Joyce Aboussie
Joyce Aboussie (born 1957) is the President and Owner of Aboussie & Associates, a public relations firm in St. Louis, Missouri. She is founder of Telephone Contact Inc., a voter contact, telemarketing and direct mail firm.Aboussie was the National Vice Chair of Congressman Dick Gephardt’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." She has been named by both St. Louis Magazine and St. Louis Business Journal as one of "40 people under 40" who make a difference in St. Louis. In 1983, Aboussie was the youngest person ever elected to the National Board of Directors and Governors of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In 2006, Aboussie 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 is now the largest health care charity in the nation, and was founded by the late entertainer, Danny Thomas.
