Meet The Team

Sunny Nunan, Founder & CEO of The Admin Awards

Sunny Nunan is the Founder and CEO of The Admin Awards, the first and only awards program of its kind in the country to publicly recognize the invaluable contributions of Administrative Professionals headquartered in Dallas, TX. A pioneer for administrative appreciation, The Admin Awards concept was inspired by Sunny’s Mother, a career admin and was first launched in Dallas in 2012 with tremendous success, then in Fort Worth in 2014 and has begun to expand nationally – beginning with Silicon Valley in 2016. Sunny’s mission is to bring The Admin Awards to major cities across the U.S. so every administrative professional gets the recognition they deserve.

In addition to The Admin Awards, Sunny is also the Founder and Chairman of Core24, founded in 2009, which helps business leaders running small – mid market companies fast track to exceptional, vetted local business resources in areas typically outsourced.

Sunny loves her husband Ben, kids Sydney and Scout and two dogs Raleigh and Zach. Her love for creating things, people, traveling to new places, pizza, famous quotes and watching great TV and movies (she still misses Walter White) have made for an interesting and rewarding life. She lives in Dallas with her husband Ben, two kids, Sydney and Scout and two dogs Zach and Raleigh.

Ben Nunan, President & COO

Ben Nunan is by experience and education an aerospace engineer who’s putting his big brain –and ability to understand and master just about anything, to work for The Admin Awards. Ben oversees all operations for the company including finance, Human Resources, logistics and technology. A graduate of the Australian Defense Academy and 20 year veteran of the Royal Australian Air Force, Ben’s highly effective leadership style brings out the very best in teams.

 

 

Eric Trautmann, SVP

After being ‘bitten by the bug’ more than twenty years ago, the event industry still teaches and excites this veteran every day. Truly fresh approaches to marketing and business development are hard to come by, but the Admin Awards is the real deal!  That is what drew Eric away from a decade of agency life to his role as SVP, Partnerships for the Admin Awards.

Prior to joining the Admin Awards, Eric was SVP, Marketing & Strategy for The Wilkinson Group, one of the nation’s leading experiential marketing agencies. During his years at TWG, Eric directed the agency’s operations, business development and client/project management efforts. He built and led teams who created and delivered large-scale, integrated events and sponsorship initiatives for a diverse client roster including: Blackstone/Equity Office, Maker Media, UCSF, Nitro Circus Live, the National Lacrosse League and The San Francisco Maritime Parks Association.

Eric holds a degree in creative writing from San Francisco State University and has lived in the Bay Area for 30 years. He is thankful for the fun, rewarding journey his career as a marketer and strategist has provided and is proud to be a member of the Admin Awards Team.

Eric loves his extended family and close friends and is grateful for every day with them.

Morgan Cherney, Program Coordinator

Morgan began her career at The Admin Awards as an intern assisting with pre-event tasks. Not only did she fall in love with her event planning and marketing responsibilities, but she quickly fell in love with the impact that The Admin Awards has on Administrative Professionals. She officially joined The Admin Awards team in December 2016.

Morgan graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Communication Studies and a minor in Human Relations in May 2016. Shortly after graduation she relocated from the Chicago land area to Dallas. She is extremely passionate about helping others and has a deep love for animals. She loves traveling and she enjoys spending quality time with her friends and family, her boyfriend and her cat, Keira.

Monica Ojeda, Program Coordinator

Monica came to The Admin Awards as an intern after graduating as an honor student from The University of Texas at Dallas in December of 2016 with a degree in Marketing and Business Management. As a supporter of all things fun, Monica decided she wanted to stay with The Admin Awards for the long run.

Before joining us, Monica worked in both Sales and Administrative environments for five years while in school.

Monica was born and raised in Dallas and loves traveling, photography, shopping, food, Netflix, and just having a good time with friends and family.