Rice UniversityEvents Specialist, Development and Alumni Relations
Jan. 2020 - Oct. 2022Houston, TX-Develop planning strategies for budgeting, project planning, logistics coordination, and event execution for both new & existing signature events in collaboration with campus partners, Development Office, Alumni Networks, President's Office, and Rice Board of Trustees
-Strategic relationship management of key external vendors, campus partners, alumni volunteers
-Onsite event management of a variety of signature campus events, key donor events, and presidential events
-Reinvented many Rice events during the Covid-19 Pandemic including but not limited to Rice's annual Reunion & Homecoming Weekend and Families Weekend in to full week virtual event series
-Play a key role in the planning & execution of Rice's bi-annual Commencement ceremonies
-Leveraged technologies to pivot from fully in-person events, to a current hybrid event delivery model