Employee Spotlight: Sharon Mills, National Sales Manager
Sharon Mills is a national sales manager at Shepard. Based in Las Vegas, she’s been working with the company since December 2022. How she got her start: A graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in English, her first jobs after college were in radio and TV news reporting, before switching
Employee Spotlight: Luis Valverde, Customer Service Representative
Luis Valverde is a customer service representative at Shepard. Based in Atlanta, he’s been working with the company since December 2021. How he got his start: Shepard may be Luis’s first foray into the events world—but he was cultivating his customer service skills long before officially joining the team, primarily in
Employee Spotlight: Renaldo Elliott, Sales Manager
Renaldo Elliott is a sales manager at Shepard. Based in Las Vegas, he’s been working with the company since March 2023. How he got his start: Renaldo found his way to the industry from a very different side of the event world: working as a full-time musician. Back in 2019, he
Employee Spotlight: Cynthia Flores, Exhibits Sales Manager
Cynthia Flores is Shepard’s exhibit sales manager. Based in Atlanta, she’s been working with the company since 2014. How she got her start: Cynthia’s journey to Shepard was a bit unexpected: In 2014, when she was in between jobs, she saw a Craigslist ad looking for someone to make phone calls
Employee Spotlight: Lauren Bauer, Director of Sales, Western Region
Based in Shepard’s Las Vegas branch since 2010, Lauren Bauer is Shepard’s Director of Sales for the Western Region. How she got her start: Lauren’s passion for the events industry was instilled in her from childhood having grown up shadowing her late Aunt, who was the former Director of Planned Giving, Protocol
Shepard Exposition Services Appoints Accomplished Leader, Ty Meeks as CFO
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, April 17, 2023 — Shepard Exposition Services, a full-service event production company, welcomes John Tyler “Ty” Meeks as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 10, 2023. Meeks, a certified public accountant with extensive leadership experience, joins the executive team during an exciting period of growth for Shepard, which appointed Kevin
How Shepard’s All-Inclusive Rate Helps Simplify Your Event Budget
Budget-planning can be an overwhelming task for exhibitors: You meticulously create a budget that includes material handling—only to get a final bill that’s drastically different and filled with surprise fees. This was the reality in the industry for a long time with the CWT model, where material handling and drayage were
5 Ways To Be More Sustainable at Events
March 18 is Global Recycling Day. We understand the impacts our industry directly has on the planet and have gathered a few easy ways to help offset your carbon footprint when on show site — with the added bonus of reducing costs for the following year! 1. Go digital to reduce
Internal Growth and Advancements
We are pleased to announce the recent promotions of several employees in our organization. These advancements bring alignment between our strategic growth plan and internal structure. See below for details. Client Services Client services is one of the largest divisions of our business, supporting account production, exhibits, design, strategy, resource development and
Bear Analytics / NBMBAA Success Story
BackgroundShepard partner Bear Analytics provides event intelligence to enable more data-driven results for event and meeting organizers. Bear Analytics worked with Shepard to assist The National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA), a non-profit with professional chapters, collegiate chapters and youth mentor programs that serves thousands of professionals and students by providing