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PCMA TODAY JANUARY 2013


PCMA is the leading resource and premier educator for professionals in the meetings and conventions industry.


High Achievers


We all know PCMA members represent the cream of the crop — but each year PCMA honors a selection of people whose contributions to the association and the meetings industry as a whole go above and beyond.


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CMA recognizes and celebrates the exceptional accomplish- ments of our 2012 Achievement


Award winners,” said PCMA President and CEO Deborah Sexton. Here are the winners, honored at the


Celebrate PCMA Awards Luncheon on Jan. 14, during Convening Leaders 2013 in Orlando:


Distinguished Member John Folks, president, Minding Your Business Inc.


Distinguished Meeting Professional Jody Egel, CMP, CAE, meetings manager, Million Dollar Round Table


Distinguished Service Professional Scott Collinsworth, director of sales, SWANK Audio Visuals, Hyatt Regency at the Colorado Convention Center


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Emerging Leader Madeleine Bart, event coordinator at CICA — The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants


Outstanding Service to a Chapter Heidi Welker, vice president of marketing, AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions


Educator of the Year Tyra W. Hilliard, Ph.D., JD, CMP, program director, associate professor, Restaurant, Hotel and Meetings Management, Department of Human Nutrition & Hospitality Management, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Alabama


Innovation Award Fairmont Hotels and Resorts for its placement of honeybee hives in 20 hotel rooftop gardens — harvesting


nearly 4,000 pounds of honey each year.


Spirit Award Vancouver Convention Centre, which created a Public Tour Program to connect the local community and visitors to the center as part of its corporate social responsibility program.


Environmental Leadership Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide’s Jennifer Bauchner, director of rooms and sustainability for North America; Kathryn Coiner-Collier, director of housekeeping for Aloft Charlotte @ The EpiCentre; and Victor Lopez, house attendant for Sheraton San Diego, distributed 12,000 bars of soap to families in Guatemala as part of a partnership with Clean The World.


Congratulations to all of the honorees. You do PCMA proud!


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Star Performers PCMA Achievement Award winners from 2011 gathered at the Celebrate PCMA Luncheon at the San Diego Convention Center during Convening Leaders 2012.


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