WHO

 
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KARA FOLEY
Principal

Kara Foley has a background in B2B and customer-focused live events and brings over 20 years of experience to Ascend Events.

Throughout her career, Kara has amassed a full scope of event experience, from overall project management, to speaker and sponsor fulfillment, and general logistics management.

Having worked throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, Kara knows what it takes to make an event happen no matter the venue - including virtual environments.

Kara holds a B.S in Public Relations from San Jose State University.

 
 

WHAT

Ascend Events is a project consultant company focused on event management and logistics - we can help with all aspects of events - from overall project management all the way down to the fine details.

We focus primarily on corporate and customer events and trade shows ranging from 100 to 2500 attendees and have worked on events as large as 25,000 attendees and over 500 booths.

Ascend Events has experience in many major event cities, including international venues.

 
 

WHERE

Ascend Events is based in Northern California and can work anywhere accessible by airport.
We have direct experience working in the following venues:

 
 

ASIA

  • China National Convention Center

  • Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo

  • Hyatt Regency Hangzhou

  • InterContinental Beijing Beichen

NORTH AMERICA

  • Allegretto Vineyard Resort Paso Robles

  • Conrad New York Downtown

  • Dolce Hayes Mansion, San Jose

  • DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Jose

  • Fairmont San Jose

  • Grand Hyatt San Francisco

  • Hilton San Francisco Union Square

  • Hyatt Centric Fishermans Wharf San Francisco

  • Hyatt Regency Austin

  • Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center

  • Hynes Convention Center, Boston

  • InterContinental Miami

  • InterContinental San Francisco

  • JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE

  • Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego

  • Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas

  • Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

  • Miami Beach Convention Center

  • Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco

  • Napa Valley Marriott

  • Orange County Convention Center, Orlando

  • Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

  • Raleigh Marriott City Center

  • Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe

  • Revere Hotel Boston Common

  • San Jose Convention Center

  • San Jose Marriott

  • Santa Clara Convention Center

  • SFJAZZ

  • Sheraton Boston Hotel

  • Sheraton Grand Seattle

  • Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa

  • The Venetian and Palazzo Resort, Las Vegas

  • Times Center, New York City

  • Westin Harbour Castle Toronto

EUROPE

  • Berlin Convention Center

  • Corinthia Hotel Budapest

  • Dublin Convention Center

  • Fira Barcelona Gran Via

  • Hilton Amsterdam

  • Hilton Prague

  • Hotel Bayerischer hof Munich

  • Maritim Hotel Berlin