Speaker Biographies
Chicago Marriott Downtown - Magnificent Mile - April 21-23, 2008
Amy Allen
Associate Show Director
Hanley Wood Exhibitions
Amy Allen of Hanley Wood Exhibitions is responsible for the direction and implementation of three events, including ecohome CONFERENCE, an event for the green residential building market. Beyond her standard job functions, Amy is an advisor at the corporate level for the Hanley Wood Green Task Force to implement creative, effective and economical green solutions for corporate events. She also contributes her time as a mentor in a local community college's Exposition and Meeting Management program and is a member of IAEE.
Brenda Baker
Director, Exhibits
Madison Children's Museum
Brenda Baker is recognized as a pioneer of the sustainability movement within the museum field. She is a visual artist and Director of Exhibits at Madison Children's Museum in Wisconsin, which has been creating green exhibits for children and families since the mid 90's. The recipient of numerous awards for industry leadership in sustainability, she has written extensively on the topic of green museum design and is also founder of www.greenexhibits.org, the first on-line resource devoted to green exhibit design for the museum field.
Jeffrey Baker
President and COO
Image 4
Jeffrey Baker was named president and chief operating officer, Image 4, in June 1994. As President and COO, Mr. Baker is responsible for the day-to-day management of Image 4's two major businesses: Image 4 Displays and Image 4 Graphics. Mr. Baker had been a principal and Operations Manager of Image 4 since 1987. His areas of focus include corporate talent development, ongoing innovation in marketing planning and execution, brand evolution and creative strategy, and Image 4's corporate and client sustainability initiatives.
Alain Begun
Associate Publisher of Marketing and Brand Development
Better Homes and Gardens
Alain Begun is the associate publisher of Marketing and Brand Development for Better Homes and Gardens, which reaches more than 39 million readers every month. Begun joined Better Homes and Gardens in 2006 and during his tenure the magazine has received a number of prestigious awards, including being named the 2007 Magazine of the Year by Advertising Age. Before joining Better Homes and Gardens, Begun was the associate publisher of Marketing for Ladies' Home Journal. Begun also served as marketing director for People magazine and worked at Fortune magazine for eight years, including two years in Singapore where he helped launch Fortune's Asian Edition.
Jeffrey A. Blosser
Executive Director
Oregon Convention Center
Jeff Blosser is currently the Executive Director of the Oregon Convention Center and has held that position since 1989. Blosser has almost 30 years of facility management experience starting in Louisville Kentucky in 1979. Jeff has served on the International Association of Assembly Managers Board of Directors from 1999-2001, and again in 2006-2007. Representing the Convention and Exposition Center's as the IAAM representative to the Convention Industry Council and is a member of the DMAI/IAAM Task Force Committee. Jeff has a B.S. degree in Business Management and a Masters Degree in Sports Administration/Facility Management from Ohio University.
Tom Bowman
President
Bowman Design Group
Tom Bowman created global warming exhibitions for the Marian Koshland Science Museum and the Birch Aquarium at Scripps, and contributed to the NOAA's "Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Sciences." His firm designs worldwide tradeshows and events programs, and he is recognized as a leader in the sustainability movement.
Kristin Brewe
Director - Brand & Public Relations
Esurance
Kristin's leadership of Esurance's brand positioning and communications strategy have helped make Esurance one of the fastest growing auto insurance companies in the U.S. The creator of the company's pink-haired animated brand icon (Erin Esurance), Kristin also leads the auto insurer's equally innovative environmental marketing and advertising initiatives. As a result, Esurance was the first auto insurance company to discuss environmental issues in mass advertising and through large-scale marketing initiatives, like the company's partnership with Live Earth. Kristin also spearheads Esurance's involvement in locally focused environmental projects with more than 20 non-profit partners nationwide.
Glenda Brungardt
Tradeshow/Event Manager
HP Imaging and Printing Group Americas Marketing
Glenda is the HP Imaging and Printing Group Tradeshow/Event Marketing program manager responsible for tradeshows and events for HP America's Imaging and Printing Group and Consumer Group. Brungardt joined HP in August of 1977 and has been in tradeshows and events for the past 18+ years. She has managed tradeshows/events for almost every business at HP from the enterprise group to personal systems group to imaging and printing group. She is part of an HP-wide network of event marketing and technical professionals that deliver consistent brand, messaging, experiences, and execution of tradeshows and events.
