March 28, 2024 - Experiential Lunch + Incentive Experience

Panelist

David Peckinpaugh is President & CEO of Maritz. A 30+ year champion of the events industry, David provides strategic oversight of Maritz while ensuring the consistent design and delivery of engaging and inspiring experiences that drive business results.

Since joining in 2011, David has led the company through significant growth, placing renewed focus on clients, industry partnerships and global presence. He has also invested in reenergizing the company’s culture, introducing the company’s signature core value “Take Good Care of Each Other,” which has led to the company-wide purpose of “Unleashing Human Potential.” This aspirational initiative is based on a focus on a triple bottom line where financial, people and sustainability results are recognized and celebrated. In addition, David has also championed the company’s fight against human trafficking and to build awareness throughout the events industry of this insidious crime.

His passion and advocacy on behalf of the events industry has earned David accolades and recognition from peers and organizations including MPI Rise Award’s Meetings Industry Leadership, the Joint Meetings Industry Council’s Unity Award, Incentive Travel Council’s Advocate of the Year award, one of Successful Meetings’ 25 Most Influential People, MPIs Most Influential 50 Meeting Professionals, the Boeing Institute of International Business International Visionary Award 2023 and induction into the Events Industry Councils Hall of Leaders.

David is a past member of the board of directors for PCMA, past Chairman of the PCMA Education Foundation, a member of the U.S. Travel Association CEO Roundtable and original co-chairman of the Meetings Mean Business Coalition. He also serves on the board of trustees for Chautauqua Institution. In addition, David is a Certified Meeting Planner (CMP) by the Events Industry Council, Certified Incentive Specialist from SITE and is a certified Master Designer from Maritz.

David is married with two grown children and has a passion for sailing, skiing, and travel.

Panelist

Cheryl has 25+ years of experience in the event planning industry, where she is currently the SVP, Head of Conference Experiences at LPL Financial. Prior to LPL, she worked for AIG where she served as Head of Events, Experiences and Strategic Messaging and SVP, Head of Conference Services at Cetera Financial Group.

During her 10+ tenure at LPL Financial, Cheryl and team were awarded top honors from MPI (Meeting Professionals International) and SITE (Society for Incentive Travel Excellence) for outstanding event execution done both domestically and abroad. Prior to that, she was the Head of Conference Services & Continuing Medical Education at Scripps Health.

Cheryl received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the University of California, San Diego. She has been a CMP (Certified Meeting Professional) since 2004. A native San Diegan, Cheryl enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with her family, friends and new puppy – Indy!

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Jennifer brings a unique background to the Access team, but what is most unique about her story is her involvement in a San Diego business think tank. The think tank environment exposed her to some of San Diego’s largest business owners, while providing an inside look at a variety of business models, strategies, and leadership styles. The culmination of those opportunities has equipped Jennifer with the ability to contribute to the team that leads vision and culture for Access, serving as the first female CEO of a 50-year brand. Kudos! Jennifer now leads a motivating sales team at Access as the Co-CEO.

A piece of Access that Jennifer holds dear is the unwavering rally around company values. It’s the trunk of the family tree, centering and supporting Access as an organization, and providing growth and prosperity in the workplace. Trees are awesome. In her time outside of the office, Jennifer crushes it as a mom and is heavily involved in her son’s school board. Being a mom brings her immense joy. She also won’t hesitate to take you up on a game of pickle ball – which she unearthed her passion for during the pandemic. She’s got a mean drop shot. Ace!