LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN Michelle Mason with EventPrep and Chris Ronzio with Trainual
EventPrep® is a full-service event management and procurement company based in Phoenix, Arizona. Their reach is global with the primary focus to save their clients, time, money and anxiety while planning unforgettable events. EventPrep contracts more than 3000+ programs annually, providing buying power to the clients, corporations, associations, and non-profit organizations they work with across the country.
Whether it is an executive retreat, or a large scale conference with thousands of attendees, EventPrep offers event procurement and professional meeting management services that ensures customer satisfaction at every level.
Michelle Mason has a passion for travel and service to others that led her to the hospitality industry. Michelle is a dedicated hospitality professional with more than 25 years of global experience in hotels and the meeting procurement industry. Prior to launching her EventPrep franchise, Michelle held a diverse career in hotel operations, global hospitality project management, corporate meeting procurement, and managing a global sales organization.
Michelle is a sought after hospitality industry consultant who previously worked in a variety of roles with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, as a member of the corporate team at Best Western International, and on the corporate team at HelmsBriscoe – a global meeting procurement company. Michelle has a number of awards and accolades throughout her career for achievement and high guest satisfaction.
A graduate of Northern Arizona University, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree at the W.A. Franke College of Business in Hotel and Restaurant Management. Michelle currently resides on the NAU HRM National Council of Industry Professionals as a mentor and advisor to faculty and students. As an EventPrep ® franchise owner, Michelle and her team provide exemplary service as a partner with her clients and the hospitality community.
Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn and Twitter and follow EventPrep on Facebook.
Launched in 2018, Trainual is a leading SaaS company that helps fast-growing businesses automate their onboarding and training by documenting every process, policy, and procedure in one simple, searchable, teachable system.
In just over 18 months, the company has reached over $2M ARR, servicing customers in over 80 countries. Trainual is on a mission to make small business easier by automating training manuals for busy companies around the world.
Chris Ronzio is the founder and CEO of Trainual, a leading SaaS company that helps fast-growing businesses automate their onboarding and training by documenting every process, policy, and procedure in one simple, searchable, teachable system. After helping hundreds of entrepreneurs create scalable systems and processes with his consulting firm that he started in 2013, called Organize Chaos, Chris developed a passion for helping business leaders find the time to do more of what they love by providing a way to document and delegate what they do.
Chris is the author of “100 Hacks To Improve Your Business,” as well as “The Process Playbook,” a weekly Inc. Magazine column. As a serial entrepreneur and startup leader, he built and sold a nationwide video production company before the age of 25, and he’s invested in building 6 businesses to over $30 million in annual revenue. Now with Trainual, Chris is on a mission to make small business easier by automating training manuals for busy companies around the world.
Connect with Chris on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram, and follow Trainual on Facebook.
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Jodi Low is an accomplished corporate trainer, inspirational speaker, and the Founder and CEO of U & Improved. Jodi has trained thousands of entrepreneurs and executives on how to build a booming business, master a mindset for success, and achieve the lifestyle they desire through heart-fueled leadership.
Through U & Improved—an award-winning personal and professional leadership development company based in Scottsdale—Jodi has redefined traditional leadership training by creating a sustainable and actionable model that is personal, challenging and meaningful to each and every individual who enrolls in any of the two-and-a-half-day experiential training classes. She and her elite training team have advanced the charge in heart-based leadership
development and empower U & Improved graduates with knowledge, tools and awareness to immediately be more effective and responsive leaders at work, home and within their communities. 
Among her many accomplishments as a Valley leader, Jodi launched a teen leadership program in 2014 to empower young adults to become more confident, motivated and focused stewards of our future. In 2016, she founded a non-profit arm of the company—the U & Improved Leadership Foundation—that makes the program more accessible to deserving teens.
Jodi has been recognized by industry publications and organizations for her work in leadership development and serves as a source of inspiration within the community. In 2015, she was honored as an “Outstanding Women in Business” by the Phoenix Business Journal and by the Phoenix Suns and National Bank of Arizona with the “Amazing Women” award. She has received both the prestigious “Diversity Leader of the Year” and the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce’s “Sterling Award.” She was also awarded a Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 and was a finalist for the Junior League of Phoenix’s Valley Impact Award. Jodi is a devoted single parent who volunteers her time at her daughters’ school programs and with organizations such as Angel Mamas, where she’s served on the board for three years.
