Christina Garneski CAE

Christina Garneski, CAE is the Vice President, Meetings and Membership Services for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). She leads strategic initiatives for APTA meetings and membership services, overseeing membership recruitment and engagement, meetings and conference production, and sponsorship and partner programs. Garneski brings more than 18 years of association leadership, membership and events experience. Before joining APTA, she served as the Senior Director, Marketing and Membership for the Association for Psychological Science where she provided leadership and set the strategic direction for the 35,000 members of international scientific society. She was responsible for dues and non-dues revenue, overseeing membership and partnership programs for annual national and biennial international conventions.

Prior to that, she was the Vice President of Marketing, Communications & Events for the National Parking Association where she led several core business functions, produced major industry annual events, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Parking Magazine. Garneski spent 10 years with the Institute of Transportation Engineers, ultimately serving as the Senior Director of Marketing & Membership.

Garneski obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from James Madison University. She is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and currently serves as the immediate past chair of the ASAE Marketing Professionals Advisory Council.