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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 CEO of Offinger Management Company for more than 35 years. Offinger Management Company 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 with the American Society of Association Executives, International Association of Exhibitions
and Events (IAEE), Ohio Society of Association Executives, Association Management Companies Institute (AMCI) and Zanesville Chamber of Commerce.
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. 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 10 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 five 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 holds a Certificate in
Organization Management from the US Chamber's Institute for Organization Management.
He currently serves 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 Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from Ohio University.
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 Jennifer Clegg
Customer Service Manager
Jennifer joined Offinger with six years prior experience in association management. As Manager of Offinger's Customer Service Department, Jennifer and her staff provide a full-time office headquarters, 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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Terri Kirkpatrick
Accounting Manager
Terri has more than 25 years experience in accounting. The Offinger Accounting Department has over 50 years of combined bookkeeping service and is responsible for processing all accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, payroll tax, sales tax,
bank reconciliations, as well as producing financial statements for all associations, expositions and events.
Terri has an Associate Degree majoring in Finance from Indiana Institute of Technology.
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Page Smith
Human Resource & Operational Manager
Page joined Offinger in 2003 with more than 11 years experience in Human Resource Management, and 22 years experience in management. 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 attended Ohio University and is a member of the Muskingum Valley Human Resource Association and the Society for Human Resource Management.
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Deborah Walston
Technology Director
Deborah has been leading technology projects at Offinger Management Company for the past 16 years. She guides the talented Technology Team,
responsible for Offinger's communications, network, computer hardware, software, database, Internet development and reporting needs.
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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