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January 2018 - Monthly Education Program: Industry Outlook: Philadelphia!

January 17, 2018
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Independence Visitor Center
Philadelphia, PA
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2018 Industry Outlook: Philadelphia!

Join MPI PHL for our Boss's Night and January monthly program, a meetings industry update with Julie Coker Graham, President and CEO of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) where she oversees all of the organization’s departments and operational duties.

You won't want to miss this "State of the Industry" update!

Keynote:
Julie Coker Graham, President & CEO
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
 

Julie Coker Graham is the President and CEO of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) where she oversees the organization’s efforts to promote and sell Philadelphia as a top destination for meetings, conventions, overseas travelers and group tour visitors.

As President & CEO, Coker Graham oversaw the PHLCVB’s role in the 2017 NFL Draft and the 2016 Democratic National Convention, which together had a combined economic impact of $325 million for Philadelphia.

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Previously, Coker Graham served as the PHLCVB’s Executive Vice President of Convention Sales and managed a staff of 25 sales and services professionals responsible for selling the expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center and Philadelphia’s hotel package to customers across the country. Coker Graham joined the PHLCVB after serving as General Manager for the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing, where she oversaw all operational aspects of the 350-room hotel. A 21-year Hyatt veteran, she began her career there in 1989 as a corporate management trainee at Hyatt Regency Columbus. Throughout her more than two decades with Hyatt, she rose through the ranks in a variety of positions, including assistant front office manager, front office manager, hotel assistant manager, assistant executive housekeeper and general manager.

Coker Graham serves on a number of boards, including the Executive Committees for U.S. Travel Association and Destinations International. In January of 2018, she will begin her tenure as co-chair for U.S. Travel’s Meetings Mean Business Coalition and will begin serving as the Secretary-Treasurer for International Association of Exhibitions and Events Executive Committee (IAEE). In Philadelphia, she is a board member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Independence Visitor Center Corporation, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, Center City District (and the CCD Foundation) and the Global Philadelphia Association. She is also on the Philadelphia International Airport Advisory Committee and the Mayor’s Cultural Advisory Committee, and she co-chairs the Mayor’s Shared Spaces Initiative to combat homelessness. In 2016, Coker Graham served as the chair of Mayor Jim Kenney’s transition team for the Democratic National Convention.

In addition, Coker Graham is a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of Links, Incorporated. She was the 2017 United Negro College Fund Mayor’s Ball Honoree for Civic Leadership, and was named one of the Network Journal’s 25 Most Influential Black Women in Business. She also received the Cradle of Liberty Good Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council and was the recipient of the 2011 John Wanamaker Award (Individual Award) given by the YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity.

Coker Graham is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI, where she received a bachelor of science in Hospitality Management and graduated Magna Cum Laude.


Agenda:

Time Event
5:30pm - 6:30pm Reception
6:30pm - 7:30pm Program
7:30pm - 8:30pm Desserts

 

This program is approvedfor one (1) CE credit by the
Events Industry Council.
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Pricing:
Early Bird
Before 5pm
Jan 3,2018
Regular
After 5pm
Jan 3-16,2018
Late/On-Site
After 5pm
Jan 16,2018
MPI Member
Preferred and Premier
$40 $50 $60
Non-Member & Essential $65 $75 $85
Boss's Ticket
(purchased as guest ticket) )
$0 $0 $0
MPI Student / Faculty $15 $15 $15
Non-Member Student/Faculty $15 $15 $15

 

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Bring your boss for free! To show our gratitude for supporting MPI Memberships, we are inviting bosses of Current MPI Members to attend this meeting FREE! Bosses, please join us for this wonderful program.


 Venue Information:

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One North Independence Mall West
6th and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Parking:

PPA_Logo_R-Vector The Philadelphia Parking Authority manages a secure, 24-hour fully enclosed parking garage, the AutoPark at Independence Mall, which is conveniently located below the Independence Visitor Center.

Look Who's Coming!  

