Our People

Nth Degree would not be what it is today without the great people that make this company thrive. We would like to share with you a snapshot of some of the great people on our team — just to give you an idea of the phenomenal people who work at Nth Degree.

Lavinia Williams, Las Vegas Office Manager, Client and Business Services (Since 1987)

Lavinia was the second woman to become City Manager at
Nth Degree. She has received numerous awards for her great attitude and work ethic. You go girl!

Her philosophy is to work until the job is done and work wherever she is needed, she'll jump in and help with any job, no matter how big or small.

She and her husband live in Nevada and have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Together, they enjoy dancing, singing, yard work, swimming and especially spending time with their grandchildren.

Just recently, Lavinia was at a show where our client's exhibit house forgot to ship the booth to the show! They tried to overnight the booth, but the shipment got lost, so she and her team used a local resource to piece together an exhibit for the client to use. They had to set-up the exhibit on the loading dock and hand carry it in because the show had already opened! Great dedication!

Bill Bateham, Project Manager (Since 1986)

Bill has been part of the Nth Degree team for 19 years. He began in Tampa, worked out of the corporate office for 6 years on special projects, and was the Nth Degree city manager in Orlando, one of the largest convention cities in the U.S. Bill now serves as one of Nth Degree's top project managers working and traveling with Volvo and Alcatel.

Bill and his family live in Florida where he enjoys wakeboarding and golfing.

Bill is an extremely dedicated project manager. The day of his bachelor party, he installed exhibits at a show out of town, flew home that night for his party, got married the next day, enjoyed a one-day honeymoon and then flew back for the dismantle of the show. Talk about dedication and not to mention an understanding wife!

Pete Hawkins, Project Manager (Since 1987)

Pete's calm demeanor and ability to run a project seamlessly has been instrumental in many major trade shows as well as the installation of the Coca-Cola museum for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Pete has been the recipient of the Leadman of the Year award and was one of the first recipients of Nth Degree's internal Extreme Awards. He has since received many more!

Pete and his wife live in Georgia, have 5 children and 3 grandchildren. When Pete has time to unwind, he enjoys golf, playing paintball with his son and son-in-law and spending quality time with the grandchildren.

Pete is willing to go to any length for a client. After a 10-hour flight to Germany, Pete went directly to the show floor to find an unhappy client whose booth was tied up in customs. Immediately, Pete began working with the German office to have pieces of the exhibit built on-site. Pete worked tirelessly to make the exhibit surpass the client's expectations. With very little sleep and a whole lot of jet lag, Pete amazingly pulled it all together and the client was happy when the show opened!

Rick Holley, Project Manager (Since 1983)

Rick joined Nth Degree over 22 years ago and has served as a teamster, carpenter, leadman, sponsor, master foreman. He is currently the Intel Project Manager for both international and domestic shows.

Rick is the recipient of several Extreme Awards and is known as one of the best leadmen to have on the job.

Rick is based out of Dallas where he lives with his wife. He has one son and one daughter and 2 grandchildren that he enjoys spending time with.

Rick was managing a Road Tour for one of our top IT clients. At one stop, he was able to do the installation for the tour but became ill and had to have emergency gall bladder surgery. He recovered quickly and made it back in time to do the dismantle! Great dedication!

Patrick Shepherd, Project Manager (Since 2000)

Patrick's expertise in logistics, operations, financial management, pre-show and post-show consulting, on-site supervision and estimating is unparalleled in the industry.

Patrick has worked in every large venue in the United States, and also has extensive international project management experience. During his career, he has worked with clients such as Dell Computer, Home Shopping Network, Disney, Heritage Display Group, IDEAS, Folio Display Group, MC2, Compaq, Gartner, Hewlett Packard, Philips, and Vision Events.

Patrick lives in the Boston, MA area with his wife and 2 beautiful daughters.

Patrick was the lead project manager for one of our biggest clients at the top telecom show in world. To ensure everything went flawlessly for the client, he spent a total of 103 days in Switzerland managing the project. He was gone so long, his family traveled to Europe to visit him!

Gino Apadula, Project Manager (Since 1983)

Gino began his career as a leadman and now serves as the primary Project Manager of the Siemens Medical account traveling nationwide.

He is very active with both the Teamsters and Electricians Unions and has been the recipient of several Extreme Awards during his tenure at Nth Degree.

