InfoCision history

1986 -- Classic Data handles millions of calls and credit-card checks for the mammoth charitable fundraiser, Hands Across America, and the mailings for Willie Nelson’s first Farm Aid benefit concert.

1989 -- InfoCision is rated 61st in the nation in Inc. magazine’s 500 list of America’s fastest-growing companies.

InfoCision is the only teleservice company to win an MVP Quality Award every year since 1993 and has won the MVP Gold Award for highest quality in thirteen of the last sixteen years.

1994 -- InfoCision is 17 on a list of the “Top 50 Outbound Telemarketing Service Agencies in America” by Telemarketing Magazine.

1999 -- InfoCision lawsuit against Mothers Against Drunk Drivers claims MADD hired InfoCision to conduct telephone fundraising drives, but failed to pay $1.4 million for services.

2000 -- InfoCision has 13 call centers in Ohio and West Virginia and employs about 1,600 people.

The Washington Post reports that in the first four months of 2003 United States House Republicans spent more than $16 million with InfoCision for campaign fundraising.

2004 -- Carl Albright, 36, is promoted to president of InfoCision.

2008 -- InfoCision completes its $7 million expansion of its Austintown call center, making it the company’s largest facility.

2010 -- InfoCision’s President and Chief Executive Carl Albright is honored as the Ohio recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

2012 -- InfoCision agrees to pay $75,000 after the Ohio Attorney General’s Office accuses the company of making misleading statements and failing to make required disclosures when it made solicitation calls on behalf of charities.

In 2016, Karen was awarded a Ph.D. as a Doctor of Humane Letters from The University of Akron for her strong involvement and philanthropic ties in the community.