It's been a difficult year for the event industry—which makes the event professionals who survived and thrived all the more inspiring, particularly those early in their careers who used the challenges of the pandemic to learn interesting new skills, establish innovative new companies, become experts in the virtual sphere and more.
Through the links below, meet our inaugural class of Fresh Faces, and learn how they each got their start, the biggest lessons learned over the past year, the advice they'd give their peers and other insights. We're excited to see these accomplished young event professionals impacting the industry for years to come.
Barbara Moore
Evan Babins
Jeffrey Osuji
Jessica Campos
Jessica Doren
Kyndall Jaffe
Michelle Ellamae
Olamide Awofeso
Sam Kolbert-Hyle
Tanesha Moody