Responsibilities include event management for all special events, agency events and third-party events such as the annual Golf Tournament, Music Festival, three day Festival of Trees (complete with a fashion show, ladies luncheon, live auction and gala), Volunteer Luncheon, and Pink Party Social. Duties also cover all aspects of agency marketing from social media to print ads and collateral for three main programs, campaigns and special events, as well as showcasing third-party events and local news pertaining to residents in crisis.

Events Manager at the McKinney Chamber responsibilities included planning corporate monthly luncheons, breakfast events, panel discussions, an Annual Awards Dinner, several conference style events, after hours socials and various over chamber activities. These duties included selling sponsorships and event tickets, securing locations, finding speakers, negotiating agreements, budgeting, on site logistics and event wrap ups. I was also responsible for leading and growing event committees and the staff liaison for the Women's Alliance of McKinney.

I am fortunate to be able to plan events and weddings a few times a year, when I have the time. When my children were young, I was able to stay at home for six years while working freelance and for nine months in 2013, when there was a family need. Working freelance has been uplifting and challenging. I have been able to plan weddings, create marketing plans, and help smaller organizations raise funds. While I am not always in a position to do freelance full time, I wouldn’t give it up completely. I enjoy taking on special projects, such as weddings too much to do that.

As an Event Manager at Big Brothers Big Sisters I was responsible for several large fundraising events such as galas, fashion shows, concerts, golf tournaments and clay shoots. While there, I increase sales and attendance each year by growing sponsorship revenue through relationships and marketing awareness of agency programs. Responsibilities included contract negotiations, website creation and management, attendee management, volunteer recruitment and management, vendor management and expense reconciliation.

While at GSA, I was responsible for planning all aspects of many corporate events such as trade shows, forums, conferences and an industry-wide annual awards ceremony. These entailed duties such as researching content, recruiting speakers, scouting global locations, managing budgets, event design and attendee travel/registration.

As the Director of Marketing, I was responsible for creating a multi-level marketing budget and program for thirteen markets throughout the southern US for the Flying Saucer locations. This included radio, print and standardized collateral to increase brand awareness as well as capitalize on the uniqueness of each location. During my tenure, we opened five new stores and saw great growth for the brand.

Working in the incentive travel industry, I helped design incentive programs and proposals to include concept creation, logistic coordination and contract negotiations. We executed successful incentive trips and events for some of the largest corporate sales teams in the U.S. Our incentive programs included multi level incentive packages with year long marketing campaigns direct mailed to the sales force culminating in multi level trips as long as two weeks. Participant registrations were detailed to include room and airfare, daily excursions, meal selections and activities such as golf tournaments and large galas. Working at Sunbelt gave me my education in client relations, the importance of attention to detail, time management, event logistics and the meaning of a good work ethic.