Leadership & Governance

Chair

Steve O'Malley, HMCC, CITP
Division President
Maritz Travel
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Immediate Past Chair

Amanda Armstrong, CMP
Assistant Vice President
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
San Diego, California USA

Vice Chair - Finance

Michael Massari
Chief Sales Officer
Caesars Entertainment
Las vegas, Nevada USA

Ex-Officio

Paul Van Deventer
President and CEO
Meeting Professionals International
Dallas, Texas USA

Chair - MPI Foundation

Carole McKellar, MA, CMM Chartered FCIPD
Vice President EMEA
HelmsBriscoe
Manchester, United Kingdom

Legal Counsel

Jonathan T. Howe, Esq.
President/Senior Partner
Howe & Hutton, Ltd.
Chicago, Illinois USA

Bonnie Carlson, CDME
President & CEO
Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bloomington, Minnesota USA

Jason Carroll, CMP
President & CEO 
On|Point Events Group
Tampa, Florida USA

Helle Svaneborg
Director of Exhibitions & Conferences
Atrium Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark

John Ehlenfeldt, CDME, CMP
Executive Vice President
Visit Huntington Beach, 
Huntington Beach, CA USA

Michelle Allgauer, CAE, CMM, CMP
VP, Meetings, Marketing & Education
Financial Services Institute (FSI)
Washington D.C., USA

Antonio Ducceschi CMM, CHBA
General Manager Cluster
Collezione Starhotels
Florence, Italy

Kaaren Hamilton, CMP, CMM, HMCC
VP, Global Sales
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
New York, USA

Brent Taylor, CMM, CMP
President & COO
Timewise Event Management
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Rob Adams
CEO
Bishop-McCann
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Cleo Battle, CDME, CASE
Executive Vice President
Louisville Tourism
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Leslie Menichini
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Rosen Hotels & Resorts
Orlando, Florida USA

Miguel Neves, CMP
Social Strategist
Miguelseven.com
Copenhagen, Denmark

Stephen Revetria
Senior Vice President
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco, California USA

Paul Van Deventer

President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
 

Darren Temple

Chief Operations Officer (COO)

Bernie Schraer

Sr. Vice President, Global Business Development

Annette Gregg, CMM, MBA

Sr. Vice President of Experience

Michael Crumrine

Vice President, Information Technology

Diane Hawkins, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Vice President, People, Performance and Administrative Services

Scott Mackinaw

Vice President, Finance

Drew Holmgreen

Vice President, Brand Engagement

Kevin Kirby

Executive Director, MPI Foundation

Chair - MPI Foundation

Carole McKellar, MA, CMM Chartered FCIPD
Vice President EMEA
HelmsBriscoe
Manchester, United Kingdom

Chair-Elect - MPI Foundation

Chandra Allison
Senior Vice President of Sales
Venetian/Palazzo Resort Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Immediate Past Chair

Jim Russell
Executive Vice President, Sales
The Freeman Company
Dallas, Texas USA

Vice Chair - Programs

Todd Marinko
Group Vice President, Marketing
PSAV
Dallas, Texas USA

Vice Chair - Finance

Bruce Gudenberg
Executive Director, Industry Relations
Hilton
Washington, D.C. USA

Vice Chair - Development

D. Bradley Kent
Senior Vice President & Chief Sales Officer
VisitDallas
Dallas, Texas USA

Vice Chair - Chapters

Trevor Lui
Founder
The Highbell Group
Ontario, Canada

Dawn Parisi
Vice President of Field Sales
Wyndham Hotel Group
Parsippany, New Jersey USA

Diana Voto
National Sales Director
The Walt Disney Company
New York, New York USA

Canada Council Chair

Jennifer Beatty
Director of Business Development, International and Ottawa
Tourism Calgary
Toronto, Ontario Canada

EMEA Council Chair

Julie Krueger
Business Development Director – International
Freeman Audio Visual
Dallas, Texas USA

US Council Chair

Marti Winer
Vice President of Operations
MGM Resorts Event Productions
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Gary Schirmacher
Senior Vice President, Industry Presence & Strategic Development
Experient, A Maritz Global Events Company
Denver, Colorado, USA

Susie Townsend
Senior Vice President, Visitor Experience
Visit Indy
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Gina Samci 
Senior Director, Global Accounts 
Marriott International 
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Jonathan Kaplan
Vice President, Global Sales Strategy
InterContinental Hotels Group
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Sarah Soliman Daudin, DES
President & CEO
Soliman Productions, Inc.
Orlando, Florida USA

Darren Green
Senior Vice President, Sales
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
Los Angeles, California USA

David Kliman, CMM
President
The Kliman Group, Inc.
Santa Rosa, California USA

Vince LaRuffa
Senior Vice President, Resort Sales & Marketing
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida USA

Lisa Messina
Vice President of Sales
Caesars Entertainment
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Joey Nevin
Vice-President, Sales & Marketing 
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco, California USA 

Ernest Stovall
Vice President of Sales 
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino 
Las Vegas, Nevada USA