Sheila Ogle, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Sheila Ogle, CEOSheila has been a driving force in the patient recruitment industry, the advertising industry and the local economy. She’s an accomplished entrepreneur, a community leader, and a well-respected advertising veteran. After a 20-year tenure with Howard, Merrell and Partners, she found a niche in the advertising industry and in 1987 created MRPP, a firm focused exclusively on media research, planning and placement. From the start, MRPP established its reputation as an expert in patient recruitment advertising. In the days when the standard fare for trial advertising was placing an ad in the newspaper, MRPP approached clients with a new way to target subjects – broadcast media. A radical idea in its time, the firm heralded in a whole new way of reaching subjects. Sheila has taken her expertise in patient recruitment to the next level with the creation of Integrated Clinical Trial Services – a firm dedicated to communication, edu cation, enrollment and retention services.

MRPP is the only nationally certified media placement agency in the United States that plans and places patient recruitment media. This certification is gained thru the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and the National Women Business Owners Council (NWBOC).

Sheila has accumulated a long list of awards and accolades including:

  • National Business Owner of the Year, The National Association of Women Business Owners, 2003
  • Business Owner of the Year, Greater Raleigh Chapter of The National Association of Women Business Owners, 2003
  • General Excellence Regional Award, Working Woman Magazine, 2000
  • NC Small Business Person of the Year, 1998
  • NC Delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business, 1995
  • First woman ever inducted into the UNC Advertising Hall of Fame, 1994
  • American Advertising Federation/Triangle Federation Silver Award, 1984
  • NC/SC Entrepreneur of the Year, Top 25 Finalist, 1999
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