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
Meeting and Convention Sales
Large Scale Conventions
Tiffany Elum
Director of Sales
Phone: (312) 590-6068
Email: telum@choosechicago.com
Region: DMV
3,000+ Peak
Frank Alba
Director of Sales
Phone: (312) 567-8503
Email: falba@choosechicago.com
Region: West
2,000+ Peak
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
Director of Sales
Phone: (312) 567-8497
Email: mpondexter@choosechicago.com
Region: Nationwide (SMERF & Multicultural, Government)
10+ Peak
Elke Opsahl , CDME
Director of Sales
Phone: (312) 237-6747
Email: eopsahl@choosechicago.com
Region: NE/SE
1,000+ peak
Heidi Hallows
Director of Sales, DC
Phone: (312) 995-2651
Email: hhallows@choosechicago.com
Region: DMV
1,000 – 2,999 Peak
Robert Leff
Director of Business Development & Sales Strategy
Phone: (708) 815-0398
Email: rleff@choosechicago.com
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, CMP
Director of Sales
Phone: (312) 567-8469
Email: mbabik@choosechicago.com
Region: Central, Illinois Association
300-1,999 Peak
Samitri Young
National Sales Manager
Phone: (312) 489-9420
Email: syoung@choosechicago.com
Region: East
300-999 Peak
Lauren Riordan
National Sales Manager
Phone: (312) 567-8544
Email: lriordan@choosechicago.com
Region: Midwest & IL Corporate
300 – 1,999 Peak
Jill Muth
National Sales Manager
Phone: (312) 574-3227
Email: jmuth@choosechicago.com
Region: West
300 – 1,999 Peak
Meeting and Convention Sales
Meetings
Tawny Ruane
Sales Manager
Phone: (312) 567-8499
Email: truane@choosechicago.com
Region: Midwest & Central, Illinois Association
10-299 Peak
Zachary Fonaas
Sales Manager
Phone: (312) 567-8554
Email: zfonaas@choosechicago.com
Region: East
10 – 299 Peak
Brynn McCarthy
Sales Manager
Phone: (312) 567-8480
Email: bmccarthy@choosechicago.com
Region: West
10 – 299 Peak
Meeting and Convention Sales
Sales Support
Valerie Medrano
Sales Administrator & Support Specialist
Phone: (312) 567-8491
Email: vmedrano@choosechicago.com
Aimee Bennett
Executive Sales & Event Coordinator
Phone: (312) 567.8548
Email: abennett@choosechicago.com
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