^{Kimberly also became a member of the International Special Events Society (ISES) in 2000 to further enhance her knowledge of the special events industry. She is an active and dedicated member of the chapter and participates on the chapter’s Event Resource Expo committee and fundraising committees. She is also an ISES Helping Hands volunteer and an ISES representative for the Meetings Industry Council. She studied for and achieved the Certified Special Event Professional (CSEP) designation in October 2001. She was featured as a CSEP recipient in the March 2002 edition of Special Events Magazine. She was asked to join the Board for the Greater Atlanta Chapter of ISES in January 2002 and sat on the board for three years as the Community Relations Chairperson.}

^{In January 2003, Kimberly joined the faculty of Georgia Perimeter College as an Adjunct Professor in the Continuing Education School teaching Event Planning. She also graduated with honors in 2006 with a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing from Strayer University. In 2008, she began teaching online with Devry University in their Hospitality Management program and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in their Culinary Management division.}

^{Kimberly has worked with a variety of organizations including the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and Troutman Sanders, LLP, the third largest law firm in the City of Atlanta. As Hospitality Manager for the firm, Kimberly managed the meeting and event logistics for 52 conference rooms. She and her staff supported the meetings and events for over 600 attorneys and staff members at the firm. In 2008, Kimberly joined UniPro Foodservice, Inc. as Manager of Meetings and Conventions. In this capacity she worked to produce events and meetings nationally and internationally. In 2010, Kimberly left UniPro to pursue her love of event planning and management training. Because she enjoys helping others and sharing her experience with those seeking specific skills about the industry she has developed a learning institute geared specifically toward event education. Her forthcoming book, The Anatomy of an Event, will be published in the late summer of 2010. Contact Kimberly at kroberts@piecestothepuzzleonline.com}

^{An effective communicator, Caryn works with professional speakers with her companySpeakeasy to develop marketing strategies to generate new revenue and increase awareness for their talents and skills. Caryn has served as CoChair of the Birmingham Business Alliance’s Professional Women’s Roundtable, President of the Professional Sales Association, Education Chair for the Georgia Chapter of HSMAI and been a member of America Society of Training and Development and the National Speaker’s Association.  She is currently a presenter for theBust Out Boot Camp and teaches professional speakers how to maximize their marketing, create and maintain a social media campaign and how to work with professional meeting planners. Contact Caryn at caryn@youspeakeasy.com}