Stuart Discount

Stuart Discount is President and Founder of 1 2 1 Direct Response.
Founded in 1988, Stuart manages the business and is the main driver of new sales opportunities.
He represents the company as members of several trade associations.
As of March 2008, 1 2 1 was listed as the 16th largest outbound teleservices firm in North America.
Stuart has been active in several trade associations most notably the American Teleservices Association (ATA) which is the largest organization in the teleservices industry.
Stuart is a current member of the board of directors and is a Past Chairman of the ATA. He is also leads and has done so for the past five years the Government Affairs committee of the ATA and is a regular visitor to Washington DC to lobby on behalf of the industry.
Serving on the board with Stuart are colleagues from Verizon, GE Money, HSBC, Bank of America, Aegon Marketing Services, Comcast and Disney Vacations.
Stuart was just re-elected to his third consecutive term.
Stuart is a 1977 graduate of Temple University with a degree in accounting.
He initially worked in the teleservices industry for several small firms and then in 1986 was hired as the director of telemarketing for Special Olympics Pennsylvania.
He managed two call centers for two years and then left to start 1 2 1 Direct Response.
Special Olympics Pennsylvania was 1 2 1’s first client and remains one today.