New ESPA President Denise Reid on DEI, New Member Acquisition–and a Show-Stopping 'Ave Maria'

Denise Reid, new president of Event Service Professionals
Association (ESPA), shares how event service professionals are
often on the front line of ensuring destination DEI for meetings
and events, as well as her plans for ramping up the association
following the pandemic upheaval, and also favors listeners with
an amazing rendition of Ave Maria!


Aside from delivering memorable event service at the Hyatt
Centric French Quarter in New Orleans, Reid, you see, is a
classically trained mezzo-soprano who has performed with the Gulf
Coast Opera Théâtre and the Keesler Air Force Base production of
Handel's Messiah in Biloxi, Mississippi. She's also a member of
Women@Hyatt, Hyatt B.L.A.C.K. Diversity Business and Resource
Group and Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association.