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Shana Schwarz is a seasoned event management professional with 20+ years of experience in meeting planning, customer service, and sales. She has held various roles at Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, Inc., Free to Breathe, and The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club, providing expertise in event management, catering, and customer service. Shana has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

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    • Manager, Talent Acquisition And Learning & Development
    • United States
    • Events Services
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Manager, Reconciliation & Compliance Reporting
      • May 2019 - Present

      M&IW is a global event management firm specializing in virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences of all shapes and sizes as well as consulting and enterprise strategies. As an entrepreneurial organization, we place customers at the center of everything we do and prioritize their needs through our core values of quality, agility, flexibility, and innovation. M&IW is a third generation, privately held, certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) in business for more than 50 years. Our headquarters is located in Wisconsin, USA, and supported by a remote workforce across the US and in the UK, China, and Brazil.M&IW provides a portfolio of management services for meetings, events, incentives, conferences, and tradeshows. Those services include Event Management and Design, Event Sourcing, Attendee Registration and Reporting, Event Technology and Production, Creative Services, Event Marketing and Communications, Gifting and Engagement Strategies, Incentive and Recognition Solutions, Group Air Travel, On-Site Execution and Staffing, and Event Analytics. Our consulting and enterprise services include Technology Implementation and Administration, Meeting Policy, Process and Optimization, Third-party Governance, Executive Dashboards and Analytics, and Sustainability Best Practices and Tracking.

    • Sr. Analyst, Reconciliation and Compliance
      • Aug 2016 - May 2019

      M&IW is a global event management firm specializing in virtual, hybrid, and in-person experiences of all shapes and sizes as well as consulting and enterprise strategies. As an entrepreneurial organization, we place customers at the center of everything we do and prioritize their needs through our core values of quality, agility, flexibility, and innovation. M&IW is a third generation, privately held, certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) in business for more than 50 years. Our headquarters is located in Wisconsin, USA, and supported by a remote workforce across the US and in the UK, China, and Brazil.M&IW provides a portfolio of management services for meetings, events, incentives, conferences, and tradeshows. Those services include Event Management and Design, Event Sourcing, Attendee Registration and Reporting, Event Technology and Production, Creative Services, Event Marketing and Communications, Gifting and Engagement Strategies, Incentive and Recognition Solutions, Group Air Travel, On-Site Execution and Staffing, and Event Analytics. Our consulting and enterprise services include Technology Implementation and Administration, Meeting Policy, Process and Optimization, Third-party Governance, Executive Dashboards and Analytics, and Sustainability Best Practices and Tracking. In my role, I am responsible for:• Reviewing every detail of our client invoicing, including our management fees, vendor costs, and all supporting backup. • Ensure program leads have all necessary signed agreements, approvals, cost savings worksheets, etc. in place. • Assembling compliance reports required by the M&IW healthcare/medical device clients.

  • Free to Breathe
    • Madison, WI
    • Events Manager
      • Dec 2013 - Jul 2016
      • Madison, WI

      Serve as the project manager for volunteer event leaders around the country to develop, manage and execute 15 fundraising events per yearProvide leadership, coaching, training and succession planning for volunteer event leadership and committee membersPrepare and distribute weekly status reports ...

    • Catering Sales Manager
      • Mar 2003 - Nov 2013
      • Madison, WI

      Managed and maintained relationships with customers and third party vendors/suppliersConsulted with clients regarding room setup, schedule, menu and audio/visual needs while adhering totiming and budget parametersConsulted with Marketing Manager to develop trade show booth décor and collateral fo...

  • Capella University
    • Minneapolis, MN
    • Event Coordinator
      • May 2000 - Mar 2003
      • Minneapolis, MN

Education

  • 1996 - 2000
    University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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