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Marybeth Roberts, CMP

PAST Marybeth Roberts has taken on an increasingly strategic role at Amgen in the nine years since she came on board (after 17 years with Procter & Gamble). In January, she was promoted to director of global meeting management. She reports to global strategic sourcing, which gives her team significant visibility within the organization.

CRED Roberts was brought to Amgen to help consolidate meetings companywide, having previously spearheaded that initiative for the pharmaceutical division of P&G. In January 2008, she was part of a team that presented an opportunity analysis to senior management realigning the meetings team and consolidating meetings across the organization. The team received approval, and Roberts worked with Amgen’s sourcing department to create an operational structure for the newly formed global meetings management team, which was rolled out last year. She worked with the sourcing department to create an SMMP policy, which includes preferred suppliers, a meeting registration platform, and outsourced meeting logistics.

GIVING BACK About three years ago, Roberts spoke at the Pharmaceutical Meeting Management Forum (co-organized by CMI sister publication Medical Meetings) for the first time. “That is when I realized that we had a great story that people really wanted to hear.” The experience was eye-opening as she realized the benefits of stepping outside her comfort zone and sharing her story. 

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