The Exhibitions & Conferences Alliance (ECA) Ambassadors Circle recognizes and empowers ECA’s most engaged and influential advocates to help drive ECA’s policy efforts forward. As part of ECA 2.0, the Ambassadors Circle provides a select group of industry leaders with access to specialized year-round programming, advanced advocacy training, and new opportunities to help amplify the industry’s voice with policymakers, peers, and the broader business and professional events community.
“The future of our industry will be shaped by decisions made in Washington, D.C., and in state capitals across the country,” said Fernando Fischer, President, Americas, for RX and Chair of the ECA Board of Directors. “The Ambassadors Circle gives our most committed advocates the tools, access, and year-round opportunities to help ensure those decisions reflect the importance of business and professional events. It is exactly the kind of deeper industry engagement that ECA 2.0 is all about.”
Ambassadors will play a leadership role in advancing ECA’s advocacy efforts throughout the year. In return, ambassadors will receive access to specialized advocate education and professional-development opportunities, VIP access at select ECA events, invitations to private roundtables with policymakers, and recognition for their important contributions throughout the year.
The inaugural Ambassadors Circle cohort includes 25 business and professional events industry leaders who have demonstrated a strong commitment to advocacy and public policy engagement. They include:
- INSERT NAMES HERE
“ECA is thrilled to welcome this first cohort of ECA Ambassadors,” said Tommy Goodwin, President and Chief Executive Officer of ECA. “Each of these leaders has already demonstrated a steadfast commitment to ensuring that our industry is heard by policymakers. Their participation in the Ambassadors Circle will help ECA amplify the case for policies that strengthen the industry’s ability to create new jobs, reduce economic uncertainty, safeguard affordability, and ensure that the U.S. remains the premier global destination for business and professional events going forward.”
The Ambassadors Circle is intended to build on the momentum of the ECA Advocacy Network and events like ECA Legislative Action Day and ensure that the industry’s policy advocacy voice remains active, visible, and effective throughout the year.
For more information about the Ambassadors Circle, please email ECA's Tommy Goodwin.