Advisory Board members serve on a voluntary basis for a term of up to three years. Meetings are focused on issues related to how Los Angeles can more effectively sell, service and market to meeting professionals and attendees. Advisory Board meetings typically take place every 6 to 9 months.
Membership on the Advisory Board is based on the meeting professional’s industry experience and reputation. Written goals and objectives for meetings are communicated in the form of an agenda prior to each meeting. Pre-meeting reading materials may be sent to Board members on an as-needed basis. A strict level of confidentiality is maintained by all members of the Board to ensure open and free dialogue.
Members of LA INC’s Senior Executive Team are active participants on the Advisory Board and attend all business and social aspects of each meeting. Other Advisory Board attendees may include (but not limited to) senior executives from the Los Angeles Convention Center, hotel community, City officials and meeting industry suppliers.
LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau
Sales Customer Advisory Board Members
Fiscal Year 2011-2012
Bill Dussor
VP, Meetings & Tradeshows
International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association
Bob Donavan
VP, Meetings & Travel Services
American Hospital Association
Chuck Carr
Vice President - Member Services
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.
Gregg Lapin, CMP
Director, Conventions & Meeting Services
American Osteopathic Association
Jason Ware
Sr. Manager, Operations & Meetings
American Heart Association
Jenna Cummins, CMP
Director of Education & Meetings
Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Jerry Horan
CEO
Conference Direct
Jim Henderson
Manager, ESRI International User Conference
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Julie Martin
Director, Worldwide Events & Tradeshows
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Kamala Srikar, CMP
Assistant Director Conferences & Travel Services
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
Linda Zielinski
Director of Conferences
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
Mary Dolaher
CEO
IDG/World Expo
Pam Dallstream, CMP
Director of Meetings & Conventions
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Paulette Smith
Congress Event Coordinator
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Randy Bauler, CEM,
Corporate Relations & Exhibits Director
American Association Critical-Care Nurses
Sandy DiMinno
Vice President
Helms Briscoe
Sharon Pichon
Director of Meetings, Expositions & Association Relations
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
Vivian Eickhoff, CMM
Group Events Program Manager
Microsoft
Amanda Gayle
Manager, Conventions, Meetings and Travel Department
American Nurses Association
Brad Mitchell
Director of Finance & Operations
American Association of Equine Practitioners
Brian Tully
Executive Director
Solar Energy Tradeshows, LLC, Solar Power International
Britt Jackman
Deputy Senior Director, Conventions & Meetings
Optical Society
Cait Goldberg
Director of Events
Society for Science and the Public
Carol Sullivan
President
Dobson & Associates
Chris Vranas, CAE
Executive Director
American Association of Orthodontists
Christine Phelps
Deputy Executive Director
American Academy of Neurology
Cindy Stark
Director, Event Services
Smith Bucklin Corporation
Connie Herndon
Director
American Society for Microbiology
Dusty Schleier
Manager of Meetings & Conventions
Barbershop Harmony Society
Jason Weinstein
Senior Manager, National Events
American Association of Retired Persons
Jeremy Figoten
Vice President of Meetings
National Apartment Association
Joyce Gambino
Director of Meetings Convention
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Kareem Jenkins
Director, Meeting Services
American Sociological Association
Lenay Gore
Director, Meetings and Conventions
American Public Transportation
Lisa Mikita, CMP, CAE
Director, Conferences & Meetings
Association of Legal Administrators
Margaret Launzel-Pennes
Vice President, Worldwide Events, Promotions & Distributor Communications
Herbalife International
Mary Beth Corrigan
Senior Vice President
Urban Land Institute
Patty Anderson, CMP
Director of Meetings
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Paul Graller
Director of Conference Services
American Library Association
Paul Markowski, CAE
Executive Director
American College of Chest Physicians
Salvatore Chiarelli
Director of Meetings and Events
Risk and Insurance Management Society Incorporate
Susan Schaus
Director of Meetings
American Academy of Periodontology
Trina Armstrong
Director of Meetings
The American Society for Cell Biology
Windy Christner
Director, Meetings/Exhibits
American Pharmacists Association
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