From the July 1, 2005 issue of Association Trends newspaper.

Happy 20th, CMP!

McLean VA-based Convention Industry Council and Assn Management Group commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Certified Meeting Professional program at the 2005 CMP Conclave, June 26-27 in Toronto. The CMP was established in 1985, and AMG assumed management of CIC and the CMP program in 1999.

Above, from left, speaker and trainer Colleen Rickenbacher, CMP, CSEP, Colleen Rickenbacher Inc.; Glen Reighart, CAE, CMP, CMM, meetings and conventions director, National Community Pharmacists Assn, Alexandria VA; and Convention Industry Council president Mary Power, CAE, stand in front of artist Christof Breidenich's, PhD, painting of Toronto. The artwork was disassembled and distributed to the 250 members of CIC's CMP Conclave 20th anniversary celebration gala in Toronto.