Carroll R. Armstrong
Carroll Armstrong has spent a career in the convention and meetings industry, focusing on convention and visitor bureaus and convention centers.
In 1978, he began his career as a member of the original team of the Baltimore Convention Bureau. He went on to a national sales position with the Washington, DC, Convention and Visitors Association, and director of sales and marketing for the New Orleans Convention Center.
In 1987, he was recruited by the San Diego Convention Center Corporation to lead the marketing department, where he developed a program and increased revenues for the Center.
Armstrong has held leadership roles in many meetings industry organizations, including being co-founder and first national president of the Association of Convention Marketing Executives (ACME), chairman of the Awards Committee for the International Association of Exposition Managers (IAEM), USA Ambassador to the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), and a member of committees within the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), and the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA).
Charles A. Eby, III
With over 25 years in advertising, marketing, and consulting, Mr. Eby brings the strength of his experience to the Extraordinary Events team. Most recently, he directed and developed Internet-based commerce applications for the Investment Company Institute (ICI), the national trade association for the mutual fund industry. At ICI, he also directed programs and events for the association’s corporate members. Prior to that Mr. Eby was an executive at Fidelity Investments, where he was responsible for directing that firm’s database marketing and mailing programs.
Mr. Eby possesses a broad set of skills in several disciplines, including: direct marketing, fundraising development, electronic business strategies, and client management.
In addition to clients within the financial services industry, Mr. Eby’s clients have included: The Cousteau Society, Maryland Public Broadcasting, Nature Conservancy, MCI, Boston’s Children's Hospital, and the US Navy.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Eby received his BS in Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from Boston University. He resides in Baltimore with his wife and 2 children.
Bonnie Pace
Pace brings twenty years of sales and marketing experience to the Events Marketing and Management firm. Her background includes sales management with a National Restaurant chain, regional sales in Baltimore/Washington with a Harbor Cruise company, Director of Sales of a Washington area hotel and conference center, and VP of Sales and Marketing with a Washington DC helicopter sightseeing company.
Pace will focus on corporate events in Howard County and the Baltimore/Washington corridor, working closely with the Howard County chamber and other civic groups.