I’m Tania Farries, founder of Clearline Event Strategy. For more than 20 years, I’ve been the person behind the plan when the stakes are high, the details are multiplying, and everything still has to work.
My career began in Washington hospitality and grew to include Presidential Inaugural Balls, association meetings, medical education, global corporate programs, live productions, and venue operations. I have worked in ballrooms, theaters, operating rooms, convention centers, and virtual environments, but the challenge is always the same: turning hundreds of moving parts into one clear, executable plan.
I see the gaps, pressure points, and dependencies that can derail an event. Then I bring the people, timelines, partners, and decisions into alignment before they do.
That is what I bring to Clearline: senior-level strategy, practical operational leadership, and the judgment to make complicated events work.
1,700+ — guests at a single full-venue activation
35% — revenue growth delivered on a flagship industry conference
$71K+ — raised at a single nonprofit fundraiser
2 — U.S. Presidential Inaugurations supported
22 — association programs managed in a single year
433 — room hotel block secured for a single conference
About
My career has never fit neatly into one box.
I began my career in Washington, DC, creating experiences for dignitaries, celebrities, C-suite leaders, and international guests. The work included Presidential Inaugural Balls and the inaugural launch of Amtrak’s Acela service.
That experience taught me early that a successful event is not simply a beautiful room. It is a carefully coordinated operation, one where protocol, security, transportation, timing, hospitality, and guest experience all have to work together seamlessly.
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I don't plan your event. I run it. Corporate events, galas, weddings, and recurring programs — from the first timeline through the last vendor out.
ASSOCIATION + MEDICAL PROGRAMS
From ballrooms to operating rooms
I've managed scientific and medical meetings that run on precision: multi-day international programs with CME accreditation, large room blocks, and every logistical detail tracked to the hour. For the International Skeletal Society, I ran a seven-day international scientific meeting. For Veritas Meeting Solutions, I managed association programs of 200 to 1,000 attendees, including ACLM's annual meeting with a 433-room block.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
GLOBAL CORPORATE PRODUCTION
Enterprise events at global scale
Through Capgemini, I planned and delivered more than 300 high-profile programs for McDonald’s, including 50+ global events, virtual productions reaching 100,000+ attendees, and budgets up to $1 million.
VENUE AND LIVE OPERATIONS
Where strategy becomes execution
From private events to large-scale live productions, I have led the full operating plan across venue coordination, food and beverage, AV, talent, security, staffing, branding, guest flow, communications, load-in, event day, and strike.