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Donna C. Tschiffely
President

Donna Tschiffely, President of Conference Incorporated, has over 38 years experience in the association, convention, trade show, and special event management arenas.

Since starting her own company in 1986, Donna has earned an outstanding reputation from providing an extensive array of consulting and management services such as, association management, launching trade shows, special event management, meeting management, development of event-specific marketing, critical path planning and logistics execution, to managing an organization out of financial crisis to becoming financially healthy.

Donna is an active member in the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE), and the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA).

 

STAFF

Donna Jarvis-Miller, CMP, CEM
Director, Progams and Marketing

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Donna Jarvis-Miller is the Director of Programs and Marketing for Conference Incorporated (CI) and has nearly 20 years of experience in show production and sales and event and conference management.  Her work with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations in sales and development has afforded her the opportunity to work a wide variety of venues.

Donna is a Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) and has obtained her credentials with IAEE with the Certified in Exhibition Management (CEM) designation. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cross-Disciplinary Studies from Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio and an Associate in Science Degree from the University of the Cumberlands.

Chareese Cunningham
Project Manager

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Chareese has been with CI for about 4 years, but is already a seasoned planner.  She currently manages events for ILSI, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference.

Pete Guldseth
Membership Manager & Registrar

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Pete joined CI in May 2010 and with more than 8 years in membership services has been focused on increasing membership of the Direct Marketing Association of Washington, as well as serving as registrar for our other events.

Ann Walsh

Staff Accountant

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Ann came to CI through DMAW and is a great asset having been with the DMAW for 5 years prior to CI taking over it's management.  Ann also handles the accounting for the Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference.

Terri Jones
Exhibit & Sponsorship Sales

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Terri has been with CI for over 4 years selling booth space, table tops and sponsorships for the DMAW, National Osteoporosis Foundation, as well as Quest Diagnostics. People just don't say no to Terri!

Ron Guberman
Graphics

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Ron Guberman came off the golf course and out of semi-retirement to be part of the CI Team.  He manages our client's graphic requirements as well as any video production.

Emily Grossberg

Intern

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Emily is learning the meeting planning industry and if she continues, she will be a shining star.

Our philosophy:

  • Perform as business advisors working to showcase the vision of business leaders.
  • Produce meetings & events with purposeful intent, from strategy to implementation.
  • Launch your vision into a tailored conference or event that exceeds your expectations.