Vice President of Meetings, Pam Ballinger, oversees the entire meetings, exhibits and registration department at AH. Pam directly manages two large meetings, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (more than 6500 attendees and 1500 exhibitors) and the American Transplant Congress, a joint meeting of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (5,000 attendees and 1200 exhibitors), each with a budget of more than $2.0 million. Additionally she manages special project meetings, including: 41st Congress of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, September 2008 (3000 attendees), International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, March 2009 (3000 attendees), and the International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, June 2009 (6500 attendees)

Pam has 22 years of meeting management experience. Before joining AH, Pam worked for Slack Incorporated and J.B. Lippincott Company. Pam holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maine.