Sandy Wachter, Cmp Email & Phone Number

66213, Overland Park, Kansas, United States

 Plan and implement all aspects of meeting management to include site selection, marketing, registrations, contract negotiations, hotel and vendor relations, charitable golf tournament, off site events and trade shows.  Assist in development of event topics, schedule and coordinate approximately 100 presenters for the Annual Conference with 400-500 attendees. Serve as direct point of contact for presenters, vendors and attendees. Successfully increased booth sales at the AASPA exhibit hall by 75% in three years. Manage all meeting registrations with in-house data base. Coordinate volunteer staff for on-site registration, clinic facilitators, photography and other needed areas. Responsible for maintaining meeting budgets, meeting marketing and securing sponsorships.  Manage and implement annual conference, two to four regional meetings, three board meetings and up to 15 webinars annually. Arrange services for events, such as staff accommodation and transportation, meeting room layouts, catering, signage, special needs and event security. Office administration duties include processing weekly check and credit card batches, month end reports, payroll and annual audit assistance.  Provide assistance to AASPA members and assist with database management, publication sales and general office management.

 Provided continual team building opportunities and event planning.  Responsible for all aspects of front office including phones, customer service, and general office duties.  Maintained working relationship with contractors and building maintenance personnel.  Bookkeeping duties include accounts receivable billing and processing, accounts payable, printing and distributing checks and balancing bank accounts.

 Plan and implement all aspects of meeting management to include site selection, marketing, registrations, contract negotiations, hotel and vendor relations, charitable golf tournaments, off site events and trade shows.  Successfully produced eight to ten domestic and international meetings annually.  Bookkeeping duties included accounts receivable, accounts payable, month and year end financial reports, and assisting in the annual audit.  Office administration duties included providing assistance to vendors and members for IAPD, Association Services International, Charitable Scholarship Foundation, and European Plastics Distributors Association, database management, maintaining benefit enrollments and data entry.