Skip to consent to cookiesSkip navigation
meeting-dept

Meeting and Convention Sales team

Our team — which brings together accomplished professionals with backgrounds in hotel sales, general service contracting, convention and visitors bureaus, and more is responsible for promoting and securing conventions and meetings at Chicago’s McCormick Place and over 150 hotel partners that will generate hotel tax revenue for the City of Chicago. Please send your RFP to leadcatcher@choosechicago.com for distribution to the appropriate team member.

Meeting and Convention Sales
Sales Leadership

Cahal Mowery

Cahal Mowery
Vice President, Sales

Phone: (312) 567-8562

Email: cmowery@choosechicago.com

Eric Kincaid

Eric Kincaid
Vice President, Sales

Phone: (312) 718-6919

Email: ekincaid@choosechicago.com

Meeting and Convention Sales
Large Scale Conventions

Tiffany Elum

Tiffany Elum
Director of Sales

Phone: (312) 590-6068

Email: telum@choosechicago.com

Region: DMV
3,000+ Peak

Frank Alba

Frank Alba
Director of Sales

Phone: (312) 567-8503

Email: falba@choosechicago.com

Region: West
2,000+ Peak

Tamara Jones

Tamara Jones
Senior Director of Sales

Phone: (312) 567-8591

Email: tjones@choosechicago.com

Region: Midwest/Central
4,000+ Peak Association, 1,000+ Peak Sports

Michele Pondexter

Michele Pondexter
Director of Sales

Phone: (312) 567-8497

Email: mpondexter@choosechicago.com

Region: Nationwide (SMERF & Multicultural, Government)
10+ Peak

Elke Opsahl

Elke Opsahl , CDME
Director of Sales

Phone: (312) 237-6747

Email: eopsahl@choosechicago.com

Region: NE/SE
1,000+ peak

Heidi Hallows

Heidi Hallows
Director of Sales, DC

Phone: (312) 995-2651

Email: hhallows@choosechicago.com

Region: DMV
1,000 – 2,999 Peak

Robert Leff

Robert Leff
Director of Business Development & Sales Strategy

Phone: (708) 815-0398

Email: rleff@choosechicago.com

Tiffany Williams

Tiffany N. Williams
Director of Sales

Phone: 312.835.3597

Email: twilliams@choosechicago.com

Region: Midwest/Central
2,000 – 3,999 Peak Association, 2,000+ Peak Corporate

Meeting and Convention Sales
Mid-Size Conventions

Monika Babik

Monika Babik, CMP
Director of Sales

Phone: (312) 567-8469

Email: mbabik@choosechicago.com

Region: Central, Illinois Association
300-1,999  Peak

Samitri Young

Samitri Young
National Sales Manager

Phone: (312) 489-9420

Email: syoung@choosechicago.com

Region: East
300-999 Peak

Lauren Riordan

Lauren Riordan
National Sales Manager

Phone: (312) 567-8544

Email: lriordan@choosechicago.com

Region: Midwest & IL Corporate
300 – 1,999 Peak

Mackenzie Geisen

Mackenzie Geisen
National Sales Manager

Phone: (312) 567-8480

Email: mgeisen@choosechicago.com

Region: West
300 – 1,999 Peak

Meeting and Convention Sales
Meetings

Tawny Ruane

Tawny Ruane
Sales Manager

Phone: (312) 567-8499

Email: truane@choosechicago.com

Region: Midwest & Central, Illinois Association
10-299 Peak

Zachary Fonaas

Zachary Fonaas
Sales Manager

Phone: (312) 567-8554

Email: zfonaas@choosechicago.com

Region: East
10 – 299 Peak

Brynn McCarthy

Brynn McCarthy
Sales Manager

Phone: (312) 567-8480

Email: bmccarthy@choosechicago.com

Region: West
10 – 299 Peak

Meeting and Convention Sales
Sales Support

Susan Corbett

Susan Corbett
Strategic Housing Manager

Phone: (312) 567-8489

Email: scorbett@choosechicago.com

Valerie Medrano

Valerie Medrano
Sales Coordinator

Phone: (312) 567-8491

Email: vmedrano@choosechicago.com

Claudia Sanchez

Claudia Sanchez
Sales Coordinator

Phone: (312) 567-8474

Email: csanchez@choosechicago.com

Emanuel Hernandez

Emanuel Hernandez
Sales Coordinator

Phone: (312) 567-8450

Email: ehernandez@choosechicago.com

Aimee Bennett

Aimee Bennett
Executive Sales & Event Coordinator

Phone: (312) 567.8548

Email: abennett@choosechicago.com

Lexie Knittel

Lexie Knittel
Site Visit Manager

Phone: (312) 574-3188

Email: lknittel@choosechicago.com

.

bean-night

Explore Chicago hotels, flights, deals, and more

Plan your trip

Expedia
Expedia
Expedia
Expedia

CTA Newsletter

Chicago Newsletter

Stay in the know

Sign up

visitors_guide_2024_cover

Chicago Visitors Guide

Start planning today

Get the guide