Michelle Manire

Michelle Manire is a high-achieving professional with extensive experience in the event and hotel industries. Following her success as the first woman hired as the General Manager for two major hotel chains, she launched Coast to Coast Conferences & Events in 1994. For more than two decades, Michelle has provided time and cost-saving solutions, comprehensive conference and event management, and consulting services for a wide range of clients nationwide.

Michelle graduated from Leadership Long Beach, Goldman Sachs 10ksb, and MDE from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. She has also earned certification as a Senior Certified Meeting Manager (CMM). When the pandemic hit in 2020, Michelle quickly pivoted and earned her certification in Virtual Event & Meeting Management and Pandemic Meeting and Event Design from the Event Leadership Institute.

Michelle excels at simplifying the event planning process and has developed her own proprietary systems to save clients time and money. She is also passionate about mentoring up-and-coming meeting planners and mentors women business owners in her position as the chair of the OC Forum for Women Business Enterprise Council West.