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Sharon Rowlands CEO, Penton Media, Inc. Sharon Rowlands is chief executive officer for Penton Media, Inc. Previous to her new role at Penton, Sharon was President and CEO for Thomson Financial until May 2008. She was President from 2000 and CEO and President from 2004. As the head of Thomson Financial, she transformed the company from 45 disparate corporate entities to a global financial information and technology powerhouse. The company’s content, technology and services play a vital role in facilitating decision-making, deal flow, benchmarking and analysis for the world’s largest financial participants. In achieving this, Sharon has changed the financial technology and information industry by creating a new business service model for Wall Street firms. Prior to her career in the financial industry, Ms. Rowlands worked for three years as a high school teacher and one year in trade publishing. Ms. Rowlands serves on the Board of Directors ADP, a NYSE listed company, Junior Achievement of New York and the Omgeo Board of Managers (until May 2008). In 2005, she received the Women’s Bond Club Merit Award. Mike Rusbridge Chairman & CEO, Reed Exhibitions Mike Rusbridge is Chairman and CEO of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s largest exhibition organizer and a division of the Reed Elsevier group plc, a world-leading publisher and information provider. Mike has over 30 years experience in the exhibition industry, both at the sharp end, launching and running successful events, and in a strategic role, building the world’s most global exhibition network. He joined the industry in 1979 becoming Managing Director of Cahners Exhibitions Ltd (part of Reed Elsevier) in 1982, Chief Executive for Reed Exhibitions Europe in 1988, President for Reed Exhibitions Europe and Asia in 1994, and Chairman of Reed Exhibitions worldwide in 1996. During his career at Reed Exhibitions he has developed Reed’s global network into one of unrivalled brand strength, industry knowledge and organizational expertise. In doing so, he has negotiated a series of successful partnerships and acquisitions with venues, organizers, trade associations and government bodies. Today, the company organizes some 470 events in 37 countries and employs over 2700 event specialists in 38 fully staffed offices worldwide. Kerry Smith President & CEO, Red 7 Media, LLC Kerry Smith is President and CEO of Red 7 Media, LLC, a diversified media company headquartered in Norwalk, CT, that produces magazines, newsletters, conferences and trade shows in the event and publishing industries. Kerry started the company in 2002 with a vision to create and launch magazines and conferences in niche business categories. Founded with a single employee, the company has grown to 100 employees and was named the fastest-growing private-held publishing company in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine in 2007 and 2008. Prior to founding Red 7 Media, Kerry was Group Publisher at Primedia, Inc., where he was responsible for editorial, business management and brand development for a group of 8 business magazines, including American Demographics, Corporate Meetings & Incentives, and PROMO Magazine, which he founded in 1987. Red 7 Media publishes Event Marketer, EXPO, Event Design, and Agenda in the event industry; and FOLIO, Circulation Management in the publishing industry. The company also produces annual trade shows and conferences, including The Experiential Marketing Summit, The Event Design Forum, The FOLIO Show, The FOLIO Publishing Summit, The Circulation Management Show, and Agenda Expos in New York, Boston and Los Angeles. Kerry has launched 5 magazines and 5 conferences/shows over the past 18 years. He has appeared on Good Morning America, National Public Radio and the Money Radio Network to discuss marketing and promotion trends, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily and numerous other business and news publications. Kerry is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He resides in New Canaan, CT, with his wife and 2 children. When not putting out fires at the office, Kerry is a Captain in the New Canaan Fire Department, and a Certified Fire Service Instructor for the State of Connecticut. - 15 - Paul St. Amour Director General, E.J. Krause de Mexico Paul St. Amour has been involved in the trade show industry for over 15 years in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Currently, he is Director General of E.J. Krause de Mexico, where he is responsible for the 60-person subsidiary of E.J. Krause and Associates. E.J. Krause Mexico is the largest trade show organizer in Mexico and organizes annually 10 trade shows and conferences. His current portfolio includes a mixture of EJK-owned shows as well as several JVs with other leading trade show organizers, including Reed Exhibitions and Hanley Wood Exhibitions. Their properties include: EXPO COMM MEXICO, World of Concrete Mexico, Alimentaria Mexico, Expo Manufactura and Enviro Pro Mexico. This year, EJK Mexico also took over the management of Expo Pack, owned by PMMI and Plastimagen. Prior to joining E.J. Krause, Paul was a member of the Canadian Foreign Service and served 5 years in Ottawa and the Canadian Embassy in Mexico where he was responsible for several areas of business. He also organized two Canada Expos during his term at the Embassy. Paul is an active member of Amprofec (Mexico’s IAEM) and served as a past Vice President of the Organizers Section. He is also involved in IAEM and SISO and has participated at several of their events in the US. He has also been on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. Paul has lived in Mexico for over 15 years and is fluent in Spanish and French, as well as English. John S. Suhler Founding General Partner & President, Veronis Suhler Stevenson John S. Suhler is Founding General Partner and President of Veronis Suhler Stevenson. He has been actively involved in raising the capital of Veronis Suhler Stevenson’s private capital funds. Mr. Suhler, for the majority of his operational career, was a Senior Manager/Publisher/President in educational (el-hi, college, supplemental materials) and professional publishing; consumer publishing; weekly newspapers, consumer magazines and books,
