MMPI Team

Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. is one of the largest trade show producers in the world. Our large and competent staff of 540 people is fully capable of all aspects of trade show management.

  • We own Art Chicago™, which for 15 years has been one of the leading international contemporary art expos in the world.
  • We host The Merchandise Mart International Antiques FairT, regarded as the best show of its kind.
  • We own and produce the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, produced at the Piers in New York. 
  • We produce some of the largest consumer shows in North America, including the One of a KindŽ Show and Sale in Chicago and Toronto.

Additionally, we run more than 300 special events a year, each of which mimics the many complex facets of trade show production on a smaller scale.  All these shows and events bring buyers and sellers together.

We have full-time employees dedicated to all aspects of show management, including construction, renovation, general management, operations, sales and leasing, marketing and promotion, and labor management.

Chris Kennedy
President,
Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.

Marketing and Sales
John Brennen
Executive Vice President

Susan Spalding
Vice President, Leasing

Michele Hodo
Senior Director of Marketing

Rita DelSignore
Director of Marketing

Nicole Calas
Marketing Manager

Operations
Myron Maurer
Senior Vice President,
General Manager

Greg Cipov
Director of Operations/Assistant
Property Manager

Marian Jarocki
Vice President/Assistant
Property Manager

Ron Thiery
Director of Security

Events
Nancy DeBiasi
Director of Meeting Planning

Information
Merchandise Mart Properties Inc.
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 470
Chicago, IL 60654
312.527.4141

Communications
Jennifer Woolford
Senior Vice President,
Marketing Communications

Sophia Weiss
Public Relations

Amanda Buhrandt
Manager,
Marketing Communications

Sara Neeve
Senior Account Executive,
Marketing Communications

Angela D'Antonio
Vice President of Creative Services

Registration/Travel
Kari O'Shea
Director of Group/Corporate
Travel & Housing

Wendy Confrey
Director of Registration

Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. The Merchandise mArt Design Center