Evening Networking and Case Study Session
 

Jill Taub Drury
Co-founder and CEO of Drury Design Dynamics








Jill Drury is the Co-founder and CEO of Drury Design Dynamics, a full-service strategic communications agency that believes inspired, engaged, and empowered people drive innovation, insight, and advantage. As a result, Drury has become the industry leader in: strategic messaging, corporate communications, and the planning and production of live events including: Sales Meetings and Conferences, Product Launches, Leadership Summits, Media and Special Events,Training Programs and Entertainment. Founded in 1981, Drury has earned over 230 major industry awards from a variety of festivals worldwide. The world’s most respected brands trust Drury with their most important projects, including: IBM, Walmart, J&J, Deloitte and Google, and more than 200 others. Jill is proud that Drury Design Dynamics is certified as a Women's Business Enterprise, working to foster diversity, expand opportunities, and eliminate barriers in the marketplace. Jill’s determination to reach the highest levels of corporate social responsibility is evident: Drury has been named as a Top 500 Women Owned Business in US and Top 500 Diversity Business in US 2009 - 2012, and Top 100 Women Owned Business in NY, and Top 100 Diversity Owned Business in NY. As a result of Jill’s deep, personal commitment to sustainability, Drury constantly strives to not only raise awareness and take action within its own four walls, but also to be an industry influencer; creating learning opportunities and encouraging industry partners and clients to adopt ever-higher standards of sustainable behavior. Jill’s determination to reach the highest levels of corporate social responsibility is also evident in her roles as Director at Large for CSR and Sustainability of the ISES NY Metro Chapter and as event producer and Chairperson of the award-winning ISES Sustainability Summit.



Johanna R. Walsh, CMP
Founder of Twirl Management











Twirl Management is an event planning and consulting company based in New York and San Francisco and has 10 years of event planning experience. Ms. Walsh has produced events for Fortune Magazine, Esquire Magazine, corporate events and festivals ranging from intimate celebrations to 5000 people. As a leader in sustainable meetings Ms. Walsh contributed to and is a Certified Trainer of the ASTM/APEX Green Meeting Standards. She lead the development the Northern California Chapter of the Green Meeting Industry Council and provides training and eco-event consulting services for organizations such as the UJA-Federation and Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society and companies such as Bloomberg LP, Freeman, and Drury Design Dynamics. She has worked with high-level speakers such as CEO’s, cultural thought leaders and celebrities.  Twirl Management is a Certified Green Business by the City & Count of San Francisco and a member of Co-Op America. Ms. Walsh has a bachelors Degree from NYU and an Associates degree from F.I.T.