Experience

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  Westin Lombard Yorktown Center

  • Group Sales Manager

    • Aug 2007 - Present

    Sales of corporate and social groups for meeting and guestrooms.

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  Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

  • Catering Sales Manager

    • Aug 2007 - Apr 2013

    Corporate Catering Sales Manager at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, in west suburban Lombard. I work with corporate meeting and event planners for meetings and special events, particilarly corporate holiday events, at our four-stars property featuring 40,000 square feet of meeting space and 500 guest rooms.

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  Canadian Consulate General

  • Commercial Officer

    • Jan 1989 - Aug 1991

    Worked with Canadian manufacturers to partner them with distributors and manufacturers representives in the Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana region. Traveled to British Columbia, Ontario,and the Northwest Territories.

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  Rockford Council of 100

  • Economic Delopment Assistant

    • Jun 1982 - Jan 1989

    Worked in partnership with the Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce, City of Rockord, Rockford Local Development Corporation, and private business and industry to maximize job retention and create new job by attracting new business and industry to the Greater Rockford Area.