Carol Owen, President, Retreats Resources, has been named the Site Southeast Chapter President for 2011. Carol served on the 2010 Board of Directors as President Elect and Vice President of Leadership Development. Carol has been a tremendous leader from the start. She worked closely with Sharon Shuford to establish the chapter and also introduced us to our chapter charity, Wine to Water. Her passion and expertise are invaluable, and we look forward to Carol’s leadership in 2011.

Josh Brown, Vice President, National Accounts for Incentive Solutions, Inc., will serve as President Elect in 2011 and President in 2012. This year, Josh served on the Board by leading the Ways & Means and Community Outreach areas. Josh has been invaluable to the chapter because of his skill and expertise in securing sponsors for our event, which was not always an easy job during the recent economic turmoil. His enthusiasm for our chapter is infectious, and we are excited about his new position within the chapter.

In addition to naming our 2011 President and President Elect, the entire slate for the 2011 Board of Directors was named at the Vision 2020 Conference in Charleston, SC, November 14-16, 2010. Corinne Conner, Associate Regional Vice President, HelmsBriscoe ResourceOne and Pam Shepherd, President, Meeting Resources, Inc. were re-elected to the Board after serving in 2010. Corinne was the 2010 Site Southeast Chapter President, and Pam served as Member, Programs and Education. The chapter is excited for the return of these two outstanding leaders. There was one new member announced – Michael Greto, CMP, Event Manager, Strategic Events for Coca-Cola North America. While Mike may be a new face on the Board, he has certainly been a leader within our chapter from the beginning, sharing his event knowledge and expertise as the Committee Chair for Programs and Education.

Site Southeast is excited to announce our International Conference Scholarship winner, Pam Spanjer, CMP, President, Meetings Plus. Pam served on our 2010 Board as the Vice President of Programs and Education, and she has been a tremendous asset to the Chapter by serving in this capacity. Pam will join fellow Board members Corinne Conner, Carol Owen and Pam Shepherd as well as Doc Hendley, founder of Wine to Water, December 4-7, 2010, at this important industry conference in Capetown, South Africa.

Our chapter events would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors, and one in particular who has been extremely supportive is The Maverick Group. Because of their ongoing contributions and support of the Site Southeast events in 2010, The Maverick Group was awarded the Site Circe Award at the conclusion of the Vision 2020 Conference in Charleston, SC on November 16, 2010. Richard Anderson, Senior V.P., David DiPuma, CMP, Executive Producer and John Patton, Vice President, Business Development were on hand to accept the award on behalf of The Maverick Group.

Title: FEBRUARY 17-19
Location: Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort, Sandestin, FL
Description: Site Southeast announces Share the Love 2011 , celebrating our communities, our planet and our families.

This family-friendly event will feature speakers on protecting our natural resources, preserving cultures in emerging destinations and how to jump start a community service outreach program.

In addition, Share The Love will feature a CSR ” field trip”, a ” World Savers” marketplace of products, destinations, hotel companies and service providers who strive toward these environmental and community service goals, and a Family Night networking event to “Share the Love” with those closest to us.

Start Date: 2011-02-17
End Date: 2011-02-19

Site Southeast will host the East Coast Young Leaders Academy November 13-15, in conjunction with the Site SE Summit Vision 2020.
For the first time, all Site members and supporters are invited to attend. If you do not qualify as a “young leader” (under 35 years old or less than 5 years of industry experience), you may participate by sponsoring a young leader to accompany you.

“ The Young Leaders Academy is an ideal way to share ideas across generations as we build tomorrow’s motivational events community today,”

-Sean Mahoney, president, SiteGlobal.