Expo! Expo! 2016

Megan Tanel
Senior Vice President
Association of Equipment Manufacturers


Megan Tanel is senior vice president for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), responsible for overseeing AEM trade shows and show partnerships, U.S. and globally, and association education/meeting programs. She has also served as director of AEM’s CONEXPO-CON/AGG exposition, which focuses on construction equipment and materials, and is the largest event of this type in the Western Hemisphere. Tanel is a member of the PCMA Professional Convention Management Association and was the 2015 Chair of the IAEE International Association of Exhibitions and Events. She has served as IAEE Education Committee Chair, and is a graduate of the IAEE Future Leaders Institute. Tanel joined AEM in 1995 and has held a series of exhibition-related posts with increasing responsibilities. She has served as director of AEM’s International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE) and show manager of the AEM-produced World of Asphalt Show & Conference, helping launch the inaugural 2001 event.

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