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Slate of 2008 PCMA Education Foundation Trustees
10/31/2007

CHICAGO, October 31, 2007 - The PCMA Education Foundation Nominating Committee has reviewed all nominations submitted for the 2008 Board of Trustees and the following slate was prepared for review and approval by the Board of Trustees. On October 25th, the slate was approved and deemed elected by the Board.

2008 SLATE OF TRUSTEES

Chair: Christie Hicks, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Term: 2008

Chair-Elect: Michael Payne, SmithBucklin Corporation, Term: 2008

Secretary/Treasurer: Barry Smith, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Term: 2008

Immediate Past Chairman: Gary Seibert, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Term: 2008

Trustees:

Martin Balogh, American Bar Association, Term: 2008-2009 

Robert Dirks, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Term: 2008-2009 

Manuel Espinoza, Association of Latino Professionals in Finance & Accounting, Term: 2008-2009 

Susan Iris, Canadian Tourism Commission, Term: 2008-2009

Nancy Murphy, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Term: 2008-2009

David Olender, Gaylord Entertainment , Term: 2008-2009

Jerry Pfeiffer , GES Exposition Services, Term: 2008-2009

The following Trustees will be continuing their terms in 2008:

Trustees:

George Aguel, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Term: 2007-2008

Lisa Block, Society for Human Resource Management, Term: 2007-2008 

Liz Erikson, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Term: 2007-2008

Michael Fegley, InterContinental Hotels Group, Term: 2007-2008 

Thomas Mobley, Global Spectrum, Term: 2007-2008 

Reba Pittman Walker, Washington Convention Center, Term: 2007-2008

Gregg Talley, Talley Management Group , Term: 2007-2008

Brad Weaber, Experient, Inc., Term: 2007-2008

Trustee/President & CEO: Deborah Sexton, PCMA and PCMA Education Foundation

The following Trustee positions are determined by PCMA:

PCMA Appointed Trustees:

D. Bradley Kent, AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions, Term: 2008-2009

Teri Jarvie, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Term: 2007-2008

Nancy Elder, American Society for Microbiology, Term: 2008

John Folks, Minding Your Business, Inc., Term: 2008

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.