For more information, please contact Sandy Eitel at 312.423.7271 or seitel@pcma.org.

Proposed Slate of 2008 PCMA New Board Officers and Directors
9/4/2007

CHICAGO, September 4, 2007 The PCMA Nominating Committee, chaired by Gregg H. Talley, CAE , past Chairman of the Board, met on August 28th in Chicago, IL and reviewed, in detail, an impressive number of nominee applications. After careful deliberation, the committee offers the following slate of candidates for leadership positions on the 2008 PCMA Board of Directors.

According to the PCMA Bylaws, this official announcement of the proposed slate is to be sent to the membership by October 1st. The nominating process, according to the Bylaws (Article XII, Section 1(d), allows for additional nominations for any officer or director position by members who submit a petition. The petition is required to be signed by 5% of the members from the respective membership category appropriate to that position, and submitted to the President and CEO no later than the close of business November 1, 2007. If you are interested in submitting a petition, please contact Deborah Sexton, President and CEO, at 312.423.7210 or dsexton@pcma.org  or petition details and procedures.

Unless there are additional petition nominations from the membership, the following officers and directors will be deemed elected and will take office immediately following the PCMA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington on January 17th, 2008:

2008 PROPOSED SLATE OF NEW OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Chair-Elect: John Folks, President, Minding Your Business, Inc. (Term: 2008)

Secretary-Treasurer: Kati Quigley, CMP, Director, Event Marketing, Microsoft Corporation (Term: 2008)

Professional Directors:

Jack Chiasson, CMP, Executive Director, National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (Term: 2008-2010)

Betty Ford, Director of Meetings, Scientific Societies (Term: 2008-2010)

Susan Katz, Director of Corporate Events, True Value Company (Term: 2008-2010)

Michael Polin, CMP, Director of Conventions, Meetings, & Events, Narcotics Anonymous World Services (Term: 2008-2010)

Supplier Partner Directors:

David Peckinpaugh, CMP, President & CEO, San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau (Term: 2008-2010)

Greg Van Dyke, Senior Vice President, Marketing, PSAV Presentation Services (Term: 2008-2010)

The following individuals will continue to serve on the Board, but in new positions:

Chairman of the Board: Nancy Elder, CAE, Director, Meetings and Industry Relations, American Society for Microbiology (Term: 2008)

Immediate Past Chairman of the Board: Sharon DelaBarre, CMP, Owner, DelaBarre & Associates, Inc. (Term: 2008)

The following individuals will continue to serve in their existing Board positions:

Professional Directors:

Sue M. Dykema, CAE, Deputy Executive Director, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Term: 2006-2008)

Dave Fellers, CAE , Executive Director, Radiological Society of North America (Term: 2007-2009)

Deidre Ross, CMP, Director, Conference Services, American Library Association (Term: 2007-2009)

Gary Schirmacher, CMP, Vice President, Western Region, Experient (Term: 2006-2008)

Tina Wehmeir, Managing Partner, Talley Management Group (Term: 2006-2008)

Johnnie C. White, CMP, Director, Meetings & Conventions, Cardiovascular Research Foundation (Term: 2007-2009)

Supplier Partner Directors:

Gregory T. Deininger, Vice President of National Accounts, Marriott Global Sales Organization (Term: 2006-2008)

Joseph V. Popolo, Jr., President, Freeman (Term: 2007-2009)

The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) is the professional resource center and premier educator for the meetings and convention industry. Founded in 1957, PCMA represents the interests of meeting management executives from associations, non-profit organizations, corporations, independent meeting planning companies, and multi-management firms who recognize the importance of meetings to their organization. PCMA empowers members with the tools they need to succeed as meeting professionals and to promote the value of the industry to their organizations and the general public. Headquartered in Chicago, PCMA has 16 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. For additional information, please visit the PCMA Web site at www.pcma.org.

The role of the PCMA Education Foundation is to support the mission of PCMA through fundraising and grant giving focused on education and research that will benefit the meetings and conventions industry. Established in 1985, the Foundation supports educational programs to improve professionalism in the meetings industry and to provide a university-level meeting management curriculum. The Foundation provides educational programs for meeting managers, hotels, convention and visitors bureaus, and other members of the meetings industry. It also conducts ongoing research of industry issues and concerns. The Foundation continually designs and creates new programs to encourage the highest levels of professionalism in the meetings industry.