Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announced the slate of candidates for its 2010‐2011 International Board of Directors.
“As our industry recovers, essential skills and competencies are required for our volunteer leadership serving on the international board of directors,” said Larry Luteran, chair of the MPI governance and nominating committee. “We’ve assembled a strong slate of gifted community, knowledge and business leaders with diversity of thought,” added Luteran, who is Senior Vice President, Group Sales and Industry Relations Hilton Worldwide.
Pending membership approval, Board and Executive Committee member selections are effective July 1, 2010 for FY 2010‐2011.
The Slate of Officers for the Executive Committee includes:
- Chairman Elect: Sebastien Tondeur, CEO, MCI Group Holding SA, Geneva, Switzerland
- Vice Chairman of Finance: Carl Winston, Director, Hospitality and Tourism Management Program, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
- Vice Chairwoman: Cindy D’Aoust, Vice President Strategic Meetings Management, Maxvantage, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Vice Chairman: Kevin Kirby, Senior Director of Sales, Hard Rock International, Orlando, FL, USA
Nominees for the Board of Directors (Three ‐year terms) include:
- Michael Dominguez, Vice President, Global Sales, Loews Hotels & Resorts, New York, NY, USA
- Ricardo Ferreira, Senior Vice President, GRUPO ALATUR, São Paulo, Brazil
- Carol Muldoon, CMM, Executive Director‐Events & Meetings, KPMG LLP, New York, NY, USA
- Erin Tench, CMP, CMM, President, Hyland Events, Washington DC, USA
Nominees for the Board of Directors (One‐year term):
(to fill unexpired portion of Carl Winston’s and Cindy D’Aoust’s remaining Board terms)
- Jordan Clark, CMP, Vice President of Sales, Harrah’s Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Ruud Janssen, Owner, ©TNOC | The New Objective Collective, Arlesheim, Switzerland
“The new slate of candidates joins proven board leaders to deliver success for the global ed to deliver critical value to our members during this time of unprecedented shift,” said Eric Rozenberg, CMP, CMM 2009‐10, chairman‐elect of MPI and president of Swantegy.
This new slate of candidates will join returning Executive Committee and Board members for the 2010‐2011 year: Chairman Eric Rozenberg, CMP, CMM, President, Swantegy, Brussels, Belgium; Immediate Past Chairwoman Ann Godi, CMP, President, Benchmarc360°, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA; Chuck Bowling, Executive Vice President, MGM MIRAGE, Las Vegas, NV, USA; Paul Cunningham, President & CEO, IIMC International Information Management Corporation, Dublin, Ireland; Chris Gasbarro, Chief Creative Officer, C3, llc, Stratham, NH, USA; Kevin Hinton, Principal, hinton+grusich, Chicago, IL, USA; Patty Reger, CMM, Manager of Meetings and Conventions, Johnson & Johnson Sales and Logistics Company, LLC, Morris Plains, NJ, USA; and David Scypinski, Senior Vice President, ConferenceDirect, Washington DC, USA.
