Michelle James, Cmp Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Senior event planner and relationship manager for prominent financial services trade association representing the securities industry in regulatory advocacy matters. Ensure events properly represent the organizations.
• Strategically plan and execute standing event calendar, as well as proactively build robust topical events in expedited timeframe, in coordination with internal clients and industry committees. Lead determination of.
• Strategically plan and execute standing event calendar, as well as proactively build robust topical events in expedited timeframe, in coordination with internal clients and industry committees. Lead determination of.
• Manage and forecast operating budgets for 50+ events each year, including attendee pricing.
• Develop and manage branding and theme of events with marketing and graphics from inception to execution.
• Supervise a team of planners that project manage a wide range of event formats ranging from 20 – 2,000 attendees including complex multi-day conferences with 25 or more concurrent CLE sessions each day, half day.

New York, NY

Greater New York City Area

• Senior event planner and team leader for international commercial real estate trade association focused on networking and education with broad membership including developers, retailers, institutional investors, and.
• Supervised team of planners and collectively planned over 100+ meetings per year with overall budgets exceeding $4M.
• Executed all aspects of meeting and trade show management for domestic and European events including program development, site… Show more
• Executed all aspects of meeting and trade show management for domestic and European events including program development, site selection, contract negotiations, marketing, and on-site management ranging from 20 to.
• Forecasted and managed operating budgets. Responsible for expense tracking and quarterly reporting to senior management.
• Led strategic review of budgets post the financial crisis to reduce expenses by 20% and streamline event calendar.

in conjunction with Advantage

• Planned and executed all major aspects of meeting and event management to include site selection, contract negotiations, marketing materials, and on-site management for events ranging from 24 to 1,500 attendees.
• Met regularly with senior executives to meet organizational goals and objectives through meetings and events.
• Prepared and managed operating budget for each event. Tracked all expenses, and reported monthly accruals to accounting.
• Supervised internal staff and held… Show more
• Supervised internal staff and held weekly meetings.
• Negotiated all sponsor, hotel, venue, vendor and supplier contracts. Built and maintained relationships with contacts. Show less