If you’ve expressed interest in pursuing a CMP certification but have not started studying, mark your calendars! MPI THCC’s virtual study group, facilitated by Carol Benavidez, is coming your way soon, and you can take part in it by reserving a spot today!

Current classes are on Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CT for five weeks: (Orientation on August 28)
September 4 | September 11 | September 25 | October 2 |  October 9 
Members: $150  |  Non-Members $200

Contact dir-education@mpithcc.org if you have any questions or need additional assistance.

This program has been approved by the Events Industry Council for 8 CEU credit hours. MPI Texas Hill Country Chapter is a CMP Preferred Provider.

Carol Benavidez, CMP, CMM, HMCC - The CMP Experience

Carol Benavidez, CMP, CMM, HMCC strongly believes in continuing education, as evidenced by her own discipline in studying for and obtaining respected industry certifications. Carol is passionate in her desire to help elevate others professionally; this is what led her to start The CMP Experience Boot Camps in late 2017.

Her education includes graduation from the University of North Texas in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel/Restaurant Management and a minor in Business. In addition, she achieved the Convention Industry Council’s Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation in 2000 and the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Certificate in Meeting Management (CMM) in 2012. In 2018, she pursued and earned her Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certificate (HMCC), which focuses on protocols to accommodate the medical meeting industry.

Carol’s work experience encompasses management positions in many hotel departments including restaurants, bar, room service, catering and group sales at Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Radisson Plaza Hotel Fort Worth, Omni Dallas Hotel at Park West and Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas.

Carol is currently a Managing Director with HelmsBriscoe, where she began her career in 1999.