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
Paul Snell
Director, Sports & Entertainment Booking – Robert F. Kennedy Stadium/EventsDC

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
Tyler DeBella
Director of Operations – Baltimore Convention Center

SECRETARY
Courtney Shanahan
Booking Manager – Massachusetts Convention Center Authority

STATE REPS

DC
Paul Snell
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium/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
<vacant>

NY
Shane Beardsley
VP of Guest Experiences – Javits Convention Center

NJ
Kevin Stark
Account Manager, T3 Expo

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

DE
<vacant>

PA
Kathy O’Leary
Wilson Hall Performance Arts

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

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.