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Meet Our Team

Charles Pruitt is a Co-Managing Director of the A.B. Data Group. He plays a role in all aspects of A.B. Data's direct marketing efforts and is actively involved on a daily basis with the work of A.B. Data's client account teams. For 20 months - from February, 2007 to Election Day - Chuck led the team that worked for Obama For America, fulfilling a dream to elect the most transformative political figure to emerge in this country in his lifetime and raising almost $106 million in the mail from over 700,000 donors. Prior to joining A.B. Data in 1983, Chuck was a professor of Political Science. He received his bachelor's degree from Macalester College and a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University and currently serves as President of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.

Joe Manes is a Senior Vice-President and head of our Washington, D.C. office; and is intimately involved from both a creative and strategic aspect in the programs of all of A.B. Data’s Washington-based clients. Joe originally came to Washington in 1982 with a desire to fight the Moral Majority as the direct result of receiving a direct mail solicitation from People For the American Way. Instead of sending money, Joe moved from California and, as its Membership Director, he helped manage PFAW's dramatic growth from 40,000 to 200,000 donors in four years. This early experience helped shape Joe’s philosophy that direct mail is both a powerful fundraising and constituency mobilization tool. Joe joined A.B. Data in 1993 to open the Washington, D.C. office and has helped grow the company dramatically.

Jeff Mallach is a Vice-President in our Milwaukee office. He joined the company as an Account Executive in 1985 and, over the last 25 years, has spearheaded the work of a broad range of non-profit clients including B'nai B'rith International, Environmental Defense, TechnoServe and the American Foundation for the Blind as well as Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Tom Daschle and Jean Carnahan. Jeff has also developed specialized expertise in creating and sustaining cutting-edge donor development programs utilizing database segmentation strategies to maximize donor retention and revenue.

Marie Dullea-Prentice is a Vice-President in A.B. Data's Washington, D.C. office. She has over 20 years of experience in direct marketing. Her current clients include Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders, the Save Darfur Coalition, the Drug Policy Alliance and Episcopal Relief & Development. Prior to joining A.B. Data in 2004, Marie pioneered the use of direct mail to solicit and cultivate high dollar ($500 - $10,000) donors for groups such as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Anti-Defamation League and Greenpeace USA.

Lizabeth Ludowissi is a Vice-President responsible for overseeing the production of all A. B. Data Group mailings and special projects. Having joined the company in 1980, Liz has the distinction of not only being one of the longest-serving members of our team, but also having experience in virtually every role in the company, which provides her invaluable insight into the needs of our clients. During her time at the company, Liz has worked to streamline our Production Department, implementing strict quality controls and overseeing all scheduling and coordination including print purchasing as well as data processing, personalization and mailshop services. Liz also acts as Postal Liaison on all USPS related matters, is a member of the Wisconsin Direct Marketing Association, Milwaukee Postal Customer Council and is a USPS Mailpiece Quality Control Certified Specialist.

Meredith Feldman is a Senior Consultant at A.B. Data. She has almost 20 years of experience in the company directing the work of a broad range of clients including the American Jewish Committee, the American Associates of Ben-Gurion University and the American Society for Yad Vashem, among others. Prior to joining A.B. Data, she spent her junior year abroad at The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel and then continued living in Israel, where she received her J.D. degree at The Hebrew University.

Cathy Finney is a Senior Consultant at A.B. Data’s Washington, D.C. office.  A fundraising professional with more than 15 years of experience growing membership as well as major gift programs, Cathy specializes in building higher-value donor relationships through growing and implementing mid-level and sustainer giving programs.  She has directed and implemented the broad-based fundraising strategies for such organizations as Washington National Cathedral, Amnesty International USA, and the ACLU.  She also helped to launch the membership program of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, growing its small initial base of donors from 4,000 to over 100,000 in less than two years.  Cathy has also helped to grow the major donor program at WNET/Channel 13, NYC’s flagship public television station, and during her tenure at Teachers College, Columbia University she helped to close out the school’s $150 million capital campaign.

Kate Phillips is an Account Executive in A.B. Data's Washington, D.C. office. A proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kate started her career with the company in our Milwaukee office and now serves as a valuable liaison between and within all of A.B. Data’s departments. After six years with the company, Kate has a strong sense of how to communicate with diverse audiences through various channels of direct marketing. She comes to work satisfied that she is helping advance the cause and mission of the organizations she represents including the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, Episcopal Relief & Development, Doctors Without Borders and the Save Darfur Coalition.