Management Team
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. is one of the largest trade show producers in the world. Our large and competent staff of 540 people is fully capable of all aspects of trade show management.

We own Art Chicago™, which for 15 years has been one of the leading international contemporary art expos in the world.
We host The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair™, which is regarded as the best show of its kind.
We own and produce the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, which is produced at the Piers.
We produce some of the largest consumer shows in North America, including the One of a Kind® Show and Sale in Chicago and Toronto.

Additionally, we run more than 300 special events a year, each of which mimics the many complex facets of trade show production on a smaller scale. All these shows and events bring buyers and sellers together.

We have full-time employees dedicated to all aspects of show management, including construction, renovation, general management, operations, sales and leasing, marketing and promotion, and labor management.

Chris Kennedy
President,
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.

Marketing and Sales

Joan Ulrich
Senior Vice President

Kathleen Hogan
Managing Director of Sales

Lisa Simonian
Managing Director of Marketing

Aida Sarvan
Marketing Manager

Libby Hanna
Account Executive

Molly Iarocci
Sales Coordinator

Operations

Myron Maurer
Senior Vice President,
General Manager

Lloyd Davidson
Vice President,
Property Manager

Dave Foley
Director of Operations/Assistant
Property Manager

Jeff Tigchelaar
Assistant Property Manager

Ron Thiery
Director of Security

Events

Nancy DeBiasi
Director of Meeting Planning

Information
Merchandise Mart Properties Inc.
Suite 470, The Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL 60654
312.527.4141

Communications

Jennifer Woolford
Senior Vice President,
Marketing Communications

Maura Bruton
Director,
Public Relations

Claire Weingarden
Public Relations Manager

David Drury
Managing Director ,
Marketing Communications

Angela D’Antonio
Vice President,
Creative Services

Karla Carey
Director,
Community Affairs

Registration/Travel

Kari O’Shea
Director of Group and
Corporate Travel

Wendy Confrey
Director of Registration

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