Experience

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  Plan Ahead Events

  • Owner/Event Planner At Plan Ahead Events

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  Plan Ahead Events-Richmond Metro

  • Henrico, VA

  • Owner/Event Planner at Plan Ahead Events

    • 2013 - Present
    • Henrico, VA

    On behalf of our clients, my team and I provide comprehensive, end-to-end, event management services, including, but not limited to:---project, budget and sponsorship management---developing marketing strategy for the event that dovetails with overall corporate goals---managing exceptional online services, i.e. registration systems and online auction management---event logistics, onsite management and communication facilitation

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  Marston & McNally, PC

  • Richmond , VA

  • Chief Financial Officer

    • Jan 2007 - Dec 2012
    • Richmond , VA

    Complete set up of new law firm, including timekeeping and billing systems, client relationship management and retention, procurement of network systems, vendor management, payroll and tax compliance.

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  Ethan Allen Interiors

  • Glen Allen, VA

  • Interior Designer

    • Jan 1997 - Dec 1999
    • Glen Allen, VA

    Charter designer; managed multiple design projects within retail environment, both residential and commercial; budgeting, tracking, production, delivery and installation oversight.

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  Rambling Rose Tours, LLC

  • Charlottesville. VA and New York, NY

  • Owner/Tour Director

    • Jan 1994 - Dec 1996
    • Charlottesville. VA and New York, NY

    Led ten-day private tours to London, Bath and the Cotswolds, experiencing these areas from an interior designer's point of view. Clients enjoyed exclusive entry to private design studios and showrooms, gallery openings, major British antique exhibitions, as well as trips to funky street market districts such as Portobello. Managed all phases of the client's experience; booking flights and ground transport, selecting the very best in British hospitality for a discerning group, arranging for overseas shipping of clients' valuable purchases, making sure every request was granted, every concern corrected in a timely manner.

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  Allison+Associates, LLC

  • Nashua, NH; Burlington, VT

  • President/Chief Creative Officer

    • Jan 1980 - Dec 1988
    • Nashua, NH; Burlington, VT

    As founder of a small boutique advertising/marketing agency, my team created a broad spectrum of campaigns and events for primarily cutting-edge and established tech corporations. While we were mostly engaged in corporate identity and brand awareness for our clients, the highlight was our design firm being chosen as exclusive event design contractor for IBM Corporation in 1983. On May 5, 1988, our 4-person team threw a party for 45,000 employees and families, IBM executives from over the globe, and VIPs at their chip manufacturing plant in Winooski, VT. We handled every facet of the event, concept to completion. From theme to logo design, talent management, exterior and interior signage, booking transportation for hundreds of attendees, design and production of eight installed murals (still mounted), to booking a tram from Canada to transport guests around the 950,000 sq. ft. facility in comfort. It was truly an unforgettable experience and an honor to serve an amazing, iconic corporation. An this was all before laptops, cell phones, digital graphics and online registration.