Anne Agniel Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, VA, US

Washington, D.C.

• Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing at Washington, DC headquarters, lead an Events, Sponsorships, and Partnerships management team that supports all major CoStar Group brands.
• Responsible for setting and driving strategy and execution for multiple annual multi-million dollar internal and external events, partnerships, exhibits, and sponsorships for international trade shows.
• Provide leadership and hands-on execution of the concept, design and production of large-scale events, conferences, receptions, trade show installations, colleague engagement initiatives and special events from concept.
• Collaborate across functions and brands to drive consensus and create solutions-oriented plans.
• Commercially focused to ensure that all events support business initiatives and are tailored to various targeted audiences and objectives.

Alexandria, Virginia

• In this leadership role on the Event Strategy and Experience team, collaborated cross-functionally to elevate SHRM’s conference portfolio, with a collective budget of $16M+ USD for events ranging from a few hundred to.
• Led event logistics with a team of internal and outsourced experts in the annual execution of SHRM’s hybrid Annual Conference & Expo, 6-8 specialty conferences offered in person, virtually or as hybrid programs for up.
• Managed procurement, including sourcing, RFP production, recommendations or selection, contract negotiations and execution with legal and finance teams for service providers, convention centers, special event venues.
• Collaborated closely with numerous internal stakeholders and industry experts on the strategic changes and innovative experience designs needed for a new normal, including health safety requirements.
• Evaluated technology, operational processes and current commitments, guiding the team’s sourcing of new partners or platforms to streamline event operations, maintaining existing successful relationships and a high.
• Led partnership with annual meeting’s housing agency, pivoting housing and transportation strategies to increase revenue opportunities and mitigate risk, maintaining oversight of all specialty conference contracts and.

Washington, D.C.

• As an MAA leadership member, established meetings as a profitable revenue driver by increasing attendance and exhibits sales, negotiating beneficial contracts, and featuring nationally recognized program content.
• Managed the Meetings and Events team and all operations for MAA’s annual meeting, with a $600K USD budget, including joint programming with other national math organizations for 1,600-2,000 attendees, working closely.
• Partnered with the American Mathematical Society on planning and execution of the annual AMS and MAA Joint Mathematics Meetings for 6,000+ attendees.
• While overseeing operations for special events and conferences in the U.S., and onsite programs at MAA’s conference center, fostered strong relationships with vendors, CVBs, major hotel brands, and venue contacts.

Dallas, Texas (Remote From Alexandria, Virginia)

• Led a diverse portfolio of international events for YPO’s 22,000 Chief Executive members from 125 countries.
• Managed operational teams, contracts, budgets, project timelines, site inspections, hotel blocks, décor, entertainment, education resource coordination, evaluations, and all specifications for assigned events.
• Worked in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle-East, North and South America on YPO member and management events ranging in size from 15 to 3,200, while partnering with member volunteer committees.
• Promoted in 2013 after successfully managing all logistics for the largest YPO conferences internationally, with a $10M USD budget, collaborating with annual Project Directors and member committees in various countries.
• Project directed Leadership Meetings domestically and internationally, with attendance restricted to the International Board and all YPO leadership committee members, and budgets of over $1.2M USD.

Bethesda, Maryland

• Worked remotely or onsite with international event Chairs on programs scaling from 3-10 days in length and 10-150 VIP guests in Morocco, France, Israel, Jordan, Ireland, Russia, Argentina, Kenya, Egypt, and the U.S.
• Managed budgets of up to $1.3M USD per event, for an invitation-only membership organization of Presidents and Chief Executives from 50 countries, with select membership limited to 2,000 international members.
• Managed negotiations and contracts with hotels, vendors, and event venues, leading extensive RFP processes to ensure competitive pricing and required CEO contract inclusions.

Rockville, Maryland

• Produced 15-20 annual meetings throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe for healthcare sector regulators.
• Led from joint strategic planning, budgeting and placement, through remote or onsite execution, including a multi-venue annual meeting with 2,100 participants, 120 exhibiting companies, scientific posters, and tours.
• Involved from strategic planning, budgeting, and placement through program evaluation and financial reconciliation, balancing essential team work with other RAPS stakeholders required to execute seamless events.

Washington, DC

• Recruited as Associate Director and promoted to Director of Client Services with 12 staff to manage all special events, conferences, concerts, weddings, meetings and festivals in 3 conference centers, a performance.
• Clients included GWU student organizations and administration, federal government, corporate and association clients for up to 800 events hosted annually with attendance from 10 to several thousand participants.
• Served as protocol, security and venue logistics liaison for all VIP delegations, including prominent political figures, entertainers, and a head of state.

Washington D.C.

• Coordinated various logistics for ASAE’s major events- the Annual Meeting & Exposition and the Management & Technology Conference- for of over 22,000 members at the time, from 50 countries.
• Managed seminars and CEO symposia, Hotel Operations Programs, and ASAE Foundation Special Events.

Washington D.C.

• Courtesy Associates was managed as a division of SmithBucklin Corporation from their DC headquarters and repeatedly ranked the number one meeting and event planning firm in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
• Oversaw event logistics for assigned corporate and U.S. government clients, including event budgets, contract negotiations, registration, onsite execution, and training of new event staff for each account.
• Managed travel, lodging, reimbursements, and conference requirements for federally sponsored travelers for various institutes at the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services.

Baltimore, Maryland

• Managed venue operations and all event services for clients’ conventions, conferences, public shows, and special events ranging from 200 to 20,000 participants, in 1.2 million square foot convention facility.
• Partnered with clients, vendors, and facility departments on space utilization, utilities, telecommunications, production, and exhibit requirements, producing all floor plans, staff schedules and operational.
• Hosted clients’ site inspections, chaired production meetings, directed facility staff and operations during events, and monitored contractual responsibilities, producing contract addendums, invoices and event debriefs.