Director, Meetings and Events

• Jun 2021 - Present

Manager, Strategic Partnerships

• Jun 2020 - Feb 2021

Events Specialist

• Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

Director Of Special Events

• Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

Strategically develop, plan and execute large-scale special events. Foster relationships with business and community partners, charities and sponsors. Effectively market all non-game day events to exceed annual sales goal. ● Achieved net annual sales of $500,000 in 2018, an increase of 10% over previous year. Forecast for 2019 has been increased by an additional 15%. ● Manage a full time staff of two event managers. ● Increased corporate sponsorship revenue by 15% in 2018 by bettering relationships with existing sponsors and obtaining and retaining new sponsors. ● Deliver experiences to customers that consistently promote the organization’s ‘Make Fun’ brand. In 2018, touched approximately 30,000 attendees through 15+ special events. Show less

Corporate Global Events Manager

• Jan 2006 - 2017

Drove development, planning, execution and evaluation of Arconic’s corporate and Board of Director events. Led and directed multiple work streams for each event, guiding efforts of Arconic resources from procurement, branding, strategy, security and IT. Planned site selections for all major company events and managed negotiation of contracts and selection and management of vendors. Regularly briefed chairman, Board of Directors, and C-suite executives to ensure that key messages were being communicated effectively to stakeholders. ● Delivered experiences that consistently promoted Arconic’s brand, on-time and under budget, meeting needs of businesses and stakeholders. ● Credited for supporting two Fortune 500 CEOs by planning and executing simultaneous brand launches for Alcoa Corporation and Arconic Inc. during the 2016 separation of Alcoa Inc. ● Increased ROI of Arconic/Alcoa Leadership Conference year-over-year in 2014 4.2; 2015 4.4 and 2016 4.7 (qualitative metrics; 1-5) by establishing and implementing agendas and material that was shared post conference throughout company. ● Commissioned and implemented event app used for sharing material with employees not in attendance. ● Served as project leader for annual Impact Awards where employees who had done something impactful either for company or community gathered to share best practices with top global leaders. Information was then taken back to global sites and shared further throughout company, encouraging new ideas and promoting cost savings. ● Executed and utilized project management approach, creating and managing project plans and budgets for events, completing timelines on-time and achieving financial goals. ● Surpassed 1/10th of usual required lead time by coordinating, planning, and executing multiple events for Alcoa Inc. and Arconic Inc. investors and top shareholders, including 2016 tradeshow through project management and utilizing strong event planning knowledge. Show less

Analyst

• Sep 2000 - Dec 2005

Contracted to the Department of Defense, the Pentagon (Under Secretary of the Defense, Comptroller and Under Secretary of the Defense, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) •Developed requirements for the Mid-Term System Solution, Capital Asset Management System-Military Equipment (CAMS-ME) which capitalizes, depreciates and calculates the true value of all military equipment (ME) purchased with a capitalization threshold of $100K. •Prepared acquisition documentation necessary for Acquisition Milestones, including: Analysis of Alternatives, Life Cycle Cost Estimate, Initial Capability Document and Capability Development Document. •Participated in the continuous assessment and evaluation of equipment management practices and made policy improvement recommendations based on analysis of information to ensure DoD financial, contracting, accounting and reporting requirements are met. •Developed strategies and action plans to implement standard property, plant and equipment reporting requirements. •Recommended and reported progress for improving data accuracy, reporting requirements and property management system improvements. •Wrote and coordinated Memorandas of Understanding (MOUs) between the P&E Policy team, SSC San Diego and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. Such documents specify the process for developing and deploying CAMS-ME and elaborate on the relationships between the offices mentioned above. •Communicated desired system to Services and Components to ensure system integrity and compliance. Show less