About JD Events 

Prior to founding JD Events in January of 2002, Joel spent 16 years as a senior executive in the tradeshow and conference industry. He began his event management career as a sales executive in 1986 with Reed Exhibition Companies and eventually held the position of Industry Vice President. He left Reed in 1996 to serve as President of Primedia/Intertec Exhibitions (now Penton Media), and subsequently served as President and COO of eMarketWorld and Vice President/General Manager of Imark Communications. Joel has a genuine passion for the events business combined with a deeply held belief in the value of face-to-face marketing and community building. He has been a member of the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) since 1996 and has served on the SISO Executive Committee.

Lou came to JD Events in 2004 in the role of VP, Trade Show Operations. Lou recently added the VP, Finance role. As VP, Lou is responsible for all of JD Events financial operations, facility management and IT. Lou also oversees the logistical preplanning and onsite execution of all JD Events trade shows across the country.  He brings with him an extensive knowledge of day to day financial operations, planning, mergers & acquisitions and all facets of daily show management. Prior to joining JD Events, Lou began his career in the publishing/trade show industry with Cowles Business Media (now known as Penton Media) in 1995. During his tenure with Cowles, Lou held numerous positions in the finance division before moving over to the trade show division in a management role in 1999. Lou continued his trade show career as VP of Operations at eMarketWorld, Director of Operations Worldwide at PBI Media (Access Intelligence) and VP-Operations at Radius Events.

Jenabeth joined JD Events in 2005 to head up the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo. She provides strategic direction on the formulation and execution of the event and is fully responsible for directing the educational program. The extensive industry Advisory Board for HFSE has grown under Jenabeth’s direction to include leaders from prestigious design firms as well as some of the largest health systems in the country. Jenabeth formed the annual raffle at HFSE with 100% of the proceeds being donated to several charitable organizations over the years such as the Rick Hansen Foundation and Shriners Children Hospital. In addition to her work on HFSE, Jenabeth provides operational onsite support for other JDE events including managing registration at AXPONA. Jenabeth began her event career in 1997 and has gained diverse tradeshow experience having worked in both the client and vendor communities for companies including Imark Communications and CDS Registration Services prior to joining JD Events.

Ann joined JD Events in September 2013 as Sales Director for the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo. She brings over 20 years of proven sales experience to JD Events having spent the last 6 years in the trade show and conference industry serving the healthcare, eldercare and construction/legal markets and government IT community previously with Vendome Group and 1105 Media. Prior to events, she worked in healthcare selling through distributor channels, direct to hospitals, physicians markets and private label partners. Ann’s strengths include a consultative sales approach working closely with clients to design custom programs to meet their needs while building long term relationships. Ann is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and enjoys skiing, snowmobiling, gardening and cheering on her three children at football, wrestling, lacrosse, baseball, rugby games and cheer competitions.

Deanna joined JD Events in April 2022, having graduated from the Lubin School of Business at Pace University with a BBA in Arts and Entertainment Management. Her previous experience includes working for a small PR firm in New York, Lisa Long Adler Communications, that specializes in hospitality clients and event planning, where she got her start in the event scene. As the Marketing Coordinator at JD Events, her main responsibilities include attendee communications and social media, website development and maintenance, and organizing advertising materials. In her spare time, Deanna is an avid reader and enjoys planning her next travel destination.

As an original team member of JD Events since its inception in 2002, Dawn has worked on all aspects of our business and spent over 10 years as the General Manager and Senior Vice President.  Her specialty is in attendance development and acquisition as well as P&L development, management and workflow process.  She developed our human resource department including talent acquisition and handling of all healthcare and payroll issues.  She currently acts as a strategic advisor in a marketing capacity and takes on other special projects as needed. She also is passionate about the non-profit sector and currently is a hospice volunteer and serves on the Benefit Committee for the Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Fairfield County.  Prior to joining JD Events she was the Group Show Director for six marketing events with Primedia/Intertec Exhibitions (now Penton Media.). Her career in Show Business started in 1985 at Reed Exhibition Companies, where she headed up the Database Marketing and Registration Departments and implemented customer loyalty programs for over 30 trade shows and conferences.