For Immediate Release
September 19, 2005
Press Contacts:
Jamie Antcliff, CEDIA
jantcliff@cedia.org
(317) 328-4336
CEDIA presents Billilynne Keller with 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award
Retiring executive director receives honor at CEDIA
EXPO 2005
Indianapolis, Ind. – Billilynne Keller,
executive director of the Custom Electronic Design & Installation
Association (CEDIA), received the association’s 2005 Lifetime
Achievement Award. CEDIA presented Keller, who plans to retire at the
end of this year from her leadership post, with its most prestigious
honor during the annual awards banquet held at EXPO 2005 in Indianapolis.
Keller,
who joined CEDIA in 1993, played an integral role in the association’s
ongoing growth and development to more than 3,000 member companies.
She also led CEDIA’s membership expansion into global markets,
while directing the association’s development of education and
internationally accredited certification programs.
With more than 20
years of experience working with not-for-profit organizations and
privately held businesses, Keller is a member of the International
Association of Association Management Companies, the American Society
of Association Executives and various special sections of the association,
including technology, international and
association management companies.
In addition, she serves as president
for Electronics Systems Industry Consortium and is past president
and current secretary/treasurer for
Integrated Systems Events, LLC. Keller is a partner in Raybourn Group
International, a leading association management company and also
serves as president of Odyssey Quest, a subsidiary of Raybourn Group
International.
CEDIA
is an international trade association of companies that specialize
in designing and installing electronic systems for the home. The association
was founded in September 1989 and has more than 3,000 member companies
worldwide. CEDIA members are established and insured businesses with
bona fide qualifications and experience in this specialized field.
CEDIA members include Residential Electronics Systems Professionals
who have emerged as the “fourth contractor” in the building
and remodeling industries alongside electrical, plumbing and HVAC professionals.
For more information on CEDIA, visit the association’s Web site
at www.cedia.org.
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