IAVM’s 2025 iCommit Membership Campaign was a tremendous success, thanks to the enthusiasm and engagement of our members. Your participation helped to make this one of our most successful member referral campaigns to date which added 261 new members.
All eligible participants were entered into a raffle drawing, a total of 139 members. Special thanks to these members for referring the most new members during this period:
- Matthew A. Hollander, CVE – Greenville Convention Center – 17 members
- Peter Wu – North Charleston Coliseum – 11 members
- Carol Gagnon, CEM, CMP – Massachusetts Convention Center Authority – 7 members
We are excited to announce the winners of the raffle below:
- Raffle Winners – $500 Visa Gift Cards
- Scott E. Johnson, Greensboro Coliseum Complex – OVG
- Pat Lealos – Senior Director of Event Management & Production, Saint Paul RiverCentre & Grand Casino Arena
- Marco Perez, General Manager, Lakefront Arena
- Brooke Croshier-Sidebotham, Director of Stadium, Arena and Campus Event Services, University of Utah
- Lawrence Zalewski, Audience Services Manager, Popejoy Hall
- Region Results
- Region 5 – 100 new members
- Region 6 – 41 members
- Region 7 – 32 members
- Region 1 – 27 members
- Region 2 – 25 members
- Region 3 – 21 members
- Region 4 – 14 members
The Region 7 Director will select one recipient to have the CVP application fee waived. The candidate must apply by July 31, 2026.
The 2026 campaign is under way now. Let’s build on last year’s momentum and actively encourage individuals to join by June 30 to receive your chance to win one of five Visa gift cards, valued at $500 each.
We appreciate our members for continuing to advocate on behalf of IAVM. If you have any questions, contact member services at membership@iavm.org.
