Kimberly has been in the meeting, association, and technology world for nearly 21 years.  Managing meetings for varied clients including The American Bar Association, Hadassah International, Midwest Database User's Group and the American Institute of Architects.  Since she co-founded Technical Registration Experts 16 years ago she has become an accomplished industry executive with vast experience working with both for-profit, not-for-profit organizations, its member, volunteers, and attendees.  She has a significant history managing teams in domestic and international settings including the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Illinois Home Care Council, and the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery.     

In 2000 she co-founded an online software company called Registration123, Inc. which develops and distributes web-based registration SaaS applications. The company’s flagship product, Registration123, streamlines the administrative tasks of online registration, e-commerce and conference management. It is her ongoing passion for technology and how it relates to the association and meeting industries that has sparked her recent interest in social technology.  Since 2008 she has been using social media tools to attract attention and attendance to her clients’ meetings and events.

Jeffrey Miller has acquired extensive registration and database experience over his 25-year tenure within the meeting industry. As Manager of Housing and Registration for Premier Group, Jeff coordinated programs for nationally known organizations such as Apollo Travel Services, Future Business Leaders of America and the National Association of Independent Insurers. His registration expertise and database knowledge led him to pursue a minor change of career as a database consultant within the meeting industry.

As a free lance database developer Jeff specialized in registration management solutions and developed specialized registration and housing systems for organizations such as the Automotive Industry Services Association, The North American Wholesale Lumber Association, AON, Illinois Credit Union League, Hadassah, Metro Connections and The Anti Defamation League.

For the last 16 years, Jeff has been a Partner in Technical Registration Experts, Inc., a full service meeting registration company, and Registration123, a software as a service (SaaS) online registration software company, where he enthusiastically manages the priceless resource of member and registration data for his varied clients.

Starboard Group, Inc.

Starboard Group, Inc. provides strategic, implementation and training services to help not-for-profit organizations and associations build successful and sustainable fundraising and development programs.

The group maintains a commitment to providing professional fund raising and management expertise that assists each and every client in fulfilling its mission and realizing its full potential.

Laurie Davis launched her production career at Cramer, a digital marketing and event solutions company headquartered in Massachusetts, as a staff associate producer. She learned the ins and outs of the industry at an accelerated pace - by doing. In just two months, she was producing regional commercials and industrials on her own. She was quickly promoted to producer and her work evolved, encompassing national commercials, web casts, large-scale corporate conferences, live satellite broadcasts, and tradeshows. Laurie's passion transcends production; she also prizes her intellectual curiosity for exploring new businesses and industries. Accordingly, her clients spanned verticals and included: PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Gillette Company, Bayer Diagnostics, Bose, Business Objects, Idenix Novartis, EMC, AVID, Enterasys, Infor, Citizens Bank, and Candela.

SEGue Consulting Inc.

From Dubai to Mumbai or Los Angeles to New York, multinational corporations and associations are hosting meetings, events, and conferences for business travelers from around the globe. Globalization has created newfound markets and opportunities for the meetings industry but with these new opportunities also comes increased risk, hazard, and potential conflict from a variety of forces that have created unique and new challenges for Meeting Professionals.

Reallygreatmeetings.com 

Steven Jacobs has enjoyed a varied career in hotel operations and sales and meeting management since 1982. After 6 years working with Westin Hotels & Resorts and Stouffer Hotels where he represented Stouffer Hotels worldwide, Steve directed meeting management operations at Premier Group, Conference Solutions, and T-REX. Over the years, Steve has overseen a volunteer/paid staff of up to 100 and has been responsible for meeting budgets in excess of $10 million annually with attendees ranging from 100 to 4,000.

Currently, Steve is President of reallygreatmeetings.com. His experience includes corporate, association, and non-profit annual meetings, retreats, board meetings, seminars, conferences, trade shows, user groups, special events, and incentives.

K Communications, Inc.

Karen Sideris is a public relations consultant with 17 years experience developing and implementing communications programs for a variety of clients, with an emphasis  on medical/health public relations.  She has worked with public relations firms and medical associations in the Chicago area, gaining experience in media relations strategies, new product introductions, speech writing, event planning, and crisis communications.   

Currently, she manages her own consulting business, K Communications, Inc., providing public relations services to communications agencies and national and international medical associations.  From writing news releases and pitching story ideas to local, national, and international media to writing and editing newsletter copy, K Communications, Inc., helps clients promote their organizations with strategic, results-oriented communications programs. 

Meeting Management Solutions, Inc.

(MMS) is a meeting and event logistics management firm specializing in association and medical meetings. MMS can manage the myriad details of meeting planning in a manner that supports your objectives and desired outcomes.

Planning meetings and special events can consume considerable staff time. MMS can ease the burden by either taking the lead on your project or supporting you as an extension of your staff. We provide seamless meeting management, freeing you to focus on the core substance of your program.