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Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Designed marketing materials using Mailchimp that were sent out to conference attendees that advertised registration, calls for papers, and highlighted daily schedules that linked directly to Zoom links for hybrid.
• Built registration websites using the platform CVENT that were integrated into conference websites to allow for a seamless registration process for attendees
• Interacted directly with conference attendees to aid international attendees with the registration and payment process and prepare documentation need if a Visa was needed for them to travel
• Prepared conference materials including name badges, tutorial tickets, and meal tickets for conferences with attendee numbers ranging from 200 to 1,000

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Directed a team of 16 directors and assistant directors to successfully execute three events, Soulfest, Festival and Leadership Pageant, and grow the events in terms of participants and attendees
• Secured sponsors, Vera Bradley and Pepsi, and local businesses to participate in the Homecoming Festival by working closely with the UF administration and advising team
• Actively participated in meetings of the Executive Board to provide updates and feedback on ideas for all Homecoming events and ensure all Homecoming and Gator Growl guidelines were followed

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Wrote and approved all checks that were written to pay for social and sisterhood events
• Tracked the payments of over 200 members to ensure on time payments and collected allmembers financial agreements at the beginning of the year
• Created a budget with over $800,000 of income and forecasted it throughout the year based oncurrent membership numbers

Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Directed a team of 28 directors and assistant directors to complete outreach to the initiatives for all 5Homecoming events and the Gator Growl concert
• Sold over 9,000 tickets to the Gator Growl concert following the sales plan we created tosuccessfully sell out the concert
• Actively participated in meetings of the Executive Board to provide updates and feedback on ideasfor all Homecoming events and ensure all Homecoming and Gator Growl guidelines were followed

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

• Managed a classroom of 15 elementary aged students to ensure a safe environment that allowedstudents to grow and learn new techniques
• Created weekly lessons plans that included exercises and dance routines for students to practice thatwere level appropriate and helped to advance their skills
• Prepared students for an end of the year recital where they were able to demonstrate the skills andtechniques we practiced throughout the year in the classroom

Master Of Science, International Business

Activities and Societies: Florida Blue Key, Hough Ambassadors

Bachelor Of Science In Tourism, Hospitality And Event Management, Event Management

Activities and Societies: Florida Blue Key, Homecoming and Gator Growl, Alpha Phi, and Student Government