Arlene Campbell
General Manager
Direct Energy Centre, Toronto
Arlene is the general manager of the Direct Energy Centre, Canada's largest exhibition and convention centre and general manager of Sales & Events for Exhibition Place, Canada's largest entertainment venue welcoming over 5.2 million visitors each year. Direct Energy Centre and Exhibition Place have been recipients of the Gold Award for Facility Management from the Recycling Council of Ontario and in 2006 were presented with IAEE's Outstanding Achievement: Innovation in Business Solutions award. Construction started in April 2008 on a 162,000 square foot conference centre which is being built to achieve LEED Silver. Arlene is on the Board of Tourism Toronto, is a member of IAEE's Committee for Environmentally Responsible Exhibitions and Events, has sat on the Board of the Canadian Association of Exposition Management, and is a member of IAAM, and UFI.
Karen Carney
Principal Designer and Owner
Art of Area Design
Karen is the principal designer and owner of Art of Area Design. She has over 20+ years experience in both the trade show and museum design fields. In 2004 she created Art of Area Design, a hybrid design firm that combines the design methodologies of both trade show and museums. Before starting Art of Area Design, Karen was the creative design director for Folio Philadelphia/Avalon Exhibits.
Karen Chupka
Senior Vice President, Events and Conferences
Consumer Electronics Association
Karen Chupka is senior vice president of events and conferences for the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). She oversees the sales, marketing, production and management of CEA's events including International CES®, the world's largest tradeshow for consumer technology. Chupka has been with CEA for 19 years and has held numerous roles within the organization
Britta Couris
Toyota Creative Director
George P. Johnson
Britta Couris is the Toyota Creative Director based out of GPJ's Los Angeles office. She currently manages all the creative for Toyota's North American Auto Shows and corporate events. During Britta's tenure, she has played a significant role in integrating Toyota's environmental messaging deep into the DNA of the team's experience design work. Britta has over 16 years experience in all phases of design, production and event management for global brands such as Herbalife International, Nickelodeon and Universal Studios Hollywood. Her experience spans from museum design and independent films to arena-sized concerts and large-scale business meetings & exhibits.
Tom Feegel
Chief of Staff
Live Earth
Tom Feegel is the founder of the environmental business strategy consulting firm Brand Neutral. He has nearly 15 years experience leading several successful management consulting firms, and capitalizing on new media to create and sustain competitive advantage for his clients. Tom recently returned from a 1-year sabbatical, during which he served as the Chief of Staff for Live Earth, the worldwide series of 9 concert events produced and broadcast on July 7, 2007, to raise awareness of the global climate crisis and to call citizens to participate in lifestyle-based solutions every day. In April 2007, Tom joined a diverse group of 1000 volunteers from every corner of the USA to be trained by Al Gore to present a version of the slide show on which the Academy Award-winning film, "An Inconvenient Truth" is based.
Chris Geiger
City Toxic Reduction Coordinator
San Francisco Dept. of the Environment
Dr. Chris Geiger leads the City's Green Purchasing program, which helps the City government "vote with its dollars" to promote healthy, sustainably manufactured products. Dr. Geiger also runs the City's integrated pest management program, and in the past has managed sustainability projects for the California EPA, conducted ecological research with the University of California, and directed a pesticide reduction project with hill tribes in Southeast Asia.
Armen Gharabegian
Chief Executive Officer and Design Director
Ethos and Lounge22
Ethos' CEO and Design Director, Armen Gharabegian blends over 15 years of Industrial Design, Fine Arts, and event-design expertise to create innovative environments. In 2004, Armen founded Lounge22 - the leading provider of innovative rental furnishings. Gharabegian holds degrees in Environmental Design and Industrial Design from Art Center College of Design.
Jeff Hall
Executive Chef
Moscone West
Jeff's first San Franciscan job was as cook and later sous chef at Moose's in North Beach.O Ather training came from working with Chef Roland Passot at La Folie and studying under Reed Hearon at Rose Pistol. He was promoted to Executive Chef of Roses Café, and further promotion followed with Jeff attaining the position of Chef de Cuisine at Florio. In his continuing quest for a more complete knowledge about the food industry, Jeff went to work for Italfoods, an Italian food distributor. He is now executive chef at the Catering by SMG / Moscone Center. Jeff has been busy in Moscone West's inaugural year, drawing upon his years of culinary experience, creating seasonal menus using local organic ingredients whenever possible, creating fresh exciting menu choices for our clients.
