Deirdre Flynn is the executive vice president of the North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM), a 550-member company trade association of manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment and supplies. Prior to joining NAFEM as its chief staff executive in 2002, Flynn was executive vice president of the Marketing & Communications Division of SmithBucklin Corporation, an association management firm, where she worked with NAFEM for nearly 20 years managing trade show, strategic planning, media relations, communications and branding programs for the association. Additionally, she held senior marketing and management positions with a wide variety of food and foodservice organizations, healthcare societies and technology user groups. Flynn currently serves on the Advisory Board for the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.