Louisville custom home builder Joseph A. Pusateri has been honored as a Pacesetter Award winner for 2007 by Custom Home magazine, according to Leslie Ensor, the magazine’s chief editor. “Out of the hundreds and hundreds of entries in the community Service category, Mr. Pusateri’s entry simply stood out as the most worthy this year” said Ms. Ensor.

Pusateri earned the national honor for his continuing efforts in guiding the 70-year-old Louisville Orchestra as President of the Orchestra’s Board of Directors. Among Pusateri’s recent efforts:

• Negotiating agreement on a five-year contract that saves the Louisville Orchestra $1.9 million in expenses.
  
• A recently negotiated practice and production schedule that allows the Orchestra to be more flexible.
  
• Pusateri guided the selection and hiring of the Orchestra’s new Chief Executive Officer, Brad Broecker and Jorge Mester, Music Director.