Pamela Boozer-Strother, MBA. CAE
Principal, Washington, DC Office
pamela@sponsorspecialists.com, 202.486.5990
Pamela Boozer-Strother is an association leader and Principal of Sponsorship Specialists. Her ground-level experience of building and growing association corporate partnership and events programs is a critical asset she brings to Sponsorship Specialists’ clients since 2011. Pamela has developed organizational systems for funding, marketing and implementing conventions and events that connects industry suppliers to the association members researching and buying their services. Current and past clients include, Government Relations Association (GRA), SoDA-The Digital Society, State of the Net Conference & Congressional App Challenge, International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and TESOL International Association.
Prior to her transition to consulting in 2006, Strother was an association executive with the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) for a decade. She served as the organization’s first Director of Development and took the helm as Executive Director in September 2000. Under her leadership, the corporate partnership program grew to include the nation’s leading news organizations, public relations firms, and major corporations including Bloomberg, IBM, CBS News, CNN, Coca-Cola, 1-800-Flowers, Fleishman-Hillard, Microsoft, General Motors, The New York Times, Toyota Motor Sales, Verizon Wireless, Comcast, American Legacy Foundation and National Public Radio (NPR) among many others.
Pamela served as lead contract negotiator for services and partnerships with the meetings and travel industry, forging relationships with key brands including Marriott, JetBlue, Kimpton Hotels, Harrah’s, MGM Mirage, Amtrak, American Airlines, AVIS, Hilton, Orbitz, and Florida Keys & Key West. Her partner in the success of creating outstanding conventions and fundraising events was Samantha Snyder, now a member of the Sponsorship Specialists team.
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