Catherine Schrock, Cmp Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Trusted event and strategic partner offering over 35 years of event experience. 18+ years as a corporate meeting planner for a Fortune 500 company in the transportation industry. Extensive hotel sales, catering and conference service experience with major brands. As a corporate planner, responsible for all events, meetings that ranged from 25 people to 1800 people and managed Trade Shows of 100,000+ sq. feet with sponsorship experience. Accustomed to working across a wide demographic and is… Show more Trusted event and strategic partner offering over 35 years of event experience. 18+ years as a corporate meeting planner for a Fortune 500 company in the transportation industry. Extensive hotel sales, catering and conference service experience with major brands. As a corporate planner, responsible for all events, meetings that ranged from 25 people to 1800 people and managed Trade Shows of 100,000+ sq. feet with sponsorship experience. Accustomed to working across a wide demographic and is comfortable with C-Suite executives, mid level management and administrative teams. Known for finding solutions to challenging program requirements, bringing order to chaos and focusing on the details and strategies that make an event successful.Background:​35 years of diverse event & hospitality experienceLived and worked in 8 statesExtensive travel abroad Show less

Meeting and events professional with experience managing conferences, trade shows, sales meetings, training events, board meetings, customer events & incentives for a variety of meeting stakeholders including C-Level executives in a proactive, creative, efficient and fiscally responsible manner. CAREER EXPERTISE:Budget Management / Food & Beverage Trends / Tradeshows / Contract Negotiation / Housing & Registration / Site Selection / Event Marketing / International Protocol /… Show more Meeting and events professional with experience managing conferences, trade shows, sales meetings, training events, board meetings, customer events & incentives for a variety of meeting stakeholders including C-Level executives in a proactive, creative, efficient and fiscally responsible manner. CAREER EXPERTISE:Budget Management / Food & Beverage Trends / Tradeshows / Contract Negotiation / Housing & Registration / Site Selection / Event Marketing / International Protocol / Sponsorship /Content Development / Vendor Relations / Risk Assessment & Mitigation Show less

Responsible for the tour & travel market and convention sales market while representing seventeen cities and communities East of Seattle. Coordinated site visits, press tours, community events and marketing projects to promote East King County. Partnered with Washington State Tourism and the Seattle Convention & Visitor’s Bureau when representing the state and the region at industry events throughout the United States.

During my career with Hyatt Hotels, I worked in a variety of positions throughout the United States beginning as a reservations agent. After multiple promotions in various operations positions, I moved into sales and catering where I held positions as Group Sales Manager and Associate Director of Catering & Convention Services. In all of these roles, I received frequent commendations as a high performer, exceeded sales goals and received multiple letters of recognition from customers.