The Mousetrap Award is given annually by the Federation president since 1961 to a member who has done a consistently good job for the Canton Advertising Federation, the award plaque reads:

“If you write a better book . . . build a better mousetrap than your neighbor, the world will make a beaten path to your door.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

2010-2011 Lisa Marshall
Mulberry Marketing

2009-2010 Jen Carroll
J.L. Carroll Business Writing & Editing

2008-2009 Kristin Green
Grabowski & Co.

2006-07 Jessica Bennett
Innis Maggiore

2005-06 Kristina Danklef Moore
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

2005-06 Jill Kolasa
Smart Cookie Business Writing

2004-05 Megan Meinerding
Innis Maggiore

2003-04 Traci Stoddard
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

2002-03 Tim Kraft
WordKraft Business Writing, Inc.

Kathy Gray Farthing
Farthing Graphic Design & Illustration

Jolene Colant
Hall, Kistler & Company

Robert Isenberg
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

Renee Chance
Haines & Company, Inc.

Randy Torrence
Color Code, Inc.

Shelley A. Schweitzer
Creative Consortium of Canton

Rod A. Covey
Covey & Koons, Inc.

Paula Mastroianni
The Repository

Becky Clark
WDJQ/WDPN Radio

Christine J. (Cary) Schulman
Can-Do Promotions, Inc.

Dave Day
Channels 45/49

Jacqui Pingree
Boebinger Realtors

Dick Maggiore
Innis Maggiore Group, Inc.

Marian H. Knipfer
WHBC Radio

Tony Gialluca
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

Vicky Garofalo
Ohio Auto Club

Pam Alex Herrington
Paper Company

John J. Maggiore
Innis Maggiore Group, Inc.

Lyn Roden
Ameritrust

Gloria Cuerbo
Lana Lake Advertising

William Steffy
WHBC Radio

Dave Llewellyn
Odell Advertising/Marketing

Lana Lake
Lana Lake Advertising

John Baker
Frease & Shorr Advertising

Jim Harrington
The Central Trust Company

John Lauritzen
The Letter Shop

M. Charles Innis
Innis Maggiore Group, Inc.

Ace Shaheen
WHLO Radio

Rudy Amatangelo
Rudy Amatangelo Advertising Design

Dennis Arnold
The Timken Company

Lillian Steele
Covey & Koons, Inc.

Jeanne Harvey
Art Studio

David Rausch
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

Joe DeOrio
Lowry Lithograph Company

Tom Locke
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

Sal Butera
Sal Butera & Associates Advertising, Inc.

Joe Shorr
Frease & Shorr Advertising

George Wern
Wern Rausch Locke Advertising, Inc.

Bob Alguire
The Ohio Power Company

Don Eagon
The Timken Company

Roderic Covey
Covey & Koons, Inc.

Chuck Kellogg
Kellogg Typesetting

Edward Ferry
The Harter Bank

Jean Nero
Diocese of Youngstown

Guy Huey
Guy Huey Promotions