CHICAGO, IL, October 14, 2008 - The PCMA Education Foundation Nominating Committee has reviewed all nominations submitted for the 2009 Board of Trustees and the following slate was prepared for review and approval by the Board of Trustees. On October 13th, the slate was approved and deemed elected by the Board.

2009 SLATE OF TRUSTEES 
Chair: Michael Payne, SmithBucklin Corporation  Term: 2009
Chair-Elect:Barry Smith, Metro Toronto Convention Centre  Term: 2009
Secretary/Treasurer: David Olender, Gaylord Entertainment Company  Term: 2009
Immediate Past Chair: Christie Hicks, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide   Term: 2009

Trustees:
Matthew DiSalvo, SER Exposition Services   Term: 2009
Thomas Hubler, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts  Term: 2009
Michael Murphy, Marriott International  Term: 2009
Lisa Block, Society for Human Resources Management  Term: 2009-2010
Dennis Edwards, Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau  Term: 2009-2010
Liz Erikson, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts   Term: 2009-2010
David Sargent, Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau  Term: 2009-2010
Rob Scypinski, Hilton Hotels Corporation  Term: 2009-2010
Gregg Talley, Talley Management Group  Term: 2009-2010
Brad Weaber, Courtesy Associates   Term: 2009-2010
 
The following Trustees will be continuing their terms in 2009:
Trustees:
Martin Balogh, American Bar Association  Term: 2008-2009
Manuel Espinoza, Association of Latino Professionals in Finance  Term: 2008-2009
Susan Iris, Canadian Tourism Commission  Term:  2008-2009
Jerry Pfeiffer, GES Exposition Services  Term:  2008-2009

Trustee/President & CEO:Deborah Sexton, PCMA and PCMA Education Foundation

The following Trustee positions are determined by PCMA:
PCMA Appointed Trustees:
D. Bradley Kent, Freeman   Term: 2009-2010
Gary Schirmacher, Experient, Inc.  Term: 2009-2010
PCMA Chairman of the Board: John Folks, Minding Your Business, Inc.  Term: 2009
PCMA Chair-elect:Kati Quigley, Microsoft Corporation  Term: 2009

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The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) is the professional resource center and premier educator for the meetings and convention industry. Founded in 1957, PCMA represents the interests of meeting management executives from associations, non-profit organizations, corporations, independent meeting planning companies, and multi-management firms who recognize the importance of meetings to their organization. PCMA empowers members with the tools they need to succeed as meeting professionals and to promote the value of the industry to their organizations and the general public. Headquartered in Chicago, PCMA has 16 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. For additional information, please visit the PCMA Web site at www.pcma.org.

The role of the PCMA Education Foundation is to support the mission of PCMA through fundraising and grant giving focused on education and research that will benefit the meetings and conventions industry. Established in 1985, the Foundation supports educational programs to improve professionalism in the meetings industry and to provide a university-level meeting management curriculum. The Foundation provides educational programs for meeting managers, hotels, convention and visitors bureaus, and other members of the meetings industry. It also conducts ongoing research of industry issues and concerns. The Foundation continually designs and creates new programs to encourage the highest levels of professionalism in the meetings industry.