As we gear up for InfoComm 2023, we want to introduce you to our team attending the show! We have plenty of familiar faces who are seasoned pros when it comes to the show, but we are also excited to introduce you to a few first-time InfoComm attendees!
Full-time staff
Gary Kayye
What is your job title? Founder
How many InfoComms have you attended? I have attended 36 InfoComms!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I race triathlons to stay alive.
Emily Dean
What is your job title? Director of Marketing
How many InfoComms have you attended? 2023 will be my 10th InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I have completed five Ironman 70.3 races.
Keri Lartz
What is your job title? Director of Operations
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my third InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I have run seven marathons!
Kirsten Sharpe
What is your job title? Global Accounts Director
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my seventh InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I am getting married in August!
Steph Beckett
What is your job title? Managing Editor
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my seventh InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? My first time flying on a plane was to InfoComm 2016!
Josh Gangway
What is your job title? Account Manager
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I am a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW)
Morgan Lawrence
What is your job title? Director of Communications
How many InfoComms have you attended? This year will be my seventh!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? My dream job as a kid was to be a veterinarian.
Megan A. Dutta
What is your job title? Editor-in-Chief, LAVNCH [CODE]
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my 17th InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I bought a purple phone as soon as I got hired to fully embrace the rAVe brand!
Abbie Ashford
What is your job title? Marketing Manager
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my fourth InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I’m getting married in September!
Emily Beauchamp
What is your job title? Project Manager
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I got a master’s degree in 10 months.
Anne-Marie Barr
What is your job title? Art Director
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my third InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I can touch my tongue to my nose!
Kelcie Frye
What is your job title? Social Media Marketing Manager
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my fourth InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I could put on a one-woman show of Hamilton. I’ll give you a free T-shirt if you stop me on the show floor and ask about it.
Katie Leiser
What is your job title? Social Media Marketing Manager
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my second InfoComm in person, but I have also supported our coverage from home so I feel like I’ve attended more!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I made it to the Junior Olympics for swimming when I was in middle school in the 100 breast stroke.
Video Shooters and Team Members Running THE GAME
Dalton Powell
What is your college major? I just graduated from UNC’s Advertising and Public Relations Program
How many InfoComms have you attended? I have been to one InfoComm before; this will be my second and I am super excited!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I went skydiving for the first time recently!
Abby Pallant
What is your college major? Advertising and Public Relations at UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? By the time I was 16 years old, I had lived in three continents and two states!
Juliana Streeper
What is your college major? I am a Journalism major and I am minoring in Education and Studio Art
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I studied abroad in Ireland my first semester of college!
Ethan Boyd
What is your college major? Advertising and Public Relations
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I can speak French conversationally.
Tara Sneed
What is your college major? Advertising/PR
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? When I’m not at school or working for rAVe, I work on the production team of commercials and TV shows!
Emma Cate Burhans
What is your college major? Business Administration and Advertising/PR
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I created an informal business over the pandemic in 2020 of constructing, sewing and selling custom masks within the community.
Ruthie Harvey
What is your college major? I am an Advertising and Public Relations major.
How many InfoComms have you attended? This is my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I am a big Carolina Hurricanes fan.
Ashley Wilhelm
What is your college major? Pre-Business Administration and Psychology double major
How many InfoComms have you attended? This is my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I have two different sized thumbs! It is a skeletal condition called Brachydactyly type D.
Bridget Reeder
What is your college major? I am intending to double major in Media and Journalism (with an Advertising/PR concentration) and Psychology.
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I was in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade last year.
Brooke Watson
What is your college major? My major is Exercise and Sport Science with a minor in Advertising and Public Relations
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I am from a huge family, I am one of nine kids!
Tommy Wellenhofer
What is your college major? I am an Economics and Advertising double major.
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I can sing Harvest Moon by Neil Young really well.
Catherine Oxendine
What is your college major? Advertising and Public Relations and Political Science with a minor in Conflict Management.
How many InfoComms have you attended? This is my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? A fun fact about me is that I have been to Europe!
Cormac Baxter
What is your college major? Journalism
How many InfoComms have you attended? This is my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? My dad is from South Africa!
Alexia Arellano
What is your college major? I am majoring in Advertising and Public Relations and a minor in Conflict Management
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I studied abroad last summer in Spain to study international marketing!
Anna Wesley Dubach
What is your college major? Advertising and Public Relations
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first InfoComm.
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I have a coffee blog/Instagram account (@dubshotofespresso).
Maycee Kay Aycock
What is your college major? My college major is Public Relations, with a double minor in Biology and Political Science.
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my first!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? One fun fact about me is that I grew up on a farm. I hope to have my own cows one day!
Connor Sule
What is your college major? Double majoring in Public Policy and Advertising/Public Relations.
How many InfoComms have you attended? This will be my second InfoComm!
What’s a fun fact about yourself? I am president of one of the biggest chapters of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity.
We can’t wait to head to Orlando for InfoComm 2023 and see our favorite #AVtweeps! If you see us at the show, say hi. As always, we’re the ones wearing purple!
