Dallas, Texas. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) announces its 2012-2013 Board of Directors for the fiscal year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.
Kevin Hinton, Executive Vice President of Associated Luxury Hotels International, will assume the role as the 2012-2013 Chairman of the MPI Board of Directors. Vincent LaRuffa, Vice President Resort Sales and Marketing at Universal Orlando Resort, will lead the 2012-2013 MPI Foundation Global Board of Trustees.
Hinton, a former MPI Chicago Chapter President, joined the MPI Board of Directors in 2008 and served as a board member until 2011. He was a member of the Audit /Finance Committee and Governance/Nominating Committee prior to being elected chairman-elect in 2011. As Executive Vice President for Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), he currently heads up ALHI’s global sales specialists team and is growing the group’s international membership of hotels and convention bureaus. Prior to joining ALHI, Kevin served as CEO of hinton+grusich, which was sold to ALHI in January 2011.
2012-2013 MPI Board of Directors Executive Committee
• Chairman: Kevin Hinton, Executive Vice President, Associated Luxury Hotels International
• Chairman-Elect: Michael Dominguez, Senior Vice President of Sales, MGM Resorts International
• Vice Chairman of Finance: Kevin Kirby, Senior Director-Worldwide Sales, Hard Rock International
• Vice Chairman: Roel Frissen, CMM, Managing Director, Parthen
• Vice Chairman: Carl Winston, Director, School of Hospitality and Tourism, San Diego State University
• Immediate Past Chairman: Sebastien Tondeur, CEO, MCI Group Holding SA
2012-2013 MPI Board of Directors Members
• Krzysztof Celuch, CMM, CITE, Vice-Dean, Vistula University
• Jordan D. Clark, Vice President of Sales, Caesars Entertainment
• Ricardo Ferreira, Senior Vice President, GRUPO ALATUR
• Hattie Hill, CMM, CEO, Hattie Hill Enterprises, Inc.
• Cornelia Horner, CMP, Vice President, American Land Title Association
• Allison Kinsley, CMP, CMM, Chief Meeting Architect, Kinsley Meetings
• Carol Muldoon, CMM, Executive Director-Events & Meetings, KPMG LLP
• Fiona Pelham, Managing Director, Sustainable Events Ltd.
• Alisa Peters, CMP, CMM, National Account Manager, Experient Inc.
• Darren Temple, CTA, Senior Vice President of Sales and Services, Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Erin Tench, CMP, CMM, Associate Director of Special Events, Penn State University
• Stephanie Windham, CMP, Vice President Sales and Marketing, ARIA Resort & Casino
• Legal Counsel: Jonathan T. Howe, Esq., President/Senior Partner, Howe & Hutton, Ltd.
Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the meeting and event industry’s largest and most vibrant global community, helps our members thrive by providing human connections to knowledge and ideas, relationships, and marketplaces. MPI membership is comprised of more than 23,000 members belonging to 71 chapters and clubs worldwide.
