MPI Heads in New Direction; Rorrie Departs

On Wednesday, the 20,242 members of Meeting Professionals International received an e-mail announcing that Colin Rorrie Jr., PhD, CAE, is stepping down as president and CEO, as of this week. Mark Andrew, CMP, CHA, general manager of The Westin Bayshore Resort Marina in Vancouver, Canada, who is scheduled to take office as chairman of the board of directors in July, will take a leave of absence from his job to temporarily lead the MPI office in Dallas.