Diane brings with her over 20 years of experience in the meeting and conferences sector for Fortune 500 companies and the non-profit sector. Diane received the “International Smart Women in Meetings Award for 2018” as an industry leader worldwide.
Diane’s career spans the gamut from multi-day conferences in New York, Dallas and Vegas to incentive trips in Orlando, San Francisco and abroad. Making her way through the industry, Diane has handled the complete logistical, planning and budgetary management of her events, along with taking them right through to completion and post-event analysis.
She managed hotel/vendor negotiations, catering, audio visual, housing, floor plans, entertainment, transportation, coordination of tradeshow and exhibits, on and off-site events for groups ranging from a few dozen to over 24,000 attendees with budgets averaging $1.5 – $15M.
Diane’s team approach to planning has always incorporated her suppliers into the fold, along with her planning team, forming a cohesive unit that executes on the best in the industry events.
Diane gained her certificate in event management from Rosen School of Hospitality/UCF and previously held the position of Vice President of Tampa Bay MPI chapter.
“…Diane came to us at a time of transition and was able to provide stability to our event planning process. Her insight and skillset allowed us to shift our focus from coordinating the event, to strategically planning for its growth, which we were able to quickly achieve with her help.
Her abilities to collaborate well with staff and empower volunteers has allowed Diane to excel with our Society and she is someone that we all look forward to working with on a regular basis. We consider her an important member of the IES team."
I had the pleasure of using Diane's professional services to organize regional conferences in 4 continents. Diane did an excellent job organizing, negotiating and helping us plan these events.
She was in constant contact with us during the events and ensured that all venues were living up to what she had negotiated for us. Without her services, we would have easily gone over budget. I recommend Diane's services to any organization that needs to organize any type of conference or corporate event anywhere in the world.
“…Diane has the industry resources and professional knowledge that helped Hubbard Construction host an amazing event for our international partner. I will be forever grateful for her guidance with this event and plan to work with her on future events.”
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