Regina Ovesey

Regina Haimo Ovesey (4 February 1921 – 13 December 2003) was an American advertising executive. She founded Ovesey & Company, and was the first female CEO of an agency recognized by the American Association of Advertising Agencies.

Regina Ovesey
Born	(1921-02-04)February 4, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	December 13, 2003(2003-12-13) (aged 82) Manhattan
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University
Occupation(s)	Founder and CEO of Ovesey & Company

Ovesey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa.^[1] After founding Ovesey & Company in the 1940s, she ran Regina Ovesey, Inc. (later Ovesey Straus, Inc. and ultimately Ovesey, Berlow Straus, Inc.). She was the co-director of the Public Advertising System at the School of Visual Arts.^[1]

Her husband was noted psychoanalyst Lionel Ovesey and they had two daughters.^[1] She died of lung cancer in Manhattan on December 13, 2003.^[2][3]

Selected publication

Ovesey, Regina (1980). The Last Word: Exploring Careers in Contemporary Communication. R. Rosen Press

References

1. "Paid Notice: Deaths OVESEY, REGINA". The New York Times. 2003. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
2. "Regina Ovesey -- Advertising Executive, 82". The New York Times. 2003. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
3. Staff report (December 20, 2003). Regina Ovesey -- Advertising Executive, 82. The New York Times