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Boston, Ma, Us

SHRM is a member-driven catalyst for creating better workplaces where people and businesses thrive together. As the trusted authority on all things work, SHRM is the foremost expert, researcher, advocate, and thought leader on issues and innovations impacting today’s evolving workplaces. With nearly 340,000 members in 180 countries, SHRM touches the lives of more than 362 million workers and their families globally. Discover more at SHRM.org.

Linkage is a global leadership development firm committed to advancing women and accelerating inclusion in leaders and organizations. For more than 30 years, Linkage has been changing the face of leadership by impacting organizational effectiveness and equity. Through our work with more than one million leaders, we continue to evolve our unique datasets, insights and innovative products to create comprehensive solutions—empowering top organizations to solve their most pressing talent challenges.As the Executive Director for Women in Leadership Events, I oversee the design, development, execution and growth of a global portfolio of signature programs for high-performing women leaders. The Women in Leadership Institute™ is designed to accelerate the advancement and maximize the potential of women leaders.

Glasswing Ventures is an early stage VC firm investing in AI and frontier tech startups that enable the rise of the intelligent enterprise. I led Glasswing’s marketing, communications, and platform. In this role, I was responsible for elevating the Glasswing brand, developing programming for the platform, and engaging with the ecosystem.

A dynamic, flexible, proactive senior contributor to the PCE Leadership Team. I was accountable for the human resourcing health of PCE, communications among PCE teams and to the larger Bose community, and coordination of planning activities/events.

I helped build authentic relationships that advance technology adoption, innovation, and purpose within brands - connecting experience with tangible business objectives to create powerful partnerships. Thought Leadership, Event Experience, Business Development, Sponsorship, Community Building.Clients included: Consciousness Economy - Chief Content OfficerAscendant Network - Content Director, Retail Ascendant & Expo Supervisor, Clorox iConnect

Managed the content teams that curate the agendas of conferences across the Comexposium U.S. portfolio, including: iMedia Summits, Modern Marketing Summits (MMS), ad:tech conferences, and Techno Security conferences.

Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the leading internet technology, media, and marketing association in the U.S. MITX also runs the Boston Interactive Marketing Association (BIMA). In this role, I oversaw the strategy and implementation of organizational products, guiding the development of event content and operations. The position gave me an opportunity to take a leading role in the growth of an organization, bring content to our community in interesting new ways, and make a difference in my local market.

I led the Content Department, managing and mentoring Content Manager, Communications Coordinator, and two contractors. Composed annual conference strategic plans and themes in collaboration with advisory board and senior leadership, then developed agendas, topics, and session content for 8+ annual conferences. Led content planning and strategy for private white label events for brand clients including: Clorox, General Mills, and PepsiCo. Worked with senior management and sales team to create new paid speaking opportunities. Managed speaker budget. Built advisory boards, soliciting guidance and aiding in building event experiences. Researched, recruited and coached speakers to success, nurturing relationships with speakers for the long-term. Identified trends, challenges, opportunities and best practices in digital technology and emerging media related to marketing and advertising - understanding the pressing issues that face brand and agency executives, bringing them to life on and off-stage through event experiences. Acted as the outward face of iMedia within the digital marketing community, building a network of digital marketing professionals. Liaised with editorial and video teams on cross-promotional features like iMedia25 and Breakthrough Video series, bringing the online and offline iMedia product together. Managed event staging, flow, and conference timelines including onsite logistics, AV requirements, speaker coordination, etc. Ultimate responsibility for event collateral including printed handbook and handouts.

Responsible for the editorial content at iMedia Summits. Worked with advisory board of digital media buyers and sellers to bring the most relevant thought leadership to our stage. At iMedia we strived to drive the industry forward through conversations around industry evolution, as well as provide actionable strategies attendees can integrate into their media planning immediately. My job was to foster this conversation through keynotes, panels, research, break out sessions, etc. from best of market brands, agencies, publishers, and technology service providers innovating and advancing the digital marketing sector.

Ran point on programming content for vertical Summits, assisted in all other Summit content production, and liaised between the content and iMediaConnection.com teams.

Assisted in all aspects of planning and executing conference content for executive level interactive advertisers.

Researched prospective funders, developed strategies to increase donations. Set monthly/annual goals. Prepared and edited corporate and foundation proposals, ensuring the agency and its programs were represented with the most up to date and compelling information, Tracked and reported on proposals, using evaluation outcomes. Helped plan special fundraising events, including taking the lead on new event series launch.

Managed 3 Science Instructors and 15 teenage Youth Interns. Maintained budget records. Scheduled science programs for 13 after school and summer day camp centers. In collaboration with Cornell University Cooperative Extension oversaw upkeep, maintenance, supplies, harvest, sale (including branding) of hydroponics produce and the addition of 2 urban rooftop gardens. Designed and taught hands-on science curriculums, including hydroponics, science experiments, planetarium studies, and NASA presentations for 6-13 year olds.

Mpa, Nonprofit Management

School of Public Affairs

Bs

Honors College, Study Abroad in Costa Rica