Speakers

Jenn Heinold is SVP, Expositions for the Americas at AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. In her role she oversees the strategy and vision for the annual InfoComm show taking place June 11-13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. This October, Jenn and her team will launch InfoComm América Latina in Mexico City, MX.

Prior to AVIXA, Jenn served as president of Taffy Event Strategies, a full-service show management company for three years where she managed day-to-day business operations, client relations and new business development for the growing company. Jenn successfully integrated new clients to the Taffy Events’ portfolio and introduced new service offerings including strategic consulting and launch services. In April of 2024, Taffy Events announced the launch of their High Performance Expo, a wholly owned subsidiary producing events in the automotive aftermarket and performance racing markets. 

Before joining Taffy Events, Jenn served as Senior Vice President of Events for Access Intelligence. There, Jenn oversaw AI’s aerospace, healthcare and energy portfolios, in addition to managing a centralized operations and logistics team that produced AI’s tradeshows and events. Jenn successfully grew her portfolio and career at Access Intelligence through organic growth of existing products, launch and acquisition of events. During her 15 years at Access Intelligence, Jenn also nurtured and grew her team, producing many future leaders within the trade show industry. 

Jenn started her career in trade shows at National Trade Productions. She is a member of International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) and Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO) and completed ABM’s Advanced B-to-B Leadership Program. Jenn regularly speaks at tradeshow industry events and has presented at ExpoExpo, SISO Executive Leadership Summit, Shepard Sandbox and ECEF. Jenn lives in North Cape May, NJ with her two big black dogs and is close to her three nieces. When she’s not producing shows, she spends her time at the beach, gardening and fishing.