The IAVM Foundation is pleased to announced Joan LeMahieu as the recipient of the 2024 IAVM Foundation Legacy Award. Currently retired, LeMahieu joined IAVM in 1990 and served on the Foundation Board of Trustees for seven years, two as Chair. She started her venue management career at

IAVM is pleased to announce Eileen Kulish, Customer Satisfaction Manager with MTS Steating, as the recipient of the 2024 Joseph J. Anzivino Distinguished Allied Award. Kulish’s professional career includes 19 years with MTS Seating, beginning as their Inside Sales Coordinator in 2004.

IAVM is pleased to announce Tammy Koolbeck, CVE, as the recipient of the 2024 Charles A. McElravy Award. Currently, Koolbeck is the Executive Director of Stephens Auditorium at Iowa State University, a position she has held since 2015.  She is only the 5th Director to lead the or

IAVM is pleased to announce the nomination of Stacey Church, CVE, for Second Vice Chair of the Board of Directors. Church will become a senior officer and serve a four-year term, taking on the Chair position in 2026-2027. Church currently serves as the General Manager at Fair Park in

Kim Bedier, CVE, former chairman of IAVM and current dean of the Leadership Institute at VMS, is leaving Honda Center and OCVIBE, Anaheim, Calif., where she has been SVP and General Manager, effective May 3. The announcement was made public while Bedier was assisting her husband, Rich