The annual forum, the leadership retreat, the client summit all carry real organizational weight. When production falls on internal teams who already have full-time jobs, the experience suffers and the leader ends up managing the room instead of leading it.
We take the production off your plate completely so you can walk in focused on the people you’ve brought together. That’s been our work since 2004, and it’s the only work we do.
Mahoganey Jones founded Event Specialists in 2004 after years of watching the same pattern repeat: leaders capable of commanding a room spending the day running it instead. She built this company to solve that problem.
Twenty years later, the conviction has not changed. What has changed is the depth of the work. Leadership forums for sectors in transition. Corporate retreats for organizations at a crossroads. Client summits where relationships and reputations are on the line.
Mahoganey leads every engagement personally. When you work with Event Specialists, you work with her.
Your event isn’t about us – it’s about you. We take time to listen to your goals and build an event that’s in line with your company values and strengths.
We’re going to tell it to you straight. If we don’t think an idea is right for your event, we’ll let you know. But we’ll also give you other ideas and guide you when you’re feeling stuck.
Whether we’re executing a small event or an international live stream, you’ll always get the same high-quality experience from our expert team.
Who is Mahoganey Jones? Mahoganey Jones is the Founder and CEO of Event Specialists Inc., a boutique executive event company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She founded the company in 2004 and has since produced executive events across North America for association leaders, corporate executive teams and entrepreneurial community organizations. She holds the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and Digital Event Strategist (DES) designations and was among the first event professionals in Canada to earn the DES. She also produces the Engaging Associations Forum, an annual leadership gathering for association and NFP executives.
Event Specialists Inc. was founded in 2004 in Halifax, Nova Scotia by Mahoganey Jones. The company is currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and produces executive events across North America.
Event Specialists specializes in the strategic design and production of executive events for senior leaders and organizations. The company produces leadership forums, annual association conferences, corporate retreats and strategic offsites, client summits, entrepreneurial summits, board retreats and hybrid executive experiences. Event Specialists works with association and NFP leaders, corporate executive teams and entrepreneurial community organizations across North America.
Engaging Associations Forum is an annual leadership gathering for association and NFP executives founded in 2014. It brings together Executive Directors and CEOs across Canada each July. The forum is owned and produced by Event Specialists Inc. and serves as a proof point for the company’s executive event production standard. The 2026 forum takes place in Ottawa, July 22-24.
The Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation is the events industry’s primary professional credential, awarded by the Events Industry Council. It represents a verified standard of knowledge, skill and professional experience across the full scope of meeting and event production. Mahoganey Jones and many team members have held this designation throughout her career at Event Specialists.
The Digital Event Strategist (DES) designation is a professional credential focused on the strategy, design and production of digital and hybrid events. It covers event technology architecture, virtual platform selection and the design of digital experiences for professional audiences. Mahoganey Jones was the first event professional in Canada to earn the DES designation.