By Mary Tucker
The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced the roster for its 2023 Board of Directors, including IAVM member Eric Blanc Sr., CMP, deputy director of the Orange County Convention Center. CEIR’s Board of Directors is one of the most diverse and influential groups within the industry. As part of its oversight responsibilities, it ensures that the monies raised are used to fund the CEIR Index and other important research opportunities. Officers of the board serve one-year terms, and directors serve for three years.
2023 CEIR Chairperson Marie Browne is Group Vice President for RX, a global company in the business of building businesses. She manages and grows a portfolio of leading events that span a wide range of industries, including industrial sectors such as pharmaceutical manufacturing to retail sectors such as vision and golf.
“I am honored to serve alongside colleagues who are passionate in supporting CEIR’s mission to provide valuable and objective research to industry members,” Browne said. “Working with the CEIR Research Council, we are devoted to supporting the industry in its utmost needs by comprehending and addressing the issues that are top of mind now as well as prepare for the foreseeable future.”
Remaining members of the 2023 CEIR Board of Directors include:
Immediate Past Chairperson
Dennis Smith
Vice President of Business Development
Asian American Hotel Owners Association
Secretary/Treasurer
Janet Sperstad, CMP-F
Program Director, Meeting & Event Management
Madison College
Director
Eric Blanc Sr., CMP
Deputy Director
Orange County Convention Center
Director
Mark Bogdansky
Vice President, Meetings and Events
Auto Care Association
Director
Paige Cardwell
President, CSG
National Trade Productions, Inc./NTP Events
Director
Michelle Edmonson, CEM
Vice President, Exhibitions
AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology
Director
Chuck Grouzard
Executive Vice President, Business Development
GES
Director
Jennifer Hoff – CEIR Research Council Chairperson
President
Trifecta Collective LLC
Director
John Jaworski, CEM
Assistant Executive Director: Meeting Services & Corporate Relations
Radiological Society of North America
Director
Ian Sequeira
Vice President, Research & Measurement
Freeman
CEIR
Cathy Breden, CMP-F, CAE, CEM
CEO
Ex-Officio – IAEE
David DuBois, CMP-F, CAE, FASAE, CTA
President & CEO
IAEE
Mary Tucker is Sr. PR/Communications Manager for CEIR.
