Meribeth R. Schmidt Email & Phone Number

North Liberty, Iowa, United States

Downers Grove

As a Senior Manager of Corporate Events at Invesco I led a department of 4 people and managed several events for North America. I was a member of the Women's Network and Chicago Management Council and helped lead a year long deep dive in Continuous Improvement for a series of important client facing summits. I also led a RAPID initiative for the entire NA.

Responsibilities included: Speaker management, venue liaison, logistics, staging, catering, audio visual, hotel contracts and rooming lists, decorators liaison, website content and budgeting/tracking for 3 of Cygnus’s largest Public Safety Conferences (Firehouse World, Firehouse Expo and EMS World Expo - the largest continuing education conference for.

Marketing and communications manager for Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Responsibilities and expertise included collateral development, event management, audience acquisition, internal and external communications, budget management, contract negotiations, meetings and conference management.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Meeting and events manager for Duke Energy, an energy provider based in the Carolinas. Managed over 100 meetings for Duke Energy and their associated enterprises. Major duties included setting meeting framework and objectives, researching meeting sites, negotiating contracts, coordinating meals, audio/visual equipment, production, staging and function space.

Greater Chicago Area

• Major responsibility was working closely with upper management and the continuing education department in developing, scheduling, and guiding meetings and training programs from inception through implementation and.
• Specifics included determining meeting room specifics (audio visual and meeting space needs), menu planning, budgeting, site selection, special events, registration and liaison between upper management and vendors.
• After each meeting, responsible for gathering feedback and consolidating costs.
• Awarded Grant Thornton's "Pride Through Performance" for outstanding performance beyond normal job responsibilities and submitting suggestions that encouraged efficiency and cost savings.
• Promoted from assistant National Meeting Coordinator to Senior Meeting Coordinator.
• Co-chair of the membership committee for the Chicago Area Chapter of Meeting Planners International