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Offinger Staff
Professional association and event staff with a passion for excellence
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Walter Offinger
CEO
Walter Offinger has been the CEO of Offinger Management Company for 42 years. On January 1, 2010, he assumed the title of Director. Offinger Management Company is an association management company that manages a variety of state, national and international non-profit membership organizations and produces expositions and events, both trade and consumer, in venues throughout the country.
He holds memberships in a number of industry and conservation organizations. He serves as a Board Member of Genesis Health Care System, (a not-for-profit health delivery system) and Past Chair and Board Member of The Wilds (10,000 acre not-for-profit International Center for the Advancement of Conservation and Wild Animals).
Offinger graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in Business and served in the U.S. Air Force for six years in an Ohio Air National Guard Unit.
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Kim Vierstra
President
Kim Vierstra is currently the President of Offinger. She has been with Offinger for more than 18 years and was
previously the Executive Vice President, Vice President of Operations, Director of Operations, Director of
Associations and Trade Shows, Association/Trade Show Manager and Administrative Assistant with Offinger. Now,
she works with executive management to develop company policies, goals and objectives.
She is responsible
for directing and supervising managers in the Accounting, Technology, Human Resources, Customer Service
and Administration Departments. She has successfully overseen the implementation of several internal
operations to improve customer service including an automated fulfillment system,
computer network upgrade, an accounting system, and several company standards to maximize efficiency
and the design and release of Offinger's web site. She holds memberships in the Association Management
Company Institute (AMCI) and Experience Columbus (CVB).
She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business
Administration from The Ohio State University.
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Marrijane Jones
Vice President
Marrijane Jones is Vice President of Offinger. Jones joined Offinger in 1995 and has more than
13 years of success as an association executive and show director. In her association management company role she has helped associations and shows
compete and grow by improving their strategy and marketing. She is recognized for her leadership, innovation, and
creativity in association management, as well as in trade and consumer show production, branding, communications
and marketing.
During her tenure with the company, Jones has served as the Executive Director of several national
associations, and for five years, was the Trade Show Director of a 1,500-booth show. She has been involved in
launching, planning and marketing of shows. Jones has served as Editor-in-Chief of Cast On magazine, a membership publication for The Knitting Guild Association.
She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Bowling Green State University and is a member of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, the American Society of Association Executives and Executive Women International.
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Mark Bennett, CAE
Account Executive
Mark Bennett has more than 12 years experience in association management.
He has served as Executive Director of multiple trade and professional
associations on both the state and national level in the health care, insurance and design industries.
He has been an account executive with Offinger for more than seven years and currently serves as Executive
Director of the Ohio Land Title Association and the Opticians Association of Ohio.
In 2004, he earned his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the
American Society of Association Executives.
Bennett currently serves as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the Ohio Society of Association Executives.
Previous to working with Offinger, Bennett was Assistant Executive Director and
Director of Communications for the Ohio Travel Association. He holds a Certificate in Organization Management from the US Chamber's Institute for Organization Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Ohio University. |
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 Jennifer Clegg
Client Services Manager
Jennifer joined Offinger in 2004 with six years prior experience in association management. As Manager of Offinger's Client Services Department, Jennifer and her staff provide critical association management company services, including a full-time office headquarters, accounting needs, receptionist services, telephone and e-mail support, as well as mailing coordination for all associations, expositions and events. Her department also provides fulfillment and processing for memberships, expositions, event registrations and confirmations.
Jennifer supervises a staff with more than 85 years of combined customer service experience. She attended West Virginia Northern Community College and West Virginia University.
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Page Smith, SPHR
Human Resource Manager
Page joined Offinger in 2003 with more than 11 years experience in Human Resource Management, and 22 years management experience. As the Human Resource Manager, Page is responsible for the development and administration of personnel policies and procedures, goals and objectives, employment, benefits and compensation, training and employee relations.
She earned her Senior Professional in Human Resources certification from the HR Certification Institute, which is an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in 2009. She attended Ohio University and currently serves as President Elect of the Muskingum Valley Human Resource Management Association and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.
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Deborah Walston
Technology Director
Deborah has been leading technology projects at Offinger Management Company since 1992. She guides the talented Technology Team,
responsible for Offinger's communications, network, computer hardware, software, database, Internet development and reporting needs.
As part of a vibrant and growing association management company, she is keenly interested in finding the best technology tools to help association and event clients reach their objectives while keeping
technology costs reasonable. Deborah is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelors of Science in Computer and Information Science and is a member of The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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