professional (medical and healthcare) journals, monographs, and newsletters. Mr. Suhler was trained early on as a direct marketing and periodical subscription marketing manager and was instrumental later as a circulation director and publisher in the application of mathematical modeling to the business of circulation and print order planning and optimization of customer acquisition and publishing metrics in general. Mr. Suhler participates in the management presentations and due diligence reviews of nearly all portfolio company acquisitions and significant add-ons, and he has served on the Board of Directors of many of the Fund’s portfolio companies and attended Board meetings as observer for most of the balance. Prior to co-founding VSS in 1981, Mr. Suhler was President of CBS Publishing Group, a $550 million (1980) revenue multinational operation (educational basal series and supplemental materials, hard cover consumer trade, medical text and treatise, and consumer magazines and paperback books) and one of the four operating groups of CBS, Inc., and previously was President of CBS Publications, the consumer periodical and mass market trade and paperback book publishing division of CBS, publishing Woman’s Day, Family Weekly (now USA Weekend), Field & Stream, Road & Track and the consumer special interest magazine titles, and was VP-Publisher of the Psychology Today group at Ziff Davis Publishing and CRM, Inc. Mr. Suhler has been a past member of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Publishers and the Magazine Publishers of America, and an affiliate member of the American Newspaper Publishers and an active participant and speaker/panel member in ABM, IIA and its successor SIIA. Mr. Suhler created and has served as Editor-in-Chief for the VSS Communications Industry Forecast, published since 1987, one of the leading econometric forecasts and historical record of spending on the broadly-defined media industries in the United States. Mr. Suhler received his BS from the University of Kansas, where he attended the William Allen White School of Journalism and was Chairman of The University Daily Kansan Board. He is currently a Trustee of the William Allen White Foundation and the recipient of the University of Kansas Journalism School Legacy Achievement Award. Tony Uphoff CEO, TechWeb Tony Uphoff is CEO of TechWeb (formerly CMP Media). TechWeb is one of the United Business Media companies. He is an innovative media executive with a unique track record of building, growing and leading B2B media businesses in highly competitive markets. Uphoff has the distinction of having been a leader of three of the top five B2B brands in history, all at the peak of their reach, revenues and profits: InformationWeek, The Hollywood Reporter and PC Week. He served in several key management positions at Ziff-Davis Media during the build out of the company in the late 80's and early 90's. He then joined CMP Media as publisher of InformationWeek leading the brand to the # 1 position in its market and ultimately into one of the largest brands in B2B. Tony also served as divisional VP and President during CMP's dramatic growth in the mid 1990's from a $200 Million privately owned company, to a $600 Million, publicly traded, global leader in technology media. He was the founding CEO of the internet media company Beliefnet, which was sold to News Corp in November of 2007, and has been at the forefront of online and integrated media for the last 13 years. Named one of the top 100 business media executives by B2B Magazine's "Who's Who in Business Media" in 2006, 2007 and 2008 Uphoff is a regular speaker and panelist on media and technology at industry and association conferences and events. He regularly blogs on media trends at www.uphoffonmedia.com. Nancy J. Wilson Principal, Meeting Strategies Worldwide Nancy J. Wilson, CMP, is a leader, innovator, and entrepreneur in the meeting planning and events industry. She began her career in the industry in 1978. Ms. Wilson is a principal with Meeting Strategies Worldwide, a conference management and consulting firm specializing in green meetings. She founded the firm in 1994. Ms. Wilson and business partner Amy Spatrisano provide green meeting management and consulting services for their diverse clients representing both national and international organizations. Meeting Strategies Worldwide won the IMEX Award for Environmentally Responsible Meetings. - 16 - Internationally recognized as a leader in the environmentally responsible meeting and event management field, Nancy served on the Live Earth Global Green Team and was named one of "The 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry" by Meeting News Magazine in 2003. She is cofounder of the Green Meeting Industry Council and currently serves on the Board’s Executive Committee. Ms. Wilson is coauthor of “Simple Steps to Green Meetings and Events.” Her blog, “Pretentious Musings of a Meet Green Martyr” shares resources, tips, ideas and funny stories about the life of a green meeting planner. Michael Von Zitzewitz Chairman, Messe Frankfurt GmbH Michael von Zitzewitz has been Chairman of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt GmbH for ten years. Prior to this, he was Deputy Director of Deutsche Bank AG between 1983 and 1992, after which he served as General Manager of Commerz Grundbesitz Investmentgesellschaft mbH until 1998. With economist and real estate expert Michael von Zitzewitz at the helm, Messe Frankfurt developed into a global corporate group with 29 subsidiaries and approximately 50 international Sales Partners. Between 1999 and 2008, the Group’s sales increased by some 60 percent from €275 million to €436 million. Sales attributable to markets outside Germany have grown to €103 million, more than quadrupling since 1999. In 2008, a total of 62 trade fairs were organized outside Germany—roughly twice the number held ten years beforehand. Michael von Zitzewitz systematically developed the Frankfurt exhibition grounds, leading to the construction of—to give just a few examples—the new Hall 3 and the Forum. Furthermore, the new Hall 11 will be opened in time for the 2009 IAA International Motor Show. From 2002 to 2004, Michael von Zitzewitz was President of the European Major Exhibition Centres Association (EMECA). Since 2005, he has been Chairman of the Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and Exhibition Statistics (FKM). In October 2006, he was appointed Senator of the European Economic Senate (EWS), an independent body of outstanding individuals from politics, business and academia. Since December 2007, Michael von Zitzewitz has been on the Board of the German Chamber of Commerce in Austria. He is also Honorary Consul of Bangladesh for the German state of Hesse.
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