Board & Committees

Seminar Committee

This committee, combined with the Operations Committee, plans and produces the Annual Seminar. Led by a Seminar Chair and Vice Chair, this committe consists of appointed members with the following key duties:

  • Site selection
  • Reviewing member survey and meeting evaluation results to compile list of general session and breakout topics for Seminar
  • Coordinating feedback from Board to prioritize topics and find speakers
  • Communicating directly with speakers to develop topics

If you would like to contribute or participate, please contact SMA.

Rick Nafe
Rick NafeAnnual Seminar Chair
Retired VP of Operations
Tampa Sports Authority
Tropicana Field
Tampa Bay Rays
St. Petersburg, FL
Jim Folk
Jim FolkAnnual Seminar Vice Chair
VP, Ballpark Operations
Progressive Field
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland, OH
Elle Valois
Elle ValoisAnnual Seminar Vice Chair
Founder and Event Strategist
Event Strong Consulting