Joyce Aboussie
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Joyce Aboussie is the President and Owner of Aboussie & Associates, a public relations firm in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. She is founder of Telephone Contact Inc., a voter contact, telemarketing and direct mail firm.

Joyce Aboussie was the National Vice Chair of Congressman Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt is a lobbyist and former prominent American politician of the Democratic Party. Gephardt served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005, serving as House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995, and as Minority Leader from 1995 to...

’s Presidential Campaign and previously served as his National Political Director. She worked with Congressman Dick Gephardt at the top of his political organization for nearly 30 years.

In 2006, the St. Louis Business Journal honored Joyce as one of the “Most Influential Business Women." Joyce Aboussie is "respected by top Republicans as well as Democrats as someone with the technology and staff at her fingertips to reach thousands...in one night's time," read the 8/18/96 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article on the "25 Most Influential St. Louisans". She has been named by both St. Louis Magazine
St. Louis Magazine
St. Louis Magazine is a monthly periodical published in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1969 under the name Replay, then The St. Louisan until 1977, it covers local history, cuisine, and lifestyles...

and St. Louis Business Journal as one of "40 people under 40" who make a difference in St. Louis.

In 1983, Joyce was the youngest person ever elected to the National Board of Directors and Governors of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a nonprofit medical corporation chartered as a 501 tax-exempt organization under IRS regulations.In...

. In 2006, Joyce was elected as the first woman Chairperson of the ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Board of Directors and Governors. St. Jude, based in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

 is now the largest health care charity in the nation, and was founded by the late entertainer, Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy . He was also the founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...

.

En route to a speaking engagement in mid-Missouri, former President Bill Clinton enjoyed lunch with some prominent local Democrats at the Ladue home of Joyce Aboussie, a prominent political activist and fundraiser. St. Louis Beacon 2011

Joyce Aboussie, Owner of Aboussie and Associates, a public relations and corporate consulting firm, co-hosted President of the United States, Barack Obama on October 5,2011 in St. Louis, MO.
Joyce Aboussie, CEO of Aboussie and Associates, co-hosts President Barack Obama in St. Louis, MO.

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