Participant Directory 2023Keynote & Schedule Details PCMA Leadership Board of Directors & TrusteesChapter Leadership Desirée Knight, CAE, CMP, DES Chair Senior Director, Meetings and EventsAmerican Psychological Association Leonard Hoops Chair-Elect President & CEOVisit Indy Neil Brownlee Secretary-Treasurer Head of Business EventsVisitScotland Charles Starks Immediate Past Chair President & CEOMusic City Center Gregg Caren Director / Trustee President & CEOPhiladelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau Dr. Amanda Cecil, PhD, CMP Director / Trustee Professor, Dept. of Tourism, Event and Sport ManagementIndiana University Fernando Fondevila, MBA Director / Trustee CEOPromtur Panama Brian Landers, CDS Director / Trustee Senior Vice President / Team DirectorConferenceDirect Gladys O’Mahony Director / Trustee Vice President, Global Sales Organization – CALAMarriott International Lauren Parr Director / Trustee Senior Vice President, Meetings and LearningAmerican Geophysical Union Annalisa Ponchia, CMP, CMM Director / Trustee Director of Innovation & Customer Experience & Director of International CongressAIM Group International Chantal Sturk-Nadeau Director / Trustee Executive Director, Business EventsDestination Canada Panos Tzivanidis Director / Trustee Director of Corporate Events and ServicesInternational Olympic Committee Kathleen Warden Director / Trustee Director of Conference SalesScottish Event Campus Sherrif Karamat, CAE Ex-Officio Member President & CEOPCMA and CEMA Dawn Amaskane, CMP, CAE Greater Midwest AVP, Administrative AffairsAmerican Osteopathic Association Colleen Bagnasco, CAE, CMP Greater Midwest Vice President, Strategic Events & Industry RelationsAssociation Management Center Krista Cameron, DES Canada East Regional VP, Industry Relations, CanadaEncore Canada Wendy Carranza, CMP, DES Greater Midwest Meetings ManagerAmerican Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society Kristi Casale, CMP, DMCP Greater Midwest VP of Meetings and CEAmerican Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Mary Cline Southeast Vice President, National SalesWolfgang Puck Catering Chris Colbert Southeast Vice President of SalesCobb Travel & Tourism Steven Donlin Heartland Regional Sales DirectorEncore Brittany Doyle, PMP, PSPO I, CMP, CEM, DES Rocky Mountain Product OwnerCadmium Carson Edwards Jr., MBA, CASE, CDMP Capital Global Account ExecutiveMarriott International Will Engle POWER Assistant Director of Education and EventsAMR Management Services Peggy Ford Heartland Senior Sales ExecutiveMarriott Marquis Chicago Erik Heitmeyer Northern California Business Development Vice PresidentFreeman Kelly Jena, CMP, DES Greater Midwest Meetings ManagerAmerican Society for Dermatologic Surgery Molly Johnson, CMP – Fellow Southeast Director of Convention SalesWilmington & Beaches CVB Michel Kafrouny Canada East Events ManagerPolicy Horizons Eric Kincaid Capital Associate Vice-President, SalesChoose Chicago Jenny Lynch Greater Midwest National Account DirectorVisit Indy Angelica Montanez, CMP Gulf States Director of Event SalesEncore Bob O’Connell, CEM Greater Philly Senior Director, Business DevelopmentGES Godwin-Charles Ogbeide Rocky Mountain Professor and Director of DLAMetropolitan State University of Denver Joni Opperman Greater Midwest Assistant Managing Director, Association Group SalesHilton Worldwide Ronnette Phillips Greater Midwest Director of Sales, AssociationHilton Worldwide Rebecca Ramsey Capital Business Development ExecutiveEventEQ / LMG Venues Phillip Ridley, CMP Greater Midwest Meeting Operations ManagerEmergency Nurses Association Jennifer Salerno, CMP, DES Greater Midwest Host & ModeratorJTS Connect, LLC Kurt Shaver Northern California Business Development ExecutiveSonoma County Tourism Bonnie Stetz, CMP Greater Midwest Director, Conference Experience StrategyNational Association of REALTORS Michelle Whitworth, CMP, DES Greater Midwest Strategic Event ManagerAssociation Management Center Lindsay Williams, CMP Greater Midwest Senior Manager, Business DevelopmentGES PCMA Partners UberStrategicPremierService Providers and Annual Sponsors Candice Beckman Industry Engagement and Events ManagerEncore Eric Blanc