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MPI Potomac Chapter Announces Strategic Partnership with
Visit Detroit
Meeting Professionals International Potomac Chapter (MPI Potomac) and Visit Detroit announced a strategic partnership today, which elevates the chapter’s focus on professional and career development and rewards planner members with complimentary registration to educational events through June 2022.
Visit Detroit will sponsor the chapter’s “e2” educational sessions (held in-person and digitally) and underwrite registration to the “e2” events for those who have active planner memberships. Visit Detroit will also award scholarships throughout the year to planner members who are pursuing their Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation. The scholarships will be designated for participants in the chapter’s CMP Prep Course.
“In a critical time when our industry is rebounding from the pandemic, it is an honor and privilege to support our community by partnering with MPI Potomac,” said Claude Molinari, president and CEO at Visit Detroit. “It’s incredibly important to us at Visit Detroit to support meeting planner professionals in their endeavors to grow through continuing education and CMP attainment. We’re thrilled for this strategic partnership.”
“We are grateful for this unique partnership with Visit Detroit. One of MPI Potomac’s goals is to be the education leader in our industry,” said Shelli Vasser Gilliam, CMP, SEPC, president of MPI Potomac. “Through Visit Detroit’s sponsorship, they are embracing our chapter’s vision to be the premier education resource supporting member meeting and event planning professionals. This remarkable partnership provides significant value for our planner members and demonstrates Visit Detroit’s commitment to inclusivity and engaging and connecting our planner community.”
MPI Potomac serves meeting professionals in the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area as well as industry colleagues throughout the U.S. who affiliate with this chapter. It is among the largest chapters of Meeting Professionals International, which includes more than 11,000 meeting professionals in 71 countries in its global membership.
