Meagan Larkins Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny

Responsible for sourcing, negotiating and contracting 200+ events annually. Develop and nurture relationships with industry leaders, hotels and venues. Implement savvy cost avoidance and risk mitigation strategies via negotiation of annual addendums and contracts with preferred partners, as well as collaborating with CVBs and labor unions. Review and analysis of departmental spend of more than 3M. Provide guidance, SOP development and professional development for team regarding cost-cutting initiatives. Track 2.6M plus in hotel revenue from third parties and reconcile commissions resulting from them, impacting the bottom line. Conduct all year-end financial and analysis reporting, as well as monthly analysis to influence cost savings pro-actively.

New York, Ny

Responsible for development of operational strategy, and management of all of the logistical functions related to executing more than 200 b2b conferences, trade shows and one-to-one exchange events. Operational management of venue selection, price negotiations, contract management, budgeting and on managing the financial risk associated with the delivery of a large volume of events. Responsible for carrying out the customer relationship management function to ensure exemplary delivery of live events resulting in increased profitability, and an increase in our delegate and sponsorship re-booking rates.Manage a team of eight that handles speaker, sponsorship and exhibitor management and fulfillment; budget management; and hotel/vendor contract negotiation and management.

Greater New York City Area

Coordination of several large-scale, C-level, business to business conferences from planning to execution stages simultaneously. Responsible for venue sourcing, selection and space allocation; negotiating with suppliers; communication with designers and printers for signage; overseeing all logistics with speakers and sponsors; management of budget, hotel logistics, rooming lists, meeting communications and materials; temporary help, and all on-site logistics. Training and mentoring junior team members.

Ba, Legal Studies

High School Diploma

Domestic Exchange, Legal Studies, General