The IPhiladelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB) umemezele ukuthi iBhodi labaQondisi lavota ngazwilinye futhi liqoke uGregg Caren esikhundleni sokuba nguMongameli kanye noMphathi Oyinhloko. UCaren usanda kusebenza njengeSekela likaMongameli oPhethe, ukuThuthukiswa nokuThuthukiswa kweBhizinisi okuQinisekisiwe kwe-ASM Global (okwakunguSMG phambilini), ophethe izindawo ezingaphezu kwama-350 emhlabeni wonke, enendlunkulu yakhe eChohohocken, ePennsylvania. Ubuye futhi wasebenza ezikhundleni ezahlukahlukene zobuholi ngenkathi enenkampani iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20. UCaren unesipiliyoni seminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amathathu embonini futhi uzojoyina i-PHLCVB ngomhla ziyi-8 kuJuni 2020.
"UGregg uletha inqwaba yolwazi nobuholi obuvela ezinhlakeni eziningi zomkhakha wethu, kufaka phakathi ulwazi lwangaphambili lokuthengisa, ukumaketha nokusebenza okusebenza nezikhungo zemihlangano, amahhotela, kanye nama-CVB, ngaphakathi nangaphandle," kusho uNick DeBenedictis, usihlalo we-PHLCVB. “Uyawazi amakhasimende ethu, isifunda sethu futhi ube ngumlingani osondelene nenhlangano ngendima yakhe e-ASM Global, osebenza ePennsylvania Convention Centre. Njengoba sigxila ekululameni kumthelela wobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, siyaqiniseka ukuthi uGregg uzohola i-PHLCVB empumelelweni yesikhathi esizayo egameni lePhiladelphia.
“Ngithanda futhi ukubonga uJulie Coker ngokwelula isikhathi sakhe sokuba ngumongameli kanye nomphathi omkhulu, nangomsebenzi omuhle awenze nePHLCVB eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Siyajabula ukuthi uJulie noGregg bazokwazi ukusebenzisana ngokuhlanganyela ezinhlelweni zoshintsho ngaphambi kokuba ahambe ayokwenza umsebenzi ophezulu wezokuvakasha eSan Diego ngomhla ka-10 Meyi. ”
"Sikholelwa ukuthi ulwazi olubanzi lukaGregg kanye nokubambisana kuyisimo esihle sokuhola i-PHLCVB," kusho uJohn McNichol, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yePennsylvania Convention Centre Authority, obuye waba ngusihlalo wekomidi lokusesha umongameli kanye Umphathi omkhulu. "Uyaliqonda ibhizinisi lethu, izimakethe zethu kanye namakhasimende ethu, futhi siyaqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kuzoba ushintsho olulula ukwakha phezu kwempumelelo yethu yakamuva."
Endimeni yakhe entsha, uCaren uzokwengamela imizamo ye-PHLCVB yokuqhakambisa nokuthengisa iPhiladelphia njengendawo yokuqala yokuhambela imihlangano, imihlangano, imicimbi yezemidlalo, abahambi baphesheya kwezilwandle kanye nabavakashi beqembu. Uzosebenza futhi njengomxhumanisi oyinhloko wabalingani be-PHLCVB bezokuvakasha nezivakashi, kufaka phakathi iPennsylvania Convention Centre, kanye nezinhlangano zezimboni zikazwelonke kanye neDolobha LaseFiladelphia.
“Ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili ngisebenza nezindawo eziningi zemihlangano kanye nezindawo zokuhambela umhlaba wonke, ngijabule kakhulu futhi ngihloniphekile ukumela idolobha langakithi leminyaka engamashumi amabili nanhlanu emhlabeni wonke,” kusho uCaren. “Ngenxa yesimo samanje sezinto nothando lwami esifundeni esikhulu sasePhiladelphia, nami nginomuzwa oqinile wokuzibophezela emphakathini. I-PHLCVB idonsa umthelela omkhulu kwezomnotho wedolobha nesifunda sethu. Ngikubheke ngabomvu ukufaka isandla emizameni yokululama kwePhiladelphia ngokuhola iqembu elinethalente elikhulu e-PHLCVB, nokusebenza ngokubambisana nabalingani kanye nababambiqhaza abasiza ukuqhubekisela phambili imboni yethu yezokuvakasha.
Ngaphezu kwesikhundla sakhe sakamuva ne-ASM Global, uCaren uphinde wasebenza njengePhini Likamongameli oPhethe, iCentre Centre Division kanye ne-Strategic Business Development ye-SMG. Lapho wasekela inethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke yezindawo zemihlangano kanye nemibukiso eNyakatho Melika, eYurophu nase-Asia, evikela ukubhukelwa kwemicimbi nokwandisa umkhondo wenkampani. Uqala umsebenzi wakhe neMarriott Hotels and Resorts, UCaren futhi usebenze ezikhundleni eziphezulu zobuholi nezindawo zokuzijabulisa e-Atlantic City nase-Valley Forge Convention Centre / eSheraton Valley Forge.
UCaren ubambe izindima zebhodi nezobuholi ne-International Association for Exhibitions & Events (IAEE), iNational Association of Consumer Shows (NACS) kanye ne-International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM). Ungumfundi we-The Pennsylvania State University lapho athola khona iziqu zeBachelor of Science ku-Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management.
