Experience: Event planning for awards shows, live performances, live broadcast debate, arts events, receptions, luncheons, webinars, trade shows, sponsored conference office hours, speaking engagements.

CONFERENCE OFFICE HOURS LAB

• Design novel alternative to traditional sponsorship booth, tailored to industry conferences within open source software community: Double Up Lab
• No strings attached, 1:1 office hour pairings with senior subject matter experts in software development and 1:1 career advice sessions amidst multiple years of tech industry layoffs
• Successful applications at RailsConf (30 pairs & 1 engagement, 32 pairs & 1 opportunity), Rails World (52 pairs, 2 opportunities, 2 partnership inquiries), and ElixirConf (10 pairs & 1 opportunity)
• Office Hours labs also promoted community building and connectivity during a key period post-pandemic

INAUGURAL COURIER JOURNAL SPORTS AWARDS

• Project management and event planning for inaugural Courier Journal High School Sports Awards
• Part of a national events program pilot to prove out local team abilities to cultivate a multi-platform audience, build demand, and show positive ROI for an enterprise-wide events model
• Community event honoring local high school student athletes in Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana
• Event included dinner and awards presentation for 1,500 attendees

BLUEGRASS POLL GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE

• Kentucky gubernatorial debate sponsored and produced by the four member media companies participating in the Bluegrass Poll: Courier Journal, WHAS 11, Lexington Herald Leader and WKYT
• Selected to serve as project manager and front of house manager working across project teams from all four media groups
• Built out process to manage invitations to community leaders and candidate ticket blocks, as well as reservation and ticket distribution procedures
• Coordinated with venue and security on event logistics, schedules, green rooms, staffing to host each candidate, and menu planning for post-debate reception