Meetings Professionals International (MPI) recently announced the recipients of this year’s RISE (Recognizing Industry Success and Excellence) Awards. The recipients will be awarded at the annual MPI RISE Awards Presentation and Luncheon on August 3 during MPI’s World Education Congress (WEC) in San Francisco.
This year’s RISE awards feature six awards in three categories: individual achievement, community achievement and organizational achievement. Recipients are recognized for innovation, global transferability and influence within the industry. They will join the MPI Community of Honorees, a group composed of past award winners and industry leaders.
“On behalf of the global MPI community, I would like to express our sincerest congratulations to this year’s group of RISE Awards recipients,” said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI. “These leaders represent the best and brightest of our industry and are selected for their outstanding achievements and measurable contributions. It will truly be an honor to recognize each recipient during the annual awards presentation at WEC 2015 in San Francisco this August.”
Below are the recipients of each award.
RISE Award for Young Professional: Kinga Socko of Poland
RISE Award for Meeting Industry Leadership: David Peckinpaugh of St. Louis
RISE Award for Member of the Year: Tara Liaschenko of St. Petersburg, Florida
RISE Award for Community Achievement in Knowledge and Ideas: The Meeting Industry Council of Colorado (MIC)
RISE Award for Community Achievement in Marketplace Excellence: MPI Potomac Chapter
RISE Award for Organizational Achievement: Builders Association of the Twin Cities
“The 2015 RISE Awards recipients have all demonstrated how one individual or organization can create industry-changing results for chapters or businesses by identifying a specific need and focusing their skill set on those efforts. The strategic initiative of these exemplary leaders will influence industry professionals to strive to make an impact within the meeting and event industry,” said John Ehlenfeldt, CMP, chair of the RISE Awards Judging Panel.
For more information on this year’s RISE Awards Luncheon, visit www.mpiweb.org/wec15
