MPI selects new vice-president of community

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has selected Nicole Edmund to lead the association’s membership and chapter operations teams as vice-president of community, effective, 8 January, 2018. It is a newly created position. Edmund has more than 20 years of experience as an association management professional. She most recently served as the associate vice-president of membership and chapter relations for Women in Cable Telecommunications. “Nicole has an impressive association background, and we believe her membership expertise and solid business operations and leadership experience will be critical assets as we advance MPI’s strategic growth plans,” said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI. Edmund reports directly to Van Deventer and is based out of MPI’s headquarters in Dallas. In addition, MPI recently selected Melissa Majors as the new director of the MPI Academy; Julie Holmen as director of business development covering Canada, Europe and Asia; and Drew Holmgreen as senior director of marketing and communications. Major’s start date is 8 January as well, and Holmen and Holmgreen joined MPI on 4 December and 20 November, 2017, respectively. Former director of the MPI Academy, Kristi Casey Sanders has assumed the new role of director of thought leadership, which involves working collaboratively with MPI’s sales, education and events teams. MPI is the largest meeting and event industry association worldwide with a global community of 60,000 meeting and event professionals in 19 countries.