Cindy Lemaire has been producing events for close to 20 years, and has spent at least half that time operating Lemaire & Co. Event Management. She has worked on a diverse range of events, including producing her own highly successful consumer show, and manageing conferences and full-scale trade shows, one of which she took from inauguration to award-winning event. She was the 1996-1997 president of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the International Special Events Society and currently serves on the board of CSES.

Mardi Foster-Walker has owned a corporate gift and promotional products company since 1989. She is a part president of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the International Special Events Society, a past chapter president of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), and a founding member of CSES. Foster-Walker is the author of the best-seller, Start & Run a Gift-Basket Business, also published by Self-Counsel Press. Foster Walker Gifts has twice been the recipient of the MPI Corporate Donor of the Year Award, and Foster-Walker is the recipient of the MPI Supplier of the Year Award.