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Galen Poss

Galen A. Poss, CEM, is President of Hanley-Wood Exhibitions, a division of Hanley-Wood, LLC.  With the division since its inception in January 2000, Poss is responsible for managing and growing the company's exhibition activities, which are concentrated in the building and construction industry.
Prior to joining Hanley-Wood Exhibitions, Poss spent six years with the Dallas Division of Miller Freeman, Inc. in Dallas, Texas.  As Group President, he had overall responsibility for the real estate, design, decorated apparel, sewn products, building, association management and equine markets, as well as the company's South American division and corporate exhibition central services.
Poss began his career in the tradeshow industry in 1977 in sales with the Greater New Orleans Tourist and Convention Commission. In 1979 he joined the Automotive Service Association heading up the organization's convention department. In 1983 he formed Precision Planning & Sales (PPS), Inc., an exhibitions management company, providing exhibition and conference services for associations. He earned his CEM (Certified Exhibitions Manager) designation in 1987.
Poss is a frequent speaker at exhibition industry events, in addition to being a former board member of the International Association of Exhibition Management (IAEM) and the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR). He is a current board member and Past Chairman of the Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO). He was the first Chairman of the IAEM Service Corporation, is former Chairman of the IAEM Foundation and was 1999 Chairman of CEIR.  Also in 1999, Poss was the recipient of IAEM's highest service award, the William Hunt Eisenman Career Achievement Award.
Poss lives with his wife and two daughters in Southlake, Texas