VenueConnect 2019

Mac Campbell
Deputy Director
Baltimore Convention Center


Mac Campbell, CTA, CVP is the Deputy Director at the 1.2 million sq. ft. Baltimore Convention Center. He oversees all facets of Center’s operations including sales and aesthetics for a facility that services over a half million people annually for trade shows, conventions, and meetings. Mac began his career at the Center in 2012 as Director of Client Services. Mac has championed the sustainability initiatives at the Center, developing new programs that lent to the facility receiving APEX/ASTM Green Meetings certification in 2015. He takes pride in in creating opportunity for the Center to partner with local charities in Baltimore. Through staff volunteer work and the diversion of unused goods and food products from conventions, the Center is able to support the mission of several local not-for-profit agencies. Prior to coming to the Convention Center, Mac spent seven years at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. As Operations Manager his responsibilities included event set-up coordination and building maintenance supervision of both a new 2,000-seat concert hall and 114-year old historic colonial mansion on 11-acres of grounds. Mac has been an active member of IAVM since 2009, having volunteered for and participated in many of the offerings the association has to offer. Most recently, Mac has served as the Director of Region 1, a member of IAVM’s Executive Committee, and as a member of the Board of Governors. Mac holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree from Elon University with a major in Corporate Communications and General Music and a minor in Jazz Studies.

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