Association of Collegiate Conference and Events
Directors-International (ACCED-I)
AMC Institute - Formerly IAAMC
Alliance of Meeting Management Companies (AMMC)
American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
American Society of Association Executives and the Center
(ASAE & The Center)
Association for Convention Operations Management (ACOM)
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives
(CESSE)
Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR)
Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI)
- Formerly IACVB
Exhibit Designers and Producers Association (EDPA)
Exhibition Services & Contractors Association (ESCA)
Financial and Insurance Conference Planners (FICP) -
Formerly ICPA
Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC)
Healthcare Convention and Exhibitors Association (HCEA)
Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International
(HSMAI)
International Association of Assembly Managers (IAAM)
International Association of Conference Centers (IACC)
International Association for Exhibitions and Events
(IAEE) - Formerly IAEM
International Association of Professional Congress
Organisers (IAPCO)
International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB)
International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA)
International Special Events Society (ISES)
Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)
National Business Travel Association (NBTA)
National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners (NCBMP)
National Speakers Association (NSA)
Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)
Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA)
Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP)
Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE)
Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA)
Association of Collegiate Conference and Events
Directors-International (ACCED-I)
Colorado State University
8037 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523
T: (970) 491-5151
F: (970) 491-0667
www.acced-i.org
Member Profile
ACCED-I is a nonprofit organization committed to improving, promoting
and recognizing excellence in the collegiate conference and events
profession. Celebrating over 25 years of service, ACCED-I is the premier
resource for collegiate-based conference and event planners. Currently,
they have a membership of over 1,500 professionals representing approximately
640 educational institutions and 41 corporations in the U.S., Canada,
and the U.K..
Chief Staff Executive
Deborah Blom
Executive Director
Founded: 1980
Membership: 1,500
AMC Institute (Formerly IAAMC)
100 North 20th Street
4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
T: (215) 564-3484
F: (215) 963-9784
www.amcinstitute.org
Member Profile
AMC Institute is an international nonprofit trade association comprised
of companies that provide association management and professional
services to volunteer-governed organizations and for-profit companies.
AMC Institute includes member companies that are demonstrated leaders
in the association industry, committed to high quality and value-added
association management and professional services.
Chief Staff Executive
Suzanne C. Pine
Executive Vice President
Founded: 1964
Membership: 143 association management company members
Alliance of Meeting Management Companies (AMMC)
PO Box 5514
Ausgusta, ME 04332
T: (800) 958-9937
www.ammc.org
Member Profile
AMMC strives to become the premier organization for meeting management
consultants. It serves the business management needs of meeting management
consultants and works to establish an identity for the industry both
in the meetings and in general business community. AMMC promotes the
interests of its members by creating support networks and encouraging
high standards and ethics in the industry.
Chief Staff Executive
Robin Craven
Executive Director
Founded: 1997
American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA)
1201 New York Avenue NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
T: (202) 289-3100
F: (202) 289-3199
www.ahla.com
Member Profile
AH&LA represents the interests of the U.S. lodging industry at the
national level on federal legislative and regulatory affairs; the national
media; the educational community; research groups; and the general public.
Chief Staff Executive
Joseph McInerney, CHA
President and CEO
Founded: 1910
Membership: 11,400
American Society of Association Executives &
The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE & The Center)
1575 I Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
T: (202) 371-0940
F: (202) 371-8315
www.asaecenter.org
Member Profile
ASAE is a membership organization and voice of the association profession.
ASAE now has more than 22,000 association CEOs, staff professionals,
industry partners, and consultant members. Founded in 2001, the Center
for Association Leadership is the premier provider of learning and knowledge
for the association community.
Chief Staff Executive
John H. Graham, IV, CAE
President and CEO
Founded: 1920
Membership: 24,940
Association for Convention Operations Management (ACOM)
191 Clarksville Road
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
T: (609) 799-4900
F: (609) 799-7032
www.acomonline.org
Member Profile
ACOM is an international organization for convention professionals
dedicated to providing needs-directed continuing education; enhancing
professional values and standards; and advancing and promoting quality
customer services to encourage growth and recognition of the convention
services profession.
Chief Staff Executive
Lynn McCullough
CEO
Founded: 1988
Membership: 600
Association of Destination Management Executives (ADME)
11 W. Monument Ave
Suite 510
PO Box 2307
Dayton, OH 45401
T: (937) 586-3727
F: (937) 586-3699
www.adme.org
Member Profile
ADME's mission is to increase the professionalism and effectiveness of destination management through education, promotion of ethical practices, and availability of information to the meeting, convention, and incentive travel industry and the general public.
