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

Chair-Elect

Stephen Revetria
President
Giants Enterprises 
San Francisco, California USA

Vice Chair - Finance

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

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
Senior Vice President, Education & Engagement
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

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

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
Vice President, Digital Delivery 
Freeman 
Arlington, VA

Legal Counsel - Emeritus

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

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

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
The Freeman Company
Dallas, Texas USA

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

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

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

US Council Chair

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

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

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

EMEA Council Chair

Krzysztof Celuch, CMM, CITE, CIS, HMCC, CED
Vice-Rector / Professor
Vistula School of Hospitality
Warsaw, Poland

Canada Council Chair

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

Gerilyn Horan

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