Tess Vismale, CMP, DES

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Tess Vismale is a multifaceted professional who serves as the Cleveland L. Dennard Conference Center Manager at Atlanta Technical College and Senior Event Lead at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. She is a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and member/contributor of the Association of Conference Collegiate Event Directors International, Black & Latino Council and Professional Convention Management Association. She is Director of Industry Relations on the board member of the Green Meeting Industry Council - Atlanta Chapter (GMIC), member of the Strategic Events Committee for Meeting Professionals International - Georgia Chapter (GaMPI), founding member of the T.J. Perkerson Elementary School Foundation and served as a board member of Hospitality Industry Professionals of Atlanta (HIP-Atlanta).

As the former Alumnae Programs Manager at Spelman College, Vismale is an authority on producing large-scale events which resulted in over 500,000 attendees during her tenure. Her entrepreneurial acumen and techno savvy talents were commissioned as Stage Manager for the coveted TEDxPeachtree conference and she was heralded as a Who’s Who in Black Atlanta honoree. Vismale was featured in the March/April, 2013 “How To…” edition of Connect Meeting Intelligence Magazine’s article, entitled “How I Work: Tess Vismale on Executing Events.”

Vismale is on the ATC President’s Leadership Team focusing on community engagement, was named “Meetings Trendsetter 2014” by Meetings Focus Magazine, awarded the Shining Star Award from GaMPI and Phenomenal Speaker Award from American Business Women’s Association. She was also co-presenter at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and PCMA’s Convening Leaders Conferences, both on the subject of Tech Tools for professionals. Vismale is contributing editor for The Eco Review Magazine and Event Tech Consultant of The Meeting Pool.

A native Chicagoan by way of Atlanta, Vismale holds a certificate in Conference Meeting Management from the University of Georgia and a BA degree from Spelman College. In her spare time, Vismale enjoys social media, creative visionary thinking, playing tennis and watching martial arts/mixed martial arts (MMA).