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Symbiotix Management Strategies Assembles Experienced Team to Lead Start-up Association Management Company
LEXINGTON (July 11, 2007) – Symbiotix Management Strategies (SMS), LLC, a newly formed full-service association management company, is pleased to announce the appointment of industry-experienced personnel to fill key management positions within the firm.
Brian Doty, CMP has been appointed to serve as Executive Director of SMS. In this role he is responsible for overall company operations. Doty has been employed by SMS parent company, Symbiotix, for two years, most recently serving as Executive Director of Programming.
Doty’s previous experience includes five years of association management experience with an association management firm and over fifteen years of experience in the meetings industry, including hospitality industry experience. Doty is a past president of the Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter of Meeting Professionals International. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Eastern Kentucky University.
SMS recently named Sarah Stephan Clements to serve as Director of Associations. In her new role, Clements is responsible for overseeing workplan and budget development, financial management, executive committee support, project coordination, and general member communications and outreach for SMS clients as assigned.
Clements’ previous experience includes serving as a project coordinator for Symbiotix, Inc, where she managed marketing programs for pharmaceutical, medical, and biotechnology clients. Previously, her experience consists of meeting management for non-profit associations and serving as a sales manager for the association market at the Hyatt Regency Lexington.
Stephanie Czuhajewski has been appointed Director of Strategic Alliances for SMS. She is responsible for leading SMS’ marketing, public relations and business development initiatives, and for managing membership and sponsorship development efforts for SMS association clients as directed.
Czuhajewski carries a decade of non-profit marketing experience, most recently serving as the communications & member development director for an association management firm, where she designed and implemented marketing plans for national non-profit associations. Her previous non-profit experience includes serving as the director of community relations for the Hope Center, a Lexington-based homeless shelter, and managing marketing activities for Blue Grass Airport and the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport. Czuhajewski holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Sullivan University.
About Symbiotix Management Strategies
Symbiotix Management Strategies, LLC (SMS) is a specialized association management company that provides management solutions for healthcare industry associations and medical societies. In addition, SMS delivers unmatched meeting & conference management services and creative services for organizations of all types. SMS is an extension of Symbiotix, Inc., which serves pharmaceutical, medical and biotechnology objectives with education and marketing strategies.
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