About.

Gail Sparks-Riegel graduated from the School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University and began her career working for Hyatt Hotels and Resorts. She was later employed by Smith, Bucklin and Associates working on a multitude of nationwide events including conventions, conferences, board meetings, off-site functions, and VIP events.

 

Gail’s next endeavor was with the Consumer Electronics Association which produces the International CES in Las Vegas. CES is the world's leading technology event, attracting over 130,000 attendees, and 2700 exhibitors and showcasing over 1.8 million net square feet of exhibits. Among many of her responsibilities, Gail managed show logistics at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Las Vegas Hilton where she worked with hundreds of exhibitors, wrote the CES exhibitor manual, developed an online registration tool for exhibitor-appointed contractors, managed the annual CES Exhibitor Workshop, and much more.