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Kartraice D. Hooper, CMP

Senior Events Manager

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Senior Events Manager Kartraice Hooper joined the Alliance for Women in Media in 2010.  In this capacity, she provides event-management services, including coordinating advance and onsite logistics for conferences, trade shows, workshops, award ceremonies, education programs and other in-person gatherings.

Hooper began her career in July 1999 as a conference coordinator at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®.  Over the years, her responsibilities included managing attendee correspondences and logistical arrangements for International CES® and CEA stand-alone events and executive programs. From 2003 to 2006, Hooper managed the VIP Buyer Program for the International CES®. Through streamlining and new marketing tactics, she increased VIP buyer participation by 145% since its inception in 1997.  In August 2006, Hooper successfully passed the CMP exam and became a Certified Meeting Professional.

In 2008, Hooper was promoted to senior manager of conferences and events at CEA.  She was responsible for the overall managing of the CEO Summit, the International CES® New York Press Event and the Industry Forum, CEA’s annual membership meeting.  She was also primarily responsible for CEA event site selections and contract negotiations.

Hooper earned a bachelor’s degree in human communications from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she majored in legal communications and minored in history.

  • Hometown: Detroit, Mi
  • Hobbies: Traveling, Jewelry making and discovering new music
  • Favorite TV shows: I’m a TV junkie, so it’s hard to name just few, but if I had to - Friday Night Lights, Roswell and Sons of Anarchy
  • All-time favorite TV character: Dorothy Zbornak, loved her brutal honesty
  • Actor or actress people have said you resemble: Lela Rochon (I wish!)
  • Radio station or program I am always tuned to: The Michael Baisden Show
  • Preferred movie genre: Tossup: Romantic Comedy or Action
  • A movie that everyone should see once and why: Avatar – it’s one of a kind and so imaginative
  • Favorite movie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
  • Most frequented website: ESPN
  • Blog that I must read daily: TMZ
  • Personal quote: Relax, this too shall pass