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Miller-Marshall Named EVP at AMC/AmericasMart
September 5,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on September 6, 2011
JoAnn Miller-Marshall has been named executive vice president of AMC Tradeshows. AMC Inc. is parent company of AmericasMart Atlanta.
The move brings all AmericasMart home, gift and apparel and LIGHTFAIR International sales under her direction. The change additionally supports the growing link between gift, home and apparel, as evidenced in the new alignment of AmericasMarts fall home, gift, gourmet and apparel markets, with apparel running Oct. 1317 and home/gift/gourmet, staged Oct. 1416.
During Miller's 19-year AMC tenure, AmericasMart temporaries have grown under her leadership, notably through the addition of signature categories and collections and the expansion of a large and growing exhibitor base now occupying all exhibit halls across the AmericasMart campus.
"JoAnn has grown our tradeshow business nationally and globallynot only in sheer numbers of exhibitors and booths but in an equally important long list of innovations, including new categories, new programs and new ways of serving our customers," said Jeffrey L. Portman Sr., president and chief operating officer of AmericasMart Atlanta and AMC. "This advancement affirms her incredible gifts and talents and signals continuing growth for our tradeshows business."