Minnesota Business Women Recognized – Spotlight Awards Finalist

Minneapolis, Minn.—(January 12, 2010) —  Event Solutions magazine, Conference and Tradeshow recently announced that local event professional Julie Ann Schmidt, CMP of Lithium Logistics Group in Plymouth has been named as a finalist in the 2010 Spotlight Awards in the category of Event Planner of the year.

Julie Ann was recognized for her body of work including her global work on the Honeywell Nobel Initiative and her work on the 2008 Republican National Convention held in Minneapolis – Saint Paul, MN. Julie Ann is a recognized an industry leader as a mentor, industry public speaker and an active member of the MN Chapter of Meeting Professionals International (MPI). In Julie Ann was also recognized by Exhibit City News as a “2009 40 Under 40 Industry Leader” this past August.

For the Spotlight Award the 139 finalists were selected from a field of more than 600 nominations based on their entry profile that speaks to their body of work. They represent some of the top event professionals not just in the United States, but internationally. The prestigious Spotlight Awards, the event industry’s most comprehensive awards program began in 1998 and have grown to a 20 category event.

Finalists were published in the December issue of Event Solutions magazine and appear on the voting site:  event-solutions.com until January 31, 2010.  Recipients of the award will be presented March 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, as the signature event of the Event Solutions Conference and Tradeshow. Event Industry luminaries, colleagues, friends and family will be included in the event audience, to applaud and honor the finalists and recipients of the award.

Contact:  Julie Ann Schmidt, CMP, Lithium Logistics Group, LLC, 763-390-1380, jschmidt@lilogistics.com