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Issue: January 2011
MEMBER NEWS
Kevin Alexander has been named conference sales manager with Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, Massachusetts. Prior to joining the resort's sales team, he worked in hospitality sales management at hotel properties in the Albany area for a number of years. Alexander attended the SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica, earning a Bachelors degree in business and public management. He is a member of the Albany Regional Chamber of Commerce and Meeting Professionals International and the New York Society of Association Executives. At Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, he will be working with clients in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in the planning and execution of conferences, meetings, and special events.
 Lucy Cabrera, PhD, CAE, long-time president and chief executive officer of the Food Bank For New York City, the area's major hunger-relief organization that focuses on ending food poverty throughout the five boroughs, will retire effective May 31, 2011. Dr. Cabrera, who has led the Food Bank for more than two decades, has a long and distinguished career in non-profit management. Under her leadership, the Food Bank's mission has expanded beyond food distribution to ongoing support and resources that enable approximately 1,000 community-based member programs to build capacity and connect low-income New Yorkers with much-needed benefits and services. "Dr. Cabrera has led the organization for the past 23 years," said Reverend Henry Belin, chairman of the Food Bank Board of Directors. "Under her guidance, the Food Bank has become the city's only hub for integrated food poverty assistance, tackling the hunger issue on three fronts: food distribution; income support; and nutrition education. The board and the entire Food Bank staff appreciate the passion Dr. Cabrera has brought to the organization over the years, and her many meaningful contributions." "I look back on my career at the Food Bank with great pride," said Dr. Cabrera. "Our organization has grown from a small provider to one of the country's largest and most prestigious food banks, serving 1.5 million New Yorkers today. I leave behind an organization that is in a strong financial position, has a stellar reputation, and has an independent research wing. I'm confident that the strength of our member network, a highly committed board of directors, and a skilled and dedicated executive team will take the Food Bank to the next level." She will continue to serve in her current role while the Food Bank Board of Directors engages in a search for a successor. Cabrera is a member of NYSAE's Board of Directors and Public Affairs Committee.
Nicole Millman-Falk, president of Millman-Falk Communications, LLC, has been retained by Apogee Publications to serve as editorial project manager for TASBO News, a quarterly magazine of the Texas Association of School Business Officials.
Business Traveler magazine has recognized the Hawai'i Convention Center with its 2011 Best in Business Travel award in the category of? Best Conference or Convention Center/City. The Hawai'i Convention Center has won this award each of the three years since the category was introduced in 2009.
Hinton + Grusich (H + G), has been acquired by Associated Luxury Hotels.
The Saratoga Convention and Tourism Bureau's 14th annual salute to Hometown Ambassadors honored 10 ambassadors, who stepped forward to recommend conference and meeting groups, which brought attendees to Saratoga in 2010. All of Saratoga's ambassadors were directly involved in the planning process to bring their conventions or meetings to Saratoga in 2010, resulting in more than 6,040 attendees who visited the city and accounting for millions of dollars in direct spending on goods and services in the Saratoga area. Counting this year's honorees, the Saratoga Convention and Tourism Bureau has honored 166 Hometown Ambassadors since its inception in 1997.
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