Bethany Chirico, Mba, Cae, Cmp Email & Phone Number

Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Washington, Dc

- Directed full suite of logistics management/oversight services for more than 90 annual association meetings, special events, and two 1,500+ attendee annual conventions- Created and implemented standard operating procedures for logistics management for and supervised 7 full-time staff- Contracted and supervised vendor and supplier partners including audiovisual, digital registration and lead retrieval, entertainment/tours, and floral- Named to committee created to evaluate and recommend improvements to ABA shopping cart/membership database systems integration for all event registrations and product purchases- Introduced and implemented digital registration system in first 6 months- Negotiated and contracted multi-year AV contract in first 6 months

Arlington, Va

- Increased profit by 227% (from $480,000 to $1.57M) and registrations by 32% in 6 years- Increased exhibit hall sales by 13% in 5 years- Increased networking between association leadership and members by 268% in 2 years- Responsible for creation of mobile app downloaded by 4,200 members in 4 days - Direct full suite of conference management services for 5,900+ attendee annual conference- Direct educational content development of more than 110 educational sessions, 25 learning lounges, keynote presentation, 20 special interest group meetings, 15 exhibitor presentations, 10 preconference seminars, and first timer’s orientation, as well as logistical coordination of more than 100 networking meetings and events- Oversee logistical management services for 7 board meetings, 12 national committee meetings, 2 leadership meetings, 2 training meetings, and other ad hoc meetings annually

Arlington, Va

- Programmatic management of all professional development events including 2 training workshops, 5 preconference workshops, 10 preconference seminars, 12 webinars, 4 study-session programs, online testing, and cooperative programming with 23 affiliate groups and more than 10 higher education associations- Selecting topics and speakers- Writing and editing program titles and descriptions and editing book chapters- Marketing and advertising programs- Distributing nationally recognized higher education admission materials

Project roles included:Project Director, DHHS, Head Start’s 8th National Research Conference- Directed full suite of conference management services for 850+ attendee biennial conference- Planned and executed three planning meetings and maintained conference listserv- Led design, creation, implementation, and maintenance of Oracle 8i database containing over 27,000 entries of participant contact, submission, review, scheduling, and financial data. Generated 100% increase in online conference submissions and peer reviews and 62% increase in online conference registrations through creation, deployment, and marketing of conference database management system.- Served as Project Director for Head Start’s 7th National Research Conference and Subcontract Project Director for Head Start’s 5th and 6th National Conferences Deputy Project Director/Subcontract Project Manager, DHHS, Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) Discretionary Grant Review - Led programmatic, logistics, and operations activities through orchestration and supervision of technical staff who served as primary liaisons with Federal Project Officers from four bureaus of ACYF/ACF/DHHS - Coordinated reviews of over 450 applications by over 200 reviewers in a 4-week time span- Increased total contract revenue by coordinating sale of technical assistance tracking system that documents calls received in operations center regarding applications and reviews- Implemented and conducted focus groups of bureau representatives resulting in new reviewer recruitment strategy and integrated strategy with design and development of new grant applicant/reviewer website and database Corporate roles included:- Coordinated tradeshows, vendor relations, and marketing efforts for three corporate divisions- Authored five winning proposals in 2 years totaling over $8 million- Edited copy, designed layout, and coordinated with print bureaus for three nationally distributed publications

Washington, Dc

- Planned and executed over 350 international and domestic conferences annually including external client events held in the facility

Falls Church, Va

Washington, Dc

Atlanta, Ga

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Delta Delta Delta