Experience

Connecticut State Dental Association

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Education and Professional Development

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Director of Education and Professional Development Lead the development, execution, and evaluation of all aspects of continuing education programs. Working in collaboration with clinical leadership and educational leaders to identify needs, trends, develop objectives and strategic direction. Serve as staff liaison to CE Council and Scientific Conference Council to execute the leadership's vision for the organization’s conferences. Review and analyze technology in the delivery of education and adapting to and addressing various demographic specific learning modalities.



CAH Consulting

• Business Development Consultant

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2019

  Principle Oversee all aspects of conference event planning and execution for clients in non-profit, academic and corporate environments including budgeting, RFP creation, venue selection, speaker recruitment and scheduling, marketing, evaluation and analysis. Monitor workflow calendar and deadlines by setting milestones and priorities for the scope of each project. Key Achievements: • Manage and supervise conferences and events to successful fruition working in partnership with all parties to improve productivity and achieve goals and objectives. • Serve as Liaison to Advisory Board, responsible for leading Advisory Board meetings; ongoing interaction with members in the developing of the program and recruitment of speakers. • Work with government agencies to ensure topics are on target and secure speakers high level speakers. • Apply relationship-marketing strategies. This effort resulted in excess of $100K of co-marketing initiatives and sponsorships for a new launch. • Coordinate with marketing departments to develop multi-channel campaigns and achieve targeted goals.



RX Global

• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Industry Development

  • 1995 - 2008

  Director of Industry Development Increased financial performance of a portfolio of business-business educational conferences in multiple locations across the U.S. - including planning, design, and allocation of associated budgets. Directed the strategy for overall content development, speaker recruitment and logistics. Consistently exceeded business development goals, launching new programs and expanding footprint outside of portfolio. Key Achievements: • Developed strategic business plan for conference/education department. Consistently exceeded business goals by 25%. • Led cross-functional teams; managing project resources across multiple business units and project teams. • Responded to and capitalized on identified training gaps: launched suite of CE programs from concept to profitable operations, producing $70,000 in annual revenue; secured $120,000 in sponsorships to fund curriculum development. • Grew target audience by 20% over 5 years and generated thousands of leads as liaison to associations, universities, societies and publications. • Reported to senior administrators on monitoring, tracking and progress of objectives. Created contingency plans and adjusted resources as necessary.



Connecticut Association of Nonprofits

• Training Manager

  • 1992 - 1995

  • Managed training and educational center for member-driven association providing services, education, training and advocacy for non-profit organizations. • Implemented marketing campaigns and member outreach strategies; developed educational programming to meet agencies’ in-service requirements. • Served as association representative at local and state department meetings. • Managed training and educational center for member-driven association providing services, education, training and advocacy for non-profit organizations. • Implemented marketing campaigns and member outreach strategies; developed educational programming to meet agencies’ in-service requirements. • Served as association representative at local and state department meetings.