Board of Directors

Officers
Chair Brenda Anderson CEO Society of Incentive & Travel Executives
Vice Chair Eric Allen Executive Director Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association Vice President Kellen Company
Secretary/Treasurer Deborah Sexton, CMP, CAE President and CEO Professional Convention Management Association
Immediate Past Chair John H. Graham IV, CAE President and CEO American Society of Association Executives
Legal Counsel Jeffrey W. King, Esq. Crowell & Moring LLP
Board Members Eric Allen Executive Director Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association Vice President Kellen Company Brenda Anderson CEO Society of Incentive & Travel Executives Jorge Bisteni-Bustani Director General B.P. Servimed Alliance of Meeting Management Consultants Deborah Blom Executive Director Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors - International Jeff Blosser Executive Director Oregon Convention Center International Association of Assembly Managers Tom Bolman Executive Vice President International Association of Conference Centers Steve Bova, CAE Executive Director Financial and Insurance Conference Planners Bill Connors Executive Director and COO National Business Travel Association Peter Dicks Executive Director Exhibit Designers and Producers Association Douglas L. Ducate, CEM, CMP President and CEO Center for Exhibition Industry Research Bonnie B. Fedchok Executive Director National Association of Catering Executives Mary Fleming Society of Exploration Geophysicists Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives Michael D. Gehrisch President and CEO Destination Marketing Association International Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA President and CEO Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International John H. Graham IV, CAE President and CEO American Society of Association Executives Steven Hacker, CAE President International Association for Exhibition Management Dale Harmon Special Events Coordinator Plants Alive! International Special Events Society Roy Jay National Chairman National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners Bruce M. MacMillan, CA President and CEO Meeting Professional International Lynn McCullough CEO Association for Convention Operations Management Joseph McInerney, CHA President and CEO American Hotel & Lodging Association Kim Methe Vice President of Corporate Business Freeman Exhibition Services & Contractors Association James D. Montoya, CAE Executive Vice President International Association of Speakers Bureaus Suzanne C. Pine Executive Vice President AMCinstitute (Formerly IAAMC) Fran Rickenbach, CAE, IOM Executive Vice President Association of Destination Management Executives Steve Schuldenfrei President Trade Show Exhibitors Association Deborah Sexton, CMP, CAE President and CEO Professional Convention Management Association Martin Sirk CEO International Congress and Convention Association Stacy Tetschner, CAE Executive Vice President and CEO National Speakers Association Carl C. Thompson, CGMP Executive Director Society of Government Meeting Professionals DeWayne S. Woodring, CMP, CEM Executive Director and CEO Religious Conference Management Association CIC Foundation Chair Christie Hicks Senior Vice President of Global Sales Starwood Hotels & Resorts CMP Board Chair Keith Sexton-Patrick, CMP Director of Convention Services and Destination Services Mohegan Sun APEX Commission Chair Terri Breining, CMP, CMM President and Owner Concepts Worldwide, Inc.