Up-to-date news & information on the people involved in tradeshow associations. en-us http://www.tradeshowweek.com/community/People/47369.html?nid=3633 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.tradeshowweek.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:13:15 MST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699767.html?nid=3633 Margaret Pederson, president of Amirexx and a veteran tradeshow organizer, will be honored for her tremendous contribution to the tradeshow industry during the Tradeshow Week Fastest 50 event Nov. 13-15 in Houston. Pederson, currently chairwoman of the Intl. Assn. of Exhibitions and Events, has a long history of involvement in the industry. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6699773.html?nid=3633 Many have credited Jim Wood, president and CEO of the Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau since 2003, with the home of the Kentucky Derby suddenly emerging as one of the more competitive tradeshow destinations in the United States.Tradeshow Week spoke with Wood recently about the city’s strategy to attract shows, why it has been so successful and what’s next for Louisville. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6695347.html?nid=3633 People on the move. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6678501.html?nid=3633 • Drew Cerza, president and founder of the RMI Promotions Group and founder of the Natl. Buffalo Wing Festival, was named interim president and CEO of the Buffalo Niagara (N.Y.) Convention & Visitors Bureau. He replaced Richard Geiger, who resigned. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6674714.html?nid=3633 People on the move around the world. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6674716.html?nid=3633 Hanley Wood Exhibitions now has a new roster of leaders in place. Hanley Wood named Rick McConnell president and Shawn Pierce senior vice president of its exhibition division. Former President Galen Poss and Executive Vice President Michael Green resigned June 15. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6673824.html?nid=3633 Being an entrepreneur is tough – and sometimes rewarding – work. That’s the case with Denise Medved, who has translated her "The Tiny Kitchen" cookbook into a series of food and entertainment shows, one of which, The Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show, was just named a TSW Fastest 50 winner in its first year of eligibility. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6672176.html?nid=3633 People on the move this week include Stephanie Cole, vice president of apparel and accessories leasing for Market Center Management, who was named vice president of GlobalTex: L.A. Intl. Textile & Sourcing Fair; and Klaus Dittrich will become CEO of Messe Muenchen Dec. 31, succeeding Manfred Wutzlhofer, who will become president of UFI, The Global Assn. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6669645.html?nid=3633 People on the move in the industry. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6669654.html?nid=3633 NuernbergMesse North America CEO Dirk Ebener was born in Germany and earned his business degree there, but he has lived and worked in Atlanta since 1995. Until 2007, Ebener was a vice president with Messe Frankfurt. Then he left to launch NuernbergMesse North America, where he is now CEO. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6668332.html?nid=3633 The travel business has taken a beating because of the recession. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone paying attention that the industry’s advocacy group, U.S. Travel Assn., has been fighting back, pulling the tradeshow industry’s leading organizations into its lobbying efforts. Geoff Freeman, USTA senior vice president of public affairs, heads up those efforts. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6667193.html?nid=3633 Hanley Wood Exhibitions President Galen Poss and Executive Vice President Michael Green abruptly resigned June 15 in what Poss called a “contract dispute with Hanley Wood over compensation payments owed for performance.” Hanley Wood CEO Frank Anton said former Senior Vice President Rick McConnell would be acting president of the exhibitions division. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6666037.html?nid=3633 • Bernd Aufderheide, CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress; Johann Fuchsgruber, CEO of Messe Erfurt and managing director of the Pool of German Trade Fairs and Exhibition Cities (FAMA); and Franz-Josef Buetfering, managing director of the Buetfering Schleiftechnik woodworking company and president of Eumabois, the European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers, were elected to AUMA. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6664252.html?nid=3633 After more than 20 years with the company, dmg world media CEO Mike Cooke will step down, leaving his position Sept. 30 and the company Dec. 31. “I've known for a while that I was going to be leaving,” he said. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6661251.html?nid=3633 The two editions of the semiannual New York Intl. Gift Fair drew nearly 70,000 attendees and 6,000 exhibitors last year, taking every last available square inch of the Javits. Overseeing that success is GLM Senior Vice President Dorothy Belshaw, who’s led the show for almost three years, and, in that time, kept in step with not only changes in the retail industry, but also within the gift show world itself. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6661252.html?nid=3633 The universe of individuals who make up the for-profit side of show management seems to be almost infinite. When Tradeshow Week editors first decided to take a look at the individuals who were at the top of the class in the for-profit side of the industry, little did they know how eclectic the group would be. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6659642.html?nid=3633 Rachel Benedick was named vice president of sales and services for Visit Denver, a position she held on an interim basis since September. She replaced Doug Small, who became president of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Convention & Visitors Bureau last year. Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6656674.html?nid=3633 Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6653114.html?nid=3633 Frank Thorwirth has been chairman and CEO of Messe Essen since March, but he has a long history in the exhibition industry. Duesseldorf-born Thorwirth held several positions with Messe Duesseldorf, including executive director of Messe Duesseldorf North America in Chicago. Back in Germany, he also was managing director and divisional director of several subsidiaries of Deutsche Messe, Hannover. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.tradeshowweek.com/article/CA6648880.html?nid=3633 Sue Trizila’s story of how she and her colleagues grew a pre-automation era travel company, with 15 employees and one tradeshow-related client, through ownership changes and great technology advances, to a firm now with more than 150 employees and countless convention and tradeshow clients, is complex. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST