Directed and supervised a team of professional meeting planners providing event planning and logistics for over 40 domestic and international scientific meetings, exhibits and conferences ranging from 300 to 15,000 attendees; demonstrated experience in city-wide meeting development and execution, contract negotiations, logistics planning, budget development, marketing, transportation, security and crisis management; managed FASEB Continuing Medical Education (CME) accreditation; department head and member of executive leadership team.

Supervisor of office meeting planning staff, overseeing three meeting planners; Supervisor of registration staff, overseeing registration for over 22 annual conferences; Meeting Manager for 5 domestic CEO conferences (from 200 to 1500 attendees); Meeting Manager for International Monetary Conference, annual international meeting of top world-wide financial institutions; Oversight of future meeting site selections and hotel contracting specification development; Consultant to ABA divisions on exhibit floor management and procedures; Developed and wrote ABA registration and meeting planning procedural manual

Assistant to the Executive Director for staff planning, program logistics and contract resolution; Established office standards and procedures for event planning, coordinated staff schedules, and assisted in oversight of event planning execution; Coordinated the development of the society’s official symposia including solicitation for educational grants; Assisted Executive Director in oversight of preparations for annual meeting of 11,000 attendees

Independently managed multiple societies’ meetings (from 200 to 18,000 attendees) including Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Association for Biomolecular Resource Facilities, American Society for Cell Biology, American Physiological Society, Experimental Biology, Society for Leukocyte Biology*, and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics*.*International Meetings Researched meeting venues, prepared and monitored budgets, established agreements for future bookings, and managed expanding membership/events; Negotiated and managed contracts with hotels, convention centers, contractors and suppliers in major and second tier cities; Planned and managed program development including resume preparation, on-line abstract submittal, VIP arrangements, event sponsorship, publication design and production, and personnel hiring and supervision; Implemented successful marketing program; researched advertising opportunities, designed layouts, and negotiated swap deals for advertisements.