Joel Katz | Senior Account Executive | Leon Henry Inc. | For Insert Media and Mailing Lists

JOEL KATZ
Senior Account Executive

Joel Katz has over twenty years of direct marketing experience at Leon Henry Inc. In 1985, he started the Card Deck Publishing Division of Leon Henry Inc. and in 1993 was promoted to Senior Account Executive.

Joel began his professional career in the Saks Fifth Avenue training program in 1975 and was later a Buyer for Cutler Owens and Senior Merchandise Buyer for Ferons’ at the U.S. Open. Prior to joining Leon Henry Inc., he was a Merchandise Buyer for Fortunoff's in Long Island, New York. His many years of retail experience laid the foundation for his customer service oriented approach to sales.

He is one of the "founding fathers" of the original Card Deck Council, now known as the Direct Marketing Associations Insert Media Council. He served as the Public Relations Liaison of the Council in 1993 and later as the Vice-Chairman. In 1988, he was Co-Chairman of The Annual Card Pack Day. He also served on the Hudson Valley Direct Marketing Association as the Public Relations Liaison from 2000-2001. In December of 2002, he received the Broker of the Year Award from the Direct Marketing Association/ Insert Media Council for outstanding service and contributions to the industry. He is very generous in giving back to the direct marketing community by donating his time within the industry as a frequent guest lecturer at The Nat Ross Direct Marketing Lecture Series, directed by Lois Geller, at New York University and The Direct Marketing Course at Mercy College.

He graduated from Queens College with a B.S. degree.

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