Lyn’s began her career in hospitality and catering after graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. After moving to Chicago and starting a family, she decided that meeting planning was more conducive to family life. She worked with HIMSS in Chicago for 7 years as a meeting planner and later Director of Meetings, coordinating their annual conference of more than 25,000.
After moving to Nashville in 2000, she decided to take some time off to raise her two daughters and be a full-time mom. As they grew older and more independent, she decided to go back to work part-time for Tennessee Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. This position led her to Parthenon Management Group in Brentwood, TN where she was Project Manager for the Schizophrenia International Research Society and International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. In this position, she planned international conferences for these two groups ranging in attendance from 600 – 2000.
Lyn joined XMI in the Association Management division in November of 2012 specifically to work with the American Filtration and Separations Society. She became Director of Meetings for XMI in January 2017 and is also the Executive Director for the AFS. Maple Ride Events purchased XMI Association Management in June of 2018 and formed Oak Ridge AMC. She enjoys working with the Oak Ridge AMC team in supporting their association and meetings clients and in achieving their goals. Her personal goal is that every attendee, speaker, moderator, and exhibitor have a positive conference experience at the conferences planned by the Oak Ridge AMC team.