Lara Gallagher

VP Meetings & Events at Event Marketing Partners

Lara Gallagher, CMP, CEM has extensive experience in event management and production. Lara is currently the VP Meetings & Events at Event Marketing Partners, where they oversee the strategy, creativity, and production of events. Prior to this, Lara was the Sr Director of Events at the same company, focusing on people-based approaches to deliver successful events.

Before joining Event Marketing Partners, Lara worked at the Specialty Coffee Association as the Director of Community Events and as a Sr Event Manager. In these roles, they managed teams and produced various coffee competitions and events on a national and regional level.

Lara has also worked as an Event Producer at Papillon Entertainment Group Inc., Meeting Perspectives Inc., and MLB GROUP, LLC, where they organized and managed music-driven events, conferences, and fashion festivals. Additionally, they have experience as a Freelance Event Producer, working with multiple companies on large-scale events.

Earlier in their career, Lara held positions at Downtown LA Fashion Week, Credible Events in London, UK, Latitude 51 in Reigate, UK, and Communication Arts Plc. Lara'sresponsibilities in these roles included event production, venue selection, budgeting, logistics management, and project coordination.

Overall, Lara Gallagher brings a wealth of experience and expertise in event management, with a focus on strategy, innovation, and delivering successful events.

Lara Gallagher, CMP, CEM has pursued their education and certification in the field of meeting and event management. Lara obtained their Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) certification from the Events Industry Council in December 2006. Lara also holds additional certifications, including the Certified in Exhibition Management (CEM) from the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) in 2019. Lara has also completed a course on Neuroscience of Exhibitions & Events from Madison Area Technical College in 2021. Additionally, Lara has studied Business & Finance at the University of East London, although specific dates are not provided.

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Event Marketing Partners

Event Marketing Partners is uniquely suited to help you successfully chart and grow your brand. Our mission is to design and execute innovative Face to Face and Virtual meeting and event solutions that deliver great brand experiences that exceed client expectations and yield business results and ultimately move audiences towards desired outcomes. Our values are to work smarter, deliver results, have fun, and enjoy our customers. We can show you how your brand can benefit from EMP’s expertise and experience without the burden of unnecessary overhead. Our goal is simple: To deliver a world class event while allowing you to lower your budget and help your brand enjoy future growth…and, it is our plan to have fun along the way. With offices in New Jersey, Orlando Florida, Long Beach California, and London England, we have resources across the United States and Europe to help plan and manage your next event program. We have expertise in all event types including; sales meetings, incentive trips, user conferences, trade shows, partner meetings. We can help you from developing your overall event strategy to venue search and contracting, main stage production and creative, exhibit/sponsorship sales, audience acquisition, logistics and registration, onsite management and execution, post event reconciliation and analysis. Our proprietary planning tool myeventdashboard.com is an event database, calendar, and event planning tool that allows you to break free of excel spreadsheets in planning your events.


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