: Event Industry Blog Contributor Profiles
Gary Schirmacher
CMP, Senior Vice-President, Strategic Account Services, Experient
Gary has 25 years of experience in the hotel and meeting planning industry. He worked for Hyatt Hotels Corporation in Dearborn, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois from 1986-1996. Gary joined Experient in January 1996, as the Director for the Western Region. Gary was awarded the company’s highest award, the Pinnacle Award, in 2005. Gary is a member of PCMA, MPI and CSAE. He is a Past-President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of PCMA and is currently serving a two-year term on the PCMA Educational Foundation Board of Trustees. He was the Chairman for the Meetings Industry Council of Colorado from 2002-2007. Gary serves on the Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Hospitality School Advisory Board and the Salt Lake City and San Antonio Customer Advisory Boards. He served on the PCMA Board of Directors from 2006-2008. Gary has also served on the Visit Denver Customer Advisory Board from 2005-2007. He is a frequent speaker at major industry meetings including: PCMA, Meetings Industry Council, CESSE, IAAM and MPI.