Meredith Carli Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Supported and advanced the goals of Path to Purchase Institute and Consumer Goods Technology brands in events.• Led end-to-end execution of virtual and live events, managing logistics, production, and vendor and client relationships.• Created detailed sponsor kit websites that included deliverables, deadlines, forms, and contact information for vendors and streamlined the onboarding process by having short calls with all sponsors to ensure they understand the various parts of the kits.• Negotiated contracts/agreements with venues, third-party vendors, and team contractors for seamless event delivery.• Utilized various CRM, DMS, and event management platforms for sponsor and attendee management and registration.• Acted as the primary contact for sponsors to align on-site deliverables with specific event goals.• Oversaw speaker management, ensuring seamless collection and distribution of event materials.• Managed virtual event development, ensuring seamless integration of technologies.• Ensured flawless execution, quality of service, and timely delivery of all necessary components, properties, and materials for each event.• Created digital internal libraries of sponsor and speaker information which helped speed up onboarding processes, particularly with repeat sponsors and speakers.• Delivered various event reports, analytics, and audits.• Recipient of the 2024 President's Club Award.

Remote

• Brought on to coordinate and plan the medical school's White Coat Ceremony, Convocation, Commencement, donor receptions and lecture series.• Work within a strict budget to ensure an enjoyable experience for all stakeholders while also maintaining Covid-19 safety protocols.

Remote Work

• Oversaw production and delivery for all of MJBiz’s 5 annual B2B conferences in Las Vegas, New Orleans, Copenhagen, Bogota, Toronto.• Led transition to virtual events including 20+ webinars/year by testing various platforms incl. Intrado, HopIn, Freeman, Zoom & Swapcard.• Managed video production team consisting of AV contractors, IT team, Swapcard, & Zoom to create pre-recorded & live session content airing to over 7,000 viewers in the format of a news pundit discussion.• Designed a 5-week agenda with over 90 speakers, including 9 Passholder Days before the 3-day virtual main event, MJBizCon.• Pre-show: created content strategy, produced minute-by-minute run-of-show for general sessions, created & managed agendas and booked 100+ speakers, steered content for & edited their presentations, contracted keynotes, reviewed & approved AV orders and room setups (operations) for all shows, including the two largest Las Vegas MJBizCon expos to date in 2018 and 2019• Worked with sales team to create 10-15 sponsorship packages per show that corresponded to conference content.• Worked with the marketing department to create at least 8 audience segment-specific marketing campaigns per show, by telling marketing which conference sessions fit into which market segments, and created and edited copy for the campaigns.• Maximized a $100,000 speaker budget by negotiating speaker fees with talent agencies and speaker representatives. • On-site during show: ensured speakers were checked in, confirmed room sets & AV orders were correct & fulfilled, worked with event production contractors including AV & catering to ensure prompt start & end times, technical setup & timing according to run-of-show. • Helped increase 2019 attendance by 159% over 2018 numbers, to 35,000, by creating timely and market-relevant new content and compelling networking events, increasing efficiencies, and increasing value-per-ticket for attendees.

Paramus, Nj

• Accomplished many of same live event production tasks as Marijuana Business Daily, but with fewer coworkers and smaller budgets, at the first cannabis industry conferences in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles, averaging 8,000 attendees.• Created & managed budget under $30,000 for conference portion of shows, inclusive of speakers’ fees & A/V needs, stayed under budget.• Wrote copy for the first-ever cannabis event advertisement displayed in Times Square, New York in Spring 2016.• Managed onsite operations incl. catering, licensing, A/V, furniture, & speaker registration to ensure a seamless flow from arrival to speech.• Personally hired, trained, and supervised 10-20 temporary staff out of the 50 hired for our conferences in the venues in each market.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed the communications with ~80 UN Missions and related organizations prior to a panel event relating to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs (UNGASS) in 2016 to gain their buy-in and secure their attendance at a high-level event.• Distributed OSF informational material, incl. books on drug use, incarceration, and global effects, to diplomats at our allied UN Missions.• Assisted Events team with coordinating catering and the audio/visuals.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted with the onboarding and orientation of the incoming Deputy Ambassador by giving tours, providing logistical materials about New York, briefed her on recent updates to relevant topics like the Mediterranean refugee crisis and West African Ebola crisis.• Advocated for Maltese interests in UN Security Council meetings and closed-door meetings of the European Union.• Drafted and disseminated reports to the Maltese Foreign Ministry.

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote original policy briefs on classified topics to assist US diplomats representing American interests in UN meetings• Created briefing documents and memos for use in closed-door Security Council meetings on a wide range of topics• Worked with Protocol office to ensure security for Heads of State & guests attending US Presidential Reception at UN General Assembly.

Greater New York City Area

• Edited, formatted, and fact-checked scholarly articles written by Latin American experts, businessmen, diplomats, and politicians as well as wrote book reviews for the NACLA Report on the Americas. • Assembled and maintained database of all Latin American student movements and the contact information of the leaders of these movements.

Rock Hill, Sc

• Selected by Political Science department to be Director of the Model UN program and its annual 3-day conference• Taught 3 classes on the United Nations and the function of the conference• Created digital institutional memory• Enhanced alumni relations and fundraising efforts• Negotiated a room block at a local hotel for students coming from long distances• Increased outreach to wider audience and recruited new schools to attend.

Master'S Degree, Diplomacy And International Relations

Activities and Societies: Graduate Diplomacy CouncilSpecializations: Foreign Policy Analysis; Global Negotiation; and Latin America.

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Winthrop International Center Director, Winthrop Model United Nations Mu Pi Chapter of the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor.