Jeff Quade has been promoted to president at GES – Global Experience Specialists. Quade has been with GES for over 28 years. He started as director of sales for GES Portland at the beginning of 1994. He became general manager director of sales for Phoenix at the end of 1995 before finally moving to Las Vegas as vice president global accounts four years later. There Quade served as executive vice president | exhibition sales and services a solid 12 years from 2000 to 2012 before he was promoted to chief sales officer. He moved up to executive vice president, exhibitions in 2019 before becoming president GES Exhibitions – North America.
Prior to GES Quade was with both Classic Exposition and Convention Data Services. He graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management in 1986. He has been a board member of both IAEE and CEIR.
Marianne Szczech was made chief product officer at GES after three years as executive vice president products, marketing & services. She joined GES as vice president products and services in 2019 and became senior vice president products marketing & services in 2021. In less than a year she was made executive vice president – products, marketing & services.
Szczech came to GES from PSG, a Dover Company. She was at Xylem for 11 years before PSG, and got her start at Yeomans Chicago Corporation. She graduated University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering before getting an MBA Finance, General from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. For more information about GES visit their website www.ges.com.
Christina Poole is the new director of account management at 760 Display. Previously Poole was senior account manager and exhibit service specialist manager with Exhibitus Inc. For more information about 760 Display see their website www.760display.com.
Hill & Partners Brand Environments has promoted Kristi Rosnow (Knudsen) to senior environment designer. Rosnow has been with Hill & Partners for over seven years where she started as exhibit designer. For more information about Hill & Partners visit their website www.hillpartners.com.
Deckel & Moneypenny has announced Vyb Surendra will be interning at the exhibit company while working on her Bachelor of Science in Design – Industrial Design degree at the University of Cincinnati. For more information about Deckel & Moneypenny see their website www.deckelmoneypenny.com.
Ron Brunette has joined Procedes LLC as account executive. Prior, Brunette was regional sales manager at OCTANORM North America, Inc. For more information about Procedes visit their website www.procedes-us.com.
Patrick Reynolds is the new director of sales for Destination Rogers. He was hired in December 2025 after serving as director of sales for the Hyatt Place and Courtyard by Marriott in Fayetteville, Arkansas. For more information about Destination Rogers see their website www.destinationrogers.com.
Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) announces the promotion of Nicholas Jones to manager, technology user services. Jones joined ACVB in 2023 as a technology specialist then advanced to assistant manager in 2024. For more information about ACVB visit their website www.discoveratlanta.com.
Kari Valerius has joined Steadfast Displays as senior account manager. Previously, Valerius was senior account manager – Pharma with Czarnowski Collective. For more information about Steadfast Displays visit their website www.steadfastdisplays.com.
Jennifer Boujoukos has been promoted to director of client services at TRU Service Group. Boujoukos first joined TRU nearly 16 years ago as senior account manager, then moved up to client service manager in 2017. For more information about TRU see their website www.truservicegroup.com.
Condit has announced Ivette Flower as their new vice president of sales. Flower was keynote speaker | corporate trainer and accredited certified coach at iFlower Solutions for five years before joining Condit. For more information about Condit see their website www.condit.com.
Visit Detroit has announced the results of their 2026-2027 board of directors election. WXYZ and WMYD Vice President/General Manager Mike Murri was named board chair, Christine Estereicher, vice president, corporate and public affairs at Stellantis, and Michael Montri, president of Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, were named vice chairs. Christina Lovio George, president & CEO of Lovio George, was named board treasurer.
10 directors were re-elected to the board, with Tiffany Albert, senior vice president of community relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Katy Trudeau, president & CEO of the Eastern Market Partnership, joining as newly elected directors. For more information about Visit Detroit visit their website www.visitdetroit.com.
