Mission Statement

East Tennessee Meeting Professionals is an organization committed to Education, Career Development, and Developing Business Contacts for Meeting and Event Professionals in East Tennessee.

Objectives

  • Encouraging and improving communications, understanding and cooperation between meeting planners and suppliers through periodic meetings, discussions, and conferences;

  • Expanding the knowledge and abilities of planners and suppliers by conducting formal educational programs;

  • Aiding planners in locating and evaluating meeting facilities and support services;

  • Assist both meeting planners and suppliers in enhancing their personal and professional skills and increasing their career development opportunities;

  • Promoting an understanding in decision-making areas that directly or indirectly impacts the scope of operations of the planners and suppliers;

  • Maintaining liaison activities with other professional meeting planner and supplier organizations; and

  • Providing guidance and advice to planners and suppliers on all phases of planning, executing, and evaluating meetings.

    2007 Board of Directors

    President
    Cindy Ogle - Supplier
    Director of Sales & Marketing
    Big Cabins
    1735 Middle Creek Road
    Sevierville, TN 37876
    Phone 865-934-0953
    Fax 865-908-0537
    Cell 865-567-8921
    cindy@bigcabins.com
    http://www.bigcabins.com/
    Vice President
    Norma Cardwell - Planner
    Conference Manager
    UT-Battelle
    1060 Commerce Park
    Oak Ridge, TN 37830
    Phone 865-574-5979
    Fax 865-574-5738
    Cell 865-719-1015
    nca@ornl.gov
    http://www.ornl.gov/
    Secretary
    Portia McKee – Supplier
    Director of Sales
    Mainstay Suites
    361 Fountain View Circle
    Alcoa, TN 37701
    Phone 865-379-7799
    Fax 865-379-0034
    pmckee@hamisterhospitality.com.
     http://www.mainstaysuitesknoxville.com/
    Treasurer
    Susan Eaton – Supplier
    Assistant General Manager
    Knoxville Convention Center
    PO Box 2543
    Knoxville, TN 37901
    Phone 865-522-5669
    Fax 865-329-0422
    Cell 865-740-4427
    seaton@kccsmg.com
    http://www.kccsmg.com
    Planner Director
    Beverly Erwin - Planner
    IPS Event Administrator
    UT Center For Industrial Services
    193 Polk Avenue, Suite C
    Nashville, TN  37210
    Phone   615-253-6387
    Fax:  615-253-6346
    berwin@tennessee.edu
    http://www.cis.utk.edu/
    Planner Director
    Barbara Campbell, CMP - Planner
    Coordinator of Conference and Event Planning
    UT- College of Veterinary Medicine
    2407 River Drive, Room A104D
    Knoxville, TN 37996
    Phone 865-974-7264
    Fax 865-974-4773
    Cell 865-556-7552
    Cell 865-207-5145
    bcampbe4@utk.edu
    http://www.vet.utk.edu/
    Supplier Director
    Laney Shorter - Supplier
    Sales Manager
    Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corporation
    301 South Gay Street
    Knoxville TN 37902
    Phone 865-342-9119
    Fax 865-673-4400
    Cell 865-300-1032
    lshorter@knoxville.org
    http://www.Knoxville.org
    Supplier Director
    LaTonya Rudolph - Supplier
    Sales Manager
    Holiday Inn Central
    1315 Kirby Road
    Knoxville TN 37932
    Phone 865-297-1153
    Fax 865-297-1165
    lerud1229@yahoo.com
    http://www.holiday-inn.com/tys-papermill
    Immediate Past President
    Angela Beach - Planner
    Conference Manager
    UT-Battelle
    1060 Commerce Park Dr., MS6481
    Oak Ridge, TN  37830
    Phone 865-241-3651
    Fax 865-574-5738
    Cell 865-719-1014
    beachaf@ornl.gov
    http://www.ornl.gov/
    Executive Director
    Jim Johnson, CMP – Executive Director
    21st Century Solutions
    PO Box 10863
    Knoxville, TN 37939-0863
    Phone 865-300-7365
    Fax 865-691-3539
    Cell 865-300-7365
    Jim@AdvantageEnterprises.com
    http://www.AdvantageEnterprises.com/






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