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Results-oriented professional with extensive event coordination experience. Effectively and successfully organizes, facilitates, and leverages industry knowledge in coordinating, implementing, researching, and delivering national, local and municipal programs. Strong interpersonal communication and conflict management skills in working with businesses, business executives, vendors, customers, cities, along with nationally and municipally elected officials, with the ability to form positive relationships among all stakeholders.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

IEEE – USA (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers February 2024 – May 2025

Contractor, Public Relations Department

●Acquired contracts from hotels and other venue types for meeting sites, such as university campuses and convention centers

●Designed menus for events and assisted in creating and adhering to budgets

●Managed the room block for meetings

●Created target advertising lists, social media timelines, speaker information spreadsheets, and task spreadsheets

●Created a filing system to retain information on all cities we visited and cities we planned on visiting

●Created a system of retaining and using past meeting Agendas, attendee list and meeting numbers for future reference and record-keeping purposes

APEX PETROLEUM CORPORATION January 2023 - July 2023

Office Manager/HR Director

●Managed daily office duties

●In charge of accounts payable, including invoices and monthly bills

●Screened applicants and set up interviews with our President or Operations Director

●Interviewed and hired administrative staff

●Maintained HR files, vendor files, and customer files

HOGAN LOVELLS February 2022 - January 2023

Operations and Travel Coordinator (Contract)

●Coordinating a two-day event for the judges of the US Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC

●Entered and reconciled expenses and travel

●Kept time-keeping charts for several lawyers

US COURTS January 2020 - April 2020

Meeting Contractor

●Coordinating a two-day event for the judges of the US Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC

●Creating and managing a meeting in CVent with over 700 attendees

●Supporting the lead meeting planner with editing, producing forms and reports, and following up with speakers and moderators for meeting materials and bios

●Creating and managing the website for the event

●On-site management of speakers and attendees

●Manage volunteer staff and court staff on-site

●Providing administrative support to the lead planner

●Creating a best practice guide for future contractors and employees

MOTIONSOFT

Meeting Consultant August 2019 – May 2020

●Coordinating a three-day event for the company in Washington, DC

●Securing evening entertainment for the first night reception

●Creating sponsorship and exhibitor timelines

●Managed all vendors for the exhibit hall and evening events

●Coordinating evening events and managing on-site coordination, including transportation, menu selection and entertainment

●Prepared end of meeting reports and payment follow up

●Charting all RFP’s and helping with site selection for the next year

MUSSELL BAR AND GRILL – ARLINGTON, VA

Bartender September 2018 – July 2019

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN IN ADVOCACY (WPIA) – WASHINGTON, DC

Meeting Consultant July 2018 – October 2018

●Edited and finished the awards banquet PowerPoint presentation

●Greeted all speakers, made sure that they were in the right place at the right times

●Worked the on-site registration and registration desk, as well as the setup of the booth and reception

THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS – WASHINGTON, DC

Meeting Specialist March 2000 – September 2017

●Heavily involved in full cycle event coordination, including venue selection, vendor choice, contract negotiation and budget management

●Leveraged strong industry knowledge to determine requirements for individual events, including space, audio visual and food/beverage requirements

●Utilized strong organizational abilities to strategically facilitate meetings and events

●Orchestrated all logistics activities for important board meetings, committee meetings, and staff events

●Held concurrent responsibility for processing registrations and hotel reservations, conducting Annual and Winter meeting site visits, procuring badge and tent cards, as well as handling shipment of exhibit and office supplies

●Monitored various budget and financial functions, including the creation of expense reports and management of office supplies under budget

●Consistently delivered meetings under budget and reduced audio-visual costs by up to 50%

●Maintained exceptional relationships with key stakeholders, addressing inquiries of a high volume

●Successfully procured and processed all White House security clearances for Mayors visits

●Arranged holding rooms for United States Presidents and First ladies, and other government officials

●Spearheaded logistics efforts to high profile celebrity appearances at meetings, one of which hosted Lady Gaga, Hillary Clinton and the Dalai Lama, and also managed and facilitated high level executives, including CEO’s, Executive Directors, Senators and Cabinet Members

●Strategically positioned full-time and temporary volunteer staff to surpass ambitious objectives

●Fulfilled key administrative role providing direct support to the Director

●Bookkeeping, scheduling, and call management

●Maintained records, prepared invoices, and processed documents

CORE COMPETENCIES/SKILLS

Exceptional customer service Exceptional written and oral communication

Exceptional interpersonal skills Stakeholder management

Marketing and advertising experience Cash handling and reporting expertise

Conflict resolution Budgeting and cost control

Staff motivation and training VIP services specialist

Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Excel

Travel agency experience Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word CVent experience

EventBrite experience

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

●Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature

●Wedding Planning Certificate: School of Bridal Consultants

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

●PTA at Douglas MacArthur Elementary: field trips, Book Fairs bake sales, and teacher breakfasts

●Alexandria Baseball: tryouts, merchandise sales, bake sales, and organize group outings

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