staff

As Group Vice President of Editorial, Melody Brown leads the development of cohesive strategies across our media portfolio. Since joining Emerald in February 2025, she has applied her years of experience in content innovation and brand transformation. Melody has led marketing and editorial departments by optimizing teams and streamlining workflows to drive digital transformation which augmented […]

Christina Wilkes was appointed to the Emerald leadership team in November 2024 as Senior Vice President of Emerald Operations. In this key role, she directs company operations related to the overall show experience across Emerald’s core markets that includes all aspects of customer engagement with show exhibitors, attendees, sponsors, and vendors. With more than 20 […]

Renan Joel joined Emerald in December 2024 as Senior Vice President, Connections where he leads the expansion of the company’s Industrial Division. In this role he oversees growth, revenue and profitability strategies for Emerald in serving numerous related sectors including the medical, decorated apparel, fastener, and other industries. Renan assumes a broad range of responsibilities […]

Chad Fors joined Emerald in August 2022 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Information Technology, leading the IT function across all divisions of the company. In this and his previous role as Emerald Vice President, IT Project Management, he has successfully established IT best practices while directing teams responsible for strategy, planning, applications development, […]

Sara Altschul joined Emerald in May 2024 and serves as the company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary. In this role she leads all aspects of Emerald’s legal and corporate affairs, including securities and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, commercial transactions, and litigation. With more than 20 years of experience, Sara has previously served […]

Cecilia Wang serves as the Deputy General Counsel where she leads the commercial, product, compliance, and litigation functions of the legal department. Cecilia joined Emerald in 2023, bringing with her a wealth of experience as an attorney specializing in the technology and advertising space. Prior to joining Emerald, Cecilia was Lead Counsel at Meta Platforms, […]

Kevin Gaffney currently serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager overseeing the Emerald Design Group and Xcelerator Division.  In this role, he directs development and execution of brand strategy and the management of the teams that are responsible for the day-to-day operations of Emerald’s trade shows and other brand products. He leads these teams […]

Lindsay Hubley serves as Senior Vice President, Sports and Outdoor Division where she oversees Emerald’s consumer event strategy and portfolio of trade shows aligned with the outdoor industry. Central to this role is her direct oversight and responsibility for the company’s premier events within this category, including Outdoor Retailer, Overland Expo and Surf Expo. As […]

Joe Webster joined Emerald in April of 2023 as SVP of Marketing & Brand Studio to direct marketing, audience development, and the expansion of Emerald’s brand studio across the enterprise. Before joining Emerald, Joe led global email strategy at Future plc, which he joined through Future’s acquisition of SmartBrief. In his leadership role at SmartBrief […]

Monish Sharma was named Emerald’s Chief Technology Officer in January 2023 where he leads technology, data and development teams. He previously served as Senior Vice President, E-commerce SaaS, for Emerald’s Elastic Suite business, a leading enterprise level B2B ecommerce platform used by numerous world class manufacturing brands across multiple industries. A seasoned technology professional with […]