The global event team was founded in 2009 by Jon Summersfield, a 30-year respected veteran in the meetings industry, 20 of those years in meeting and event management. During his career, Jon has garnered extensive experience in all areas of meeting management and logistics, both domestically and globally. For the last 20 years, he has been based in Florida, which is where he established the global event team, a cutting-edge and dynamic meeting management company with offices in Boca Raton and Orlando.

In 2011, Katharine Hayes, CMP, another 25+ year industry veteran, joined Jon as co-owner. Katharine specializes in association, corporate meetings and award-winning large-scale events. She has brought her core team to the global event team, and together they have developed GET into a truly well-respected company in the meetings and events industry.

The choice of people to lead each aspect of GET's operation was crucial to both Katharine and Jon's vision, and the subsequent hires of Shonna Wells and Diana Mainieri meant that management was truly in place to lead the onsite teams, the sourcing initiative and the drive to streamline and effectively operate every event — from large to small, from social to corporate, from DMC work to full meeting management.