The Meetings Mean Business Coalition (MMBC) appointed Julie Coker Graham, president and CEO of the Philadelphia CVB (PHLCVB), as its next co-chair. Coker Graham will join Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of MPI, in leading the coalition and promoting the value of face-to-face meetings, conferences, conventions, tradeshows and other events.
Coker Graham is the first woman to lead the PHLCVB and the only African American woman to lead a DMO in a top U.S. market. Under her direction, MMBC will continue to advocate the industry’s value story among a diverse group of stakeholders, including meeting professionals, business leaders and elected officials.
Coker Graham will begin her term Jan. 1, 2018. As president and CEO of the PHLCVB, she will continue to oversee all of that organization’s departments and operational duties.
