Joyce Aboussie
{{Short description|CEO, Aboussie & Associates}}
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Joyce Aboussie (born 1957) is the founder and CEO of Aboussie & Associates, a consulting firm in St. Louis, Missouri.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Most Influential St. Louisans|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/2012/02/slideshow-most-influential-st-louisans.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.bizjournals.com}} She is also the founder and CEO of Telephone Contact Inc., a consulting, research and data management firm.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Joyce Aboussie|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/08/14/focus13.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.bizjournals.com}}
Career
Aboussie has a B.A. in political science from Saint Louis University.{{Cite web|title=Loyal Aboussie Aids Gephardt|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2003/03/25/loyal-aboussie-aids-gephardt/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Roll Call|language=en}} She was the national vice chair of Congressman Dick Gephardt's 1988 presidential campaign{{Cite web|date=2011-12-09|title=Joyce Aboussie raises $1.1 Million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in St. Louis, MO|url=https://saintlouiswomenleaders.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/joyce-aboussie-raises-1-1-million-for-st-jude-childrens-research-hospital-in-st-louis-mo/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=St. Louis Women Leaders in Action|language=en}} and previously served as his National Political Director.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Aboussie served on the national finance boards for the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Most Influential St. Louisans|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/print-edition/2012/02/17/most-influential-st-louisans---a.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.bizjournals.com}} Hillary Clinton{{Cite web|date=2019-11-14|title=Missouri's position — and importance — in 2016 presidential contest up in the air|url=https://www.kcur.org/2019-11-13/missouris-position-and-importance-in-2016-presidential-contest-up-in-the-air|access-date=2020-11-30|website=KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts.|language=en}} and Joe Biden.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-05|title=Jill Biden And Hillary Clinton Campaign Virtually In Missouri For Joe Biden|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/politics-issues/2020-06-04/jill-biden-and-hillary-clinton-campaign-virtually-in-missouri-for-joe-biden|access-date=2020-11-30|website=St. Louis Public Radio|language=en}}
In 1983, Aboussie was elected to the National Board of Directors and Governors of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.{{Cite web|title=Boards of Directors and Governors|url=https://www.stjude.org/about-st-jude/leadership/boards-of-directors-and-governors.html|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.stjude.org|language=en}}{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
In 2006, the St. Louis Business Journal named Aboussie one of the "Most Influential Business Women."{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Julia M.|date=2006-08-11|title=Joyce Aboussie|work=St. Louis Business Journal|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2006/08/14/focus13.html|accessdate=2007-08-03}} In 1995, she was named by the St. Louis Business Journal as one of "40 people under 40" who make a difference in St. Louis.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=40 under 40 Class of 1995|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/gallery/257432|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.bizjournals.com}}
Also in 2006, she was elected as the first woman Chairperson of the ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Board of Directors and Governors.[http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e3f8c5df324e4210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&cpsextcurrchannel=1 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Board of Directors and Governors]{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
In 2015, Aboussie was inducted under the category of Small Independent Entrepreneurship into the Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University.{{cite news|title=Shareholder Alumni Magazine Fall 2015: The Entrepreneur of Entrepreneurship by Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business - issuu |url=https://issuu.com/slucookbusiness/docs/shareholder_fall_2015_final_102915 |accessdate=2019-11-27 |page=3}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164751/http://joyceaboussieandassociates.com/ Joyce Aboussie and Associates]
- [http://www.aboussieassociates.com Aboussie and Associates]
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Category:American campaign managers
Category:American political consultants
Category:Businesspeople from St. Louis
Category:Women in Missouri politics