Chief Staff Executive
Fran Rickenbach, CAE, IOM
Executive Vice President
Founded: 1995
Membership: 181
Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR)
8111 LBJ Freeway
Suite 750
Dallas, TX 75251
T: (972) 687-9242
F: (4972) 692-6020
www.ceir.org
Member Profile
CEIR is a non-profit organization with the mission of advancing
the growth, awareness and value of exhibitions and other face-to-face
marketing events by producing and delivering research-based knowledge
tools. For over 25 years, CEIR has been highlighting the importance
of exhibitions in today's business environment.
Chief Staff Executive
Douglas L. Ducate,
CEM, CMP
President and CEO
Founded: 1978
Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE)
P.O. Box 130656
St. Paul, MN 55113
T: (952) 838-3268
www.cesse.org
Member Profile
CESSE was organized as a forum for mutual exchange of experience and
guidance and discussion of common problems in operating societies. Their
objective is to advance the art and science of managing engineering
and scientific societies.
Chief Staff Executive
Mary Fleming
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Founded: 1949
Membership: 138
Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI)
2025 M Street NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
T: (202) 296-7888
F: (202) 296-7889
www.destinationmarketing.org
Member Profile
DMAI represents over 1,500 professional members from more than 600
destination marketing organizations throughout 30 countries. The association
has worked to enhance the professionalism, effectiveness and image
of CVBs and tourism boards.
Chief Staff Executive
Michael D.
Gehrisch
President and CEO
Founded: 1914
Membership: 600+ member bureaus; 1,500+
professional staff members
Exhibit Designers & Producers Association (EDPA)
5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road
Suite 500G
Atlanta, GA 30342
T: (404) 303-7310
F: (404) 252-0774
www.edpa.com
Member Profile
EDPA members include exhibit designers, producers, systems manufacturers,
distributors and marketers of custom, portable and modular exhibits;
show services contractors; exhibit transportation companies; event marketers;
and organizations that provide products or services to the exhibit industry.
EDPA provides members with industry specific education, advocacy, research,
and marketing networking opportunities.
Chief Staff Executive
Peter Dicks
Executive Director
Founded: 1955
Membership: 360
Exhibition Services & Contractors Association (ESCA)
1100 Johnson Ferry Road
Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30342
T: (877) 792-ESCA(3722) or (702) 319-9561
F: (702) 450-7732
www.esca.org
Member Profile
ESCA is a professional organization of firms engaged in the provision
of materials and services to trade shows, conventions, exhibitions and
sales meetings. ESCA is the voice of the exhibition service industry
and a source of facts and answers to the problems that confront it.
Chief Staff Executive
Kim Methe
Vice President of Corporate Business
The Freeman Companies
Founded: 1970
Membership: 430
Financial and Insurance Conference Planners (FICP)
401 N. Michigan Avenue
22nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60611
T: (312) 245-1023
F: (312) 321-5150
www.ficpnet.com
Member Profile
FICP provides high-quality information, education and a networking forum
to enhance business and professional development opportunities for financial
and insurance meeting planners. It provides intimate relationship-building
and educational forums that create a deeper understanding of the needs
of the financial services and insurance sector so that members and hospitality
partners can increase their success and value within their companies
and the industry.
Chief Staff Executive
Steve Bova, CAE
Executive Director
Founded: 1957
Membership: 400+
Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC)
6220 NE Glisan
Portland, OR 97213
T: (503) 731-8971
F: (503) 261-0964
www.greenmeetings.info
Member Profile
GMIC was formed to improve meeting management practices by promoting
environmentally responsible strategies through the collaborative efforts
of the hospitality industry, corporations, government, and community
organizations. GMIC is committed to supporting economic, environmental,
and community objectives as they relate to the meetings industry.
Chief Staff Executive
Amy Spatrisano,
CMP
President
Founded: 2003
Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association
(HCEA)
1100 Johnson Ferry Road
Building One, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30342
T: (404) 252-3663
F: (404) 252-0774
www.hcea.org
Member Profile
HCEA is a trade association of more than 700 organizations united
by a common desire to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of
healthcare conventions and exhibitions as an educational and marketing
medium. It promotes the value of exhibits as an integral part of healthcare
meetings. HCEA also provides exhibitors, associations, and supplies
a forum to exchange information and ideas. HCEA offers its members
the opportunity to become more knowledgeable in their profession through
meaningful communication; the exchange of ideas; and many other services.
Chief Staff Executive
Eric Allen
Executive Director
Founded: 1930
Membership: 713
Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
8201 Greensboro Drive
Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
T: (703) 610-9024
F: (703) 610-9005
www.hsmai.org
Member Profile
HSMAI is an international, individual membership organization comprised
of over 7,000 members representing travel sales and marketing professionals.
