2025 Board of Directors
President
Kim Stoermer, CMP, HMCC
Senior Event Planner
Gilead
President-Elect
Eddie Kertel
Director of Sales
Innovative Entertainment
Immediate Past President
Neil Adams
Business Development Manager
Bright Event Rentals
VP of Finance
Simone Papapietro
Event Manager, Studio
ICONIQ
VP of Membership
Jazlyn Hoover
VP of Communications
Shelbi Quintana (Walker)
Director of Sales
Visit Berkeley
VP of Education
Lisa Aquino
Business Development Director
Freeman
VP of Annual Conference & Expo (ACE)
Danielle Restaino Walters
Senior Meeting Manager
DRW Events
DRW Events
Director of Special Events
Kathy Newby
Account Executive
Account Executive
AFR Furniture Rental
Director of Marketing
Chio Aguirre
Associate Director of Sales
Associate Director of Sales
InterContinental San Francisco
Director of Education
Vivian Perez
Marketing and Sales Manager
Marketing and Sales Manager
Metro Events
Director of Membership
Melanie Lucero
Director of Sales Optimization
Bally's Corporation
Director of Leadership Development
Elaine Herman
Client Development Director
Wine Meats Cheese
Director of Partnerships
Andrew Verducci
Verducci Event Productions