MIC Council

Jayne Kuryluk
Director
Christian Meetings & Conventions Association, LLC
PO Box 350757
Westminster CO 80035-0757
(W) 303-451-6678
(F) 303-252-0445
jayne@christianmeeting.org

Jayne Kuryluk is Director of Christian Meetings & Conventions Association (CMCA). Jayne has planned conventions and meetings for over 30 years.

Nancy is a native of the East Coast growing up in Queens, NY and Hazlet, N.J. She has been in the event planning industry since College, where she studied at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. She started out in the music business working for Polygram Records as their Mid Atlantic College Representative planning concerts and promotions for the labels artists. Upon graduation from college she moved back to New Jersey where worked for an independent music label in NYC called Iguana Records.

Wanting a complete change in scenery Nancy picked up and moved to Colorado Springs in 2000 and started working as the Promotions Director for the rock radio station 94.3 KILO. There she was involved with planning large concerts that came to town as well as planning and executing station promotions and giveaways.

Joshua Riggs has worked in the Denver special events industry for 12 plus years. Currently he is the Associate Director of Private Events at the Denver Botanic Gardens. At the Gardens, he oversees the venue sales team that is responsible for selling the Garden’s unique event spaces and also oversees our AV Services team which manages built-in and rentable sound equipment. In 2014 he received his national CPCE certification (Certified Professional in Catering and Events) and serves as the President of the Greater Denver Chapter of NACE (National Association of Catering and Events) which provides networking and education opportunities for their 100 plus members. Prior to joining the Gardens, he managed the event spaces and catering at the Denver Art Museum. At the museum, he oversaw groups of various sizes in unique and traditional event settings. Here he learned the art of on-premise catering serving the unique needs of a non-profit institution and increased outside event sales. Prior to this he was an entrepreneur and the Director of Sales and Marketing for Relish Catering and Events, a prominent Denver off-premise caterer. Where he worked to retool, rebrand, and focus on opening new markets and contributed to a systematic increase in event sales. Before this, he worked for Occasions by Sandy catering as their Senior Event Designer and received his culinary arts and event management degree in 2006 from Orange Coast College.

Will is the author of best seller, You’ve Got This! The 5 Self-Coaching Keys You Need to Live Boldly and Accomplish Anything. A Keynote speaker and Board Certified Coach with many years of corporate leadership and management experience, Will now speaks to executive groups and associations on the topics of self-leadership, developing emerging leaders and team excellence. His clients include Twitter, Facebook, PwC, Charles Schwab, Microsoft, and Vail Resorts.

Will shares what he has learned as an Ironman Triathlete, business executive and professional development expert to help others create strong results.

Megan Martin has been working in the hospitality industry for over a decade. She is currently the Manager, Partner Events at RingCentral and is an affiliate faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver School of Hospitality, Events and Tourism. Megan earned her bachelor’s in communications from Columbus State University and obtained her master’s degree in public administration from Kennesaw State University. She has also earned her Certified Meeting Professional and Digital Event Strategists designations. Megan is currently serving as President of the PCMA Rocky Mountain Chapter, MIC Member Engagement Global Meetings Industry Day Chair, and as a Meetings Mean Business Ambassador. Megan grew up on the east coast and currently lives in Denver, Colorado. She is an avid baker, cupcake connoisseur, and home chef that loves spending time her dogs, Montana and Byrd, and partner Jason.