Mary Ridenhour, CMP

Experience

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  Waddell & Reed

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Client Services Representative
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  Waddell & Reed, Ivy Funds

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2019

  Corporate Events Coordinator

  Coordinates, plans and executes over 45 training and incentive meetings per year consisting of up to 1,500 people per event.Organizes mailings of all conference materials and arranging unique client dinners for over 70 conferences a year.Sources hotels and vendors for training and incentive meetings which can consist of destination management companies to dinner locations and often attends site visits for prospective hotels and vendors.Maintains meeting and conference budgets throughout the entire planning process, proposes recommendations to budgets where needed and reconciles invoices post-meeting.Makes travel arrangements for all attendees ranging from air travel to ground transportation.Sourced and implemented the registration software Cvent for the Corporate Events Department. Show less

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  Lockton Companies

  Jul 2019 - now

  • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Event Manager

    Jul 2019 - Mar 2022