Travis Harper Email & Phone Number

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

Peoria, Illinois

- Event planned and assisted in managing over 50 sports events throughout the eight county area the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau supports- Coordinated with various event directors to assist in organizing, facilitating and scheduling anything they might need to make their event a success - Served as the lead event planner for three large events throughout the year: Great Lakes Regional Sport Stacking Championships, Super 60 Softball Tournament and the State Farm Tournament of Champions Basketball Tournament- Acted as Tournament Director, covering all event logistics, of the IHSA State 1A and 2A Baseball Finals which had its first year back in Peoria after 32 years away- Acted as Event Director for the social events related to the 2013 NSA "B" World Series planning all event logistics for the Monday Opening Ceremony parade and Wednesday night Peoria Riverfront Museum social for 2,500 softball players and their families - Assisted with event logistics for the National Junior College Women’s Basketball Tournament as well as IHSA and IESA State championship events including baseball, basketball, cheerleading, softball and track - Developed a system to better track hotel room pick-ups from the sporting events that took place in the area in 2013 equaling over 40,000 room pick-ups reported back - Obtained and scheduled volunteers for numerous Peoria Area Sports Events as well as other social event needs for the PACVB- Strategically planned and thought of ways to market the Peoria Area as an ideal sports events destination

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

- Assisted in planning event logistics for half-time and game day entertainment as well as worked over 40 athletic events for the different university athletic teams - Distributed fliers, posters, and schedules for fall athletic sports of football, soccer and volleyball, including over 125,000 free tickets for the Illini Madness event for basketball and volleyball taking place in October- Promoted student season football tickets and helped to sell out all 10,000 that were available - Created our 2009 winter and 2010 spring newsletters for our athletic Kids Club

Peoria, Illinois

- Redesigned medical documents so they were up-to-date for physician use - Created new potential hospital advertisements for use in medical publications- Organized 10 speaking engagements for the hospital’s President to speak to local community groups- Analyzed various medical blogs for ways to apply and improve our website- Coded key words for the hospital’s website for easier navigation

Class Of 2017, Mclean County Chamber Of Commerce

Master'S Degree, Recreation, Sport And Tourism

Bachelor'S Of Science, Advertising