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Spring 2020| Winter 2019 Recap Issue
M eet our 2020-2021 Board!
Do you recognize any of these familiar faces?D
  • President: Tara Thomas, CMP, DMCP, HMCC, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
  • President Elect: Rindi Cerelli, CMP, Travel Portland
  • Immediate Past President: Cathy Mason, CMP, Young Presidents' Organization
  • VP Finance: Kara Campuzano, Salem Convention Center
  • VP Education: Jessica Johnson, The Party Team
  • VP Communications: Greg Heinze, Radisson Hotel Group
  • VP Membership: Juanita Metzler, Eugene, Cascades & Coast - Travel Lane County
MPI Oregon Chapter Directors
  • Director, Fundraising: Amy Hildahl, Salishan Resort
  • Director, Monthly Education: Jenny Moore, CGMP, Spirit Mountain Casino
  • Director, Special Educational Projects: Anne Hallinan, CMP, Marrone Hallinan Event Management, LLC
  • Director, Marketing: Chase Brunson, CMP, Embassy Suites Portland Washington Square
  • Director, Membership: Alisha Leanard, Oregon Garden Resort
The Road to Earning Your CMP Starts Here

Even during these uncertain times in our industry due to COVID-19, there is no better time to add that next notch in your professional career belt and become a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP). 

The CMP certification is globally recognized as the mark of excellence throughout the meetings and events industry. The program aims to increase the professionalism of meeting management professionals in all sectors of the industry by:
Identifying a comprehensive body of knowledge in the meeting management profession
Promoting industry standards, practices and ethics
Stimulating the advancement of the art and science of meeting management

If you have been in the industry more than three years and you’ve been collecting continuing education hours now is the time join us for the CMP Study Group and prepare to take the CMP exam during one of the upcoming months.

Upcoming CMP Exam Dates
May 1─31, 2020
August 1-31, 2020
November 1─30, 2020
January 1-31, 2021


For More Information and Questions CLICK BELOW!

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A Message From Your President, Cathy Mason!
PRESIDENT LETTER

Dear fellow MPI Oregon Chapter Members,

As I write to each of you, I reflect on our current situation impacting our personal and
professional lives. So many adjectives and not enough space in this article.
Thank you to everyone who recently participated in the Cascadia Educational Conference.
There is a separate article that includes details on the Conference as well as special recognition for our generous sponsors. Special thanks to the full Committee and thank YOU to Oregon Chair Erin Osaki, Vice-Chair Amanda Houghton and Cascadia Board Liaison Anne Hallinan, CMP.

Events are the indisputable heart of our global community. The experiences which events
deliver in many ways define the quality of our personal and professional lives. 
Every year, over 10 million people deliver events to 1.5 billion people all over the world in a
trillion dollar industry. We would be the 13th largest economy if we were a country. 
As a professional community, we spend days to decades crafting events and experiences to
create significant value for individuals, organizations and entire industries.
Member Spotlight - Meet Barbara Mulligan with HelmsBriscoe!
We asked Barbara a few questions about herself and here’s her lively responses.
Barbara, where were you born, where did you grow up and what do you do for fun?
I was born in Pueblo, CO, then when I was about 3 or 4 we moved to Memphis, TN. I grew up in Memphis and I’m a GRITS “Girls Raised in The South” and proud of it!
  I started my meetings industry career in Memphis at a Hyatt Regency (now a Hilton) as a secretary then promoted to sales, then Joined Sheraton (when they were part of ITT Corporation), transferred to Atlanta and was there for about 8 ½ years. Eventually I joined Ritz-Carlton Hotels to be Director of the Global Sales office in LA for 6 months, and then they promoted me back to the Atlanta HQ and I was Corp Director of Business Travel for 2 years, then they moved me to Chicago to be Director of the Global Sales office in Chicago. In the meantime, I met a man from Portland on an elevator at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, we dated for 1-1/2 years long distance. It worked, I moved to Portland to be DOS of The Heathman, 1993-1997. I Joined HelmsBriscoe in Feb 1997! It’s my best job ever.

We live in Welches, Mt Hood area, and our home backs up to the Mt Hood Oregon Resort golf course. I like to golf, but I’m a fair weather golfer, and I like to garden. As you know, we have limited months for all that, so I do a lot of hibernating in the winter. I also love practicing Yoga, going for walks and reading, but don’t do any of it enough!

What is the scariest thing you’ve ever done? 
Join HelmsBriscoe! That is truly a leap of faith to leave salary, bonus, benefits and start from scratch with your own business. However, with such a great group of people, and with their guidance, it’s been the best ride ever! Roger Helms recruited me, and it took a year for me to finally take the leap and join HB. I have never looked back!! There were less than 200 people when I joined. Now we are 1400+ globally!!

What and who would you take with you on a deserted island?
My husband, Mike, our wonderful dog, Dooley, and lots of wine!!........and a knife, cheese, twizzlers, water, a mattress, a pillow, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, a toilet, (as many comforts from home as I possibly could), 😊 Oh, our kids and their dogs also!!

Thank you, Barbara, for sharing a bit about yourself. Your story is engaging and encouraging!

MPI Oregon Members,

MPI Oregon members, if you have not heard from a board member within the past 3-4 months it might be that your MPI Profile needs to be updated. As we have tried to phone and email our members, we are some getting bad phone numbers and hard bounces on emails.

To access your Profile Page, go to mpi.org/account and log in. That will take you to your Profile page indicating when your MPI Oregon membership needs to be renewed, your photo, name, title, business and contact information! We look forward to connecting with you and to keeping you updated on ways to find increased value with your MPI Oregon Membership. Because, Members Matter!

From your Membership Team!

C MP 101 Orientation
12:00 - 1:00 pm

GMID Goes Virtual

April 14, 2020
4:30 - 6:30 pm

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