About Kellen
Senior Executives
ERIC ALLEN
Vice President
Eric Allen is a Vice President for Kellen Company and has more than 15 years of service with the company. He has more than 18 years experience in association management and communications, with particular expertise in healthcare meetings and exhibitions management, communications and public relations. He also manages Kellen Company’s Information Resource Center, which provides information from media, government and other sources to clients on a daily basis.
Allen serves as Executive Vice President of the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA) – the only trade association dedicated solely to the healthcare convention and exhibiting industry. Since 1998, Allen has been at the helm of HCEA. During that time, the association grew to its highest membership ever (more than 700); set attendance records at its annual meeting; and implemented numerous new services for members, including HCEA’s Online Directory of Healthcare Meetings & Conventions, online discussion forums, landmark research reports benchmarking the size, scope and economic health of the healthcare convention industry, new educational seminars, and new communication pieces targeted to healthcare associations.
He is co-author of the Exhibits chapter of the 7th edition of the Convention Industry Council Manual, the study book for the prestigious Certified Meeting Professional designation, and has authored articles on healthcare exhibit marketing for Pharmaceutical Executive, Medical Marketing & Media, Convene magazine, Insurance Meetings magazine, Insight magazine and other trade publications. He has spoken at meetings of the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers (IAPCO), the International Pharmaceutical Congress Advisory Association (IPCAA), the Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA) and HCEA. Allen is currently Vice Chair of the Convention Industry Council, and has served as chair of the Exhibit Industry Congress Models of Success Task Force and the Healthcare Congress Alliance, an international working group for creating greater scientific and economic quality in healthcare congresses.
Allen holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Bryan College and a master’s degree in mass communications from the University of Georgia.