Development of responses to Requests for Information/Requests for Proposals for a small woman-owned business providing event planning and management services to corporate and governmental clients throughout the U.S. and internationally.• Source venues, vendors and service providers for corporate, association, and governmental meetings and events.• Write, review, and edit comprehensive proposal submissions for meetings, training events, and conferences supporting government agencies.• Serve as an account manager to government agency clients. Assist with conference planning, sourcing and coordination.• Provide on-site support for meetings and events as needed.

Served two consecutive terms as president of state's Meeting Professionals International chapter during global pandemic. Successfully maintained strong financial reserves during the pandemic in spite of declining membership and limited ability to generate revenue.

Chosen by peer group to join the Office of the President for state chapter of premier association of meeting professionals. Responsibilities include strategic oversight of organization's business plan, budget management, board leadership, management of contracted management company, service on several committees. Re-elected to second one-year term as president.

Short- to medium-term assignments focused on communications and meetings and event management. Specializing in employee communications, strategic event design and management, I help build community through the promotion of culture, values and brand in corporations, nonprofits and professional associations. Completed coursework and achieved role of Pandemic Compliance Advisor (PCA) to offer oversight, protocol and best practices for in-person event safety.

Development and implementation of expanded event team strategy for region’s largest association management company. Successful oversight and execution of dozens of annual meetings, conferences, and trade shows/exhibitions for several nonprofit professional association clients with events of up to 1,800 attendees.• Creation and enactment of communications, social media, and marketing strategies leading to an 18.5% increase in attendance and 20% increase in registration revenue at largest client’s conference and trade show.• Reduced a new client’s past attrition charges by 60% through savvy auditing of contract terms. Renegotiated client's venue contract to reduce potential liability by $12,500.• Oversaw continuing education and CME compliance and management for all company clients, including collection of all disclosures, reporting, ACCME standards.• Served as association executive/executive director for several professional association clients, overseeing budget management, strategic planning, risk management, daily operations, and member services.

Oversight of meetings and event program for non-profit foundation with annual operating budget of $120 million. Developed strategic events plan; led efforts to implement meeting/event management software; oversight of foundation-sponsored events, including annual all-staff meeting, leadership team retreat and several co-sponsored, community-partner events.

Organization, oversight and management of the World Congress on Pain, committee, council, and executive team meetings, and continuing medical education program for an international, nonprofit medical research association. Serve as member of the organization’s Leadership Team.• Executed three record-setting World Congress on Pain events, bringing in more than $2.5 million in profits and setting record attendance (7,800 in 2012, Milan, Italy).• Coordinated and implemented electronic management systems to drive efficiency in meeting management process, including vendor selection and development of abstract management, financial aid application, online registration, and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system.• Closely collaborated with sales manager and marketing manager to develop and create aggressive communications campaigns to increase sponsorship and trade show/exhibition sales by approximately 40% over three Congresses.

Served as Vice President of Education for the Washington State Chapter of Meeting Professionals International, directing and overseeing professional development activities for one of the highest-rated MPI chapters.

Served as Director of Programs for Washington State chapter of Meeting Professionals International, developing and engaging the 6th highest rated education program among the 70 MPI chapters/clubs.

Created and implemented marketing program and standardized forms, templates and contracts for presentation design firm. Served as account and project manager for Fortune 500 clients.

Hands-on management of department responsible for planning, logistics and oversight of annual employee recognition events designed to motivate top performance and drive increased sales.• Execution of nine highly successful incentive trip programs, which achieved overall satisfaction ratings of 4.75 out of 5 and came in under budget. Programs helped motivate the sales and service teams to increase divisional cross-sales, deposits, net income and transaction accounts.• Served on corporate committees to develop company strategies, cost-saving opportunities and enhance best practices among Washington Mutual event planners.• Implemented aggressive planning and communication timelines to improve customer service.

Oversaw development of communications strategy for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) division.• Developed web-based, targeted newsletter designed to coordinate and organize communications between corporate departments and business units. Created and executed strategic plans to communicate 12 employee reorganizations, realignments and/or layoff announcements. • Helped cultivate a “risk-awareness culture” among company’s employee base by implementing an “ERM Forum” town hall-style employee meeting program, featuring the division executive.

As manager of Corporate Meeting Services department, oversaw and managed all content, communications and logistics for various corporate-sponsored employee meetings and events. • Oversight, management and execution of all logistical elements, including venue selection, contract negotiation, housing, registration, transportation, catering, attendee communication, event promotion, audio-visual, vendor and timeline management and event coordination. • Actively involved in the strategic design of themes, content, agendas, speech writing, multi-media presentations, professional speaker selection/management, video production, and budget management for programs of up to 3,500 attendees with budgets up to $5 million. • Managed highly successful series of more than 50 “brand rally” events, used to reinforce company’s branding and corporate values among more than 50,000 employees.• Implemented cost-reduction efforts on several programs, reducing the costs of an incentive trip by 10 percent and company’s 2003 annual meeting by 18 percent while maintaining high service levels and quality programs. Worked closely with corporate travel manager to ensure tracking of combined supplier spend for improved contract leverage and increased savings.

Served as the company’s lead internal communications officer. • Assumed supervision and administration of company’s annual management conference, State of the Group, which grew from 750 attendees in 1997 to more than 3,500 in 2003. • Organized and managed approximately 75 executive road shows and traveled with company’s chairman/president/CEO to bring the corporate message to the employee base.• Served on the Corporate Crisis Management team, leading internal communication efforts on several crisis situations, including civil unrest, hurricanes, building evacuations, etc.

Actively involved in all aspects of corporate communications, including serving as editor of semi-monthly corporate newsletter, executive producer of various video program and providing executive support and counsel. Supported dozens of employee meetings and events.

Managed operations and organization of campaign headquarters for successful United States Senate campaign. Supervised volunteers, coordinated mailings and printing projects. Scheduled and coordinated candidate meetings with politicians and government officials. Edited campaign newsletter.

Aide to a Washington state senator during the 1992 Legislative Session.