SHARON L. BROWN

 

Sharon Brown began her career of planning events in Orlando, Florida in 1988.  Her background includes Event Planning, Public Relations, Promotions, Public Speaking, Marketing, Brand Management, Training and Sales.   

 

A few of Sharon’s career highlights include:   

  • Events Manager for Payton LLC, where she provided event services for multiple clients including the Indiana Health Industry Forum, TechPoint, ORCA Congress, Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration, Flexware Innovation, Women & HiTech, MarketSphere Consulting and the TriMedx Foundation.

  • As the Marketing/Events Planner for Arthur Andersen in Indianapolis she managed the planning and implementation of sponsored events, including the John R. Wooden Tradition presented by Andersen, Breakfast with a Legend, the Indiana Technology Summit and the judging process of the TechPoint MIRA Awards.  She also managed hospitality suites for the Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the NCAA Men’s Final Four Championship.  

  • While a member of the Promotions team at Universal Studios Florida, Sharon coordinated on-site events including the Grand Opening Celebrations, Halloween Horror Nights, Grad Nights and Rockin’ New Years Eve.  She worked closely with corporate sponsors including USAir, Kodak, Ocean Spray, Pepsi, McDonald’s and JVC.  Sharon arranged special appearances by celebrities, NASCAR drivers and Talk Show Hosts.  She wrote radio copy for promotional spots, on-site events and incentive programs.  Her role at Universal required regular interaction with local and national radio and television media where she coordinated fulfillment of promotional events and live broadcasts.

  • Sharon’s experience with the Public Relations Staff at Sea World of Florida laid the foundation for her event career.  Her responsibilities included overseeing corporate donations, costume character appearances, video documentation of special events, coordinating food drive programs, Toys for Tots events and Give Kids the World events.  She was part of a PR team that was the first to broadcast the birth of a baby killer whale via satellite to a world wide media.   

Sharon is a member of the Indiana Chapter of Meeting Professionals International and the International Special Events Society.