TITUS, AL, June 6, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Janet Sharpe Kynard, Founder and President of It Happens In Alabama, has been named a Worldwide Who's Who Executive of the Year in Marketing & Promotions and has also been recognized as a Lifetime Member in the Worldwide Who's Who Registry of Executives, Professional and Entrepreneurs. While inclusion in Worldwide Who's Who is an honor, only a small selection of members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, years of service, and the credentials they have provided in association with their Worldwide Who's Who membership.

Ms. Kynard has 25 years of experience in marketing and promotions and is now the founder and president of It Happens In Alabama. With expertise in merchandising, promotions, event planning, media management, advertising, and public relations, she is tasked with a host of responsibilities to ensure that operations run smoothly. She thoroughly enjoys her work, which promotes tourism in Alabama and markets Alabama businesses, attractions and events. She gets the word out to businesses statewide to help promote and bring tourism into Alabama and increase their business.

Ms. Kynard launched It Happens In Alabama in Titus, Alabama on January 1, 2012 in the hopes of educating and bringing vacationers into the state that she loves so much. The It Happens In Alabama website allows visitors to submit their Alabama-centric pictures and stories. It is also a site to find ideas and get information on events, concerts, attractions, outdoor activities, festivals, and so much more. It Happens In Alabama hosts a monthly contest whose winners receive everything from concert passes and attraction tickets to one-of-a-kind jewelry.

Prior to establishing It Happens In Alabama, Ms. Kynard worked as a merchandiser in central Alabama from 2004-2011 for various companies. She also worked as a retail sales merchandiser for Reckitt Benckiser from 2007-2009 and was a casino and hospitality evaluator for Bare International in 2006 and 2007. Before that, she worked as an advertising executive at Cumulus Broadcasting in Montgomery, AL in 2004. In 2003, she was in charge of new business development at Berney Office Solutions, and, in 2002, she was a national account manager for Conference America.


From 1993-2000, Ms. Kynard served as the Vice President, the Head of International Securities, the Head of Institutional Sales, and stockbroker at Corporate Securities, Argent Securities, and J.P. Turner & Company. During that period she was responsible for setting up foreign clearing arrangements and heading the foreign stock trading department. In addition, she spearheaded the creation of the International and Institutional Departments. Ms. Kynard received certification in International and Institutional Sales from the New York Institute of Finance in 2000, and holds Series 7 and 63 licenses. Moreover, she is a 144 stock liquidation expert and took an instrumental role in identifying and submitting companies for everything from angel money, private placements and bring companies to the market as IPOs.

She is a member of SCORE, sat on the Board of Directors and served as Marketing Director of the Blue/Gray Charity Deer Hunt in 2004, and served as Commissioner of the Blue/Gray All Star Football Classic's Patron's Drive. She is a member of the Montgomery Lions Club and was listed in the 1999 edition of Who's Who of Women in International Business. In 2002, she was a member of the Ways and Means Committee of the Montgomery Chapter of Executive Women's International. Additionally, she was the chairman of the Georgie Stockbroker Society from 1994-1998 and received the Georgia Leadership Award from the Fraternal Order of Police.

Ms. Kynard hopes to take her company national and eventually represent each individual state.

For more information about It Happens In Alabama, visit http://www.ithappensinalabama.com.

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