Ann Shepphird is the editor of Association News and will celebrate her 13th anniversary with our company later this year.

In her time with Schneider Publishing, Ann has overseen major improvements in the design and content of Association News, served as a founding editorial staffer on SportsTravel magazine and provided leadership for both our editorial and art departments.

A fourth-generation native of California, Ann holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications Studies and a master’s degree in Film & Television from UCLA. Prior to joining us, she worked as an associate at a private investigation firm, as an instructor at UCLA and Orange Coast College and as a production assistant on the television show “Hotel.”

Her real-life hospitality industry experience includes a high school job as a night housekeeper and brunch-time Belgian Waffle Girl at the Marriott in Newport Beach. Ann’s travels have taken her to five of the seven continents. Her keen and creative mind helps keep Association News—now in its 31st year—fresh and on the cutting edge.

She can be reached toll-free at (877) 577-3700 or by e-mail at ann.shepphird@schneiderpublishing.com.

ANDY LAMEDMAN, CHAD STARBUCK, JOHN OLIVER & LISA FURFINE will be in Pittsburgh, July 18-21, for the DMAI Annual Convention; SUE DAMON will be in Panama City, Florida, July 18-20, for the Florida Society of Association Executives Annual Conference; ANN SHEPPHIRD will be in Grand Junction & Telluride, Colorado, July 19-23; CHAD STARBUCK will be in Salt Lake City, July 22-26, for the IAAM Annual Meeting; JOHN OLIVER will be in Montreal, July 28-30, for the MPI World Education Congress; CHAD STARBUCK, JOHN OLIVER & LISA FURFINE will be in Corpus Christi, August 7-9, for the Texas Association of CVBs Annual Conference; and ANDY LAMEDMAN, JOHN OLIVER, LISA FURFINE & SUE DAMON will be in Chicago, August 11-14, for the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition.