Sara Stehle serves as the Event Logistics Advisor for the National Veterans Small Business Coalition.
Sara is an Independent Meeting Planner and Wow Moments Experience & Event Design Owner. She has worked in the meeting and events industry since 2011 and has spent many years volunteering, mentoring, and advocating for her profession. Her previous organizations include the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Society for American Military Engineers (SAME), the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), ICF International, and the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Sara has managed national and international events and conferences with 150 to 25,000 attendees, including live, digital, and hybrid events. She has been highlighted in multiple publications, including Associations Now Magazine – The Meetings Issue: The Innovators; Meetings and Conventions Magazine – Top 15 Rising Stars, and Meeting and Conventions Magazine Guest Stars Blog Posts. Sara is a recipient of PCMA’s 20 in their Twenties Award (2018), Is an Alumni of ASAE’s NextGen Group, and volunteers for both PCMA Capital Chapter on the Professional Development Committee and ASAE on the Meetings and Exposition Council.
Sara is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and a Certified Meeting Planner (CMP). She lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with her husband and three children.