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Ginger Donnan is an event planner who has managed more than 200 goal-achieving events in the professional services and non-profit industries in the New York area, across the U.S. and internationally. As President of Ginger Donnan Events LLC, she has developed, maintained, and implemented master event plans for four Public Interest Projects’ national grantee meetings, including budgets, venue selections, food and beverage, audio-visual and tracking attendee travel and accommodations. She acted as lead event planner on-site at Proskauer Rose LLP, including the management of the Firm’s first annual Privacy Conference and third annual Women’s Law Forum, as well as preparing bluepr...

Ginger Donnan is an event planner who has managed more than 200 goal-achieving events in the professional services and non-profit industries in the New York area, across the U.S. and internationally.

As President of Ginger Donnan Events LLC, she has developed, maintained, and implemented master event plans for four Public Interest Projects’ national grantee meetings, including budgets, venue selections, food and beverage, audio-visual and tracking attendee travel and accommodations. She acted as lead event planner on-site at Proskauer Rose LLP, including the management of the Firm’s first annual Privacy Conference and third annual Women’s Law Forum, as well as preparing blueprints for 15 up-and-coming client events.

As Special Projects Manager/Consultant to the co-founders of the $55 million organization Autism Speaks, she designed and executed events from concept to completion, ensuring they went off without a hitch and met their awareness-building and fundraising potential. High-profile events included the first chefs’ tasting in NYC to offer table-side cooking to over 370 people, which raised over $1.1 million, and the $1.8 million Concert for Autism Speaks featuring Lionel Richie.

Prior to joining Autism Speaks, Ginger created the position of Marketing Manager, Conference and Event Planning at the New York headquarters office of White & Case, one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the world. She managed client-facing retreats, educational seminars and other special events for the firm. In 2007, she returned to the firm as a consultant, organizing six days of events in three months time, including registration, hotel, airport transfers, two receptions, an all-day meeting and a black tie dinner dance for more than 550 people.

Ginger's experience also includes event planning for account executives at the Baltimore public relations firm Eisner, Petrou & Associates, and identifying community events to promote the recycling division of the Baltimore County Department of Public Works. Ginger also has experience as a fine-dining restaurant server and caterer. Ginger was interviewed for the August/September 2005 issue of BizBash magazine regarding her expertise in vendor selection. She graduated with honors from Towson University with a degree in Mass Communications and spent a semester studying abroad in Rome.