Experience

American Psychoanalytic Association

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Meetings Department

  • Jul 1989 - Present

• Scientific Program and Meetings Director

  • 2007 - Present

  • Responsible for all logistics for national biannual meetings - each with more than 150 academic sessions and more than 50 administrative meetings.• Responsible for all approval processes and committee reviews of proposed programs as Staff liaison to the Members Committee on Scientific Programs and its related subcommittees. • Oversee Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education (CE) department. Responsible for APsaA staying current with the standards of the American Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), American Psychological Association (APA), and National Association of Social Workers (NASW).• Manage department of three: Meeting Manager, Registration and Continuing Education Manager, Meeting Coordinator.• Distribute RFPs, conduct site visits, select meeting venue, and finalize contract negotiations.• On-site coordination including directing hotel staff, managing vendors, supervising temporary help, and overseeing APsaA staff.• Expert knowledge of food and beverage, audiovisual and conference room sets including pricing.• Design, produce and distribute meeting materials including Preliminary Program, Final Program, promotional flyers, posters, signs and email blasts.• Responsible for APsaA's Meeting website.• Responsible for registration/database management for meetings from 50 to 2,000 attendees.• Manage budgets including tracking expenses and reconciling hotel and vendor invoices. • Member, APsaA Strategic Planning Task Force, Task Force on the Future of Psychoanalysis and Community Vision Task Force Show less

• Meeting Event Manager

  • 1996 - 2007

  • Worked with Meetings Director coordinating all aspects of APsaA's meetings. • Staff liaison to APsaA’s 100 administrative Committees.• Worked with 100 Committee Chairs or Co-chairs in coordinating committee details including rotation of members, scheduling of meetings, and on-site logistics.• Coordinated and distributed printed Membership Roster. Responsible for all updates of Roster.

• Meeting and Fellowship Coordinator

  • 1991 - 1996

  • Served as first staff liaison for newly established Fellowship Program.• Created marketing for Fellowship program and developed related promotional materials.• Established application process and review.• Coordinated meeting logistics for Fellowship winners.

• Assistant to the Meeting Planner

  • 1989 - 1991

  • Assisted Meeting Planner with administrative logistics for bi-annual meeting.