Sandra Eldred Email & Phone Number

Watertown, Massachusetts

• Operationally built an Events Department in support of all school-wide activities, organized, and executed all aspects of high level, high visibility events.
• Member of the SEAS Senior Administrative Management Team charged with guiding the development and brand of a young but rapidly growing highly visible school at Harvard.
• Worked with the Dean and faculty stakeholders/committees to bring about collaborative consensus and successfully complete the goals of the SEAS mission via events.
• Responsible for all pre-event planning and on-site logistics for SEAS highest profile events (e.g.Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, 60 Minutes)
• Oversaw event timelines and budgets with stakeholders in line with budgetary objectives and directed the guest list and invitation creation, mailings, event promotion and RSVP management for commencement and high.
• Introduced and implemented Event Management Systems (EMS) software at SEAS, tailoring it to the schools specific room reservation needs,creating a one-stop shopping model. Guided the initial implementation of the.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Managed all aspects of the day-to-day events operations of the Harvard University Faculty Club, planning and executing President’s office events for visiting dignitaries, alumni/development events, faculty conferences.
• Member of the Faculty Club Senior Management Team responsible for revenue generation and optimization.
• Developed and marketed the business facilitating its growth to the successful delivery of ~4,000 events per year.
• Created significant summer business through marketing to external international corporations, other academic institutions, and by developing working relationships with destination companies and external event planners.
• Grew a substantial wedding business from two weddings per year to over one hundred through marketing, brand building, the creation of wedding event tours, and the development of close personal relationships and.
• Guided a staff in providing seamless, warm and gracious hospitality.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Political Science And Government, Graduate School

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Education record

Education record