79 chapters in 35 countries worldwide are dedicated to enhancing sales
and marketing management skills in the travel and hospitality industry
through education and networking opportunities with peers and customers.
Chief Staff Executive
Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA
President and CEO
Founded: 1927
Membership: 7,000
635 Fritz Drive
Suite 100
Coppell, TX 75019
T: (972) 906-7441
F: (976) 906-7418
www.iaam.org
Member Profile
The objectives of IAAM are to promote and develop professional management of public assembly facilities and cultivate communication among managers of such facilities. This allows the circulatation of information to members and the public, so as to develop more frequent and efficient use of such facilities and standardize practices and ethics of management. In addition, IAAM develops and maintains liaisons with national and international organizations in allied fields.
Chief Staff Executive
Dexter King
Executive Director
Founded: 1924
Membership: 3,200
International Association of Conference Centers
(IACC)
243 North Lindbergh Boulevard
Suite 315
St. Louis, MO 63141
T: (314) 993-8575
F: (314) 993-8919
www.iacconline.com
Member Profile
IACC is a not-for-profit organization to advance understanding and awareness
of conference centers as distinct and unique within the hospitality
industry.
Chief Staff Executive
Tom Bolman
Executive Vice President
Founded: 1981
Membership: 397
International Association for Exhibition & Events
(IAEE) - Formerly IAEM
8111 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway
Suite 750
Dallas, TX 75251
T: (972) 458-8002
F: (972) 458-8119
www.iaem.org
Member Profile
IAEM is the professional association for more than 3,200 individuals
in 45 nations involved in the management and support of the global exhibition
industry. IAEM's mission is to promote the exhibition industry throughout
the world and to provide for the education and professional growth of
its members.
Chief Staff Executive
Steven Hacker, CAE
President
Founded: 1982
Membership: 6,000
International Association of Professional Congress
Organisers (IAPCO)
Brambles House
Colwell Road, Freshwater
Isle of Wight, PO40 9SL
United Kingdom
T: 44+20+87496171
F: 44+20+87400241
www.iapco.org
Member Profile
IAPCO represents professional organisers and managers of international
and national congresses, conventions and special events. IAPCO is committed
to raising standards of service among its members and other sectors
of the industry through continuing education and networking.
Chief Staff Executive
Patrizia Semprebene Buongiorno
President
Founded: 1968
International Association of Speakers Bureaus (IASB)
7150 Winton Drive
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46268
T: (317) 328-7790
F: (317) 280-8527
www.iasbweb.org
Member Profile
IASB member bureaus subscribe to a code of professional conduct and
accepted practices. Being in direct contact with a member bureau assures
meeting professionals of securing the right speaker or trainer for their
event. In many cases, IASB speakers' bureaus hold the key to a successful
event.
Chief Staff Executive
James D. Montoya, CAE
Executive Vice President
Founded: 1986
Membership: 101 bureaus
International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA)
Entrada 121, NL-1096 EB
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T: 31-20-398 1919
F: 31-20-699 0781
www.iccaworld.com
Member Profile
With over 600 member organisations and companies in 80 countries, ICCA
provides a worldwide network of experts in all aspects of hosting and
organising congresses and conventions. ICCA members - representing all
the various professional meeting suppliers - have unique opportunities
to access comprehensive meetings data and exchange business leads.
Chief Staff Executive
Martin Sirk
Chief Executive Officer
Founded: 1963
Membership: 600 member organisations
International Special Events Society (ISES)
401 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
T: (312) 321-6853
F: (312) 673-6953
www.ises.com
Member Profile
ISES educates, advances, and promotes the special events industry and
its network of professionals. ISES cultivates high standards of business
practices through their "Principles of Conduct and Ethics",
and fosters cooperation among members and other special events professionals.
Chief Staff Executive
Kevin Hacke
Executive Director
Membership: 3,300
Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
3030 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway
Suite 1700
Dallas, TX 75234
T: (972) 702-3000
F: (972) 702-3070
www.mpiweb.org
Member Profile
MPI is the largest association of meeting professionals, with over 20,000
members in 68 chapters and clubs across the world. MPI empowers meeting
professionals to increase their strategic value through education, clearly
defined career pathways, and business growth opportunities.
