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Winners 2008 Tier I – 1 to 150 booths Kendra Nicastro, Co-Owner, KC's Creative Events LLC Charity: March of Dimes, Central Ohio Chapter Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Paul Kent, Vice President and General Manager, IDG World Expo Charity: Scholarship fund of Archbishop Mitty High School Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Sandra Toms LaPedis, Area Vice President and General Manager, RSA Conferences Charity: Humane Society of America Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Robert Brice, Vice President, Cygnus Business Media Charity: Mary Queen of Peace Church Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Larry Schur, President and Show Manager, All Baby & Child Inc. Charity: First Candle/SIDS Alliance 2007 Tier I – 1 to 150 booths Lori Riggs, CMP, Director of Conferences and Special Events, National Safety Council Greater Omaha Chapter Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Nancy Jo Wiggen, Vice President of Sales, JD Events Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Melinda Kendall, General Manager, IDG World Expo Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Claire Kilcoyne, Vice President of Tradeshows, PSMJ Resources Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Charles Olentine, Executive Vice President, U.S. Poultry and Egg Association 2006 Tier I – 1 to 150 booths Joseph Gates, Senior Account Manager, 2Scale Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Sean Guerre, President and CEO, TradeFair Group, Inc. Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Joyce Mockus, Show Manager, dmg world media Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Scott Dominguez, Director, Operations and Event Services, CMP Technology Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Karen Malone, Vice President of Meeting Services, HIMSS 2005 Tier I – 1 to 150 booths Andrea Carrick, California Podiatric Association Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Peggy Ruh, Full House Productions Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Karla Little, KL Communications Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Kevin Klipsch, Exposition Management Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Jim Buckley, Reed Exhibitions 2004 Tier I – 1 to 150 booths Nancy Hammervick, CMP Media Show: XChange Conferences Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Cindy Ferguson, CEM, Association of Progressive Rental Organizations Show: APRO Convention & Buying Show Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Jim Cohen, Unicomm Travel Shows Show: Adventure in Travel Expos Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Nancy Janssen, Food Processing Machinery Association Show: FPM EXPO Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Jennifer Hoff, National Trade Productions Show: Coverings 2003 Tier I – 1 to 150 booths Kelly Wise, The American Society for Nondestructive Testing Show: ASNT Fall Conference and Quality Testing Show Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Peter W. Nathan, PWN Exhibicon International LLC Show: U.S. Food & Agribusiness Exhibition Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Camille Cimino, TLG, Inc. aka The Laurel Group Show: Museum Retail Conference and Expo Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Mark Dineen, Hannover Fairs USA, Inc. Show: CeBIT America Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Tom Cindric, Hanley-Wood Exhibitions Show: World of Concrete 2002 Tier I – 1 to 150 booths Todd Davis, Davis Peterson Collaborative Show: Luxury Kitchen and Bath Collection Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Ann Reneau, Georgia Nursing Home Association Show: IMAGE Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Pamela Quinones, American Chemical Society Show: ACS Fall & Spring Annual Meeting and Expos Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Christina Condos, CMP Media Show: PC EXPO/TECHXNY Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Mary C. Upton, ASI Show Inc. Show: The ASI Show! 2001 Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths David Heilbrunn, Lifestyle Events Show: Coffee Fest Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Diane Robinson, SPIE Show: Photonics West Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Georgette Smith, American Society of Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology Show: ASTRO Annual Meeting Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Rita Ugianskis, Primedia Business Exhibitions Show: WASTE EXPO 2000   Tier 1 – 1 to 150 booths Libby Morley, AMC Inc.   Tier 2 – 151 to 300 booths Gale Luce, GL Meetings & Conventions   Tier 3 – 301 to 700 booths Marla Entrikin, International Society for Optical Engineering   Tier 4 – 701 to 1,500 booths Jeanette Winton, MarketPro Computer Shows   Tier 5 – 1,501+ booths Joy Miccio, NJ Builders Association

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