SKILLS SUMMARY:

•Over five years of event management experience including extensive experience with pre-event planning, speaker, sponsor and customer service, event specific materials development, onsite staff supervision, food and beverage planning, audio visual planning, and post event evaluation analysis and reporting.
•Web and print design using Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop.

EXPERIENCE:
CURRENT EMPLOYER, Boston, MA 2006 - Present
CURRENT EMPLOYER, located in Boston, an integrated health system, is one of the nation's leading biomedical research organizations and a principal teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization.

Administrative Coordinator

•Administrative Coordinator for the CURRENT EMPLOYER supporting three physicians and two fellows. Support function includes scheduling, correspondence, travel planning, expense reconciliation, credentialing.
•Responsible for various department programs:
-CURRENT EMPLOYERs: resident elective program for students interested in international health and humanitarian assistance. Program Manager reporting to the director some responsibilities include course planning, travel planning, web and print design.
-CURRENT EMPLOYER: post graduate medical fellowship program. Program Coordinator reporting to director responsible for supervision of recruitment program, interview scheduling, web and print design, as well as general support for 2 fellows.
-CURRENT EMPLOYER: program to support various domestic and international healthcare development programs. Program Assistant responsible for video conference coordination, correspondence, web and print design, coordination of a regular schedule of international conference calls and meetings.
•Primary event planner for international physician tours abroad, internal educational conferences, guest speaker presentations, externally offered courses and fundraising events.
•Responsible for the development of departmental web and print projects.

COURION CORPORATION, Framingham, MA 2005 - 2006
Courion's identity management solutions securely automate routine manual processes for user provisioning, password management, audit and regulatory compliance, and profile management.

Marketing Events Coordinator

•Work within $500,000 + budget to manage company’s participation in a full calendar of trade shows and other regional events to generate leads for sales teams and support corporate marketing programs.
•Received operating bonus for achieving team and corporate goals in 2005.
•Marketing Events Management:
-Research, organize and manage trade show and conference participation across the US and EMEA.
-Manage corporate sponsorships to ensure maximum Return On Investment (ROI).
-Coordinate and manage internal planning and logistics for annual User Group Conference in Boston, MA, the company’s biggest and most important trade show of the year.
•Event Materials Development:
-Produce attendee resource materials, event signage, evaluation and lead forms
-Create, manage and report on event surveys, and manage lead retrieval data.
•Marketing Materials Development:
-Contribute to production of direct mail pieces as well as online materials and email blasts used to promote registrations and attendance at marketing events and webinars.
•Vendor Relations:
-Manage external vendors for promotional items, exhibit design & maintenance, installation and dismantle labor and freight.

LINKAGE, INC. Burlington, MA 2002 - 2005
Linkage, Inc. is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development. Serving the public and private sectors, the company provides clients around the globe with customized leadership development and strategic change solutions that include and integrate consulting, training, assessment, coaching, and benchmark research.

Conference Operations Manager

•Co-managed over 3,200 attendees in 2004.
•Achieved high level overall attendee score for all events based on evaluation forms.
•Implemented group registration procedure which was instrumental in Linkage’s ability to manage large teams of registered attendees.
•Event Materials Development:
Produce attendee resource materials, event signage, evaluation and lead forms
­ Create, manage and report on event surveys.
•Conference Operations Management:
Coordinate all intensive onsite logistical matters for speakers, sponsors, attendees and staff to ensure success of conference.
­ Logistics include audio & video, food & beverage, hotel room blocking, meeting space, collection of presentations, freight, transportation and confirmed reservations.
­ On site event manager for all public conferences requiring frequent travel to events ensuring smooth facility of transfers.
• Speaker Relations:
­ Primary contact for contracted speakers, coordinating travel arrangements and collecting and organizing presentations.
•Sponsor Relations:
­ Primary contact for event sponsors, responsible for managing fulfillment of sponsor benefits including exhibit packages, speaking packages and online content contribution.
•Vendor Relations:
­ Managed external vendors for printing, exhibit services, promotional items, online registration software and conference supplies negotiating costs and timely delivery.

EDUCATION:
B.F.A., Two Dimensional Design, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Member of Meeting Planners International, New England Chapter
Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Alumni Leadership Council