Deputy DirectorOrange County Convention Center Krista Cameron, DES Regional VP, Industry Relations, CanadaEncore Canada Michael Clarke, CMP Senior Director B2B Programs & Events, US / CanadaMarriott International Steven Donlin Regional Sales DirectorEncore Carson Edwards Jr., MBA, CASE, CDMP Global Account ExecutiveMarriott International Vickie Keliher Director of National AccountsVisit Orlando Angelica Montanez, CMP Director of Event SalesEncore Gladys O’Mahony Vice President, Global Sales Organization – CALAMarriott International Glenn Stress Vice PresidentMarriott International Jose Arana Group Marketing DirectorDiscover Puerto Rico Ed Carey Chief Sales OfficerDiscover Puerto Rico Tara Gordon Senior Vice President, Global Sales & ServicesDestination Toronto Mary Kay Hackley Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Executive Director, Visit Austin FoundationVisit Austin Angela Hammond Vice President, Sales OperationsExperience Columbus Liz Kara Senior National Sales ExecutiveVisit Lauderdale Gordon Taylor Chief Sales OfficerDestination Cleveland Heather Neale Managing Director of SalesDestination Toronto Weemin Ong Vice President of MICE & SalesMarina Bay Sands Kelly Saling Chief Sales OfficerVisit Seattle Susan Richardson Vice President, Group and Convention SalesVisit Detroit Carol Motley SVP, Convention Sales and ServicesGreater Miami CVB Chantal Sturk-Nadeau Executive Director, Business EventsDestination Canada Stephanie Turner Senior VP/ Convention Sales & StrategiesNew Orleans & Company Dan WIlliams Chief of SalesExperience Columbus Chris Achacoso Associate Director, AmericasBESydney William Adams Director of Convention SalesDestination DC Gregg Caren President & CEOPhiladelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau Luc Charbonneau Vice President, Business Development and Strategic AlliancesMontréal Convention Centre Marissa Dionne VP, MarketingOVG360 Mylène Gagnon Vice President, Sales and Convention ServicesBusiness Events Montréal Mary Gallagher, CMP Vice President, Convention SalesLos Angeles Tourism & Convention Board Maria Grasso Senior Vice President, Convention DivisionPhiladelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau Erik Heitmeyer Business Development Vice PresidentFreeman Leonard Hoops President & CEOVisit Indy Kris Jebson Director, Global SalesMGM Resorts International Jackie Kavcak Director of Sales Meetings and Conventions USDestination Vancouver David Kinney Director of Midwest SalesLouisville Tourism Stacey Knoppel Vice PresidentEvents DC Kyla Knudson, CASE, CIS Director of Business Development, East Coast USATourism Calgary Jenny Lynch National Account DirectorVisit Indy Adrienne Nudo Senior Director, Citywide SalesHawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau Joni Opperman Assistant Managing Director, Association Group SalesHilton Worldwide Tyler Orwig Vice President of Association & Tradeshow SalesVisit San Antonio Gerardina Pasquariello, CMP Team Leader, Business EventsBusiness Events Montréal Sharon Persaud Manager Industry RelationsDiscover The Palm Beaches Ronnette Phillips Director of Sales, AssociationHilton Worldwide Robert Redman Senior Director of SalesBoston Convention Marketing Center Joyce Russell Managing Director of SalesVisit Indy Dave Sclanders Convention Sales DevelopmentBMO Convention Centre at Stampede Park Claire Smith, CMP Vice President, Sales & MarketingVancouver Convention Centre John Solis Senior Vice President of Sales and Client ServicesVisit Houston Jennifer Sommers, CMP Key Account DirectorIHG Hotels & Resorts Lora Stanley Vice President of Convention SalesVisit Anaheim Beth Stehley Sr VP of Sales and Destination ServicesMeet Boston Sherry Vale Regional Director of SalesVisit Baltimore John Bettag, CMP Senior Vice President Business DevelopmentHeritage Nationwide Exposition Services Gabriel Casey VP, ProductJUNO Live Ben Goedegebuure EVP, Global in Industry PresenceMaritz Global Events Ryan Kalous Sr. Account ExecutiveNotified Bob O’Connell Senior Director, Business DevelopmentGES Stephanie Seguin Director, Business EventsOttawa Tourism Lindsay Williams, CMP Senior Manager, Business DevelopmentGES Uber Partners Strategic Partners Premier Partners