Gino and his wife have 3 children and live in New Jersey.

Gino is the dedicated Project Manager for one of our top healthcare clients. He has worked almost exclusively on their account and travels 250 days out of the year for this company. He even works 14 hours shifts for 3 days straight at one of their biggest shows each year. This particular show falls on Thanksgiving, and for the past 15 years, Gino has dedicated this holiday to managing this show.

Deb Stone, Manager of Labor Operations (Since 1996)

Deb has been with Nth Degree almost 10 years and has served in almost every position within Labor Operations from Regional/Vertical Coordinator, CSR, Assistant City Manager and Planning Supervisor to her current role as Manager of Labor Operations.

Her primary responsibilities include overseeing the Show Management Department, Planning Coordinators and Travel Department to ensure proper staffing and coordination of over 10,000 shows for 3,000 clients per year.

She is a wife and mother of 2 young boys. Deb's husband and children are avid Yankee fans, and they enjoy watching baseball together as a family.

Deb does whatever it takes for Nth Degree clients. In her first year with Nth Degree as a CSR, a client discovered that she needed new graphics for her booth - the catch, it was midnight and the show opened in eight hours. Deb woke up the graphics manager and dropped the order off at 1:00 AM. After a 30 minute nap and a shower, she delivered the graphics onsite at 6:00 in the morning! She was exhausted but excited that she was able to make the show a success for the client.

Maureen Burke, Program Management (Since 1990)

Maureen has been with Nth Degree for 15 years during which time she has helped hundreds of clients with their trade shows and events in the healthcare and IT industries. She has managed client relationships including Citrix Systems, Hospira, Hewlett Packard and Forest Labs and has been instrumental in the management of their overall trade show schedules.

Maureen's key expertise is in developing overall strategies for our clients' programs. She is responsible for leading the teams who implement and execute all aspects of the program.

Maureen lives in Georgia with her husband and 2 delightful children. In her spare time, Maureen enjoys running, Yoga and reading.

Maureen was leading an RFP response for a large program management account. She was ninth months pregnant and working around the clock to complete the proposal. On the night before the proposal was due, she worked at the office until midnight to get complete the RFP response, and then had the baby that weekend!

Sandra Braun, Labor Sales (Since 1988)

Sandra began her career at Nth Degree while in high school and quickly moved up the ranks of Nth Degree. Sandra took an original $3 million territory and expanded the annual sales over 60% within a couple of years!

Her positive attitude and outgoing personality has made her one of the company's top Account Executives supporting some of Nth Degree's largest IT clients including Texas Instruments, Dell Computer Corporation, Lanier and Verizon Wireless.

Sandra and her husband live in Georgia with their two beautiful daughters and rambunctious dogs. In her spare time, Sandra enjoys running and cooking.

Sandra signed up to run a half marathon, but after a particularly busy fall trade show season, didn't think she could do it. She was out of town for two whole weeks on business prior to the race, but she decided to run the marathon after all on Thanksgiving Day. Some of her Nth Degree co-workers were at the finish line to congratulate her completion and dedication!

Georgia Spear, Corporate (Since 1988)

Georgia's "Whatever it Takes" attitude is exemplified in everything she does. She handles just about everything from apparel, fleet vehicles, facility leases to scheduling/calendars of the President and VP's.

Everyone knows her as the "go-to" person who always has the answer.

In her free time, Georgia enjoys spending time with her granddaughter, playing tennis, reading, cooking and entertaining.

Ask Georgia what she loves the most about her job and she will tell you: "It's all the players on the team! We've got each other's backs, and I know I can depend on any one of them to get done whatever needed to be done. Whether it's the rookies or the veterans on the team, during good seasons and bad, they ALL have the 'whatever it takes' attitude."

Mulu Tesfaye, Accounting (Since 1999)

Mulu began her career at Nth Degree as a staff accountant and has moved up to roles with increasing responsibility through the accounting department during the past 5 years.

She has been instrumental in streamlining the accounting process for the Auto group including budgeting, billing, collection and reconciliation to improve cash flow.

Mulu is married and the proud mother of 2 beautiful daughters.

Mulu has not only streamlined our accounting processes, but has really changed the way we do business on behalf of our clients. She handles one our top auto accounts and is responsible for over 10 million dollars and handling 5,000-6,000 transactions a month! That's a lot of emails!