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ERIN KLEBAUR
LEADING BY EXAMPLE

he’s always enjoyed competition. Outside of work, Klebaur is
As Erin Klebaur’s bio suggests: A on the board of the New Jersey

golf aicionado, she knows what Communications, Advertising,
it means to stay a few inches
and Marketing Association and

ahead of the competition. That is executive vice president of the
Spassion and desire is what sets her apart from MIDJersey Chamber’s marketing

her peers. Her role as CMA’s director of mar- committee. She also volunteers
keting services encompasses more than the with HomeFront, the Rescue

title might lead on. She’s doing a lot more than Mission of Trenton, and Trinity
merely marshalling creative. Klebaur manages Cathedral of Trenton. She also cre-
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING SERVICES
four client service departments—Public Rela- ated a drive for a family member,
tions and Social Media, Account Services, New currently serving overseas in the military.
Creative Marketing Alliance
Age: 32
Business Development and Strategy, and the For now, life is great at CMA. She stays busy
Education: Rider University
Creative Studio—which encompass everything by juggling multiple projects at once. “I wear a
to do with strategizing clients’ objectives (and lot of hats but I love it because it’s not the same

CMA’s) and interfacing with creatives to bring thing every day,” she says. “It’s always changing. We’re creating something for some-
that vision to reality. In all, she’s overseeing one else and making them successful. We’re going from nothing to something that

about 14 stafers plus three interns and free- gets results.”
lancers. “I’m responsible for managing both

left brain and right brain people,” she says.
Raised by a single mother in Ewing, Klebaur

conides she never really wanted to leave Local Lending Leaders!
family or leave New Jersey. “Mom was very

hard working and a successful vice president
of a career development company and was the

irst acting woman lobbyist in New Jersey.
She’s a great role model and inspiration for

me,” Klebaur says. Mom’s example encouraged When your business is in need of a loan,

a 9-year-old Klebaur to enter a “Dear Mr. call on your local, hometown lender
President” letter-writing contest, which would

advise then-President George H.W. Bush on
how to do his job better by stressing education.
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Klebaur won the contest, and got the chance to
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with a marketing irm she interned with in
and community-committed
college. That company was so impressed, it ac-
tually convinced its rival, CMA, to recruit her. lender from your neighborhood.

CMA CEO Jef Barnhart ended up creating
the position of executive assistant just for her.

“He took a risk by seeing something in me,”

Klebaur says. “He allowed me to take advan-
tage of opportunities and under his mentor-
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