Jessica Methier King

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Jessica
Methier King
Director of Sales, Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center

Montgomery, Alabama
Age: 32

Like many people in the industry, Atlanta native Jessica Methier King fell into the meetings world by happy accident. While working in advertising sales for a publishing company in Auburn, Ala., and playing a dual role as meeting planner for company events, King was noticed by the general manager of the Auburn Marriott Opelika Hotel and Conference Center at Grand National who offered her a job in catering sales. