Emilie Perkins, CAE, CMP Fellow, CMM, PMP, CED, HMCC joined Raybourn Group International in 2019 and now serves as the Vice President of Client and Conference Services. In her 25+ 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; her Certified Event Designer (CED) designation in February 2021 and her Certificate in Healthcare Meeting Compliance (HMCC) in 2025. In 2022 she was named 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 on both the State and National level with MPI and ASAE.
