ISES History

The International Special Events Society (ISES) was founded in 1987 to foster enlightened performance through education while promoting ethical conduct. ISES works to join professionals to focus on the "event as a whole" rather than its individual parts. ISES has grown to involve nearly 3,000 members active in 30 chapters throughout the world. Membership brings together professionals from a variety of special events disciplines including caterers, meeting planners, decorators, event planners, audio-visual technicians, party and convention coordinators, educators, journalists, hotel sales managers and many more professional disciplines. The solid peer network ISES provides helps special events professionals produce outstanding results for clients while establishing positive working relationships with other event colleagues.

ISES Philadelphia Chapter History

Past President’s of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Incorporated March 1988 (Official Document)

87-88    David Sorin

88-89    Skip Schwarzman

89-90    Lou Weingrad

90-91    Judy Johnson

91-92    Joy Bowman

92-93    Sharon Moore

93-97    Michael Young

97-98    Michael Cerelli

98-99    Eric Walker, CSEP

99-00    Kevin White, CSEP

00-01    Barbara Jo Saler

01-02    Kathleen DeLuca, CSEP, CMP

02-03    Kristina Sumey, CSEP

03-04    Sue Werb, CSEP

04-06    David Buckley, CSEP

06-07    Phyllis Jablonowski, CSEP
07-08    Dave Dickson