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PCMA Announces 2025 Visionary Awards Lifetime Achievement Honorees and Professional Excellence Finalists
1/22/2025
CHICAGO, IL – Sherrif Karamat, CAE, PCMA and CEMA President & CEO is pleased to announce the 2025 Visionary Awards Lifetime Achievement Honorees and Professional Excellence Finalists. The annual Visionary Awards, established to honor and celebrate the global business events community’s exceptional stars, will be held Thursday, April 10 during Business Events Industry Week (BEIW) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Announced during Convening Leaders 2025 in Houston, Texas, the 2025 Honorees are:
A 35-year travel and hospitality leader, Elliott Ferguson continues to demonstrate thought leadership and advocacy for the global business events and hospitality community. His priorities include industry advancement, through diversity, equity and inclusion, not only through board positions with various industry organizations, but also through the implementation of industry initiatives, including DC’s innovative Tourism Recovery District established to drive significant investment in support of the local tourism industry. As a result, DC has regained its position as one of the preeminent business events destinations in the world. Lyn Lewis-Smith is a passionate and recognized advocate for diversity, inclusion, and empowering women in leadership roles throughout the global business events community. In partnership with PCMA and PwC UK, Lyn played a pivotal role in the groundbreaking report, Advancing Women in Business Events which ultimately provided actionable recommendations for fostering inclusivity, primarily addressing the gender disparity in leadership. 2025 Lifetime Educator Honoree: Donald Getz, PhD A core founder of the academic study of event management, Donald Getz, a researcher, author, and speaker, has dedicated his career through his thought leadership via his internationally renowned textbooks integral to the study of business events. He has educated thousands of students through his academic work and, as a result, has made solid contributions towards making event management a distinct professional field in universities throughout the world. 2025 Lifetime Business Events Strategist Honorees: Carol McGury | David Peckinpaugh PCMA’s 2019 Foundation Chair, Carol McGury played a pivotal role in supporting the creation and advancement of scholarship programs, including five Smithbucklin scholarships as well as the Cele Fogarty and Chris Wehking scholarships. Throughout her 35-year career with Smithbucklin Carol led a portfolio of events that ranged from business and trade to technology, healthcare, and science. Throughout her career, Carol hired, invested in and trained more than 100 associates, further demonstrating her commitment to developing the future workforce. For more than 30 years, David Peckinpaugh has accelerated his career based on a strong belief in the power of events to deliver not only superior business results, but perhaps more importantly, meaningful connections. This is further demonstrated by his decade-long service on PCMA’s Board and Foundation, inclusive of a two-year term as Foundation Board Chair. His commitment to culture is evidenced by Maritz’ signature core value “Take Good Care of Each Other” leading to the company-wide initiative of “Unleashing Human Potential.” “We look forward to celebrating and honoring the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Honorees and Professional Excellence Finalists as they represent unmatched dedication and remarkable impact for the future of the global business events industry,” said Karamat. The annual celebration will recognize and celebrate Professional Excellence Finalists across seven categories for extraordinary contributions to their respective organizations and their impact on the professional development of others. The Categories and Finalists are: IMPACT AWARD
Ticket and table sales for the 2025 Visionary Awards celebration will be available in February. About PCMA PCMA, PCMA Foundation and CEMA educate, inspire, and listen, creating meaningful experiences where passion, purpose and commerce come together. We are the world’s largest community for Business Events Strategists, providing senior-level education, networking, and market intelligence for the global business events industry. Our mission is to drive social and economic progress through business events. Headquartered in Chicago, IL PCMA has 17 North American Chapters, regional communities in APAC, EMEA and LATAM, and members in 59 countries. The Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA), a PCMA subsidiary, advances strategic event marketing and marketing communications for senior-level event marketers and industry professionals. Visit us at pcma.org. About PCMA Foundation The role of the Foundation of PCMA is to support the mission of PCMA through fundraising and grant-giving focused on scholarships, education and research that will advance the business events industry. Annually the Foundation funds over $900K in impact, and since 1985 has funded over 2,500 scholarships, 100 research studies and education programs, and $2.7M in charitable giving. Contact: questions@exhibitormagazine.com |
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