Elizabeth Panciera

Elizabeth Panciera has a wide range of industry experience working in event and meeting management. Her experiential background encompasses destination management, corporate team building development, incentive planning, sales/sponsorships, and marketing. The focus of her research is sustainability in relationship to events and meetings.

Panciera earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Hospitality Marketing and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Sports, Entertainment, Event Management from Johnson & Wales University.

Panciera has served on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International (MPI), New England Chapter — most recently as Vice President of Membership. Her volunteer involvement includes serving on the events committee for FirstWorks, speaking on industry panels, and mentoring young women in the events industry.

Education

• MBA, Hospitality Marketing, Johnson & Wales University
• BS, Sports, Entertainment, Event — Management, Johnson & Wales University
• Certified Hospitality Educator

Teaching Interests

Directed Experiential Educations (DEE) - where students are given hands on experiences in a hybrid class model.

Scholarly Interests

Event Sustainability
Event Risk and Crisis Management/Recovery

Courses

• Business Event Management
• Sponsorship, Sales and Relationship Management
• International Exhibitions & Events
• Fundamentals of Fundraising and Philanthropy