Region 1 Officers

REGION DIRECTOR
Phil Costa, CVP
Deputy Director – Baltimore Convention Center

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Kady Chambers
Director of Venue Rentals and Operations – Strathmore

PAST DIRECTOR
Jana Brooks, CVP
Manager, Events and Tenant Services – Maryland Stadium Authority

TREASURER
Lanese Foley
Manager, Security & Building Operations  – The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Emma Smith
Administrative Assistant – Ryan Center & Boss Ice Arena – OVG

SECRETARY
Courtney Shanahan
Booking Manager – Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

ALLIED REP
Dr. Rich Atkins
Improving Communication

STATE REPS

State Rep Chair
Shane Beardsley
Javits Center

DC
Courtland James 
EventsDC

MA
Arthur Fritch, CMP, CEM
Director of Event Services – Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

MD
Kady Chambers
Director of Event Rentals and Operations – The Strathmore

RI
Lee Esckilsen, CVE
Johnson and Wales

VT
Lee Esckilsen, CVE
Johnson and Wales

CT
Dani O’Callahan
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

NY
Kevin Stark
t3 Expo

NJ
Kevin Stark
Account Manager, T3 Expo

NH
Dean Easterling
General Manager – Whittemore Center Arena at University of New Hampshire

DE
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PA
Kathy O’Leary
Wilson Hall Performance Arts

ME
Andy Downs
Director, Public Assembly Facilities Division – City of Portland

Event Planning Committee
Chair- Dr. Rich Atkins
Felicia Brown, VVA LLC
Kenneth Dixon, Javits Center

 

 

 

Region 1 includes entire states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia. That Portion of New York east of a north-south line extending from Clayton on the north to Binghamton on the south, both cities to be considered Region 1. That portion of Pennsylvania south and east of a northeast-southwest line extending from the northeast corner of the junction of Pennsylvania-New York to the junction of the southern Pennsylvania line with the northwestern-most boundary of Maryland. The Canadian provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island and the continent of Africa.