# Name Company
1 Rose Alemi Philadelphia Museum of Art
2 Lindsay Ancarrow Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board
3 Scott Higgins Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board
4 Allen Anderson Anderson Hospitality Services
5 Kate Anthony Preferred Hotels & Resorts
6 Maya A Augelli, CTA Chimera Travel
7 Courtney Babcock Chester County Convention & Visitors Bureau
8 Brittany Ballester Starr Catering Group
9 Annah Winfield Starr Catering Group
10 Ariella Barshay Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport Hotel
11 Nicole R Benner, CMP Blank Rome LLP
12 Kate Blunt, CMP The Logan Hotel
13 Jessica Bauer The Logan Hotel
14 Ashley Knight The Logan Hotel
15 Stephanie Boyd Pennsylvania Convention Center
16 Meredith Brusca Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
17 Chelsea Butler Temple University
18 Katie Campbell Kimpton Hotel Palomar
19 Kimberly Capaldi Bryn Mawr Communications Group
20 Nicole A Carney, CMP Event Strategy Group
21 Jim Cohn Mid-Atlantic Events Magazine
22 Julene Craley, CMP Boggs Chung Inc.
23 Marney Cronin Holiday Inn Express Midtown
24 Amanda Ryan David's Bridal
25 Lisa Cunningham David's Bridal
26 Maureen Dee
27 Nick P. Desiderio AFR Event Furnishings
28 Nicole Di Mattia, CMP DCAT
29 Katelyn Weeks DCAT
30 Catherine L Diem Hilton Worldwide
31 Laila Ea, CMP HMCC The SOSI Events
32 Sarah Farrell Mount Airy Casino Resort
33 Andrew Feuerstein PHLCVB
34 Brian Follett DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Philadelphia - Valley Forge
35 Patrick Gallagher DJB Specialties, Inc.
36 David Blank DJB Specialties, Inc.
37 Alayna Gardner Richard Sandoval Restaurants
38 Christina Ghani Visit Baltimore
39 Jodie Gilbert TalentPlus Entertainment
40 Kristine G.P. Golden, CMP Bryn Mawr Communications Group
41 Camela Pastorius, CMP Bryn Mawr Communications Group
42 Bonnie Grant, HMCC Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
43 Cindy S. Hamilton Marriott Hotels International
44 Maureen Hennessey New Jersey meetings + events & Pennsylvania meetings + events
45 Christina Hentrich All About Events, LLC
46 Bridgid Stackhouse All About Events, LLC
47 Michael Hochman Caesars Entertainment
48 Deirdre Hopkins Pa Convention
49 Mike Boris Frog Commissary
50 Suzanne Driscoll Frog Commissary
51 Elisa L. Jaworski The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corporation
52 Linda M. Jones, CMP HMCC Pennsylvania Convention Center
53 Greg Kamprath, CMP IMS Technology Services, Inc
54 Debbie Kang AKA University City
55 Ed Kaoma Laclassride airport ground transportation
56 Nicholas Warren Kargel You Want What? Productions INC
57 Lauren Kautz Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Co.
58 Christopher Keane, CMP Omni Hotels & Resorts
59 Steve Kearney PSAV
60 Rick Agudelo PSAV
61 Ishmael Kolthoff, CMP Global Hospitality Services
62 Tracy Kowall The Logan, Philadelphia's Hotel
63 Danielle Nicole Laws, CMP HMCC American Board of Internal Medicine
64 Randi LoPreto Milner Marketing Corporation
65 Daniel Love In Your Service Events
66 Anne M Madden, CMP HMCC Maritz Travel Company
67 Tina Covey, CMP HMCC Maritz Travel
68 Tessa Mansell University of Pennsylvania Hospitality Services
69 Leah Marino The Reeds at Shelter Haven
70 Lou P. Marrocco, CMP SEPC Chemical Heritage Foundation
71 Franca Mascia Fogo de Chao
72 Erica Mason The Westin Philadelphia
73 Richard J. McCadden Kalahari Resort & Convention Center
74 Alyssa McDermott DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City
75 Shireen Kline DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City
76 Jenny Mejia University of Delaware
77 Lori Tomovich University of Delaware
78 Julie Mioli Philadelphia Convention & Visitors
79 Tim Haggerty Philadelphia Convention & Visitors
80 Nikolas Mondo Synergetic Sound and Lighting
81 Judy Moore Garces
82 Megan Mulray BCD Meetings & Events
83 Debbie Murray Dave & Buster's
84 Jade Soto Dave & Buster's
85 Uyen Neri The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia
86 Bradley Pacana The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia
87 Joy Dickerson Widener University
88 Linsey Poletti, CMP SEI
89 Susan Powell HelmsBriscoe
90 Judi McLaughlin HelmsBriscoe
91 Brian Reaver Colonial Williamsburg Hotels
92 Julie Rice, CMP HMCC CTA Visit Anaheim
93 Jazmin Rivera Interstate Hotels & Resorts
94 Casey Rodger Kimmel Center
95 Ira Rosen Temple University STHM
96 Steven Rosen Aloysius Butler & Clarke
97 Miriam Rosenbaum Lincoln Financial Group
98 Jordan Sanders Hollowsands Luxury Limousines
99 Elizabeth A Savitz The College of Physicians of Philadelphia/Catering By Design
100 Kristen Medici Catering By Design
101 Alyssa Schaffer
102 Christine Patterson The Siegfried Group
103 Katie T Schultz Chubb Hotel & Conference Center
104 Susan Schwedock Cozen O'Connor
105 Sophia Talbot Cozen O'Connor
106 Jack Haggerty Holiday Inn Stadium
107 Kerri Sitrin Starr Restaurants
108 Nicole Smith AHM
109 Natalie Spacco, HMCC Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, Inc.
110 Scott H. Spitzer Scott Spitzer Photography
111 Gail M. Sullivan, CMP HMCC, CIS Maritz Travel
112 Ignatius Swart Eventions Productions
113 Tim Mrosko Eventions Productions
114 Kristin Szsaro The Inn at Penn, A Hilton Hotel
115 Nancy Barag The Inn at Penn, A Hilton Hotel
116 Kelley S Thwaite, CMP Experient/KM Event Productions, LLC
117 Kate Van Graafeiland, CMP CMM National Board of Medical Examiners
118 Ellen Weiss National Museum of American Jewish History
119 Greg Werner Split Rock Resort
120 Beverly R Wise GW Event Management Certificate Program
121 John Wright The Study Hotel at University City
122 Brendan Morrissey
123 Tim Yabor Sofitel Philadelphia


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