The Team
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. is one of the largest show producers in the world, including a growing portfolio of premium art shows around the world. Through our purchase of The Armory Show in New York and Volta in Basel, Switzerland we have assured the continued development and enhancement of the Art Show division by bringing together some of the top minds in art fairs under one partnership.
- Art Chicago™ for 15 years has been one of the leading international contemporary art fairs in the world.
- We host The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair™, which is regarded as the best show of its kind.
- We produce the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94 in New York City.
- We produce some of the largest consumer shows in North America, including the Toronto One of a Kind® Christmas Show and Sale.
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.
OPERATIONS
Myron Maurer
Senior Vice President,
General Manager
Jeff Tigchelaar
Assistant Property Manager
Ron Thiery
Director of Security
Karla Carey
Director,
Community Affairs
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Maura Bruton
Managing Director of Public Relations
MMPI, Inc.
Kasey Madden
Director of Public of Relations
Art Chicago
REGISTRATION/TRAVEL
Kari O'Shea
Director of Group and Corporate Travel
Wendy Confrey
Director of Registration
EVENTS
Nancy DeBiasi
Director of Meeting Planning
ACCOUNTS SPECIALIST
Lisa Alcantar-Leonard
Accounts & Collections Specialist
INFORMATION
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
Suite 470, The Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL 60654
312.527.4141
Chris Kennedy
President,
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
Mark Falanga
Senior Vice President,
Commercial Furnishings
MARKETING AND SALES
Tony Karman
Director of Sales & Development
Art Chicago
Jeff Rhodes
Associate Sales Manager
Art Chicago
Renee Mariotti
Vice President of Marketing,
Art Chicago
Liz Kardel
Marketing Manager,
Art Chicago
Lauren Horn
Director of V.I.P. Operations,
Art Chicago
Jennifer Woolford
Senior Vice President,
Marketing Communications
Angela D'Antonio
Vice President,
Creative Services
David Drury
Managing Director,
Marketing Communications
Valerie Buscemi
Account Executive,
Marketing Communications,
Artropolis and Art Chicago