Trudie Finley

Trudie Finley is the vice president of meetings and special events at the National Retail Federation. In this role, she oversees logistical and operations components of all NRF events, including site selection and recommendations, contract negotiations and on-site executions of events, notably NRF’s annual convention and expo. 

Finley has worked in various event planning capacities for organizations in the Washington, D.C., area and Greenwich, Conn. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and currently resides in Maryland.