Kathleen Hennesey
Recycling Manager
The Moscone Center
Kathleen Hennesey, SMG's recycling manager at the Moscone Center, has twenty years of public and private sector recycling experience. She was formerly San Francisco's Commercial recycling coordinator.
Mike Hersom
President
ignition, inc
With 16 years in experiential marketing, Mike has worked in more than 60 countries and was promoted to President in September 2007.
During his seven-year tenure with ignition, Mike's signature projects have included some first time ever productions including the 2007 around-the-world running event for non-profit Blue Planet Run and overseeing the global sponsorship activation efforts for Live Earth that took place on 7-7-07 in eight countries.
Other projects include Coca-Cola's sponsorship of six Olympic Torch Relays and the first ever world-wide tour of the authentic FIFA World Cup™ Trophy in 2006. He also led the development of award winning projects for the Indy Racing League and Vodafone F1 sponsorship.
Carol Ingersoll
Vice President, National Accounts
GES Exposition Services
Carol Ingersoll is vice president of National Accounts at GES Exposition Services and has held various sales and account management positions during her 16 years with the company. She currently provides service management to some of GES' largest portfolio accounts. Beginning in late 2004, she has been actively involved in the research and implementation of Green Initiatives at GES and works collaboratively with her clients to implement Green Steps on their trade show events.
Kathleen Kaiser
Executive Vice President, Business Development
SustainCommWorld
Kathleen has spent her entire career managing and creating events. First as a publicist in the music business she was tasked to create giant launch parties in exclusive locations. She moved into corporate events and seminar production on three continents for 5 years before advancing to tradeshow producer for Jonathan Seybold and the original Seybold Seminars. Kathleen has created unique digital technology pavilions and innovative events that sparked attendance and drew press attention. She is founder of Indigo Woman, a tradeshow production firm for emerging technologies events including the Consumer Electronics Association, Reed Business Media, VNU Expos, PhotoEast, Graph Expo, the American Heart Association, the California Restaurant Association, Advanstar Communications, HD EXPO and Xplor International.
Paul Ledesma
City Government Zero Waste Coordinator
San Francisco Dept. of the Environment
Paul Ledesma is the City Government Zero Waste Coordinator for the City and County of San Francisco. Paul is responsible for waste reduction, recycling, and composting at all City Facilities including, City Hall, San Francisco General Hospital and the George Moscone Center to name a few. Paul is also the Vice-President of the Northern California Recycling Association.
Leslie Lukacs
Founder and Chair, Venues and Special Events Recycling Council
Project Manager, SCS Engineers
Leslie Lukacs specializes in the design and implementation of comprehensive diversion and recycling programs for large institutions throughout the Nation. She has implemented diversion programs at National Football Stadiums, Universities, theme parks, convention centers, performing art centers, fairgrounds, and numerous large events. Leslie also designs comprehensive sustainability programs for large institutions following the United Nations Urban Environmental Accords guidelines. Leslie is currently working with the Pentagon to recommend alternative approaches to achieve significant waste reduction through recycling, reuse, and source reduction activities. Leslie is the founder and chair of the Venues and Special Events Recycling Council, an organization dedicated to increasing the awareness of developing recycling programs at venues and special events. Leslie currently serves as vice president of the California Resource Recovery Association, the states largest resource conservation organization.
Marcy Scott Lynn
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
For more than 10 years, Marcy has worked with governments, organizations and multinational companies developing corporate responsibility and values-based communications programs. After getting an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Marcy joined Sun Microsystems to create the company’s first formal CSR program, and has been working to integrate corporate responsibility into all aspects of Sun’s business every since. A New York City native, Marcy discovered – and fell in love with – the outdoors after moving to San Francisco in 1995 and, like (seemingly) all San Franciscans, became a recreational triathlete and marathon runner.
Georgia Malki
President
Seven-Star, Inc.
Georgia Malki is the President of Seven-Star, green experts to the event industry. She has over twenty years of event planning and marketing experience and is deeply committed to transforming her industry towards engaging sustainable and socially just practices. Seven-Star is the sales, greening and operational producer of Green Festival and many other events.