Chief Staff Executive
Bruce M. MacMillan, CA
President and CEO
Founded: 1972
Membership: 21,123
National Association of Catering Executives (NACE)
9881 Broken Land Parkway
Suite 101
Columbia, MD 21046
T: (410) 290-5410
F: (410) 290-5460
www.nace.net
Member Profile
NACE is the oldest and largest professional association for caterers
in all disciplines and their affiliate vendors. With over 3,000 members
in 46 chapters, NACE serves hotels, off-premise, club military and on-premise
caterers, providing top quality educational and networking opportunities,
and affiliate vendor interaction.
Chief Staff Executive
Bonnie B. Fedchock
Executive Director
Founded: 1985
Membership: 3,134
National Business Travel Association (NBTA)
110 North Royal Street
4th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
T: (703) 684-0836
F: (703) 684-0263
www.nbta.org
Member Profile
NBTA is the source for critical information on the business
travel industry. For more than 35 years, NBTA has dedicated itself
to the professional development of its members through advocacy, education
and training, and networking opportunities. NBTA represents over 2,500
corporate travel managers and travel service providers, who collectively
manage and direct more than $170 billion of expenditures within the
business travel industry.
Chief Staff Executive
Bill Connors
Executive Director and COO
Membership: 2,500
National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners (NCBMP)
8630 Fenton Street
Suite 126
Silver Spring, MD 20910
T: (202) 628-3952
F: (301) 588-0011
www.ncbmp.com
Member Profile
NCBMP is a non-profit organization dedicated to the training needs
of African American meeting planners. NCBMP's purpose is to educate
its members so that they will be able to maximize a greater return
on investment for their respective organizations; effect positive
change in the hospitality industry; and become a voice in the hospitality
industry on issues that affect the African American community.
Chief Staff Executive
Ozzie Jenkins, CMP
Association Director
Founded: 1983
Membership: 1,500
National Speakers Association (NSA)
1500 S. Priest Drive
Tempe, AZ 85281
T: (480) 968.2552
F: (480) 968.0911
www.nsaspeaker.org
Member Profile
NSA is an international association of more than 3,800 members dedicated
to advancing the art and value of experts who speak professionally.
For more than 25 years, NSA has provided resources and education designed
to enhance the business acumen and platform performance of professional
speakers.
Chief Staff Executive
Stacy Tetschner, CAE
Executive Vice President
Founded: 1973
Membership: 4,000
Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)
2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
Suite 1001
Chicago, IL 60616
T: (312) 423-7262
F: (312) 423-7222
www.pcma.org
Member Profile
The mission of PCMA is to serve the association community by enhancing
the effectiveness of meetings, conventions, and exhibitions through
member and industry education and to promote the value of the meetings
industry to the general public.
Chief Staff Executive
Deborah Sexton, CMP, CAE
President and CEO
Founded: 1957
Membership: 5,000
Religious Conference Management Association (RCMA)
One RCA Dome
Suite 120
Indianapolis, IN 46225
T: (317) 632-1888
F: (317) 632-7909
www.rcmaweb.org
Member Profile
RCMA is a professional non-profit interfaith organization of those who plan and manage meetings, conferences, conventions or assemblies for religious organizations. RCMA is dedicated to enhancing the professionalism of its members and to improving the experience of religious meeting attendees throughout the world.
Chief Staff Executive
Dr. DeWayne S. Woodring,
CMP, CEM
Executive Director and CEO
Founded: 1972
Membership: 3,314
Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP)
908 King Street
Lower Level
Alexandria, VA 22314
T: (703) 549-0892
F: (703) 549-0708
www.sgmp.org
Member Profile
SGMP is dedicated to improving the knowledge and expertise of individuals
in planning and execution of government meetings through education,
training and industry relationships.
Chief Staff Executive
Carl C. Thompson,
CGMP
Executive Director
Founded: 1981
Membership: 3,500
Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE)
401 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
T: (312) 321-5148
F: (312) 527-6783
www.site-intl.org
Member Profile
SITE is a worldwide organization of business professionals dedicated
to the increased recognition and use of incentives as a motivator and
reward in programs designed to achieve defined objectives. SITE is comprised
of 2,100 individual members representing more than 80 countries.
Chief Staff Executive
Brenda Anderson
CEO
Founded: 1973
Membership: 2,100
Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA)
McCormick Place
2301 South Lake Shore Drive
Suite 1005
Chicago, IL 60616
T: (312) 842-TSEA
F: (312) 842-8744
www.tsea.org
Member Profile
TSEA provides knowledge to management professionals who utilize
the trade show and events medium to promote and sell their products,
as well as those who supply them with products and services. TSEA
distributes publications and services to help exhibitors do their
jobs more effectively.
Chief Staff Executive
Steve Schuldenfrei
President
Founded: 1966
Membership: 2,200
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