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Shelley Pigeon Rote, CMP, DMCP

Managing Partner/Creative Director
srote@signature-dmc.com

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Shelley Rote began her distinguished career in the meetings and conventions industry in 1988 in New Orleans, her native city, working for several destination management companies. In 1995, she joined Signature as Director of Sales. Three years later, she and her co-worker, Maria Irwin, bought the destination management company in February 1998. Rote's responsibilities are numerous including managing the team, as well as creating meeting programs and special events. She is very active in the industry and has served on the Gulf States Chapter Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International (MPI) for three years as VP of Finance (02-03); VP of Administration (03-04); and VP of Membership (04-05). She has rejoined the Gulf States Chapter of MPI as a board member as Director of Special Events. She is also an international member of MPI and holds the designation of Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and Destination Management Certified Professional (DMCP). She is also an international member of the Society of Incentive Travel Executives (SITE); and the Women's Business Council Gulf Coast, which is the local chapter of the national organization, Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Rote is married with three children.