Keli O'Neill Wenzel, CFEE's schedule for IFEA 71st Annual Convention & Expo

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Keli O'Neill Wenzel, CFEE

O'Neill Events & Marketing

President & CEO

Kansas City, Missouri

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President/Managing Partner of O’Neill Marketing & Event Management. Keli is the creator and orchestrator of many of Kansas City’s most successful civic, corporate and entertainment events. She serves as the founding Executive Director of the highly successful Kansas City Irish Fest. She is co-founder and Producer of the Jiggle Jam Family Music Fest, as well as executive producer of Boulevardia Craft Beer and Music festival and Kansas City RiverFest (KC’s largest Independence Day Celebration). Other recent projects include VIP coordination for Amway Global Presents the Tina Turner Tour, planning and management for the opening of the National WWI Museum at Kansas City's landmark Liberty Memorial, opening events for the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, director of Kansas City’s City-Wide Events committee for the 2012 MLB All Star Game, marketing and communication liaison for the Big 12 Championships.

IFEA 71st Annual Convention & Expo