CEO and director of corporate travel and events at EMC² Travel Planners.

As a 2018 40 Under 40 recipient with Connect Magazine for inividuals who are event planners, sales managers, chefs, marketers and other professionals who are making an early mark in the association and specialty meetings industry. They are nominated for the annual honor by their peers and colleagues, ,

What I do: I am the owner of EMC² Travel Planners. I handle corporate and crew-based travel projects. We do several conferences and conventions with some of my longtime clients, including fraternal, religious and association groups and dance competitions.

Greatest career accomplishment: I won the Philanthropist Award from Hilton for my work with a battered women’s shelter in Prince William County, Virginia, and from Marriott for my service to Prince William County Schools.

Impressive stats: For over seven years I have been working with Covanta Energy, I have been able to reduce their expenses by more than $75,000.

What I’m working on: I am excited to be working with Meet in Ireland.

What I do outside of work: I am a chamber of commerce ambassador for our city. I sit on the long-term planning board for our Merchants Association and volunteer on some of the events. I help with social media training and making their business processes more efficient.  I work with Families to Freedom as their free-lance event planner to help provide transportation solutions for victims of domestic violence.

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Sam Bass, CFS Central Field Supervisor, Covanta Energy

Janet Smith, with EMC2 Travel, has been handling our travel needs for the past 7 years.  We are a roving power plant maintenance division, which travels from East to West coast, Hawaii, Ireland, Scotland and England.  Janet and her team handle the needs for our crews which consist of 145 men traveling 7 days a week throughout the year.  The EMC2 team is always on call and handles any issues when our employees arrive at hotels no matter the time of day or night.  They handle our extremely fast paced work needs and our always changing schedules flawlessly.  I personally work with Janet on a daily basis and would recommend her services.