Joyce E. Depass Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

As a member of the advancement team, Joyce develops and executes strategy to build and maintain programs, activities, and special events that support community within the school. She forges relationships with school volunteers, key faculty, staff, and other stakeholders to represent the school to our internal and external communities and promote opportunities for engagement.

Hired to lead the strategic direction, planning, and oversight of all Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. meetings and events, including the biennial international convention/conclave.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Rendered meeting and event management consultative services while providing care and support for a family member in the advanced stages of dementia.

Washington D.C.

I was brought on board to oversee the logistics for all Society meetings, trade shows, and events ranging from 10 to 7000 attendees and 500 exhibiting companies. Handled all budgeting, contract negotiations, vendor management, attendance building and engagement, specification development, food and beverage, production, and assessment. I reduced expenditures, exceeded annual revenue goals, and delivered on a wide range of improvements including a 61% increase in room block pick-up by integrating registration and housing services and offering book-the-block incentives. I managed negotiations for annual conference venue contracts effective through 2025, limiting the organization's liabilities through zero attrition terms and periodic room block reviews. Contracts also included protection against hotel oversell, housing poachers, renovations, and additional fees.

Washington, D.C.

In this role I led the planning, management, and assessment of all convention center operations for the 7,000 attendee fall meeting and 3,000 attendee Spring Council Forum. I also managed negotiations for alternate, off-site spaces that provided product councils with topic relevant venues for their full-day meetings. For non-traditional meeting spaces such as raw office space, abandoned city housing complexes, and vacant warehouses I outsourced all power, lighting, internet, audiovisual, furniture, rain/shade protection, and food and beverage.

Washington D.C.

As the director I was accountable for a 5,000 attendee AAHE National Conference on Higher Education , a 2,500 attendee National Assessment Conference, and several smaller events. At the beginning of my tenure I conducted a thorough internal audit which revealed the need for improvement in post event evaluation and assessment. To address this deficiency, I developed a documented system for collecting, analyzing, and bench marking attendee feedback to ensure that future conference development was informed by the individuals, speakers, and sponsors of that participated in the events.

Washington, D.C.

I led the creation and implementation of a national leadership development program and special event training for a large 150,000-member organization. As the Director of Branch and State development, I helped AAUW branches build their financial capacity through special event fundraising, donor development, volunteer management, and leadership recruitment and retention. I also oversaw content development and delivery for their national conference and state leaders meetings. As the Director of Leadership Development, I authored numerous training resources and led strategic planning efforts at the branch, state, and national levels to improve member recruitment, retention, and leader succession planning. I also managed the planning and implementation of the inaugural AAUW National Conference for College Women Student Leaders.

Washington D.C.

In this role I developed successful corporate, foundation, and government grant proposals and led special events. My results included the funding of an $85,000 AmeriCorps grant, $50,000 in corporate sponsorships, and over $65,000 in in-kind contributions in support of their annual conference. I also contributed to the development and planing of their national conference and state leaders meetings.

Arlington, Va

I worked progressively for the March Dimes earning several promotions throughout my tenure. As the Telethon Producer for local segments of the nationally broadcasted telethon, I oversaw contract negotiations, logistics, talent, and volunteers. I partnered with congressional, business, media, and sport influencers as the Director of Special Events to manage two high profile ticketed events and brought in over $500,000 in funding per year. As Director of Development, I managed a $6.3M fundraising budget and events throughout Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia. I increased fundraising, while in this role, 50% through corporate and community support. In my final role at the March of Dimes, I led all chapter fundraising and program efforts in the District of Columbia and represented the organization in community partnerships and coalitions.