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Meet the 2008-2009 SFLMPI Board of Directors

Channing Muller
June 11, 2008
The South Florida Meeting Professionals International chapter held it's annual award ceremony and board installation dinner on June 6 at the Fort Lauderdale Grande Hotel. The newly appointed officers for 2008-2009 are:

President - Brian Melton
President Elect - Judy Goldman
Immediate Past President - Shawn Lavoie, CMP
VP of Finance - Adrienne Percival
VP of Membership - Kristina Feil
VP of Communications - Jay Guttveg
VP of Education - Jacki Johnson, CMM
Director of Monthly Programs - Beco Byers
Director of Marketing - Christine Tascione, CMP
Director of Leadership - Gail Skeldon, CMP
Director of Member Care - Pamela Gadol
Director of Special Events - Marianne Schmidhofer
Director of Fund-raising - Norma Bondy
Director of Professional Development - DeAnne Graham, CMP
Director of Recruitment - Art Weiss
Director of Strategic Alliance - Carey Kleiman, CMM
Director of Publications - Yoel Hyman

Congratulations to the new board!
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