Wendy Carranza, CMP, DES

Experience

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  Chicago Underground Film Festival

  Jun 1992 - Aug 2004

  Programmer/Guest Hospitality

  I had many responsilbilities with C.U.F.F. over the years. I mainly handled guest and filmmaker relations. I also programmed the festival for several years. It was fun and I met many famous and infamous filmmakers and guests.

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  Ashton Drake Galleries

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2002

  Associate Product Development Manager

  I worked with doll and costume designers and our vendors to create beautiful dolls for the Gene doll line. My job was to take an idea for a doll and costume and see it from prototype to final product, maintaining quality and an affordable price point throughout.

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  American Medical Association

  Jan 2004 - May 2018

  Meeting Manager

  I provided pre-meeting and onsite coordination for AMA meetings. This included both meeting and catering requirements, on-site management, and negotiating all services at favorable rates. I provided registration services, for in-house and on-site meetings and maintained their online Event Management System. This include creating and managing event-specific websites for AMA meetings and events; creating custom reports that kept AMA staff up to date on registration progress, as well as all attendee and financial data. Show less

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  American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society

  Jun 2018 - now

  Meetings Manager