Team
Kelley Kennedy, President & Owner
After ten years in administration, marketing and event planning with Microsoft,
Kelley Kennedy left to start Impact! Events. Her experience managing a variety
of domestic and international events provides the knowledge needed to deliver
the quality of events expected by high profile clients. Her years of experience
include managing large conferences, meetings, corporate and private parties
and a variety of non-profit events. Impact! Events was established in 1996.
Ms. Kennedy's credentials include a degree in Communications from Washington
State University and the Certified
Meeting Professional (CMP) designation
of the Professional
Convention Management Association, achieved in 1998.
Amy Carolan, Senior Event Manager
Amy Carolan joined Impact! Events in 1998 and has more than 10 years of
experience producing successful events worldwide. In her time as an event
professional, she has coordinated corporate events and meetings, product
launches, non-profit benefits, celebrity sporting events, weddings and
private parties. In addition to logistics management, she provides creative
direction and design services for Impact! clients. Ms. Carolan began her
event career with private event management companies in San Francisco
and Miami before returning home to Seattle. Her qualifications include
a degree in Communications from Washington State University, as well as
achieving the Certified
Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 2002.
Nicole Shay, Senior Event Manager
Nicole Shay began working with Impact! Events in March 2001. She brought
four years of event planning experience including two years as the event
coordinator for the Pike Place Market's Market Foundation, a non-profit
foundation that raises money for the Market's human service organizations.
Ms. Shay also spent two years with a Seattle-based
full-service public relations firm, where she specialized in special events.
Ms. Shay has a bachelors degree in communications from California State
University, Sacramento and a masters degree in Education from Seattle
Pacific University and has achieved the Certified
Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 2004.
As Senior Event Specialists, Ms. Carolan and Ms. Shay are both skilled in all areas of event logistics, including budget management, audio/visual, catering, contract review, collateral and creative development, décor, entertainment, media and sponsor relations, venue selection, and on-site execution. They have organized events in a variety of venues, and have a strong knowledge of facilities and resources throughout the United States.
Impact! Events maintains a stable of skilled professional contract event planners who are utilized as needed. We highly value these relationships and can guarantee their professional ability.