Meet Your Event Partners | Raleigh Convention Center

Sales + Marketing

Mara Craft

Director of Sales and Marketing

Mara is a voracious reader. She reads or listens to 6-8 of them a month.

Ashley Auman, CEM

Senior National Sales Manager

Ashley's favorite season is fall because of the cooler weather, football, and pumpkin spice lattes.

Kate Jansen

Senior National Sales Manager

Kate's passionate about running and has competed in several marathons.

Lauren Miller

National Sales Manager

Lauren's bucket list includes diving with sharks in South Africa.

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Tiffany Powell

Sales Manager

Humor is a big part of Tiffany's life. Laughter helps with her optimism and a good dose of it every day keeps her going.

Mary Deifer

Marketing Manager

Mary has a five-star island on Animal Crossing: New Horizons and an ever-growing collection of headbands.

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Kathryn Shorr Johnson

Visual Identity Designer

Kathryn is an avid sneaker collector and has spoken on the Sneakercon panel in 3 states.

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Christina Alevizatos

Marketing Coordinator

Christina enjoys learning new languages and is currently studying Spanish and ASL.

Events

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Zachary Reed

Director of Events

Zach enjoys traveling and learning about cultures and attended the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece at the age of 15.

Zenik Hite

Events Manager

Zenik (pronounced "ZEN-ihk") can be often be found reading, even at the gas pump.

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Lori Shumpert

Events Manager

Lori brings a plethora of event experience with her to RCC, including working as the Front of House Manager at the Lyric Theatre on Broadway for Cirque de Soleil’s musical Paramour.

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Lisa Reucher-Dishman

Events Manager

Lisa loves going to concerts and sales at Bath & Body Works!

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Faith Dickson

Events Manager

Faith danced in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade when she was 15!

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Ellie King

Event Coordinator

Ellie has traveled all over Europe and the Caribbean and has a goal of visiting every continent!

Centerplate

Jamie Jenkins

General Manager

Jamie has a collection of guitars, including a very special one built by hand with the help of his daughter.

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Phil Evans

Executive Chef

Brad Clinton

Catering Operations Manager

Brad is a big sports fan. When he was in school, he played on six sports teams a year.

Samantha Amodio

Catering Sales Manager

Samantha is a certified NC Notary/eNotary and is currently working toward certifications in project management.

Leadership

Kerry Painter, CFE/CEM/CMP

RCPAC Executive Director

Kerry loves to travel internationally each year. Most recently, she visited Thailand, Singapore, Australia, and Korea.

Rodney Faulk

General Manager

Rodney loves to hit the links whenever he can and loves the variety that NC golf courses have to offer.

Facilities

Brian Clark

Director of Operations

Brian's biggest golf accomplishment? A hole-in-one at The Cradle at Pinehurst.

John Hughes

Maintenance and Operations Superintendent

John's favorite month is October. Why? Great fishing and good weather.

Nici Morgan

Maintenance and Operations Superintendent

You've never had better brownies than the ones Nici makes! Her sweets are a staff favorite.

Information Technology/Networking

Andrew Crane

Systems Administrator

Andrew lived in Japan for five years after high school while stationed on the USS John McCain and USS Kitty Hawk. He loved the bowls of ramen and seeing the Japanese countryside.

Mike Dreese

A/V Technician

Mike and his wife traveled together for ten years for work. They chose to settle down in Raleigh for the weather and have called it home for the past fourteen years.

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Trevor Jordan

Network and Systems Support Specialist

Trevor loves attending concerts and other live events. His first concert was Rod Stewart!

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Alex Bryant

Technology Analyst

Alex performed with a color guard for almost 5 years in high school and college.

Finance

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Laura Knott

Director of Finance

Laura loves to dig for treasures at estate sales. There is a story behind each and every tchotchke and piece of furniture in her home.

Paul Ballance

Fiscal Analyst

Paul created a giant scrabble board in college and knows all 107 acceptable 2-letter words.

Olivia Holbrook

Capital Projects Manager

Olivia is a lifelong learner and an adventurer. A recent excursion included riding a camel through the desert of Dubai!