Chris Rowley, the Mount Pleasant Area Convention and Visitors Bureau’s executive director, recently acquired her certification as a Government Meeting Specialist from the Society of Government Meeting Professionals .
The SGMP certifies employees of government entities through the voluntary GMS program whose goal is to teach planners and suppliers to plan meetings and events in the most effective way possible for their government employers. The program requires participants to fulfill the ethical, personal and professional requirements that the SGMP specifies.
Rowley, who has been executive director of the CVB since 2007, has also served as the past president of Meeting Professional International, Michigan Chapter; the organization voted her Michigan’s Finest Sales Professional in 2016.