Devin Cleary

Devin Cleary is the Vice President of Global Events at Bizzabo, the world's fastest-growing event technology platform for hybrid, virtual and in-person events. Devin is a passionate, results-driven event producer and marketing executive with experience leading the creation and active management of diverse experiential marketing programs for B2B, nonprofit and consumer markets. He was recognized as one of Connect Association’s “40 under 40” leaders in 2021, and was also featured in Event Marketer's 2017 "B2B Dream Team" and BostInno's "50 on Fire."

Glenn Hansen

Glenn Hansen is the president and CEO of BPA Worldwide, a not-for-profit organization that provides independent, third-party audits of audience claims of B2B publications, consumer magazines and face-to-face events. Under BPA’s iCompli division, Hansen and his team have expanded audit and certification services to protect brands from everyday risks including unsupportable claims, failure to protect confidential data and negative brand perception in the marketplace. BPA iCompli Sustainability certifies the event industry to the EIC’s Sustainable Event Standards as well as ISO 20121.

Chris Federspiel

Chris Federspiel is the CEO and co-founder of Blackthorn.io, a leading developer of Salesforce-native apps in the events management and payments space. Since 2015, Blackthorn.io has provided companies with the acceleration and streamlined innovation needed to scale and unite their CRM with events, payments and compliance data.

Christy Kingsbury

Christy Kingsbury is a senior designer at Fixation Marketing. Her decades of diverse design experience and journalism degree make her an invaluable creative and communications resource for clients.

Jackie Clements

Jackie Clements is the interactive art director at Fixation Marketing. She’s the glue that connects creative concepts to digital execution on websites, email campaigns and social media for Fixation clients, and is the agency’s resident email expert.

Andrew DeVilbiss

Andrew DeVilbiss is the Project Manager AES at Aggreko, where he has worked for over 20 years. He is committed to the company's leadership in providing mobile and modular power solutions.

Sarin Bachmann

Sarin Bachmann is the Group Vice President of RX Jewelry Group. Included in her portfolio are JCK, Luxury, JIS events, as well as JCK Magazine, the new digital marketplace, Jewelers Source by JCK, and the educational hub subscription service, JCK Pro. 

Brittany Palmer

Brittany Palmer is Founder and CEO of Boston-based Beeyonder, a platform that enables people everywhere to travel the world virtually with interactive groups and private, live and pre-recorded experiences.

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