Your Team

Ashley Albrecht, CMP, Albrecht Events, LLC

Ashley Albrecht, CMP, Managing Director
Ashley Albrecht's entire professional career has focused on special events and meeting management. Her career has included work within the local destination management industry and for an international meeting management firm. She has planned and organized national sales meetings, international symposia, incentive travel, conventions, customer appreciation events, nonprofit fundraisers, and grand opening celebrations. Tapping into her considerable experience with designing events in the Philadelphia area and nationwide for corporations and charitable organizations, Ashley astutely interprets the goals of an organization and guides it through event planning and implementation with ease and efficiency.
Ashley’s success as an event planner has come from an authentic drive toward hospitality and making guests feel comfortable and appreciated. Ashley relies on her strengths, including artistic vision, keen perception, and foresight, to plan events ranging from intimate dinner parties to large annual meetings. She partners with clients to provide friendly service that is both strategic and innovative.
Ashley is a member of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and served on the board of the Philadelphia chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI-PA Chapter) as Director of Communications. In 2006, Ashley was named Tomorrow’s Leader by the chapter and was awarded the Chris Pentz Memorial Scholarship toward continuing industry education.

Jennifer McConnell, Albrecht Events, LLC

Jennifer McConnell, Albrecht Events, LLC

Jennifer McConnell, Vice President
Jennifer McConnell offers more than ten years of experience in special events and meeting management. She has planned and executed a variety of meetings and special events with her own blend of creativity, efficiency and enthusiasm. Jennifer has skillfully organized training and continuing education meetings, association meetings, advisory board meetings, satellite symposia, trade shows, and board of directors meetings, to name just a few. In addition, she has applied her talents to a wide variety of special events, including theme galas, destination meetings, corporate holiday and other parties, promotional events, dine-arounds, spouse events, fashion shows, auctions, and speaking engagements.
Jennifer has planned regional, national, and international meetings and special events. She has traveled to many parts of the world and is comfortable with the practices and traditions of other cultures. She is equally adept at planning intimate, local events and at organizing international meetings for thousands of attendees.
Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware, a Professional Meeting Planning certificate from Temple University in Philadelphia, is an active member of the Philadelphia Area chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI-PA Chapter) and is a member of the Wilmington, Delaware Convention and Visitors Bureau. Jennifer serves her community’s SPCA as a committee member for fundraising and she is the co-founder of a not-for-profit group called the “Friends of Homeless Animals in Delco”. This year, Jennifer was also selected to be a part of the 2009 MS Leadership Class.

Karen Amato, Albrecht Events, LLC

Karen Amato, Sales Manager
Karen Amato brings to Albrecht Events more than 22 years of experience in the travel and meeting business. For the last 15 years, she has focused on meeting planning for corporate events. She has planned successful executive board meetings, advisory board meetings, investigator meetings, sales incentives, training and educational seminars, association meetings, and product launch celebrations all over the world. Karen was involved with the prestigious UNCF (United Negro College Fund) Scientific Initiative Program for the last eight years and received a Recognition Award for excellent service.
Karen is a creative, highly motivated meeting professional who thrives in a challenging environment and readily adapts to a variety of people and situations. She takes great pride in her work and strives to deliver excellent service to all of her clients. Among her strengths are negotiation skills; a customer service orientation; creative problem solving; a proactive, hands-on approach; and professionalism.
Karen is an active member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI-PA chapter).
In 2006, Karen trained for a hike in the Grand Canyon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Hike for Discovery program. In only a few months, she raised more than $5,000. In 2007, she donated her time to serve as the hike leader/fundraising mentor for the Leukemia & Lymphomia Hike for Discovery group. Karen is currently involved with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

Amy Brooks, Albrecht Events, LLC

Amy Brooks, CMP, Meeting Planner
Amy's keen knowledge of the creative and production processes, coupled with her active role in account service and event management, gives her a broad understanding of the business and a sharp focus on what clients need and expect from a partner. Amy works intently to understand what her clients want and crafts the materials and programs to get them there. Through structured organization, open dialogue, innovative creative and expedient delivery, Amy is able to produce a return on investment.
Before working at Albrecht Events, Amy spent 12 years in advertising, event planning and marketing, recently serving as Event Manager for an international pharmaceutical and healthcare planning company. She also served as a Marketing Communications Manager for an international credit enhancement company based in Philadelphia. Her diverse and thorough experience includes work in pharmaceutical, package goods, business services, telecommunications, and insurance industries. Amy possesses a Master’s of Business Administration from Temple University, where she is currently on the Board of Directors for Temple’s Fox School of Business and Management Alumni Association. She received her Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Saint Joseph’s University. Amy is a certified meeting planner (CMP) and a member of Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA).

Susan Sidoriak, Albrecht Events, LLC

Susan Sidoriak, Graphic Designer
Susan Sidoriak is a creative designer with an eye for fresh and innovative looks and an ever-evolving artistic talent. Susan’s designs and concepts originate from her love for art and color. She excels at marrying different mediums and creates works that are unique and appealing to a wide audience. After college, where she graduated top in her class, Susan entered corporate America as a graphic designer for a prominent Philadelphia advertising agency. Her current work is a blend of her training with big business advertising, a passion for art, inspirations from her many travels, and personal originality.

Ann Swigart, Albrecht Events, LLC

Anne Swigart, Copywriter
Anne Swigart is an award-winning writer, editor, and marketing communications and PR specialist. Anne’s experience includes corporate and employee communications, journalistic writing, technical writing, and expository writing. She has written and edited brochures, news releases, press kits, advertisements, newsletters, direct mail pieces, posters, flyers, taglines, and Web site copy. Her background includes customer relationship marketing, creating and executing PR and marketing campaigns, and managing production of many kinds of printed pieces. Anne has also worked as a Web site manager, textbook editor, literary magazine editor, and writing coach. She has performed freelance writing and editing for clients in a variety of fields, from Chinese medicine to environmental advocacy.
Anne loves to see how the written word, used wisely, can exercise its power to influence, educate, provoke, and move people.

Trusted Suppliers
Albrecht Events is proud to work with a select group of event partners. We approach every event opportunity as a team and engage our event partners based on our customer’s specific needs. We build our project teams and resource talent to match the goals and objectives of each event. From talented lighting designers and production teams to copywriters, graphic designers, fundraising experts, and on-site staff, a team of professionals is available to assist with your needs. Our local, national and international partners allow us to tap into unique and specific areas of expertise. By combining our knowledge base and experience, we offer a flexible, informed and creative solution to your event needs.
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