December 2020 Grapevine

			Maria Trammell was honored with the Georgia Society of Association Executives Peggy Seigler Corporate Member of the Year Award! We are so grateful for all Maria Trammell and the Jekyll Island Authority team to do support the hospitality industry in Georgia!
			Congratulations to Pam Shepherd on passing the Certified Incentive Travel Professional exam and receiving her certificate in September.
			Two of our outstanding MPI Georgia members, Laura Steel and Jeff Whitney, brought some holiday cheer this week, in support of the Back The Blue program, with donations of yummy food items to those hard working law enforcement personnel! Laura spearheaded the idea and was happy to see the generosity of many!
			Alyssa Townsend is excited to let us know that the new addition to her family is a GIRL. Excitement abounds!
			Our very own Association Manager, Tara Zeravsky, CMP, was mentioned amongst others in the latest edition of Convention South as a "Meeting Pro to Watch in 2021". Kudos to Tara on this much deserved recognition!
			Big congratulations to our MPI Georgia staff member, Blaire Berto on her engagement ( beautiful ring) to Cole McIsaac. For anyone on Facebook with Blaire, you can see their love, happiness and excitement jumping off the page!