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.

Jason Cohen
Committee Member
Director of Global Accounts, Meetings and Incentives
Accor

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

Kaaren Hamilton
Committee Member

AVP Commercial
Hyatt Hotels

Beth Hecquet, CMP, CMM
Committee Member

Strategic Sourcing Manager
The E.W. Scripps Company

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

David O’Donohue
Committee Member

VP, Brand Engagement
Groups 360

Ruth Oren, CTE
Committee Member

Global Mobility Specialist
E-technology LLC

Brianna Ryan
Committee Member

Account Executive
Cvent

Rebecca Simon
Committee Member
Senior Sales Account Executive
Delta Air Lines

Ryan Tetz
Committee Member

Vice President
Team Travel Source

Maryellen Yeager, GTP, CCTE, GLP
Committee Member

Manager Corporate Travel
IGT

Europe Meetings & Events Committee

Leadership

Henrietta Balint
Chair

Global Procurement Commodity Management
Siemens Energy

Dan Humby
Co-Chair

Vice President, Sales – Europe
Groups360

Members

Gemma Bassett
Committee Member

Founder
Gem Meeting & Events Consulting Curation

Jane Dibble
Committee Member

Travel Manager
KPMG UK LLP

Leanne Fowler
Committee Member

Director of Account Management
Agiito

Jason Hart
Committee Member

Strategic Sourcing Manager,
EU HQ, UK & Ireland
Amgen

Pieter Kroos
Committee Member

Sales Director EMEA
BCD Meetings & Events

Jennifer Pape
Committee Member

Global Meetings and Events
Shell

Claus Vestergaard
Committee Member

Account Director
Radisson Hotels

Verónica Gonzalez G-N
Committee Member

Head of Business Development
Amadeus IT Group

Michelle Wheatley
Committee Member

Project Manager
Festive Road