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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

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Gibson is now director of resort experience at Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys. Gibson also has years of food and beverage experience, having worked as kitchen manager and in other restaurant management positions in New Hampshire. Peckinpaugh has also held board and leadership committee positions at U.S.

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Denzil Rankine: ‘We Have an Extraordinary Journey in This Industry’

PCMA Convene

based strategy consulting firm for the events industry, Rankine said that he and coauthor Giberti — founder and CEO of Miami, Florida–based consulting company Vesuvio Ventures — were “freaked out” about the timing. What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? It comes from Star Wars.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As Heart Attack on a Plate.

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