More behind-the-scene shots you may not have seen at FDIC 2008. For Part I, CLICK HERE.
Hanging out on the back step: (l-r) Bill Gustin, Jack Murphy, Steve Auch, Skip Coleman, Rick Lasky, and Bobby Halton.
Those 900-plus booths in the exhibit hall don’t just sell themselves. They need a great exhibit team to pull off an exhibit hall of that magnitude: (l-r) Jennifer Altfield, Nanci Yulico, Eric Schlett, and Lila Gillespie. Do your feet hurt from walking the floor? Then they’ve done their job.
Alright, listen up. Nobody leaves the booth unless they take a free magazine and get past these guys: (l-r) Associate Editor Derek Rosenfeld, Online Editor Pete Prochilo, Associate Editor Rob Maloney.
Alan Brunacini (right): “Oh, did the restraining order expire that I have against you?”
John Phelan: “Can I call you DAD?”
What is Barry Henby doing to Senior Associate Editor Mary Jane Dittmar?
A. Reading her palm.
B. The secret handshake.
C. Paying her for making yet another FE author look good with her editing.
Eileen Brennan Cress, Tom Brennan’s daughter, truly a “chip off her father’s block,” is about to present the Training Achievement Award that bears his name. The Yenta knows he’s looking down from Heaven, really mad that he missed out on such a good time.
What funny thing happened to YOU at FDIC 2008? The Yenta wants to know. E-mail her at dianef@pennwell.com.
Diane Feldman is a 19-year veteran of Fire Engineering; she is executive editor and FDIC conference director. She has a B.A. in English/communications. Previously, she was an editor at the American Management Association in New York City.
