With more than 20 years of hospitality experience, I have worked strategically and creatively with a variety of corporate, association and social clients in sourcing, developing, and executing worldwide meetings, tradeshows, special events, and conferences in live and virtual environments. Between 2009-2020, I was an instructor as part of the University of Georgia's certificate program in Event Planning and Meeting Management. I have also appeared before several organizations as a speaker and host including the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech,) the University of Georgia, the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB,) and Meeting Professionals International Georgia Chapter (MPI Georgia.)As an industry volunteer, I currently serve as member of the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) RISE Awards Committeeand have served:-as President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past-President of Meeting Professionals International Georgia Chapter (MPI Georgia,)-as member on the US Council of MPI Foundation-as member of Event Program Review Advisory Board for MPI's World Education Congress (WEC)-on the board of directors as Director of Communications for the International Special Events Society (now International Live Events Association - ILEA) Greater Atlanta Chapter-on the membership committee of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) -on the board of directors of the Allie Awards, and-member of MPI Georgia’s Diversity Task Force.I have received the 2023 Hayward C. Cox, Jr., CMP Continuing Quality award and the 2020 Chapter Leader of the Year award for MPI Georgia.I obtained my Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation from the Events Industry Council (EIC), formerly the Convention Industry Council (CIC,) in 2005 and have successfully re-certified every five years since. In 2020, I earned certification in Virtual Events and Meeting Management through Event Leadership Institute. In 2021, I became certified as a Pandemic Compliance Advisor (PCA) for Meeting and Event Professionals through Health Education Services.
Listed skills include Event Management, Event Planning, Meeting Planning, Hotels, and 46 others.