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The Team

BETHNEY RUGGIERO, CMP
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

Bethney is a  corporate event and production professional with over twenty years in the event  industry. Prior to founding Strategic Event Design, Bethney was Vice President, Head of Global Technology Group Events at Credit Suisse First Boston where she lead the department and designed, managed and executed high profile conferences and client events including Wall Street's first "paperless conference". Leading up to her tenure at CSFB, Ms. Ruggiero was a Senior Planner at Salomon Smith Barney, and worked at both the 1996 and 1992 Summer Olympic Games. She began her career as a Meeting Planner in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley.

THE STRATEGIC EVENT DESIGN TEAM

The Strategic Event Design team is compiled by a staff of full-time employees and numerous freelance professionals with specialized skills. We are all passionate about building trusted client relationships and producing multideminesional event experiences that create brand experiences, engage audiences and hit the mark every time.