Lisa Kropf Email & Phone Number

Lisa joined Marketplace Events, formerly dmg world media, in 2004 when her PR firm was retained to manage two consumer food shows launched in partnership with Food Network. In 2005, she joined the company full time as director of marketing & sponsorship for dmg’s portfolio of North American consumer home shows. She was promoted to sr. vice president sales & marketing in July 2008 and today manages a team of ten overseeing the company’s consumer and exhibitor marketing, corporate communications, research, sponsorship and sales efforts. During her 13 years as owner/operator of Kropf Public Relations Inc. in Cleveland, her firm provided marketing services to clients such as: Pepsi; IMG; Advanstar Communications; Countrywide Bank; PBS; the HGTV show “Room by Room”; the Akron and Youngstown Home & Garden Shows; the I-X Indoor Amusement Park; The Plain Dealer Everywoman Expo; and others. Prior to starting her business she also worked in sales and marketing for The Front Row Theater, The Cleveland Play House and WKYC-TV3. She has worked on more than 100 different events in her 20-year career. A Cleveland native, Lisa is a graduate of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. She was named Entrepreneur of the Year by dmg in 2006 and in 1996, was named one of Cleveland’s "50 Most Interesting People" by Cleveland magazine. She is a regular speaker at industry events and is a member of NACS, SISO, IEG, and IAEE.

Listed skills include Marketing, Event Management, Public Relations, Sponsorship, and 13 others.

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  Ohio University

  Public Relations, Spanish