MIC Council

Gysela S. Fillingham, CMP
VISIT DENVER
1555 California, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
(W) 303-571-9461
(F) 303-892-1636
gfillingham@visitdenver.com

Gysela Fillingham, CMP joined VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, in 2003 as Convention Sales Manager for the Midwest Market. In 2007, Gysela assumed the Citywide Sales Manager position for the East Region. Gysela’s previous experience includes roles as Senior Sales Manager and Convention Sales Manager for Westin Hotels in Los Angeles, CA and in Denver, CO. She received her Degree in Business Administration in London, England. Over the years in the industry she has been active in a number of professional organizations and currently holds memberships in Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) and the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). Gysela is a past President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of PCMA.

Sydney Rhea
Operations Coordinator, Exhibitions Services
Informa Markets
5541 Central Avenue
Suite 150
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: 303-998-9344
Sydney.Rhea@Informa.com

Sydney Rhea has worked in the hospitality industry for just under a decade. She works in Operations supporting Tradeshows, Conferences, and Galas at Informa, the largest tradeshow organizer in the US. Prior to moving to Colorado in the fall of 2015, Sydney lived in New York City and planned weddings, galas, and corporate events. Sydney is the Vice Chair of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of International Association of Exhibitions and Events. When she isn’t working, Sydney can be found trying to keep up with her husband and two young daughters.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydneyrhea/

In the events industry since 2003, Andrea joined Team Player Productions in 2016 to serve as the event director of TPP’s newly adopted event, the People’s Fair. Prior to her joining TPP, Andrea produced the People’s Fair for Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods for 11 years.

Andrea previously spent eight years working in sports public relations, first for the Colorado Rapids Soccer Team, and then for the Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club. During her time in sports, she assisted in producing several major fundraisers and community events, which gave her a taste of the fast-paced and ever-changing world of event life.

Andrea is a Colorado native, and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder with degrees in Journalism and Communications.

Brenda Moss has worked in the meetings and events industry for nearly 20 years. Brenda joined Colorado Associations of REALTORS® in October 2019 as their Meetings and Events Manager. She started her career with a Denver-based 3rd party planning company and has since worked with other associations and a local DMC company in addition to running her own company for 8 years. Brenda also taught meeting planning workshops to fellow Volunteers and local colleagues while serving in the Peace Corps in Kyrgyzstan from 2005-2007.
Brenda is a Colorado native and enjoys all that life has to offer in our wonderful state; from attending shows at the DCPA and concerts at Red Rocks to paddle boarding, biking and snow shoeing with her husband and friends. She is a graduate from the University of Colorado – Leeds School of Business with degrees in Marketing and Organizational Management.

B. Jay Bliss
General Manager
Hyatt Place Colorado Springs / Garden of the Gods
503 W. Garden of the Gods Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719.265.9385
bjay.bliss@hyatt.com
hyattplacecoloradosprings.com

Dana is a native of neighboring Nebraska and a Cornhusker fan at heart – her love for the mountains and all things outdoors brought her to Colorado in 2004. While Dana’s past career in youth ministry involved much hospitality and event planning – her hospitality career began in earnest that fall when she joined the Keystone Resort & Conference Center sales team as their receptionist. Always eager to learn more about the business and up for a challenge, she was quickly promoted to a coordinator position. From there, more hands on meeting and event planning, managing tradeshow logistics and a wide variety of other tasks led Dana to pursue her CMP designation in 2011. In March of 2012, Dana was promoted to be a Sales Manager at Keystone Resort & Conference Center.

Dana’s past involvement with MPI includes coordinating the chapter’s monthly community service project with Project Angel Heart and editing the chapter newsletter.

In her free time, Dana and her dog Kirby can often be found in the mountains – enjoying the outdoors, or at the sewing machine creating quilts and other crafty projects.

Stephanie joined the hospitality industry at a young age. She began in restaurants and evolved into the event and catering world. Stephanie’s first Sales and Catering management role was at Invesco Field. Not only did she work like a horse on Bronco’s game days, but she planned all of their private events and worked on a little event you may have heard of, the Democratic National Convention. After leaving Invesco, she went on to work at several fantastic venues, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Oxford Hotel and The Curtis Hotel. Her eclectic well rounded experience has made her an expert in many facets of the industry and is currently a Global Accounts Manager with HelmsBriscoe.

A member of MPI since 2013, Stephanie is entering her 5th year on the Board of Directors. Her previous roles had her involved with the Golf Tournament, Auction, Education and Communications.

Here are few things you will learn about Stephanie if you ever have the pleasure of working with her:

• Her husband is a diehard University of Kansas Jayhawk, so she has adopted the Rock Chalk mantra since denying it was futile
• Be careful when opening your desk drawers because she probably hid something in there with the intention of terrifying you. She will claim total innocence and blame it on someone else, but we all know that she did it
• If you need to brighten your day, just check Stephanie’s Facebook page because she probably updated it in the last few minutes with an adorable photo of her son Noah, daughter Emma or fur baby Daisy.
• She is always available for cooking advice since she is likely preparing a gourmet meal for her husband and children that evening. Unfortunately, she rarely shares leftovers with her coworkers
• Don’t waste movie quotes on her, because there is a 90% chance she has never seen or heard of the movie you are attempting to quote

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Pam Temple, CGMP
CDHS, Division of Youth Services
4255 S. Knox Ct.
Denver, CO 80236
(W) 303-866-7973
Pamela.temple@state.co.us

Pam worked for the State of Colorado for over 25 years and is currently the Program Assistant for the Education Program with the Division of Youth Services. She has been a member of SGMP since July of 2008 and received her CGMP in July 2010. She is currently the Immediate Past President (IPP) of the SGMP Rocky Mountain Chapter.