Large Show Roundtable 2026

Christine has built a reputation as a strategic experiential marketing leader, coming to Hargrove in 2020 with 20-plus years of industry experience. Overseeing the Strategy Practice at Encore, Christine is recognized as a brand champion who can develop a deep understanding of clients’ business objectives and leverage that knowledge to create sound strategic plans to meet clients’ goals.

Greg Topalian is Chairman of Clarion Events North America. With over 25 years of experience in exhibition and enthusiast events, Greg brings an entrepreneurial approach to building the North American business across a wide variety of sectors. Greg was with Reed Exhibitions for 17 years, creating the ReedPop division, which launched NY Comic Con in 2006 followed by a series of fan-based consumer events. After leaving Reed, he founded LeftField Media, a boutique events company focused on developing experiential events rooted in contemporary culture and shared passion. In 2016 Clarion acquired LeftField, and in 2017 Greg was named CEO of Clarion Events North America. As CEO of Clarion for the past 5 years, he has accelerated the North American portfolio by focusing on strategic acquisitions for both B2B/B2C Events, New Launches, Media, Digital Products and Learning Management. Some of the market leading events Clarion acquired during Greg’s leadership include FDIC, DISTRIBUTECH, InsureTech Connect and Mobile Apps Unlocked. In addition, the LeftField Media portfolio includes Anime NYC, AwesomeCon, Anime Frontier and Rose City Comicon. Greg is an active participant in the event industry as a whole and is a former Chairman of the SISO (Society of Independent Show Organizers) Executive Board. Greg is active in youth baseball and still plays in a 40+ league. He also has four dogs and is an active foster for rescue dogs.

Aparna leads the Farmer Mac finance team in developing innovative financial solutions and executing plans to enable the company to grow and thrive in a safe and sound manner as it carries out its important mission. She guides the company’s finance functions, including treasury, asset/liability management, financial planning & analysis, pricing, debt and equity investor relations, financial reporting and accounting, and ensures the timely and accurate communication of goals and successes to various stakeholders. Aparna’s career, spanning over two decades, has been marked by significant successes in mission-oriented finance roles.

As an account director at mdg, A Freeman Company, Sierra helps her clients grow bigger, better events. She and a team of marketing strategists, digital media gurus, international audience acquisition specialists and branding experts craft and execute marketing and public relations campaigns that attract bellwether exhibitors and qualified attendees to some of the largest and most successful trade shows in the nation. Sierra has a reputation for out-of-the box thinking and challenging the status quo – qualities she has applied to clients such as National Restaurant Association Show, Newtopia Now, InfoComm and more.

With over 25 years of experience, Kim Vinciguerra is the Chief Experience Officer at International Carwash Association (ICA). Her passion for event planning comes from a total satisfaction in seeing people gather together for a common goal. In her role at ICA, Kim is all about the event experience both for exhibitors and attendees. Kim is a relationship seeker, problem solver and project manager who loves connecting with people, finding solutions and enabling smooth team dynamics.

Donna Page joined the National Association of Broadcasters as director, Convention Marketing in August 2010. Donna is responsible for the overall management and execution of the NAB Show marketing campaign to include direct mail, advertising, international promotions, Web marketing, interactive and social media and industry-related partnerships. She works closely with GCE Marketing, other NAB staff, partners and vendors to ensure the marketing campaigns are executed effectively to increase attendance to the NAB Show. Prior to joining NAB, Donna marketed events for 1105 Media Inc., including FOSE, GovSec and a series of government IT focused conferences.

Nicole Bowman, MBA, CEM-AP, is the Vice President of Marketing and Communications for IAEE. With over 20 years of experience in event and marketing management, she is responsible for developing and managing all marketing functions of IAEE including corporate branding and event marketing, as well as creating and executing the comprehensive strategic marketing plan for all IAEE initiatives including chapter relations, membership, councils, events, and advocacy initiatives. Nicole has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas and achieved the CEM-AP designation from IAEE.