CSR Award Winner: Astellas Pharmaceuticals
Danielle Baruch of IHG congratulates Debbie Webber, associate director, Astellas Pharmaceuticals, who helped organize a food bank activity at Three Squares Food Bank, packing more than 170,000 meals to help feed more than 340,000 food-insecure individuals in Southern Nevada, at its 2013 National Sales Meeting.
CSR Award Winner: Medtronic
Danielle Baruch is pictured with Lucy Giovando Watts, CMP, CMM, Giovando Watts & Company, Inc. Watts helped Medtronic save nearly $10,000 in transportation costs and realized a significant reduction in CO2 emissions by implementing sustainability efforts at a recent Medtronic training meeting in Minneapolis. Sharon Marsh of Medtronic is on the right.
CSR Award Winners: ACCESS Destination Services and Draeger
ACCESS Destination Services helped orchestrate a Park Build from the ground up in Phoenix as part of a Draeger activity. Show are Baruch; Carrie Allemang, North American Region, project manager, Draeger Medical Canada Inc.; and Chris Lee, DMCP, CEO, Access Destination Services.
Pharma Forum Choice Spirit Award Winner: Michael Mahoney
Michael Mahoney, director, meeting & convention services, Genentech, center, was honored with the the Pharma Forum Choice Spirit Award, for volunteer service—not only to the Pharma Forums—but as setting an outstanding example for his staff: instead of spending money on flowers at meetings, he takes the money and donates to charities in the conference city. Pictured are Baruch, Mahoney, and Amanda Batstone.
Pharma Forum’s Trusted Advisor Award: James Vachon
Baruch helps honor Pharma Forum’s Trusted Advisor award recipient, James Vachon, CMM, associate director
events, meetings and conventions, Takeda Pharmaceutical International, for his unending support as an advisory board member and volunteer speaker. On right is Amanda Batstone, CBI.
At the IHG Reception
(Left to right): Celine Beltman, Crowne Plaza Amsterdam City Centre; Zsofia Arvay, InterContinental Budapest; Judy Durant, Colpitts World Travel
At the IHG Reception
(Left to right): Robyn Yakatis, RBY Event Planning LLC; Nancy Jones, HealthlogiX; Eli Sananes, Global Meetings & Incentives
At the IHG Reception
(Left to right): Lisa Keilty, pmc2; Alejandro Vargas, Mayfair Hotel; Elizabeth Ishioka, Warner Center Marriott
At the IHG Reception
(Left to right): Michelle Bartolone, CMP-HC, Meeting Sites Pro, Inc./Global Meetings Group and Betsy Bair, MeetingsNet
At the IHG Reception
(Left to right): David Wright and Melissa Fromento of MeetingsNet with Page Trimbal, Gather Digital
At the IHG Reception
Networking at the first night's reception
At the IHG Reception
Everyone wanted to pose under the disco ball—including the IHG representatives.
