Chris Adamec, CMP

Senior Event & Theatre Manager

Industry Member: International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM)

Chris graduated from Northeastern University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Music Business Management. Pre- and post-graduation he worked as an Event Creator for Ticketmaster of New England in Boston before moving to Denver. He is currently the Senior Event & Theatre Manager for the Colorado Convention Center and Wells Fargo Theatre. With over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Chris has managed and co-managed hundreds of international, national, regional and citywide conventions, trade and consumer shows, corporate meetings and concerts. Chris is also a graduate of Oglebay Public Assembly Facility Management School.
 

Arlaina McDaniel, CMP

Senior Event Manager

Industry Member: Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA)

With eight years of experience in the events industry and five at the Colorado Convention Center, Arlaina’s experience includes stadium events, non-profit fundraising events, concert management and convention services management. During her time at the Colorado Convention Center, Arlaina has managed numerous large city-wide conferences, as well as, many high profile events including the Democratic National Convention. Arlaina has been most recently recognized for the Visit Denver ‘Go the Extra Mile Service Excellence Award’. She is currently an active member of ESPA.
 

Lindsey Richeaux, CMP

Senior Event Manager

Industry Member: Meeting Professionals International (MPI)

Lindsey first began her career in the hospitality industry in 2001 with an internship at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida. Since then, she has had opportunities to work in Guest Relations at Magic Kingdom, Convention Services at the Yacht and Beach Club, Recruiting and Park Operations with Disney. These varied experiences helped Lindsey transition into event management when she joined the Colorado Convention Center team in 2006. Lindsey has handled events of all shapes and sizes here at the Colorado Convention Center and has worked with diverse teams to create successful events. Lindsey received her designation as a Certified Meeting Professional in 2009 and currently sits on the MPIRMC Board as the Director of Marketing.
 

Janelle Veres, CMP

Senior Event Manager

Industry Member: National Association of Exposition Managers (IAEE)

Janelle has diverse experience in multiple facets of event work covering her eight years in the industry. Her work has included stadium and venue operations, sporting event management, large event ticketing, transportation management, guest relations management, concert marketing and promotion, concert management, convention services management, and consumer show management.

Michael Tedford, CMP

Senior Event Manager

Industry Member: Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)

Michael received her BA at the University of Denver, where she studied Communications and Business, focusing her business studies on hospitality. From 2004 to 2006, Michael worked as an Account Manager at a local general service contractor, occasionally working on events in the Colorado Convention Center. In 2006, she became a Convention Sales Manager, for SMG at the Colorado Convention Center. Michael worked primarily with clients based in the Washington, DC area. In January 2009, she took on the exciting, new role of Event Manager. Michael achieved her Certified Meeting Professional designation in the spring of 2010.

Michael has been a member of the Professional Convention Management Association since 2006. During that time, she has served on the Network for the Needy committee for PCMA International, as well as the local Bowl-a-Thon committee and community service committee. Currently, she sits on the board of the Rocky Mountain PCMA, as Director of Community Service.
 

Lana Cordes, CMP

Senior Event Manager

With her career in the industry beginning in 2005, Lana’s experience includes servicing conventions, consumer shows, concerts, sporting events and social functions as well as past experience in event sales and marketing, arena operations and event promotions.  As a Denver area native, Lana received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  Her studies were focused on Operations Management and Information Systems  She initially joined the Colorado Convention Center team in 2007 as the Sales Coordinator.  She then moved on to manage the Corporate Sales market and then in 2009 moved into her position as an Event Manager.  Lana received her designation as a Certified Meeting Professional in the fall of 2010.

Morgan Wheeler

Event Manager

Over the last six years Morgan has gained experience in several industry segments. Before joining the Colorado Convention Center team she had the opportunity to work guest relations for large sporting events, special events, and corporate functions. Morgan has also gained concert experience working in operations and security in small to medium-sized concert venues. Since joining the event management team in August of 2008, she has serviced a variety of events that range from corporate trainings and meetings to public shows and conventions.
 

Tyler Hunt

Event Manager

Tyler, a Colorado native, moved from the western slope to the Denver/Metro area to pursue his passion for sports and study event management.  In May of 2011 he graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a bachelor’s in Sports/Events/Entertainment Management.  He has been a member of our team since April of 2011.

Brian Clark

Event Coordinator

Brian was welcomed to the Event Management team in July, 2011. After graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in Communications, Brian took an internship with the Operations department at Invesco Field at Mile High. Originally a southern California native, Brian is now married and resides in Broomfield with his wife Lindy.

Tricia Weldon

Event Coordinator

Tricia began her career as an Intern in the Sales Department at the Colorado Convention Center.  She is a Native from the Twin Cities- Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota.  Played NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball at Cornell College-Iowa and received her Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree in August 2011 in Sports/Entertainment and Event Management from Johnson & Wales University here in Colorado.  She joined the Event Management Team in October 2011.

Mona Roy

Event Coordinator

Mona’s career as an event coordinator started with the 2006 North American Indigenous Games and continued coordinating events with in the American Indian community locally and nationally such as The National Congress of American Indians from Washington D.C. and locally with the Native Element here in Denver. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado –Denver in Political Science emphasis in Indigenous Politics-International Relations and is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Non-Profit Management-Global Leadership from Regis University-Denver, CO.   Mona joined the Event Management Team in October 2011.