Carrie Baumel, HMCC

Manager, Program Operations at Creative Group Inc

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With more than two decades of experience in pharmaceutical event management, Carrie currently manages the Congress team at Creative Group, Inc. This team solely focuses on providing logistic support to life science client meeting needs including housing and registration, Investigator Meetings, Advisory Board Meetings and Receptions.

Before transitioning into a management role, Carrie served as a Program Manager, overseeing incentive programs for clients both domestically and internationally. Drawing on her pharmaceutical expertise, she successfully planned and executed programs for companies such as Genentech (a member of the Roche Group) and Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Prior to Creative Group, Carrie ran the meetings department at BioScience Communications, a medical education agency and managed everything from venue sourcing to planning and on-site execution.

She brings valuable project management experience having worked on programs for pharmaceutical clients including AstraZeneca, Bausch + Lomb, Novartis, and Pfizer, where her responsibilities have included organizing symposia, advisory board meetings, investigator meetings, and overseeing the logistical arrangements for clients preparing to get drug and/or device approval from the FDA.

Carrie graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Broadcasting from Indiana University in Bloomington.