Emilie Perkins, CMP, CAE, CMM, PMP, CED

Director Client & Conference Services

Raybourn Group International

Emilie joined Raybourn Group International in 2019 as Director of Client and Conference Services. In her 20+ year career in association management, she has designed, executed and evaluated over 1000 meetings of all sizes. She has extensive strength in Strategic Meeting Management, Marketing and Event Design. She is also an Adjunct Faculty at Indiana University where she has co-facilitated the Nonprofit Meeting Management Course since 2017.

She graduated Marquette University and passionately believes in professional development – receiving her Certified Meeting Professional Designation (CMP) in 2009; Certified Association Executive (CAE) in 2014; Certificate in Meetings Management (CMM) in 2016; her Project Management Professional (PMP) in 2020 and her Certified Event Designer (CED) designation in February 2021. In 2022 she was recognized as a CMP Fellow. In addition to sharing her time and talent through speaking, she has authored numerous blogs and is an active member and volunteer with MPI, PMI and ASAE. In 2020 she was named the MPI Indiana Planner of the year and in 2017 the MPI Indiana Lifetime Achievement Award.