● Oversee the catering and banquets operation for a 35,000 square foot, 411 guest room and suite downtown Miami luxury property.● Manage the catering and conference service department with annual budget of $4.2 million.● Create opportunities for the property with a curated network of event professionals.● Established best practices for accurate forecasting and reporting.● Create unique and create event sets and menus, developing opportunities for food and beverage programs outside of the typical ballroom setting.● Hired and managed catering/conference service and banquet staff.● Lead banquet event order meetings with catering, culinary, and banquet staff.

● Provide interim support and leadership for Sales and Catering departments, with annual budgets varying between $1.5 million and $6 million.● Analyzing the Catering and Sales operations, submitting input to the General Manager for review.● Develop best practices for the Catering Sales operation, from developing food and beverage minimums to training on sales strategy and deployment.● Working with the Director of Revenue, developing strategies for the Sales department and setting goals for target markets.● Analyze the sales process for each property, offering creative solutions when needed.● Utilizing fifteen years of event and catering sales experience, proactively sell catering events for hotel clients.● Supply 30/60/90 forecast for each property.● Develop successful sales strategies for each property, based upon event space size, hotel location, food and beverage program, and competitive set.● Participate in Banquet Event Order and Resume meetings.● Manage internal events, creating and distributing internal BEOs, and managing rooms reservations when needed.

● Managed the catering and banquets operation for a 6,300 square foot hotel in a historic downtown location.● Oversaw the catering and conference service department with annual budget of $1.2 - $1.5 million.● Focusing on weddings and wedding-related events, developed a successful track record for selling and servicing weddings, adding $120k in 2017 bookings within the first six months.● Developed relationships with local wedding and event professionals, further pushing the wedding market for the hotel.● Created seasonal meeting packages, capitalizing on smaller local board meetings, driving business over need dates.● Established best practices for accurate forecasting and reporting.● Lead banquet event order meetings with catering, culinary, and banquet staff.

● Oversaw the catering and banquets operation for a 7,000 square foot oceanfront resort● Managed the catering and conference service department with annual budget of $1-$1.2 million.● Focusing on the social market, developed a successful track record for selling and servicing beach-front weddings.● Working closing with the culinary team, created a catering menu featuring locally sourced ingredients.● Maintained relationships with wedding and event professionals, further pushing the wedding market for the hotel.● Created seasonal menu offerings to drive business over need dates.● Established best practices for accurate forecasting and reporting.● Developed a successful marketing plan for booking local catering.● Hired and managed catering/conference service and banquet staff.● Lead banquet event order meetings with catering, culinary, and banquet staff.

● Working with existing members and their private events, attracted and booked new business from the affluent Palm Beach community. ● Maintained relationships with major charities, along with attracting new charity events and galas.● Developed new strategies to bring in sponsored wedding and private events. ● Further developed and maintained the catering operations of the exclusive member-owned Beach Club.

● Developed successful strategies and goals for selling a new boutique luxury property (built in 2009) with over 13,000 square feet of event and flexible space.● Managed a staff of Banquet staff and Event Coordinators over three properties (The Seagate Hotel, The Seagate Beach Club, and The Seagate Country Club).● Sold and serviced social and corporate events for all three Seagate properties.● Created and maintained profitable relationships with event partners. ● Working with the Executive Chef and culinary staff, developed and maintained banquet menus and packages.● Created banquet and catering guidelines for the hotel staff.● Managed and trained the banquet department, including scheduling staff for meetings and events, processing payroll for servers and bartenders, and training new and existing staff.● Lead weekly Banquet Event Order meetings with culinary and banquet staff.

* Provided full event planning services to social and corporate clients. * Supplied clients and vendors with comprehensive production schedules and contact lists. * Created and maintained event budgets throughout the planning process.* Assisted venue managers and clients to build and maintain Banquet Event Orders.* Negotiated vendor contracts and payments.* Hired, trained, and managed event staff.* Prepared event design and décor proposals for high-end clientele, including event furnishings, custom linens, and lighting schematics.

* Sold and serviced social and corporate events for nearly 50,000 square feet of banquet space in two hotels.* Created and maintained profitable relationships with event partners, such as yacht companies, entertainment, and décor providers.* Solely sold and serviced events for 360 Degrees Catering, the off-premise division of LXR’s Fort Lauderdale collection.* Created business opportunities through networking and business relationships.* Worked on the production team of two SOBE Food and Wine Festival Events: Bubble Q and Belvedere After Party.* Provided full-service planning to event clients.