IAEM Hires Managing Director

IAEM Hires Managing Director 3/16/2006 – Craig Nauta has joined the International Association for Exhibition Management (IAEM) as its managing director of the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR), following the historic agreement between the two organizations. Nauta takes on the management and administrative duties of the organization while CEIR president Doug Ducate continues to be responsible for media and industry relations. Previously, the executive vice president of the Mustard Seed Foundation, a $10 million worldwide foundation, he has extensive experience in operations, administration, public relations and association management. Nauta is also responsible for the support and administration of IAEM’s Exhibition Industry Foundation (EIF), and will act as IAEM’s liaison with the newly-formed Exhibition and Event Industry Audit Commission (EEIAC). Craig Nauta can be reached at IAEM’s headquarters in Dallas, at 1-972-687-9242 or at cnauta@ceir.org. For more, go to www.iaem.org. Contact: nkerl@exhibitoronline.com No New Name for Now in IAEM, CEIR Proposed Merger IAEM Awards to be Presented At Annual Meeting ENN 4093