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Steven Hacker Named Schneider
Publishing’s Director of Industry Relations
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Los
Angeles, CA – July 2014 – Steven Hacker, CAE, CEM, FASAE, formerly
the longtime president of the International Association of Exhibitions
and Events (IAEE), has been named Director of Industry Relations for Schneider
Publishing. Since his retirement from IAEE in October 2012, Hacker has
served as “The Association Doctor” columnist for Schneider Publishing’s
Association News magazine. Hacker has also directed the educational
programming for Schneider Publishing’s Meetings Quest trade-show series
and provided expert meetings and trade-show management content for the
company’s SportsTravel magazine and TEAMS Conference & Expo.
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 In
his expanded role with Schneider Publishing, Hacker (pictured) will represent
the company in its key industry relationships and contribute to the company’s
business development efforts. Hacker will work to enhance Schneider Publishing’s
partnerships with both meetings industry organizations and the leading
destination marketing organizations domestically and internationally.
“I’m
truly excited to be expanding my role with Schneider Publishing,” said
Hacker. “Having worked closely with Tim Schneider and his staff, I can
say that of all the companies serving the meetings industry, Schneider
Publishing leads the field in providing innovative services and content
that will allow the industry to continue to grow.”
“We
are thrilled that Steven will be bringing his more than four decades of
experience in the meetings industry to bear in new and exciting ways for
all of the brands of Schneider Publishing,” said Schneider Publishing President
and CEO Timothy Schneider. “Having someone with his expertise helping us
continue to grow Association News, Meetings Quest, SportsTravel,
TEAMS and brands we’ve yet to create will add considerable value for all
of our clients and constituents.”
Hacker,
who began his association management career in 1970, earned the Certified
Association Executive designation in 1976 and was named a Fellow of the
American Society of Association Executives in 1988. Hacker’s industry honors
include being named “One of the 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings
and Conventions Industry” for 12 consecutive years and induction into the
prestigious Convention Industry Council’s Hall of Leaders.
As
President of IAEE, formerly the International Association for Exhibition
Management (IAEM), Hacker built membership from less than 2,600 to more
than 9,000. Seventeen international, national and regional associations
in the exhibition industry have aligned themselves as working partners
of IAEE and IAEE’s CEM professional designation program now operates globally
through a network of licensees.
In
his role as Schneider Publishing’s Director of Industry Relations, Hacker
will also be available as a guest speaker and expert presenter at industry
events and as a consultant to Schneider Publishing’s clients and partner
organizations. For more information, call Schneider Publishing toll-free
at 877-577-3700 or visit SchneiderPublishing.com.
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Schneider
Publishing Company publishes Association
News, America’s most-read magazine for association executives,
and SportsTravel,
the sports world’s event magazine. Schneider Publishing also organizes
the TEAMS Conference &
Expo, the world’s largest gathering of sports-event organizers,
and Meetings Quest,
the nation’s longest-running series of trade shows for corporate and association
meeting planners. TEAMS ’14 will be held November 10-13 in Las Vegas. The
next Meetings Quest will be held September 9-10 in Cabarrus County, North
Carolina. The group travel markets served by Schneider Publishing generate
106 million hotel room nights annually.
For
more information, call Schneider Publishing toll-free at 877-577-3700,
(310-577-3700 if calling from outside the United States) or visit SchneiderPublishing.com.
For
further press information, call Timothy Schneider at 310 577-3700 or Steven
Hacker at 214-597-9791.
Association
News, SportsTravel, TEAMS and Association Doctor are registered
trademarks and Meetings Quest is a trademark of Schneider Publishing. |
