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

Ovesey was born inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up inLos Angeles, and graduated fromStanford 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 notedpsychoanalystLionel Ovesey and they had two daughters.^[1] She died oflung cancer inManhattan on December 13, 2003.^[2][3]

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

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