A Multi-Generational Look at Women’s Leadership Journeys in the Meetings and Events Industry

Every morning throughout the U.S., approximately 600,000 people wake up to get ready for another day working in the meetings and events industry—either directly or tangentially—with 132,000 of them being meeting and event planners, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If the entire meetings and events industry could squeeze into one elevator—and in particular, planners of meetings and events—the majority would likely be women. But as that elevator makes its way up, dropping people off at every floor based on the hierarchy of titles and positions they hold, the vast majority of women would exit before they reach the C-suite.

“I love mentoring young people, and there’s nothing like meeting somebody, having a handshake, taking a client to lunch and getting to know a little bit about that person and their business.”