Trey Reilly is as entertaining as she is experienced. This seminar will give you a great deal of insight into the challenges you will face when you run your first convention or game day. You will be glad you took the time to listen. This presentation was recorded at the 2007 GAMA Trade Show. Hand-outs and show notes are avilable to members from the Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA).

When she was 12, Trey Reilly found a D&D boxed set sitting in her mother's closet. In no time at all, she started adventuring with her friends. When she got to college, her love of role-playing games led Trey to every game convention she could find. In 1994, she discovered a latent interest in organizing game conventions when she volunteered at one of her favorite cons.

The combination of games and conventions led her to co-found Wild Gazebo Productions in 2000. The company ran a series of LARPs and gaming conventions on the East Coast over the last five years.

Using her background in theater and theatrical lighting design, Trey spent the last seven years as a professional meeting planner and convention organizer. She planned trade shows, educational programs, weddings, corporate retreats, exhibits, and product launch parties. Her clients included the New Jersey Apartment Association, the Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation, and pharmaceutical companies such as Aventis and Ortho-McNeil. She also occasionally taught SAT and GRE classes for Kaplan Test Prep.

Since August 2005 she's been GAMA's Programs Manager. She oversees events and the Exhibit Hall for both GTS and Origins, as well as administering several of GAMA's member programs. She travels all over the country talking about games, and couldn't be happier to working for the industry she loves.