Congratulations to Emilie Mendia, Senior Associate, AM&C, for being selected by the Association Forum of Chicagoland and USAE weekly newspaper as one of the association management community’s 40 most accomplished and up-and-coming professionals under the age of 40. Mendia was recognized at the Forty Under 40 Awards reception in conjunction with Holiday Showcase® in Chicago, and a great team of AM&C talents were there to cheer her on.

The Forty Under 40 Award recognizes Mendia’s demonstrated high potential for success in leadership roles and her strong commitment to the association management profession. Emilie serves as Chief Staff Executive for the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA), a trade association representing organizations united by a common desire to increase the effectiveness of healthcare conventions and exhibitions as an educational and marketing medium. Under her leadership, the association recently launched HCEAInnovate, a new, half-day educational event.

Emilie’s volunteer roles include serving on the ASAE 2017-2019 Young Professional Committee, ASAE 2018 Annual Program Advisory Council, and Higher Logic 2017-2018 Product Advisory Council. Emilie has been recognized by the association community as an ASAE Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) Scholar and ASAE 2016 NextGen Summit program participant.

Emilie joins three MCI USA Association Management & Consulting colleagues who have previously been recognized as Forty Under 40: Emily Reineke, MA, senior associate (2016), Alison Teitelbaum, MS, MPH, CAE, associate vice president (2014), and Amy Lestition Burke, MA, CAE, vice president, member engagement (2013).

Emilie Mendia’s Forty Under 40 profile in USAE can be viewed here.