In an industry that’s constantly in flux—with a steady stream of style trends, technological developments, and new ideas—staying ahead of the curve is difficult, but required. Here are the event professionals who rise to that challenge. They use events to advance business goals, they delight guests in unexpected ways, and they move the industry forward.
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Noelle Provencial
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Billy Melnyk
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Tomiko Iwata
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Tom McPhillips, Mike Rhoads
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Alexandra Shapiro
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Tom Kehoe
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Alison Bossert
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Jonathan Murnane
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Rachel Gross
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Jeff Kaplan
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Tara de Nicolas
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Talia Mashiach
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Mary Pat Heftman
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Shai Tertner
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Serge Hunkins
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Myron Wolman, Sandi Hoffman
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Ryan Costello
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Rrivre Davies
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Roy Choi
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Robert Gilbert
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Nick D'Annunzio
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Natasha Koifman
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Mike Hines
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Michelle Gubitosa, Nilda Martin
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Meg Holderman
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Matt McKenna
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Mark Wells
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Marc Thuet
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Kim Graham
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Karl Vontz
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Kapila Chase
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Josh Wood
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Joel Hock
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Gillian Hoff
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Jason Wanderer
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James MacDonald
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Gina Crowley
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Frank McClelland
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Suzi Molak
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Wendy Pashman
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Fergus Rooney
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Chad Hudson
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Carla Ruben
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Alison Slight, Candice Chan
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Bronson van Wyck
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Benji Tschudin
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Benjamin Newbold
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Annie Senatore
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Todd Fiscus
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David Cohn and Stuart Ruderfer
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Sharon M. Siegel
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Paula LeDuc
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Midori Connolly
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Mary Dolaher
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Lindsay Arell
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Lenny Talarico
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Hugo Thibault
Photo: Julien Faugere
Hillary Harris
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Gregory Boroff
Photo: Kevin Tachman
Dana Beatty
Photo: Jacob Andrzejczak, IS Photography/ImagesOfVegas.com
Barton G. Weiss
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