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Dulles, Virginia

Conceptualizes, plans and produces timely educational events specifically tailored to the financial and professional education of electric utility leaders. As part of events team, produces conferences that achieve 90% (or higher) in attendee satisfaction scores.• Strengthens CFC’s targeted promotion strategies, production schedules in addition to rebranding multimedia and print materials.• Elevates the event theme and production for signature conferences, CFC Forum and Independent Borrower Executive Summit (IBES), to enhance CFC’s visibility within electric cooperative network. Ensures high quality, and on budget, audiovisual (AV) production in all conference sessions.• Customizes content in order to attract member CPAs and engineers to earn continuing education accreditation. Manages compliance with National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s (NASBA) continuing professional education (CPE) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) continuing education units (CEU).• Assesses and implements new event management software (Aventri, Cvent), mobile app, survey and marketing products with CFC’s Digital Strategy goals. Fosters collaboration with internal stakeholders to customize software products, mitigate potential challenges and create member-facing training materials.

Arlington, Va

Manage multiple business areas including staff training and development, vendorrelations, cost control, and resource planning of a restaurant/bar/live music/off-site corporate event venue totaling over $1.2 million in annual sales.Reduce operating expenses and optimize profits by effectively negotiating vendorcontracts and controlling food, beverage, and labor costs.Supervise, mentor, and motivate staff members to achieve operational salesgoals and exceed customer service standards.Promptly address and resolve escalated customer issues.Spearhead employee training regarding food safety and quality control guidelines.Implement continual process improvements and oversee new catering division,coordinating all aspects of client communication, food delivery, and qualityassurance.

Arlington, Va

Led and developed corporate education and training projects in collaboration with marketing, human resources, legal, and finance units.Created new training programs and conference material based on client needs.Delivered presentations to smaller groups as well as conferences with upwards of 1,000 attendees to help nationwide employees improve in their field of work.Provided seminars and conferences on diverse topics such as employee benefits,investment and pension guidance, and workplace safety.Coordinated with on-site hotel or conference center staff to ensure smoothdelivery of various legal seminars, accounting and finance programs, humanresource conferences, and technical expo and trade shows.Handled all A/V needs, catering requirements, and special requests for clients and speakers in coordination with onsite vendors. Monitored and controlled program costs to ensure adherence to the organizationalbudget.

Arlington, Va

Advised HR department representatives (NRECA members) across the country by phone, at on-siteworkshops, and at national conference seminars on pension,group plan, and financial services.Formed financial management strategies for clients based on critical analysis of company data.Designed training modules and suggested ways to improve client businesspractices and resolve obstaclesCompleted Series 6 and 63 designations