GBTA’s Meetings & Events Committee is the strategic partner for the business travel community and provides guidance on the following:
• Business events best practices
• Education
• Resources
• Innovation

  • Serve as the preeminent source of knowledge, resources and strategy on the state of meetings management for the global business travel industry.
  • Develop and maintain educational materials around the fundamentals and best practices of meetings management.
  • Produce, share, and disseminate high-quality content on emerging trends in meetings management with GBTA members.

Applications to serve on a Committee are accepted year-round and open to any GBTA member. Members serve 2-year terms running from Convention to Convention. Each Committee will be in contact shortly after an application is received. Based on the application, the Committee may either conduct an interview, hold the application or decline the applicant. Committees must maintain a 51% Direct Member and 49% Allied Member ratio. Fill out the committee application form below.

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Leadership

Brenda Davis
Chair
Americas Travel Manager
International SOS

Shalini Iyer
Vice Chair
Director of Strategic Partnerships
hubli

Members

Grant Caplan
Committee Member
President
Procurigence, Inc.

Kim Conway
Committee Member
CEO
ASK 4 Group

Heidi Daniels
Committee Member
Senior Director, Global M&E Consulting
CWT Meetings & Events

Christy Graci
Committee Member
Travel and Events Manager
Positive Behavior Supports Corp

Christopher Hamilton
Committee Member
Manager
PwC

Kaaren Hamilton
Committee Member
VP Global Sales
Choice Hotels

Beth Hecquet, CMP, CMM
Committee Member
Strategic Sourcing Manager
The E.W. Scripps Company

Colleen Kearney
Committee Member
Travel Management Professional

Flora Korman
Committee Member
VP, Global T&E and M&E
Synchrony Financial

Mary-Jo Lake, CMP, VEMM
Committee Member
Director of Global Strategic Partnerships, Meetings and Events
blueprint worldwide

Amanda Lash
Committee Member
Director, Travel Customer Service Office
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Frank Manchen
Committee Member
Senior Director, Sales Optimization
Hilton

Justin Morris
Committee Member
Director of Sales
Traxo

Stacey Nishikawa
Committee Member
Sales Manager – Meetings & Incentives
United Airlines

Ruth Oren, CTE
Committee Member
Global Mobility Specialist
E-technology LLC

Rob Scales, GTP
Committee Member
Vice President, Business Development
Reed & Mackay – A Navan Company

Rebecca Simon
Committee Member
Senior Sales Account Executive
Delta Air Lines

Ryan Sokoloff
Committee Member
VP of Sales – USA
MeetingPackage

Greg Yap
Committee Member
Vice President, Americas
Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau

Maryellen Yeager, GTP, CCTE, GLP
Committee Member
Manager Corporate Travel
IGT

Holly Zopp
Committee Member
Manager, Travel Services
TIAA

Europe Meetings & Events Committee

Leadership

Jennifer Pape
Chair
Global Meetings and Events
Shell

Larissa Steinbäcker
Committee Member
Co-CEO
Proske

Members

Henrietta Balint
Committee Member
Global Procurement Commodity Management
Siemens Energy

Verónica Gonzalez G-N
Committee Member
Head of Business Development
Amadeus IT Group

Michelle Wheatley
Committee Member
Project Implementation Manager
BCD Travel

Dan Humby
Co-Chair
Vice President, Sales – Europe
Groups360

Melanie Newman
Committee Member
Meeting Services Manager
PwC

Bo Follaug
Committee Member
Global Meeting Leader
IKEA (Ingka group)

Pauline Houston
Committee Member
SVP Global Sales
Onyx CenterSource

Katie Bragan-Anderton
Committee Member
Sustainability Specialist
Festive Road

Jason Long
Committee Member
SVP Global Business Development
HRS