Annual Meeting Rock Star Wrap Up

Another GSAE Annual Meeting is in the books, and we have so many people to thank for making it such a success!  For our attendees, we hope you enjoyed spending time with our community, learned things to help you with your job, and created relationships that will be beneficial in your professional life.

Our biggest thank you goes to our volunteers, especially members of the Professional Development Committee, the Meet & Greet Committee, and the Silent Auction Committee. Y’all rock and make us look so good!!  Stay tuned for total funds raised for the Augusta Warrior Project and from the Silent Auction!
 
There is No Bigger Thanks than Scheduling Your Own Meeting in Fabulous Augusta, Georgia

 Peggy Seigler, MPA, CDME, Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Barry White, President & CEO

Greg DeSandy, Director of
Sales & Marketing
Carol Hall, Association and Government Sales Manager

Main event sponsors who help keep us whole, including:   
Huge thanks to the host of 2014 GSAE Annual Meeting - Visit Savannah and their industry partners (pictures will be posted on FB of the clever use of a conga line and our own Mike Pennington, CAE, CEcD as General Oglethorpe)
Veronica Enoch, National Sales Manager, Visit Savannah
Cece Corbin, CMP, Account Director, Group, Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa
Victoria TenBroeck, Sales Manager, Savannah International Trade & Convention Center
Amanda Evans, Sales Manager, Inn at Ellis Square
Mary Elizabeth McMahon, Senior Sales Manager, Savannah Marriott Riverfront
Cheryl Talley, Sales Manager, Hyatt Regency Savannah       
                                                            
Opening Session – Charlie Jones, Marshall, Jones & Co./OnDemand Accountant
Breakfast – Barbara Stroup and Kathy Dunn, ExpoPlus
Breakfast – Robin North, CMP and Megan Drew, Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Book Sponsor – Steve Michael, Henssler Asset Management, LLC  
Visit all our meeting sponsors on the main AM page. Just click on the logo for info.
 
More vendors we heart a lot:  Shepard Exposition Services, all signage, all the time - Leslie Avery; PRG, breakout rooms AV - Jeff Sabourin, Jamie Tabor, and Jordan Lawson; Imedia, brochure printing - David Canady; MapDynamics, tradeshow floor plan – Bert Carroll, Jeremy Minnick and Spence Downs; Naylor, LLC, Connections mag and e-newsletter – Chris Hodges; and Crescerance, GSAE mobile app - Alefiya Bhatia.

Augusta Warrior Project
•    We’ll continue to sell t-shirts at our events to keep the love going.  All $20 of the purchase price will be forwarded to the charity thanks to the generosity of the Augusta, Georgia CVB.  And, YAY!! to the Augusta Marriott at the Convention Center for making a $1500 donation during our Friday General Session to this great cause.  Augusta truly rocks.
•    We also want to thank Mike Pennington, CAE, CEcD and Todd Hawkins, CAE and his family for contributing to the excitement during our last break.  We appreciate our members supporting such worthy causes as the Augusta Warrior Project and the Pantene Beautiful Locks program.

 
Wendy, Jane Anne & Zach  (the intern who is willing to entertain employment offers starting this fall!!!)