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Nancy began her career in the Meetings and Events industry at Projection Presentation Technology where she held various positions over the span of twenty-two years. She started in the marketing department and was quickly elevated to leadership positions in sales, operations and ultimately ending her time with the company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. She was ultimately recruited by Experient as the Vice President of the Washington, DC office and after a short two years was promoted to Senior Vice President and led the Strategic Account Management team. Nancy played an integral part in the optimization process when Maritz Travel purchased Experient. Nancy has been very involved in industry organizations as a volunteer and has sat on many local and national committees for PCMA, IAEE, ASAE, and SISO. She has also held local board positions for both PCMA and IAEE for their Washington, DC chapters and she also served as Chapter President for both organizations. For three years she was a Director on the PCMA National Board of Directors. Nancy has also had the privilege of being a member of many city Client Advisory Boards over the last twelve years. Due to her father’s employment, Nancy was raised mainly in Latin America and returned to Miami, Florida to live at the age of thirteen. She attended The American University in Washington, DC where she earned a double major in International Relations & Marketing/Communications. Nancy has lived in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area since graduating from college. She is married and has three children. In her personal time, Nancy enjoys boating on the Potomac, riding bikes, reading, snow skiing and traveling the world. Nancy is fluent in Spanish.

I have over 10 years experience working in the events industry in various capacities including account, project, operations management, business analysis and software development. Originally from South Africa, I graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Business Science Degree in Marketing and received a Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) and ITIL Foundation Certifications. I am currently pursuing my MBA from the University of Maryland. When away from work, I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter, coaching and playing soccer, snowboarding, surfing and fanatically supporting Liverpool F.C.