Bio

Kate is a professional, dedicated, outgoing and determined individual who has managed associations, conferences, sponsorship and tradeshow sales for 20+ years.

Kate is both a Certified Meeting Manager (CMM) and Certified Meting Professional (CMP) who has managed programs from 10 – 2500 people for a variety of programs including tri-lingual international conferences.  She manages conference, Annual General Meetings, workshops, awards galas and dinners and agriculture events which has led to her finding herself in pig barns to better understand the industry and who attends the events.

Kate loves logistics and has a keen eye for detail ensuring that the smallest of details have been considered.   She’s all about the risk management, well actually, she prefers to work on Risk Mitigation so it doesn’t become Risk Management.

She honed her technical management skills during covid by completing her Digital Event Strategist (DES) and producing countless virtual conference, meetings, workshops and webinars over the last 18 months.

Kate the recipient of the 2007 MPI Rising Star Award, the 2009 Planner of the Year Award, 2010 Chinook Arch Award and the 2014 Westwind Mentorship Award. Kate has also been interviewed and quoted in magazines such as Business in Calgary, Corporate Meeting Magazine,  and Alberta Venture on her expertise in the industry, meetings, and tradeshows. She was also nominated for a 2015 RBC Women Entrepreneur Award.

She is also holds the internationally recognized Certified Meeting Managers designation (CMM) and most recently named a finalist of the Industry Planner Award for the Meetings and Incentive Travel 2016 Hall of Fame.

Kate started her career in events in Hiroshima, Japan during her while teaching English to Junior High School students and working for the school division.  She’s a mother to 2, step mother to 4 and business manager for her husband’s criminal law practice.  Always good to have a lawyer close by!