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CEIR Board of Directors

CEIR’s Board of Directors is one of the most diverse and influential groups within the industry. As part of its oversight responsibilities, it ensures that the monies raised are used to fund the CEIR Index and other important research opportunities. Officers of the board serve one-year terms. Directors serve for three years.

2023 Chairperson of the Board

Marie Browne
Group Vice President
RX

 

Immediate Past Chairperson

Dennis Smith
Vice President of Business Development
Asian American Hotel Owners Association

 

Secretary/Treasurer

Janet Sperstad, CMP-F
Program Director, Meeting & Event Management
Madison College

Director

Jennifer Hoff, CEM
President
Trifecta Collective LLC

Director

Mark Bogdansky
Vice President, Meetings & Events
Auto Care Association

Director

Michelle Edmonson
Vice President, Exhibitions
AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Techonology

Director

Chuck Grouzard
Executive Vice President, Business Development
GES

Director

Ian Sequeira
Vice President, Research & Measurement
mdg, A Freeman Company

CEIR

Cathy Breden, CMP-F, CAE, CEM
CEO

Ex-Officio – IAEE

David DuBois, CMP-F, CAE, FASAE, CTA
President & CEO
IAEE