Tom Townsend was co-founder of the Rodgers-Townsend agency. With Tim Rodgers, they grew the agency into an advertising powerhouse representing many sought-after regional and national clients. Townsend, was considered the creative force behind the agency’s top campaigns. After retiring from the advertising business, he founded a nonprofit organization, Pianos for People, that gives pianos to underprivileged kids, and a music and art festival in Savannah, GA, the “A-Town Get Down,”

Marie Casey – 2014

Marie Casey left a full-time job as editor of St. Louis Construction News and Review in 1983 to start her own public relations agency, operating out of her house in the beginning. Throughout her career, she served major clients in construction-related industries, trade groups, and educational institutions whose leaders sought her counsel long before “going public” with a project or a problem. Casey also established a local niche in developing corporate histories and “leadership legacies” for her clients, and she did extensive volunteer work with her alma mater, the University of Missouri – St. Louis’ Fine Arts/Communications school, the St. Louis Mercantile Library and Missouri History Museum. Casey was honored in 2009 with the Distinguished Service Award for Campus-Wide Service by the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL), and recognized in 2004 as an Influential Business Woman by the St. Louis Business Journal.  She received UMSL’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1991. .