Clemmons named a 2019 Smart Women in Meetings winner

March 12, 2019

ACI-NA’s Deirdre L. Clemmons, CMP, has been named a 2019 Smart Women in Meetings Award winner in the Industry Leader category.

Clemmons joined ACI-NA in 2008 and oversees all aspects of ACI-NA’s meetings portfolio, including the Annual Conference and Exhibition, directs professional development, the expansion of education and sponsorship opportunities and the ACI-NA Partnership Program as Senior Vice President of Events and Strategic Partnerships. Clemmons has more than 17 years of experience, serves on a number of advisory boards and has been honored as a SPIN: Senior Professionals Industry Network’s 2018: 40 Over 40 award recipient.

The Smart Women in Meetings Awards recognize the industry’s top female meeting professionals in seven prestigious categories including Hall of Fame, Visionaries, Industry Leaders, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Stellar Performers and Rising Stars. These awards honor women who are making significant impacts on the meetings industry and inspiring female meeting ambassadors worldwide. Winners are nominated by their peers and colleagues and ranked against hundreds of remarkable, qualified candidates.

Click here for the full list of Smart Women in Meetings Awards honorees.

 

About ACI-NA

Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) represents local, regional, and state governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the United States and Canada. ACI-NA member airports enplane more than 95 percent of the domestic and virtually all the international airline passenger and cargo traffic in North America. Approximately 380 aviation-related businesses are also members of ACI-NA, providing goods and services to airports. Collectively, U.S. airports support more than 11.5 million jobs and account for $1.4 trillion in economic activity – or more than seven percent of the total U.S. GDP. Canadian airports support 405,000 jobs and contribute C$35 billion to Canada’s GDP. Learn more at www.airportscouncil.org.