Trinette R. Cunningham CPC/CTS
President

Trinette is a non-profit & event management professional with more than thirty years of combined association development, event operations and sales experience. In 2005, after a six-year tenure as the Executive Director of the Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA), Trinette founded the non-profit and event management consulting company, TR2 Consulting.

Trinette specializes in financial management, membership/attendance growth, social media marketing communications, exhibit/sponsorship sales and event logistics.

Through her leadership, NAPS has grown our membership, expanded our member benefits and streamlined management operations.

Our NAPS President has served as a board member of her alma mater, California University of Pennsylvania, where she created and endowed a scholarship in memory of her grandmother, who was also a Cal U. graduate.  She is a member of the Pennsylvania chapter of MPI, The American Society of Association Executives, ASAE and was recently appointed to the Advisory Council of the Women's Business Collaborative Alliance based in Washington D.C.    

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Maria Palladino

Membership and Marketing Director

Armed with more than 20 years experience working with national, regional and local brands across the United States, Maria Palladino leads the way in managing all design, marketing, web and social media for NAPS. She is proud to have worked with NAPS for over 18 years and to be a part of the exceptional growth of the organization.

Prior to launching her design and development firm, Starboard Creative, an innovative design, branding and marketing firm that actively connects brands with people by amplifying desirability to drive brand performance, Maria was the owner and chief creative officer of Vitalian Design, a well-established design and development firm in Atlanta that maintained a strong and loyal client base. Before this, Maria served as the Creative Director for Imology, the image and branding division of DIAWS Systems, Inc., based out of Alpharetta, GA, for four years.