Management Team

Joseph S. Lipman - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Robert D. Lipman - Co-Founder of Summit Management
Claudette Pusey - Vice President of Meeting Services
Marty Beery - Director of Air Reservations
Mindy Camp Fedida - Director, Convention Services
Annette Winter - Director, Symposia & Medical Education Services
Barbara Wehrle - Director of Accounting

Robert D. Lipman
Co-Founder & Vice President

He serves as the company's General Counsel and Executive Vice President. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania, as well as the University of Texas School of Law.

Rob is responsible for corporate communications and general company operations, including supervision of the Medical Communications and Symposium division of the company.

He has fifteen years of conference planning experience, and served as a developer for the world's first artificial-intelligence based air-travel software program - System One's Air Planner.

Rob has visited all but one state and more than 40 countries. A geography and hotel buff - Rob has near encyclopedic knowledge of airline routes, applicable fares, and virtually every major metropolitan area.

He logs more than 150,000 miles each year in his capacity as Executive Vice President.

He telecommutes from his residence in Austin, Texas.