Chief Amplifier Andrea Driessen saves meeting planners time, money and guesswork by connecting them with top talent and cutting-edge meeting resources for conferences, annual meetings, incentive events, and training programs.

In addition to founding Amplify, she also launched its hipper, younger sister, No More Boring Meetings to more deeply and holistically serve the meetings industry.
 
Asked why she's in this industry, Andrea said:
 
"I love this business because I deeply believe in the power of learning and skill development to positively and permanently change people's lives.
 
I also get so jazzed when I hear our clients say…'WOW. Your recommendations really hit the nail on the head.' You went above and beyond. ‘You really GET it.'

And I know we're different from other meeting resource companies, since we're not just out to "sell" something. We want to genuinely connect with clients and deliver value when there's a need. We want our clients to know that their best interests are at the top of our minds.  I hear our clients say they deeply appreciate how we focus on truly listening to their needs…and then recommending talent to ensure those needs are met—on time, on target, on budget. It's all so rewarding."
 
For nearly 20 years, Andrea has been linking professional speakers with captive audiences. Raised in a family in which learning was strongly encouraged, by parents who value self-directed education and discovery, Andrea thrives on connecting experts with audiences to put an end to boring meetings as well as foster positive change and growth in corporations and associations around the country.
 
Andrea brings a deep understanding of professionals' distinctive skills, learning styles and motivations. She works closely with business leaders to make sure meetings generate high ROI, long-lasting motivation and critical skill retention.
 
Clients include Microsoft, Boeing, Verizon Wireless, Costco, McDonald's, Associated General Contractors and hundreds of others.

Andrea is a contributing writer to the speaking-industry resource, Make a Difference: How to Use Your Life Experience and Professional Skills to Teach, Enrich People's Lives, and Get Paid for It Too!

Amplify is a member of Meeting Planners International, Professional Convention Management Assn. and the International Association of Speakers Bureaus.

Detail Maven Cambria Huber is passionate about providing executive-level administrative support to some of the most exclusive and influential professional organizations in Seattle.

Cambria is the owner of Detail Maven, a consulting business that provides executive administration services for non-profit boards of directors and for-profit companies. In addition to supporting No More Boring Meetings, Cambria also provides support to EO Seattle, the most influential network of entrepreneurs in Seattle and part of the most powerful network of entrepreneurs in the world. Cambria has been instrumental in the organization's 20% growth in membership this year.

Cambria also assists another influential organization, the World Trade Club, one of Washington's oldest international trade organizations. A key to her role is processing applications for the Governor's Trader of the Year Award.

Cambria holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Clothing and Textiles from Seattle Pacific University, and has taught as an adjunct professor in the Family & Consumer Sciences program at SPU since 2007.

In 2008, Cambria founded Rescuing Lives, an organization that raises awareness of destitute conditions of young women in India. Cambria's fundraising efforts raised $5000 and opened 10 new campuses for a vocational sewing school in a rural village. In 2008, Cambria traveled to Hyderabad, India, to teach in the school.

Cambria has lived in Seattle for 7 years and recently married her best friend and fellow entrepreneur, Erik Huber.