Joseph Malki
Chief Business Development Officer
Seven-Star, Inc.
Joseph Malki is a co-founder, partner and Chief Business Development Officer of Seven-Star, green experts to the event industry. He has over twenty years of consulting and industry experience with primary disciplines in green event marketing strategy, business development and corporate persuasion. Mr. Malki is the founder of Ecology Corps a project of Empowerment Works. His Ecology Corps program is developing the coordination of global grass roots ecological restoration movement in cooperation with scientific institutions from around the world via the new process event entitled The Global Summit due in 2009.
Joshua Mark
Executive Director, Special Event Production, Creative Services
FOX Broadcasting Company
Joshua Mark is the executive director, Special Event Production, Creative Services at FOX Broadcasting Company. His responsibilities include handling the technical production and logistics for FOX's corporate meetings, sports hospitality programs, premier parties and special events. Over the past year, Josh has also been responsible for "Greening" special events at FOX including making the 2007 Upfront Presentation a carbon neutral and green event; as well as for FOX's greening efforts at the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards including the installation of the 13KW Solar Canopy on the Recycled Red Carpet and the Incandescent Lighting Free Media Tent. Most recently he was responsible for the FOX Hospitality Eco-Initiative program at Super Bowl XLII in Phoenix.
Scott McKye
Founder and President
KLEERTECH
Scott is the founder and president of KLEERTECH, North American manufacturer of Event ID Products. He is also the founding supplier to the IAEE Tradeshow Store, a member of ASAE, IAEE, MPI and a member of IAEE's Committee of Environmentally Responsible Exhibitions and Event. KLEERTECH was a Showcased Exhibitor at 2007 IAEE's Expo Expo for creating the biodegradable BIOTECH™ Badge System (patent pending).
Rebecca Mebane
Director of Conferences & Meetings
National Recycling Coalition
Rebecca Mebane has served as the director of conferences & meetings for the National Recycling Coalition (NRC) since March 1998. In this position she is responsible for planning and implementing the coalition's annual Congress & Exposition of approximately 1,000 - 1,400 people. She is also involved in the planning of smaller board and committee meetings. While at NRC, she developed the coalition's "Green Meetings Policy" and has presented this information at various industry events. Before she joined the NRC, Rebecca served in the meetings department of the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) from 1986 - 1997.
Marc Mowrey
Lead, Green Venues
U.S. EPA
Marc Mowrey created EPA's Green Venues initiative in 2003, and has since worked greening venues and events in Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, Denver and Honolulu. He also wrote "Not In Our Backyard", a 500-page history of the modern U.S. environmental movement. (William Morrow, 1993)
Leslie Ann Nilsson
Proprietor/Executive Chef
Sage American Kitchen/Sage Events
In May 1998, Leslie harnessed her many collected experiences to launch her own company, Sage American Kitchen, a take-out and catering operation located at 26-21 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, New York. The company also established Sage Events, one of the major players on New York's special events and wedding planning scene. Their farm-fresh, handmade food and fun "attitude" has snagged catering contracts as diverse as an MTV awards party for 1000 to the launch of Rachel Ray's cooking magazine. With thousands of events under her direction, featuring local and artisan foods, Ms. Nilsson's Sage Events has become the "eco-eating" choice for many New Yorkers.
Jacquelyn A. Ottman
Founder
J. Ottman Consulting, Inc.
The president and founder of J. Ottman Consulting, Inc., Jacquelyn Ottman is considered the nation's foremost expert on green marketing. For over 20 years, she has been advising Fortune 500 businesses including IBM, HSBC, and Nike as well as the US EPA's Energy Star® label find competitive advantage by leveraging credible green marketing and eco-innovation strategies. Ms. Ottman authored Green Marketing: Opportunity for Innovation 2nd edition. It has been described by the American Marketing Association as the "definitive work on the subject". The third edition is now underway. In 2004, Ottman created the Design:Green educational initiative. It is endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America and initially underwritten by an EPA Innovation Grant.
Mark Palmer
Municipal Green Building Coordinator
San Francisco Dept. of the Environment
Mark Palmer, LEED AP, is San Francisco's Green Building Coordinator. He develops policies and building codes to green City buildings. He directs an inter-disciplinary training program and oversees construction projects to ensure LEED® Silver certification. Mark's education includes two engineering degrees and extensive post-graduate training in green building design, renewable energy technologies and construction management.
