Manager, Global Accounts
Email: tvillano@HelmsBriscoe.com
Phone: 847-437-3610
176 Michael John Terrace
Park Ridge, IL 60068
USA
Therese joined HelmsBriscoe in 2001 after more than 14 years in the meeting and events management field. She started her career as a meeting planner at ATKearney, a global management consulting firm. This is where she developed her organizational and logistical skills that paved the way for her successful meeting planning career. Ten years later, she accepted a position working on-site for American Express GTMS, where she worked closely with the Client’s corporate travel and meeting departments. Therese sourced and handled logistics for the Client’s internal and external meetings.
In 2000, she moved to McGettigan Partners where she sourced meetings for both pharmaceutical and corporate Clients. Soon after, she joined HelmsBriscoe and was able to draw on her extensive knowledge of meeting planning and logistics to serve her Clients. Therese’s expertise lies in identifying the ideal venue for her Clients’ meetings, negotiating contracts and providing the best value to her Clients. Her Client base includes corporate, association and government Clients. Therese is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University and lives in Park Ridge with her husband and two teenage children. She is active in her school district and parish.