Leadership & Governance
International Board of Directors
2020 Officers
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
Chair-Elect
Stephen Revetria
President
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco, California USA
Vice Chair - Finance
Bonnie Carlson, CDME
President & CEO
Bloomington Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bloomington, Minnesota USA
Ex-Officio
Ex-Officio
Paul Van Deventer
President and CEO
Meeting Professionals International
Dallas, Texas USA
Legal Counsel
Jonathan T. Howe, Esq.
President/Senior Partner
Howe & Hutton, Ltd.
Chicago, Illinois USA
Board of Directors - Terms Expiring 2020
Chair, Foundation Global Board of Trustees
Chandra Allison
Senior Vice President of Sales
Venetian Resort & Sands Expo Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada 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
Michelle Allgauer, CAE, CMM, CMP
VP, Meetings, Marketing & Education
Financial Services Institute (FSI)
Washington D.C., USA
Tracy Judge
Founder & Chief Connector
Soundings Connect
San Diego, CA
Michael Massari
Chief Sales Officer
Caesars Entertainment
Las vegas, Nevada USA
Board of Directors - Terms Expiring 2021
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
Board of Directors - Terms Expiring 2022
Jason Carroll, CMP
President & CEO
On|Point Events Group
Tampa, Florida USA
John Ehlenfeldt, CDME, CMP
Executive Vice President
Visit Huntington Beach,
Huntington Beach, CA USA
Kerry Lambert, CMP, MTA
Senior Director, Customer Success
CVENT
Arlington, VA
Executive Leadership
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
Global Board of Trustees
2020 Executive Committee
Chair
Chandra Allison
Senior Vice President of Sales
Venetian Resort & Sands Expo Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Immediate Past Chair
Carole McKellar, MA, CMM Chartered FCIPD
Vice President EMEA
HelmsBriscoe
Manchester, United Kingdom
Chair-Elect
Todd Marinko
Group Vice President, Marketing
PSAV
Dallas, Texas USA
Vice-Chair - Programs
Jennifer Beatty
Director of Business Development, International and Ottawa
Tourism Calgary
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Vice-Chair - Finance
Gary Schirmacher
Senior Vice President, Industry Presence & Strategic Development
Experient, A Maritz Global Events Company
Denver, Colorado, USA
Vice-Chair - Business Development
D. Bradley Kent
Senior Vice President & Chief Sales Officer
VisitDallas
Dallas, Texas USA
Vice-Chair - Chapters
Sarah Soliman Daudin, DES
President & CEO
Soliman Productions, Inc.
Orlando, Florida USA
Terms Expiring 2020
Susie Townsend
Senior Vice President, Visitor Experience
Visit Indy
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
Gina Samci
Senior Director, Global Accounts
Marriott International
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Marti Winer
Vice President of Operations
MGM Resorts Event Productions
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Julie Krueger
Business Development Director – International
Freeman Audio Visual
Dallas, Texas USA
Terms Expiring 2021
Trevor Lui
Founder
The Highbell Group
Ontario, Canada
Joey Nevin
Vice-President, Sales & Marketing
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco, 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
Ernest Stovall
Vice President of Sales
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
US Council Chair
Lisa Messina
Vice President of Sales
Caesars Entertainment
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Darren Green
Senior Vice President, Sales
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
Los Angeles, California USA
Terms Expiring 2022
EMEA Council
Krzysztof Celuch, CMM, CITE, CIS, HMCC, CED
Vice-Rector / Professor
Vistula School of Hospitality
Warsaw, Poland
Dawn Parisi
Parsippany, New Jersey USA
Canada Council
Candace Schierling
Director of National Sales
Tourism Saskatoon
Saskatoon, Canada
Mary Kreins
Senior National Sales Director
Disney Meetings & Events
Washington D.C., USA
Brad Dean
CEO
Discover Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Structure
The governing body of MPI is the International Board of Directors. The International Board is responsible for reviewing and approving the organization's strategic plans. It oversees financial integrity and monitors performance against achievement of strategy and long-term vision. Members of the Board include the chair of the board, chair-elect, vice chair of finance, immediate past chair
Each year, MPI members in good standing are eligible to submit an application to serve on the MPI International Board of Directors. The call for applications will open June 1,