Joe Pestka
National Account Manager
Freeman
Joe Pestka is national accounts manager for Freeman, working with major exposition accounts on a traveling basis. His 26 year career with Freeman began in Chicago in production, and he is currently based in the southern California office in Anaheim.
Joe serves as co-chair of Freeman's Central Green Committee, which oversees and encourages local Freeman branch office green champions and committees to seek out new "green" event and operational solutions for the company and its clientele. Joe has helped introduce green materials, recycling programs, and other best practices aimed at reducing the footprint of everyday business.
Deborah Popely
Founder and President
Green Events Source
Deborah Popely has more than 25 years of experience as a writer/editor, marketer and event planner for associations, healthcare organizations, educational institutions, arts organizations, government agencies, charitable foundations and many others. As founder and president of Green Events Source, she is dedicated to helping facilitate green meetings with products and services for host organizations, exhibitors and suppliers serving the meeting, trade show and event market. The organization publishes The Green Events Source Book, the definitive multimedia guide to greener meetings with less stress that is distributed free of charge to more than 20,000 meeting and event decision-makers each year.
Bruce Riezenman
Founder
Park Avenue Catering
Chef Bruce Riezenman is the guiding force behind Park Avenue Catering, the most highly regarded caterer in the North Bay. From its' inception in 1989, Park Avenue Catering has supported local vendors, and has been committed to protecting the environment, supporting sustainable, healthy alternatives and giving back to the community. He is one of California wine country's top authorities on food & wine pairing and has taught and cooked around the world. Park Avenue Catering offers only sustainable seafood choices; serves shade-grown, fair trade coffee; is trans-fat-free; & uses rBST-free dairy products. Bruce's food focus is local, natural, sustainable and organic. Park Avenue Catering is in the process of fully composting it's organic waste stream and becoming carbon-neutral.
Nikki Riley
Director of Program Management
The Sierra Business Council
Nikki is the Sierra Business Council's (SBC) director of Program management, overseeing management of SBC program staff, and focuses on SBC's Planning and Sustainable Business and Development Practices programs. She brings to SBC a unique combination of technical acumen, private sector experience, and public service as a Truckee Planning Commissioner. She is a tireless advocate for innovative and sustainable approaches to planning, design, and construction and specializes in architectural design, community planning, affordable housing, and green building.
Kelly Roberson
Senior Lighting Designer
Lightswitch
Kelly Roberson has designed lighting for 18 years for a handful of companies, but her heart belongs to Lightswitch. After studying theater, she found architectural lighting more compelling because of its rendering of space, surface and form. Whenever possible she practices creative and energy saving design.
Steven P. Salsberg
Salsberg Group
Vice Chairman
Council on the Environment, New York City
Steven Salsberg, an attorney and entrepreneur, owns companies with sustainable business practices in the fields of technology and events, including passenger vessels and NYC's first "green" wine bar; Café Notte. A sustainable business leader, he is Mayor Michael Bloomberg's vice chairman of the Council on the Environment of NYC.
Bob Sauter
Assistant General Manager
Moscone Center
Bob Sauter, assistant general manager at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, is a 40 year veteran in the trade show, convention and facility management industry. Bob is a 3rd generation San Franciscan who began his career working through the various trades with a local trade show and convention contracting firm that developed into one of the largest nationally operated firms in the industry. About eight years ago, Bob redirected his focus from servicing clients in Moscone Center to servicing clients as Moscone Center by joining the team initially as director of event management. Bob has served on the board of the Exhibition Services and Contractors Association and is a member of PCMA, ACOM and other industry related associations.
Scott Schenker
VP
George P. Johnson
With more than 25 years experience in marketing and events, Scott combines an extensive industry background with a Kellogg MBA and a B.A. in broadcast television from Columbia to execute strategic campaigns for multinational clients in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. Scott's personal "green" activities include driving a hybrid, owning 100% Energy Star Appliances, and replacing all light bulbs with compact florescent.
