March 1, 2011 – Dallas, TX
– Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced the slate of
candidates
for its 2011‐2012 International
Board of Directors today. All MPI members will receive official notice
of the
slate later today via the website.
"Essential skills and
competencies are always required for volunteer leadership serving on
the
international board of directors. During this important time of
recovery and
shift to a new reality for our industry, we are confident these bold
leaders
will contribute to moving forward our global meetings and events
community," said Ann Godi, CMP, chair of the MPI governance and
nominating
committee and president of Benchmarc360°, Inc.
Pending membership
approval, Board and Executive Committee member selections are effective
July 1,
2011 for FY 2011‐2012.
The Slate of Officers for
the Executive Committee includes:
- Chairman Elect: Kevin Hinton,
Executive Vice President, Associated Luxury Hotels International,
Chicago, IL, USA
- Vice Chairwoman of Finance:
Cindy D’Aoust, Vice President Strategic Meetings Management,
Maxvantage, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Vice Chairman: Craig Ardis, CMM,
Senior Director Global Event Management, Mannatech Incorporated,
Coppell, TX, USA
- Vice Chairwoman: Patty Reger,
CMM, Manager of Meetings and Conventions, DePuy/Johnson & Johnson,
Skillman, NJ, USA
Nominees for the Board of
Directors (Three ‐year
terms) include:
- Jordan D. Clark, Vice President
of Sales, Las Vegas Meetings by Caesars Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV,
USA
- Roel Frissen, CMM, Managing
Director, Parthen, Amstelveen, Netherlands
- Hattie Hill, CMM, CEO, Hattie
Hill Enterprises, Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
- Cornelia Horner, CMP, Director
of Meetings and Marketing, American Land Title Association, Washington,
DC
Nominee for the Board of
Directors (One‐year
term):
(to fill unexpired portion
of Cindy D’Aoust’s remaining Board term)
- Kyle Hillman, CMP, Manager of
Conference and Events, National Association of Social Workers, Illinois
Chapter, Chicago, IL, USA
"The new slate of
candidates joins veteran board leaders to deliver success for the
global
meetings and events community. With these industry professionals, MPI
is
positioned to deliver unprecedented value to our members," said
Sebastien
Tondeur, 2010‐2011 chairman‐elect of MPI and CEO of MCI Group
Holding SA.
This new slate of
candidates will join returning Executive Committee and Board members
for the
2011‐2012 year:
- Chairman Sebastien Tondeur, CEO,
MCI Group Holding SA, Geneva, Switzerland
- Immediate Past Chairman Eric
Rozenberg, CMP, CMM, President, Swantegy, Brussels, Belgium
- Chuck Bowling, President and
COO, Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Paul Cunningham, President &
CEO, IIMC International Information Management Corporation, Dublin,
Ireland
- Michael Dominguez, Vice
President, Global Sales, Loews Hotels & Resorts, New York, NY, USA
- Ricardo Ferreira, Senior Vice
President, GRUPO ALATUR, São Paulo, Brazil
- Chris Gasbarro, Chief Creative
Officer, Creative Community Connections, LLC, Hampton, NH, USA
- Carol Muldoon, CMM, Executive
Director‐Events & Meetings, KPMG LLP, New York, NY, USA
- Erin Tench, CMP, CMM, Associate
Director of Special Events, Penn State University, University Park, PA,
USA
About MPI:
Meeting
Professionals International (MPI), the meeting and event industry’s
largest and
most vibrant global community, helps our members thrive by providing
human
connections to knowledge and ideas, relationships, and marketplaces.
MPI
membership is comprised of more than 23,000 members belonging to 71
chapters
and clubs worldwide. For additional information, visit mpiweb.org.
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