Michelle Dial, Cmp, Des Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Carrboro, Nc

• Manage planning and operations for annual international congresses of 8,000 - 10,000 attendees• Oversee financial aspects of congress expenses of over $11 million, including budget development, staying within budget parameters, providing quarterly projections, and quick and accurate reconciliation of vendor invoices• Source and manage social events for annual congress including board meetings, congress chair dinner, charity race and all-congress networking event• Ensure clear communications with a large and varied international groups of stake holders • Work closely and coordinate with regional PCOs who assist in sponsorship implementation in the country where congress is planned • Manage all logistics for regional workshops, including sourcing hotel and/or venue, creating and overseeing budget, exhibitor implementation and attendee experience in locations around the world• Coordinate speaker and council member travel • Work cross-departmentally to implement congresses, workshops, committee meetings, and staff trainings• Develop quality control protocols for review of congress virtual website and data, coordinating responses from various stakeholders to clearly communicate any issues to virtual congress vendor• Develop and maintain project timelines to ensure that goals from various teams are met on time• Lead multi-department congress staff meetings to ensure all stakeholders understand their role and are communicating with other teams to lessen “silo” effect • Create congress and workshop reports for ISTH leadership and historical reference detailing various metrics and impacts achieved by meeting• Worked with Program Manager and congress leadership to ensure the 2021 hybrid program addressed both in person requirements and virtual participation while also allowing for flexibility should we need to quickly change from hybrid to a fully virtual congress. • Develop creative strategies for increasing networking opportunities both in person and online

Durham, Nc

• Manage approximately 6-8 conferences a year ranging in size from 200 to 1300 attendees, as well as 3-4 regional schools around the United States. • Collaborate with planning committee and program manager to determine best location for future events • Plan and coordinate meetings for conference planning committee leading up to event• Oversee conference planning team leading up to event to ensure all deadlines and requirements are met• Develop requirements for F&B, AV, meeting room sets, and all other needs with the venue and related vendors, then working with those venues and vendors to finalize and execute requirements properly• Manage exhibit hall, including executing all sponsorship deliverables according to exact contract specifications• Negotiate contracts with venue and vendors, leveraging multiple conferences in order to get best deal for association, attendees and vendors• Work closely with internal and external experts within the Association to put together the most effective possible program and networking opportunities for target audience• Develop and maintain conference budgets ranging from $100,000 to $1.5 million• Quickly and accurately reconcile invoices from all venues and vendors• Responsible for building and maintaining conference app and other technologies used on-site and leading up to conference (e.g. conferneces.io, cvent, internal databases) • Introduce and execute new ideas to further networking between attendees and enhance the overall experience• Build relationships and work collaboratively with venue and destination to provide best value and experience to speakers, staff and attendees • Manage temporary and internal on-site staff ranging from 2 – 20 depending on size of conference • Arrange local transportation, lodging, dining and activities of interest for attendees of conferences

Durham, Nc

• Plan approximately 60 committee meetings per year around the country ranging in size from 10 – 50 ppl, working with liaisons and volunteer members of the committee to ensure a positive and productive meeting.• Plan conferences ranging in size from 100 – 400 people for the AICPA and Beta Alpha Psi• Proven track record in effective contract negotiations to provide maximum benefit with minimum risk• Collaborate with outside clients on various conferences. • Manage the budgets for all meetings, conferences and events in my portfolio, consistently providing accurate forecasts. • Manage tradeshow floor for Beta Alpha Psi Annual meeting – growing exhibitor attendance and overall sponsorship sales over the past 3 years• Oversee and manage rotating volunteer staff of students and faculty in the planning and execution of regional Beta Alpha Psi meetings. • Arrange local transportation, lodging, dining and activities for internal AICPA staff and visiting associates.• Coordinate creative team building activities, networking, and other events designed to effectively enhance client goals. • Strong customer service, client, and interpersonal skills • Creative problem solving skills often required in unexpected situations that arise while planning and executing events

Durham, Nc

• Plan approximately 70 committee meetings per year around the country ranging in size from 10 – 50 ppl • Work with liaisons to determine best location and venue for budget and needs• Negotiate with hotels to provide members best possible price and experience.• Negotiate, review and sign hotel contracts • Arrange local transportation, lodging, dining and activities for AICPA members traveling to the Raleigh/Durham area• Reconcile and pay invoices for meetings, conference and events. • Use of problem solving skills

Department Of Medicine, Division Of Nephrology & Hypertension

• Data coordination• Designing all visual materials for presentations or public distribution• Meeting and conference coordination• Website administrator• Oversight of 15 sub-sites for the FSGS Clinical Trial• Sub-site training• Navigating the grant proposal and IRB process at the University • Identifying, contacting, and scheduling patients for various studies• Managing numerous grant accounts and budgets• Work study student supervisor• Administrative support for the division head and the pediatric nephrology research team