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TSEA Members: New Discount Affiliation with FCm Travel Solutions TSEA New Members, Aug.1, 2007 TSEA Tips 5.1.07 TSEA Tips, April 16, 2007 TSEA Tips: The Scent of a Show TSEA to Exhibit at Exhibitor 2008 TSEA's Career Center TSEAConnect: the ONLY Online Community of Its Kind TSNN.com Reports Dramatic Increase in Event Interest in 2008's First Quarter Turn Your Team Around: Seven Strategies to Transform Trade Show Performance Valera Global Joins Chicago Climate Exchange, Commits to Offset 100 Percent of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Windy City Chapter Events for 2008 Windy City Logo Contest Windy City News PCMA Names Mark Holmes New Chief Financial Officer April 23, 2008, CHICAGO, IL—The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) has announced that Mark Holmes has joined the organization as chief financial officer, effective Monday, April 21. “Mark not only brings a wealth of experience to the CFO role, but he also understands our industry as he’s most recently been with PSAV. We are extremely pleased that he has joined the PCMA team; his addition marks a positive step for the entire organization,” said Deborah Sexton, PCMA President and CEO. Holmes presents over twenty years of varied accounting and finance experience with public accounting, private and public firms. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in industries such as manufacturing and distribution, most recently in event technology services with PSAV Presentation Services. Holmes holds an MBA, Accountancy and Finance, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has also received professional recognitions as a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) Designee. PCMA has also announced the promotion of several staff members. Mona Simon of the PCMA sales and strategic partnerships team has been promoted to director, partner relations & advertising. In marketing and communications, Mary Reynolds Kane was promoted to manager, marketing, and Julie Fawcett was promoted to manager, communications. Jennifer Wells of the finance department was named staff accountant. In administration, Meredith Rollins was promoted to manager, industry & project initiatives. On April 8th, Natalie Hummert joined PCMA’s sales and strategic partnerships team as a production coordinator, directly reporting to Mona Simon. For more information on PCMA, please visit www.pcma.org. The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) is the professional resource 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 the 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 funds 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 funds new programs to encourage the highest levels of professionalism in the meetings industry.