DAVID SHACKLEY
Vice President, Golbal Events,
Discovery Communications
David began his marketing career in events at Speedo UK, developing grassroots level marketing across Europe. David's entrepreneurial approach to developing experiences ultimately led him to establish his own boutique agency in the USA, Catalyst. David joined AOL as the head of Brand Marketing, Promotions & Events in 2002 where he was instrumental in several national and international campaigns including the Dave Matthews concert in Central Park, the Live 8 Global Concerts, and Gold Rush. Recently hired, as VP of Global Events at Discovery Communications David has reorganized his department to increase ROI, maximize efficiencies and develop a center of in-house expertise. The Global Events team design custom event marketing programs for broadcast channels that include: TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and the recently launched Planet Green.
Jeff Slye
Director of Environmental Initiatives
Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
Jeff Slye oversees the strategy and implementation of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurant's environmental program, EarthCare. Through EarthCare, Mr. Slye has successfully implemented environmental standards to Kimpton's more than 80 hotels and restaurants covering over 15 markets across the United States and Canada. EarthCare is now recognized as one of the leading environmental programs within the hospitality industry. From EarthCare's success, the National Restaurant Association (NRA) requested Kimpton's assistance on their environmental initiative and Mr. Slye acted as a strategic advisor for the NRA's project. This project is now facilitating the adoption of environmentally friendly products and practices to the entire restaurant industry. Mr. Slye is on the Editorial Board for Sustainability of HotelExecutive.com and an Advisory Board member for Sustainable Life Media.
Amy Spatrisano, CMP
Co-Founder, Green Meetings Industry Council
Principal, Meetings Strategies Worldwide
Amy Spatrisano, CMP is recognized as a leader in pioneering sustainable conference and event practices. Along with her business partner, Nancy Wilson, CMP, Amy co-wrote the definitive work on green meeting strategies, "Simple Steps to Green Meetings and Events: The Professional's Guide to Saving Money and the Earth." Amy is a principal of Meeting Strategies Worldwide, an award winning environmental consulting firm specializing in the meetings industry. Through her work with clients such as the Live Earth, U. S. Green Building Council and American Express, she and her company continue to raise the bar of what defines green meeting practice worldwide. Amy chaired the Convention Industry Council's Green Meeting Task Force and participated in the Green Hotel Initiative. She is currently the president and co-Founder of the Green Meeting Industry Council.
Danielle Venokur
Founder and Owner
dvGreen
Danielle Venokur is the founder and owner of dvGreen, New York City's only sustainable event design firm, where she produces a range of events for private, corporate and non-profit clients. She was formerly general manager and event director of L'Olivier Downtown, a premiere floral design studio in Manhattan.
Sandy Voss
Tradeshow Director
New Hope Natural Media
Sandy Voss is currently the Tradeshow Director at New Hope Natural Media. During her 11 years at New Hope she has assisted in setting standards that are pioneering and educate on creating sustainable communities in all aspects of the tradeshow industry.
Howard Werner
Principal
Lightswitch
Howard Werner has created lighting and media designs for theater, architectural installations, trade shows and corporate events since 1980. He is a principal of Lightswitch, a design consortium founded in 1993. Lightswitch is committed to the continuing pursuit of excellence in all aspects of the design process. www.Lightswitch.net.
Michael Westcott
Managing Director
Event Marketing Institute
Michael leads the research and marketing innovation activities at EMI and Red7Media where he helps organizations apply the latest thinking to drive change, productivity and profits. He has been instrumental in helping to shape the dialogue in social and experiential marketing. He has founded and managed several non-traditional agencies including Firebrand, Fitch, and PatternWorks and served as Vice President of Marketing for The George P. Johnson Company (which was ranked No. 20 in Ad Age magazine's global agency listing). He has written and spoken extensively on brand strategy, social marketing and experiential design.
Shelley Wolfe
President
Wine & Dine Events Group
As President of Wine & Dine Events Group, her commitment to maintain and protect her turf from eco-mismanagement has become their top priority. Wine & Dine is the first Destination Management Service in the San Francisco Bay area to become Certified Green and launch a program of "Green" meetings and events in the Wine Country. Shelley also serves on the St. Helena Climate Change Task Force.
Steve Woods
CEO
emg3
Stephen M. Woods brings over 25 years of experience on both the agency and client sides to his current role as President of event marketing agency emg3. Woods has developed experiential retail programs, often including national contents, for numerous Fortune 500 brand clients, such as Unilever Olympus America, Ace Hardware, Kraft and Levi-Straus.
