Lead all aspects of SIAA and its Master Agency Business Meetings. Negotiate vendor, hotel, and event venue contracts.Produce event specifications and manage pre, onsite, and post event coordination.Manage budget and expenses for all meetings and events.Design and manage all event websites, marketing emails, and registrations.

Manager of Events for AIAA's SciTech and AVIATION Hybrid Forums, Spring Business Meetings, Associate Fellows Induction Awards Ceremony and Dinner, Fellows Ceremony and Dinner, Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala, and Congressional Breakfasts.Solely responsible for venue sourcing and contract negotiation, budgeting and accounting, and managing numerous vendors.Manage all company-wide events and activities.

Manage speaker protocol for AVIATION, Propulsion and Energy, and SciTech Virtual Forums, as well as AIAA's MLK Day and ASCEND Virtual Events. Manage all company-wide virtual and outside in-person events and activities.

Event Planner for AIAA's SciTech, AVIATION and Space Forums ranging from 2,500 to 5,000 attendees. Responsible for all logistics; working with hotels, convention centers, and numerous vendors. More information can be found at http://www.aiaa.org/Forums/.

PS|PS Digital is one of the nation’s most comprehensive production & digital fundraising management firms. Responsibilities Include:• Organize and manage the schedule for the Chief Operating Officer (COO) with 17 Direct Reports• Manage travel (flights, hotels, car rentals) for 57 staff members; averaging $80,000 per year• Organize and manage three fundraising events to encourage staff involvement with our nonprofit clients• Implement new travel and expense report database• Purchase and send client/vendor appreciation gifts; currently over $13,000• Arrange restaurant and hotel reservations, catering orders, conference and event registrations, and assistance to over 80 staff members• Coordinate tickets for clients and staff to over 160 events per year• Prepare agendas and take notes in all department and company meetings• Support the CEO, CIO, and CFO when needed

ASM is the world's largest scientific society of individuals advancing microbiological sciences in order to understand life processes and apply and communicate this knowledge for the improvement of health, environmental, and economic well-being worldwide. Responsibilities Included:• Managed the International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents, the Biodefense Research and Emerging Diseases Meeting, and the Clinical Virology Symposium programs; averaging a total of 8,000 attendees.• Tracked, managed, and organized programming budgets, expenses, invoices, grants, and corresponding finances; responsible for a total budget of approximately $1.3 million.• Collaborated with the Marketing team to design promotional meeting material and represent ASM at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona, Spain.• Organized and managed logistics for the three-day ICAAC Program Planning Committee Meeting in Madrid, Spain for forty attendees, consisting of initial RFP’s, hotel contract negotiations, food and beverage, flights and travel reimbursement, and development of a seventy-page planning manual. • Managed six Committee Chairs and sixty Program Committee members’ itineraries and schedules.• Produced scripts, documents, presentations, and reports for speakers, Committee Chairs, and association staff.• Managed the online speaker database vendor with over 1,000 speakers and the Abstract review process with over 3,000 abstracts.• Lead a team consisting of a Program Coordinator and Program Assistant.

ACRP is the primary resource for clinical research professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, and those in the hospital, academic medical centers, and physician office settings.Responsibilities Included:• Managed and planned for the Global Conference & Exhibition, which supports the Association’s revenue by $2.2 million with an average attendance of 2,000 professionals in clinical research. • Negotiated contracts for hotel room blocks, convention center, and all vendors.• Reviewed and edited all Global Conference & Exhibition Promotional Marketing materials and worked closely with the Marketing Manager.• Produced the Global Conference & Exhibition Business Plan and Budget to be provided for approval to the Association Board of Trustees.• Designed quarterly reports using conference evaluations and data for the Association Board of Trustees to document business processes and procedures.• Served as the staff liaison to the Global Conference Planning Committee; advised thirteen working groups and coordinated eight committee meetings. • Coordinated thirty staff schedules, orientations, and trainings.• Managed the online Abstract submission and proposal review process and vendor for over 250 proposals.• Administered the site selection process through 2020.• Oversaw and managed the Meeting Planner and Global Conference Administrator.

Rebuilding Together brings volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners. The national headquarters in Washington, DC supports affiliate nonprofits across the country.Responsibilities Included:- Managed the Annual National Conference with an attendance of 400 affiliate leaders, national corporate sponsors, exhibitors, VIP guests, keynote, and expert speakers. - Managed the Fifty for Five Hurricane Katrina Anniversary Event, rebuilding fifty homes in five days with over 1,000 volunteers. - Increased National Conference attendance by 45% while decreasing expenses by $13,000 from 2008-2012. - Independently created and organized an annual trade show to increase the National Conference revenue by $12,000. - Responsible for the Organizational Development Institute and National Conference budget of $350,000 and Annual Golf Tournament with net revenue of $78,000. - Marketed the National Conference by designing promotional material. - Managed over 100 educational opportunities per year for the network; increased participation by 848 attendees in 2011. - Simultaneously planned the Business to Business Meeting, National Board Meeting, Tradesperson of the Year Reception, and Sponsor/VIP (TV Personalities and Members of U.S. Congress) gatherings. - Acted as the staff liaison to the Organizational Development Institute Committee, overseeing and monitoring the agenda and speaker abstract process.

TerraCom is a small, minority owned business that contracts its conference and meeting planning services to Federal, Commercial, and nonprofit clients.Responsibilities Included:- Managed the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Small Business Conference with over 1,000 attendees and 100 exhibits; Coordinated the staff schedule and served as the direct liaison for U.S. DOE staff. - Managed the National Institute of Health (NIH) National Graduate Student Research Festival with over 250 students from around the country; working with the NIH staff. - Coordinated the 2007 and 2008 National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts Gala working with the VIP guests, speakers, and entertainment. - Managed the onsite registration process for the six Internal Revenue Service National Tax Forums (1,500-5,000 attendees per conference).

Men’s Health Network is a national nonprofit organization that provides prevention messages and tools, screening programs, educational materials, and advocacy opportunities for men, boys, and their families. Responsibilities Included:- Managed the planning, set up, implementation, and follow up of men’s health outreach programs nationwide. - Educated wellness coordinators from major national and international corporations, as well as other predominately male populated workplaces. - Developed partnerships with clients such as Sports Authority and Minor League Baseball to initiate and complete a national health campaign in five different states. - Organized and took part in the most successful Men’s Health event to date; providing health screenings to over 800 individuals. - Attended meetings with Congress, White House staff, state, local government, and nonprofit organizations to solicit support and advocate on behalf of men’s health causes and events.

Responsibilities Included:- Managed a caseload of twelve foster children, ranging from newborn to seventeen years old. - Identified the need for psychiatric hospitalization, special education, birth family involvement, and monitored the behavior of the children in the school, home, and the community. - Oversaw the finalization of foster care adoptions in the Washington, DC metro area; Organized court reports averaging twenty pages. - Counseled foster children and adolescents on a daily basis by developing an open door policy and was available via phone twenty-four hours a day, providing constant support for the foster children.