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
VP of Business Development
Asian American Hotel Owners Association
Secretary/Treasurer
Janet Sperstad, CMP-F
Program Director, Meeting & Event Management
Madison College
Director
Eric Blanc Sr., CMP
Deputy Director
Orange County Convention Center
Director
Mark Bogdansky
Vice President, Trade Shows & Community Engagement
Auto Care Association
Director
Paige Cardwell
President, CSG Creative
a division of NTP
Director
Michelle Edmonson, CEM
Vice President, Exhibitions
AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology
Director
Chuck Grouzard
Executive Vice President, Business Development
GES
Director
2023 CEIR Research Council Chair
Jennifer Hoff, CEM
President
Trifecta Collective LLC
Director
John Jaworski, CEM
Assistant Executive Director: Meeting Services & Corporate Relations
Radiological Society of North America
Director
Ian Sequeira
Vice President, Research & Measurement
Freeman
CEIR
Cathy Breden, CMP-F, CAE, CEM
CEO
