2012 EIF Board of Trustees

Jackie Russo
EIF Chairman
Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.

Tom Ackert
Vice Chairman
Executive Director
Orange County Convention Center

Secretary/Treasurer
Judy Chambers, CEM
Sales Executive
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

EIF Immediate-Past Chairman
John Patronski
Global Experience Specialists (GES)

David Causton
General Manager
McCormick Place

Jim Kelley
Director Global Accounts
PRG - Production Resource Group LLC

Nora Johnson
Independent Contractor

Kevin Johnstone
Director of Trade Shows
NAMM

Britton Jones
President & CEO
Business Jounals, Inc.

Sam Lippman
President
Integrated Show Management and Marketing

Richard Maples
Vice President National Sales
Shepard Exposition Services

Brian Tully
Executive Director
Solar Energy Trade Shows, LLC

Douglas Ducate, CEM, CMP
President & CEO
Center for Exhibition Industry Research

Steven Hacker, CAE, FASAE
President
IAEE

IAEE Chair-Elect
Doreen Biela, CEM

Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP
Chief Operating Officer
IAEE

Scott Stanton
Chief Financial Officer
IAEE