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Experient Expands Reach With Four Sales Network Additions

Twinsburg, OH – Experient, the source for integrated meeting and event solutions, announces four new members of the Experient Sales Network.

Jolly Hormillosa, Sue Ann Hemphill, Joseph Donahue and Christine Pennel-Jones are the newest Experient National Account Managers.

Hormillosa brings more than seven years of experience as an independent sales manager to the Experient Sales Network. Her previous professional responsibilities include sales development, contract consultation, onsite meeting management and public relations for clients requiring speaker services and event management. Hormillosa studied at Dartmouth College and earned a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in business and English from Dallas Baptist University.

Hormillosa will be based in Texas and support new client development efforts nationwide.

Hemphill has spent the last 25 years working for Hemphill Brothers, a worldwide entertainment and corporate motor coach company. Prior to her employment with Hemphill Brothers she was an assistant to the general manager in the Hilton hotel chain, working with everything from reservations, to sales to catering. She will be based in Tennessee and support sales nationwide for Experient.

Donahue is based in Buffalo, NY and joins Experient with more than 25 years of experience in hospitality sales and marketing. His previous positions include senior sales manager for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, director of sales and marketing for Adam’s Mark Hotels, director of sales and marketing for the Buffalo Convention Center and director of business development for the Buffalo Sabres and the Buffalo Blizzard. Donahue has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Hotel Administration from Niagara University, and has been a member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and Meeting Professionals International (MPI), among others.

Pennel-Jones is a member of the Professional Convention Management Association and a Certified Association Sales Executive. She has more than 17 years of experience in hospitality and events and will based in Kansas City. Pennel-Jones has previous experience as the director of national accounts for the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront and senior account executive for the Anaheim Marriott. A winner of multiple sales awards from Marriott, Pennel-Jones won the New Member of the Year New Member of the Year award from the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Society of Government Meeting Professionals in 1997-98 and was previously involved with ASAE and Association Forum.