Leadership & Governance

Chair

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

Immediate Past Chair

Stephen Revetria
President
Giants Enterprises 
San Francisco, California USA

Chair-Elect

Cleo Battle, CDME, CASE
President & CEO
Louisville Tourism
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Vice-Chair - Finance

Michelle Allgauer, CAE, CMM, CMP
Senior Vice President, Education & Engagement
Financial Services Institute (FSI)
Washington D.C., USA

Ex-Officio

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

Legal Counsel

Artoush Varshosaz
Legal Cousel
Partner, K&L Gates LLP
Dallas, Texas USA

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

John Ehlenfeldt, CDME, CMP
Huntington Beach, CA USA

Kerry Lambert, CMP, MTA
Vice President, Digital Delivery 
Freeman 
Arlington, VA USA

Chair, Foundation Global Board of Trustees

Gary Schirmacher, CMP
CEO
Total Hospitality Industry Solutions
Erie, Colorado USA

Rob Adams
CEO
Bishop-McCann
Kansas City, Missouri USA

Robbert Weddepohl
Commerical and Operational Director
Van der Valk International BV
Amersfoot, Netherlands

Julie Coker
President & CEO
San Diego Tourism Authority
San Diego, California USA

Janet Dell
President & Chief Operating Officer
Freeman
Chicago, Illinois USA

Tammy Routh
Senior Vice President – Global Sales
Marriott International
Chicago, Illinois USA

Michel Wohlmuth
CEO
Creatividad
Mexico City, Mexico

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

Bobby Heard, CAE
COO 
American College of Emergency Physicians
Irving, TX USA

Chris Meyer
CEO
George P. Johnson
San Francisco, California USA

Michael Guerriero
President
Digitell, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Legal Counsel - Emeritus

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

Chair

Gary Schirmacher, CMP
CEO
Total Hospitality Industry Solutions
Erie, Colorado USA

Immediate Past Chair

Todd Marinko
Owner, Red Fox Consulting
Dallas, Texas USA

Chair-Elect

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

Vice-Chair - Finance

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

Vice-Chair - Chapters

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

Vice-Chair - Programs

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

Vice-Chair - Business Development

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

Krzysztof Celuch, CMM, CITE, CIS, HMCC, CED

Vice-Rector / Professor
Vistula School of Hospitality
Warsaw, Poland

Brad Dean
CEO
Discover Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gerilyn Horan

Vice President, Group Sales
Hilton Worldwide
New York, New York USA

Sharon Jarrett
President & CEO
Jarrett Affairs - Event Design & Productions
Charlotte, NC USA

Mary Kreins
Senior National Sales Director
Disney Meetings & Events
Washington D.C., USA

Canada Council Chair

Candace Schierling
Director of National Sales
Tourism Saskatoon
Saskatoon, Canada

Richard Allchid, CMP
Head of Sales
IMEX Group
Brighton, UK

Antonio Ducceschi CMM, CHBA - EMEA Council Chair
Chief Commercial Officer
Collezione Starhotels
Florence, Italy

D. Bradley Kent

Senior Vice President & Chief Sales Officer
VisitDallas
Dallas, Texas USA

Julie Krueger
Business Development Director – International
The Freeman Company
Dallas, Texas USA

Joe Marcy, CMP
Business Development Executive
Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Manhattan Beach, CA USA

Rebecca DeLuca, CMP
Director of Key Accounts & Strategic Partnerships
Caesars Entertainment
Las Vegas, NV

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

Joey Nevin - US Council Chair
Vice-President
Giants Enterprises
San Francisco, California USA 

Rich Reasons
President
Simpleview Inc.
Tucson, AZ

Ernest Stovall
Vice President of Sales 
Mandalay Resort & Casino and Delano | Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Valeria Serrano Suzan, PCS - Latin American Council Chair
Managing Director
CTA Event Designer & DMC
Cancun, Mexico

Paul Van Deventer

President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
 

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, CED

Vice President, Brand Engagement

Kevin Kirby

Executive Director, MPI Foundation