The San Diego Convention Center Corporation has appointed a new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mardeen Mattix was selected and unanimously ratified as the new CFO during the meeting of the Corporation’s Board of Directors on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. She w

Allison Alfano has joined Portland’5 Centers for the Arts as the new Assistant Director of Marketing. Alfano recently moved to Portland from Los Angeles where she worked at Staples Center and Microsoft Theater as the Senior Director of Marketing. She also has a background in radio pro

IAVM and the IAVM Certification Board announced that effective February 1, 2018, the certification program known as Certified Facilities Executive (CFE) will be rebranded to carry the new name of Certified Venue Executive (CVE). The move comes following an October 2016 Certification B

The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority has named Michael J. Sawaya as president and general manager of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and executive vice president of the Authority. He succeeds Robert L. “Bob” Johnson, who retired on September 25

Eric Granger, an industry veteran with more than 20 years in the live entertainment, sports and facilities management industries, has been named General Manager of KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The announcement was made by Bob Newman, President of AEG Facilities, operators