Masterplan, Inc. consultants are tenured professionals in the hospitality industry. With over 100 years of combined experience as meeting, convention and event planners. Our team designs functional, practical and desirable group spaces that achieve maximum revenue potential for our clients.
MARY JO VALENTINE BLYTHE, CMP
Mary Jo founded Masterplan, Inc. in 1991 and led a team of professionals that produced over 2000 bespoke meeting and event experiences globally for a roster of discerning corporate clientele. As a specialist in the luxury sector of the meeting and events industry, Mary Jo served on the Advisory Board of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts (also a client of Masterplan’s) providing insight and expertise on luxury client needs and expectations. Mary Jo served on several industry boards, mentored numerous young professionals and won awards such as MPI-CAC Meeting Planner of the Year and Illinois Meetings and Events Hall of Fame Award. Masterplan, Inc.’s Meetings and Events Management business was eventually acquired by Creative Group, Inc. allowing concentration on providing consulting services to the hospitality industry.
Josh, for 18 years, developed and built a leading sales
and service team at US Motivation, one of America’s leading meetings, incentive,
convention & events companies. They grew the business to 130 people and
managed up to 500 events annually for the financial services and pharmaceutical
segments. Over his 33 year career Josh estimates that he has done comprehensive
site inspections, convention feasibility evaluations and operated
complex events at over 1500 hotels in 35 countries world-wide. Josh has
served on hotel industry advisory panels at Corinthia and other luxury
international & domestic hotel brands. Josh also is an active key-man
partner in his own global events company and destination management company
based in Atlanta and Orlando. Josh serves as Past President &
Honorary Board Member for Site Southeast USA and has earned many awards
including SITE Crystal Awards, Telly Awards and IMA Circle of Excellence
Awards. Site Southeast USA's membership has voted him "member of the
year" twice for service & leadership.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuathomasbrown
PAMELA BRONKEMA, CMP
Pam
is a highly accomplished global meetings & events professional, with a
track record of managing complex, multi-faceted programs from conception to
completion. She is a trusted advisor and respected leader
in the hospitality industry who spent
more than three decades designing world-class meetings for A.T. Kearney, a
top-tier global management consultancy. Over the course of her distinguished
career, she served on the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Board of
Directors and was president of the Chicago Area Chapter of MPI. She was twice
recognized as Meeting Manager of the Year by Chicago MPI and also named Meeting
Planner of the Year. She currently provides consulting and meeting
planning services to select clients.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelabronkema
JULIE CHAPPEL, CMP
Julie is a 20+ year veteran in the
meeting & events industry. She spent 10 years as the director of the travel
and meetings department, for the ServiceMaster company, where she managed 200+
meetings annually with a staff of 20. Out of 600+ employees, Julie was the
recipient of the “Master of Service” Award, which is the highest achievement
given to an employee, recognizing the commitment to serving others, initiative
and follow-through to achieve customer satisfaction while exhibiting a
professional image and representing the company’s objectives. Julie was
selected to be mentored by the company executives as a participant in the 2
year leadership development program, considered to be an in-house MBA.Her creative & extensive production background was developed while managing
the artistic process; leading the creative development, planning and
implementation of weekly events and conference with an average audience of 20,000
guests at one of the most influential mega-churches in America, Willow Creek.
For 2 consecutive years, Julie produced a cirque theme Christmas program,
attended by 80,000 over 12 shows, which was also broadcast on CBS.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jachappel