Northstar Meetings Group Reveals Influential #Eventprofs 2023

Northstar Meetings Group Reveals Influential #Eventprofs 2023

 

The annual feature celebrates meetings industry professionals whose work has contributed to the betterment of the business events industry and society.

 

Rutherford, N.J. — Northstar Meetings Group has revealed the Influential #Eventprofs 2023, an annual feature recognizing individuals who’ve made a strong positive impact on the meetings industry over the past 12 months.

 

“Thousands of talented and passionate people contribute to the strength and growth of the meetings industry every day,” said Loren Edelstein, vice president and content director for Northstar Meetings Group. “Narrowing down the year’s honorees is always difficult: So many talented and dedicated professionals set and achieve goals that extend well beyond their job responsibilities.”

 

For many months prior to the October reveal, the M&C editorial team conducts research and interviews to build a list of contenders, then painstakingly whittles it down to some true standouts. “The 15 leaders profiled for 2023 not only are focused on their day-to-day tasks, but they’re also looking at the bigger picture: the near and long-term betterment of the meetings industry,” commented David Blansfield, executive vice president, Northstar Meetings Group.

 

Following are this year’s Influential #Eventprofs (listed alphabetically).

 

Reggie Aggarwal, CEO and Founder, Cvent

Lonise Carey, DMCP, Managing Partner, Island Destination Services; and President, Association of Destination Management Executives International

Joe Fijol, DMCP, Principal and Founder, ETHOS Event Collective

Annette Gregg, CMM, CEO, Society for Incentive Travel Excellence

Megan Henshall, Global Events Strategic Solutions Lead, Google

Earla Jones, CMP, Director, Conference Services and Operations, American Library Association

Sherrif Karamat, President and CEO, Professional Convention Management Association

James Latham, Producer, The Iceberg

Margaret Launzel-Pennes, CEO, POP Experiential

Amanda Ma, CEO and Founder, Innovate Marketing Group

Panos Moutafis, CEO and Cofounder, Zenus

Jaime Nack, President, Three Squares Inc.

Christine Renaud, CEO and Cofounder, Braindate by e180

Stacy Ritter, President and CEO, Visit Lauderdale

Alex Zapple, CAE, CMP, CEM, DES, Senior Director of Meetings, American Society of Nephrology

 

Read about this year’s Influential #Eventprofs in the latest issue of Meetings & Conventions and online at NorthstarMeetingsGroup.com.

 

About Northstar

Northstar Meetings Group is the leading B-to-B information and marketing solutions company serving all segments of the business meetings, events, sports and incentives market – including full- and part-time meeting planners, as well as corporate, association, sports and not-for-profit decision-makers, and incentive professionals, facilitating their professional development and achievement of business goals. The company's influential brands – Meetings & Conventions, Successful Meetings, Associations Meetings International, Meetings & Incentive Travel, Meeting News, Incentive, M&C Asia and SportsTravel – currently serve nearly 500,000 active meeting and event planners and incentive professionals, across an integrated suite of data, digital, events and print products. For more information, please visit NorthstarMeetingsGroup.com.

 

Media Contact:

Yvonne Garcia, Northstar Travel Group, LLC
Director of Supplier Marketing, Meetings Group
562-213-5936 – Cell
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