By Heather Henderson, CSEP, CMP

Having recently returned from the highly successful and energizing events at ISES Eventworld 2011 in St. Louis, I am excited about the organization's future and thrilled that I had the opportunity to serve as president of the ISES 2010-2011 International Board of Governors.

During the past year, I met and engaged with so many ISES members, who all made my term of service a pleasure.

As I turn over ISES Board leadership to my colleague Terry Singleton, CSEP, president and chief operating officer of CCP Events Inc./EventScapes in Atlanta, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the many ISES volunteer leaders whose efforts continue to drive the organization's success. I could not have had such a successful year without your support!

REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS/AFFILIATE CHAIRS

• Midwest: Jack Scafide (Chicago)

• Northeast: Dave Buckley, CSEP (Philadelphia)

• Southeast: Raye-Dawn Acheson, CSEP (Dallas)

• West: Melissa Jurcan, CSEP (Seattle)

• Australasia: Romaine Pereira (Sydney)

• Canada: Eileen Bistrisky, CSEP (Vancouver)

• EMEA: Liz Madden (London-U.K.)

CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE

• Kris Shea, CSEP (Orlando), Chair

• Sara Hunt, CSEP (Northern California)

• Marni Ness, CSEP (Seattle)

• Qualena Odom-Royes, CSEP (Atlanta)

• Kate Stahl, CSEP (Minneapolis-St. Paul)

• Sally Webb, CSEP (London-U.K.)

CONFERENCE EVENTS COMMITTEE

• Jennifer Claire Scott (New York Metro), Chair

• Decorative Design: Matthew Trettel (Minneapolis-St. Paul)

• Destination Coordinator: Debbie Bueckman (St. Louis)

• Entertainment: Danny Bergold (Los Angeles)

• Production/Logistics: Karl Heitz (Denver)

EDUCATION COUNCIL

• Paul Creighton, CSEP (Orlando), Chair

• Content Development: Jim Monroe, CSEP (Dallas), and Dana Zita, CSEP (Toronto)

• Delivery Systems: Chapter Outreach: Tracy Stuckrath, CSEP (Atlanta)

• Delivery Systems: Conference Education: Sue Werb, CSEP (Philadelphia)

• Higher Education: Flora Moorman, CSEP (Greater Triangle, N.C.), and Patti Coons, CSEP (Orlando)

FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

• Kathy Miller (Chicago), Chair

• Brian Acheson, CSEP (Dallas)

• Judy Brillhart, CSEP (New England)

• Bill Ferguson, CSEP (Columbus)

• Ingrid Nagy (Denver)

• Terry Shields, CSEP (Dallas)

ESPRIT AWARDS COMMITTEE

• Gwen Helbush (Northern California), Chair

• Dianne Devitt, CMP (New York)

• Alysha Di Giorgio (Washington, D.C.)

• Sandy O. Fergus (Philadelphia)

• Rocky Toomey (Rhode Island)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• Glen Lehman, CSEP (Sydney), Chair

• Australia: Romaine Pereira (Sydney), Jennifer Trethewey (Melbourne)

• Canada: Eileen Bistrisky, CSEP (Vancouver), Penni Holdham, CSEP (Toronto)

• EMEA: Liz Madden (London-U.K.), Andy Callin (London-U.K.)

• United States: Connie Riley, CSEP (Orlando), Jodi Collen, CSEP (Minneapolis-St. Paul)

ISES PAGES EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

• Natalie Wi (Philadelphia), Editor

• Marie Caci, CMP, CPCE, CSEP (New England)

• Penni Holdham, CSEP (Toronto)

• Caroline Sewell (Greater Triangle, N.C.)

• Dennis Telischak (New Jersey North)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• Kathy DeLuca, CSEP, CMP (New Jersey South), Chair

• Kate Gold (New England)

• Gary Jones, CSEP (San Antonio)

• Tanya Posavatz, CSEP (Austin)

• Linda Thompson, CMP (Northern California)

SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS COMMITTEE

• Liz Diaz (South Florida), Chair

• Lisa Marie Borchert (Minneapolis-St. Paul)

• John Sadaka (New Jersey North)

• Marla Watson-Werst, CSEP (Dallas)

• Keisha Wilson, CSEP (Atlanta)

MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

• Steven Way (New England), Chair

• Danny Bergold (Los Angeles)

• Beverly Pamensky-Murray (San Diego)

• LaTonja Thomas (St. Louis)

• Craig Tolliver (Los Angeles)

Thank you to everyone for a great year!

Name: Heather Henderson, CSEP, CMP

Title: Manager, Global Operations — Cisco Live!

Company: Cisco Systems Inc.

Address: 170 W. Tasman Drive

San Jose, CA 95134 USA

Email: hhenders@cisco.com

Web: www.cisco.com

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