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Emily Zientek, MS
Emily Zientek, sustainability coordinator at SodexoLive!, shares the best advice she’s been given about dealing with difficult work situations.
Abby Skinner
Abby Skinner, YPO Southern 7’s chapter manager, shares her strategy for keeping work/life balance — planning personal time in advance for each month.
Lucie Sagne
Lucie Sagne, event designer at MCI Group Canada, would like to see initiatives at events that tackle food waste expanded in practice.
Amber Prothero
Amber Prothero, a musician, emcee, and a client executive for SongDivision and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, shares how her work has shown that event organizers can harness technology to create vital digital or hybrid events.
Iva Popova
Iva Popova, senior social media manager at Kenes Group, hopes that in the future she will be helping to amplify the events industry’s power to make a difference.
Caroline Pekar
Caroline Pekar, an assistant events manager at Freeman and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, hopes in the future to fill a gap she sees in the industry by mentoring young professionals new to event planning.
Samie Peckinpaugh
Samie Peckinpaugh, senior sales manager at Access DMC, shares her belief that events professionals will thrive by embracing their mistakes and learning from them.
Kelly Parkinson
Kelly Parkinson, resource development manager for the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, believes the event professionals have an opportunity to better serve their communities by adopting more inclusive design — a practice she would like to see everyone in the industry embrace.
Lillian Nguyen, MS
Lillian Nguyen, MS, event security planner at Meta via Milestone Technologies and a member of PCMA's 20 in Their Twenties class of 2025, offers her tips to achieve work/life balance in the events industry.
Visit Detroit Named PCMA Visionary Awards Finalist for Hosting NFL Draft
For the first time, the PCMA Foundation accepted group nominations for the Professional Excellence Award categories as part of its annual Visionary Awards program. Here’s how the Visit Detroit team became an Impact Award finalist.
Group Effort Nets RIMS Meetings Team Visionary Awards Finalist Nomination
For the first time, teams — not just individuals — could be nominated for Professional Excellence awards as part of the PCMA Foundation’s Visionary Awards this year. Convene spoke with the leader of the RIMS team, a finalist for Experience Design of the Year.
How AAPA’s Conference and Meetings Team Created the Made in Houston Marketplace
Here’s how the events team at the American Academy of Physician Associates was named a finalist for the Professional Excellence award in the category of Experience Design of the Year, part of the PCMA Foundation’s Visionary Awards program.