Marketing Innovators Named a U.S. Top 500 Diversity Owned Business

Performance Management firm Marketing Innovators garners four Diversity Business awards

ROSEMONT, IL, MARCH 18, 2013 — Marketing Innovators International, Inc. (MI), a leading people performance management (PPM) company, has been named a Top 500 Diversity-owned Business and Top 500 Women-owned Business in the U.S. in 2013 by DiversityBusiness.com. Marketing Innovators was also ranked 8th in the Top 100 Diversity-owned Businesses in Illinois and second in the Top 50 Women-owned Businesses in Illinois in 2013 by DiversityBusiness.com.

This is the third time that Marketing Innovators has been recognized in multiple categories byDiversityBusiness.com. In 2010 the company was recognized in six categories, and in four categories in 2003. In addition, Marketing Innovators has been named one of Chicago’s top private firms by Crain’s Chicago Business (1997-2005), and is the recipient of an Entrepreneurial Success Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Marketing Innovators International, Inc. is a full-service people performance management company that provides PPM services and technologies to Fortune 500 and private 2000 companies nationwide.  Lois LeMenager has served at the company’s chief executive officer since 1981 and Richard Blabolil has served as president since 2001.

“As the economy continues to gather steam, we are seeing an increase in our business and are positioning the company for even greater growth,” says LeMenager. “We feel that our commitment to a diverse organization has been a factor in our success.”

About Marketing Innovators:

For more than three decades, Marketing Innovators International, Inc. has combined industry expertise with cross-industry best practices to help organizations develop and deploy people performance management strategies. Visit www.marketinginnovators.com or call toll free 800.543.7373 for more information. Follow the Marketing Innovators Blog or join MI on Facebook and Twitter.

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