The Goffin Group

Biography – Gary S. Goffin

Gary Goffin is President and founder of The Goffin Group, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced travel services to television production companies. The Goffin Group is also a consulting firm that assists companies in the financial services, legal, and medical device industries to obtain measurable results from their meetings and events.

The Goffin Group was formed in 2002 to fill the gap in events, meetings and tradeshow management for the special needs of companies in the financial services industry. The firm’s offering

was expanded to additional industries the following year. By implementing a corporate travel purchasing model for television production companies, The Goffin Group has earned a strong reputation for reducing costs of casting, production and talent for reality TV shows.

Prior to forming The Goffin Group, Gary Goffin was Vice President, Strategic Programs and Events for Fidelity Investments Institutional Brokerage Group. With the overall responsibility for a $5 million budget for 150+ meetings annually, he developed and directed corporate events for Fidelity clients, prospects and associates that generated both quality leads and client loyalty.

Gary Goffin began his career in hospitality and travel working part-time and summers in restaurant, hotel and country club operations. Before joining Fidelity Investments he was Officer, Corporate Meetings and Travel for Chubb LifeAmerica, where he created and managed numerous successful and innovative meetings and incentive programs.

Gary Goffin is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP). He has served on the boards of the Cornell Club of Boston, New England Meeting Professionals International, and the New England Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In addition, he has been a speaker, breakout moderator, and guest lecturer at industry meetings, meetings management certification programs, and at the Massachusetts Governor’s Council on Travel and Tourism.

A native of Connecticut, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University.

Gary Goffin resides in the Boston area with his wife and two children. He enjoys watching and playing baseball with his family, coaching his son’s baseball and basketball teams, travel, railroad history, and classic automobiles.