• Planned, scheduled, and executed all logistical aspects of a 3000+ attendees, 800+ session conference with 1,400 submissions, 40 education tracks, 15 preconference workshops and 200+ ancillary events. • Facilitated hotel accommodations, food and beverage event orders, room sets, audio visual, security, e-posters, exhibit hall, and temporary staffing. • Developed and negotiated contracts for hotels, meeting venues, housing blocks, registration, general service contractor, audio-visual, security and staffing services. • Developed, designed, and oversaw databases for registration, housing, and call for proposals. • Navigated multiple meeting management systems such as Conference Exchange (CONFEX) for proposals, awards, speaker management, meeting logistics and scheduling, Convention Management Resources (CMR) housing management system, Spargo, Inc. registration database, Cvent exhibitor database and B360 budgeting. • Developed and provided oversight for $1.5 million event budget including executing invoice reconciliation, account coding and account management for all meetings and events. • Led, collaborated, and served as the liaison for the events team and vendors. Provided recommendations, consulted, and executed complex internal and external events. • Spearheaded the annual conference call for proposals, developed a website to support the event, and recruited 470 volunteers for a two-phase peer-review process of 1,400 submissions. • Managed all logistics for 125 exhibit hall booths including the exhibitor services kit, floor plans, hall setup/teardown, ordering of booth equipment, and fire marshal approval. • Managed 20 meeting and events including hotel contracts, and meeting logistics a• Responsible for the fulfillment of all sponsorship opportunities.

• Facilitated and owned all aspects of the annual meeting planning including budgets, logistics, on-site management, marketing, honoraria, and recruitment of speakers.• Managed recruitment, training, and supervision of administrative staff and coordinators.• Created and led marketing activities for the association as well as membership communications.• Served as the key point of contact and resource expert for all members and association inquiries.• Provided administrative and event operational and logistical support for exhibitors, contractors and stakeholders to satisfy contractual obligations.

• Negotiated contracts for a city-wide annual meeting utilizing an average of 50 hotels representing over 15,000 peak nights yearly for an annual convention hosting more than 18,000 attendees.• Managed day to day housing operations and communications with an average of 25 hotel sub-blocks for corporations related to housing details, account management and block monitoring.• Planned and executed all logistics for 35 workshops and events on an annual basis.• Provided oversight for on-site temporary staff management, food and beverange event orders, hotel shuttle bus transportation, and invoice reconciliation.