Greetings from Your New Zone Director! I’m Nancy Smith, CFE from the South
Russ Harrison, owner of Rudy’s, Inc. of Hernando, Florida was inducted into the NICA Hall of Fame at the NICA Business Expo/Food Show held in Tampa in early February.
Russ is a Director At Large from Associate Members on the IAFE Board of Directors.
Carolina State Fair in Columbia, SC. I’m excited to serve as your new Zone 2 Di- rector for the upcoming 3 year term. Zone 2 is made up of 8 states, including Dela- ware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. You can look forward to a quarterly
newsletter (the first of which went out in January) with updates regarding Zone 2 and the International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE). I welcome your comments and suggestions as well as any news from your state association or fair you wish to share. Thank you to Rick Vymlatil, CFE for his leadership as past Zone 2
director. Several personnel changes have taken place at the IAFE. Our best wishes go to Jim Tucker, CFE and Max Willis, CFE upon their retirement from the IAFE Staff. Congratulations to Marla Calico, CFE as she assumes her new role as President/CEO of the IAFE. Also, Lori Hart, CFE has joined the IAFE staff as Director of Education and Mem- ber Services. Lori was formerly with the Kansas State Fair and is a familiar face within our industry. This is the year of change! Vicki Chouris, with the South Florida Fair is our new Membership
Representative for Zone 2. Vicki will be the first to serve a 3 year term in this role. Coca-Cola will again be our wonderful sponsor for our membership contest. Please visit the IAFE website,
fairsandexpos.com, for an in-depth look at all the prizes and perks Coca-Cola is offering. New this year….monies for recruitment and retention of members by state and provincial associations! Stay tuned for more information on this contest. Zone 2 would like to say a huge THANK YOU to our Florida Federa-
NICA officers, Dennis Fraleigh with Past President Joe Potillo and Incoming President Paulette Keene.
tion Friends, for hosting us again this year. Historical St. Augustine is the spot and May 12-14 are the dates. Links for registration and hotel accommodations are included in this newsletter. Let me say, from per- sonal experience, this is one of the best and most educational meetings you can attend. Mark your calendars and plan to head to St. Augustine in May. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your Zone 2 Director. One
aspect of our industry that I particularly love is the “team” aspect. Working together we can strengthen our Zone 2 team. I welcome your thoughts and comments as we move forward (
nancys@scstatefair.org). “None of us is as smart as all of us.”
Kyle Wiskow, FL Account Executive
Happy Norris and Leah Norris with the Lake County Fair with Tom Umiker, Federation President at the NICA Reception with Kathy Ross, NICA board member and Florida Federation of Fairs Associate member.
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