ON THE MOVE
Planners
Weisgal named new executive director of TSEAMargit B. Weisgal, CME, has been appointed executive director of the Trade Show Exhibitors Association. She replaces Stephen Schuldenfrei, who announced his retirement after serving three years at the helm. Previously, Weisgal was president of Sextant Communications, a Baltimore-based trade show consulting firm, and has been an active member of TSEA for many years.
Jacobson moves to Global Meetings & IncentivesJulie Jacobson, CMP, has joined Global Meetings & Incentives as senior project manager. In her new role, Jacobson will oversee strategic meeting management for all GMI accounts out of the company’s Jersey City, N.J., office. Previously, she worked as a senior meeting planner for the New York City-based American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
SuppliersChris Bird has been appointed general manager of Mii Amo, a destination spa at Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Ariz. The property has 220 rooms.
Nancy B. McFadyen has been named senior national sales executive for the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Several executives at Dallas-based Freeman have shifted responsibilities.
Joe Popolo, formerly president of the company, has become CEO.
Carrie Freeman Parsons will remain chief marketing officer but now also serves as vice chairman. Executive vice president and chief operating officer
John O’Connell has been named president, and
Jeff Price, who had been executive vice president, is now chief operating officer of the exposition services division.
Melvin Rodrigue has been appointed president of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, which governs the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Andrew Rosuck is the new president and CEO of destination management company Global Event Partners’ South Florida division, headquartered in Miami.
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“Event planning allows us to make an
impact and create positive change in the world.”
Mary Tribble, president of Tribble
Creative Group, a Charlotte, N.C.-based multimedia production
company, was honored this year as a “green business leader” by the
Charlotte Business Journal. Her most recent
accomplishment: co-founding the Charlotte Green Team, a group of
more than 30 community leaders dedicated to producing sustainable
events and business practices.
When did you first begin to
tackle environmental issues? Ten years ago, I began
traveling to remote places like Tibet, Mongolia, Africa and Peru.
The fragility of those environments woke me up to the threat to our
planet. As I began to ponder the impact our industry has on the
environment, I knew it was time to change the way we do
business.
Do you have a mentor or role
model? The Dalai Lama, who, despite years of repression
and exile, still speaks of the Chinese with kindness and
compassion. I was lucky enough to see him teach at his exiled home
in India a few months ago. His teachings of love and compassion
should be a model for all world leaders.
What do you like most about
event planning? I like that it allows us, as
professionals, to make an impact and create positive change in the
world.
What celebrity would make the
best planning partner? Bono, who has used his career and
celebrity to impact the world in a positive way. We could create a
rockin’ fundraiser together.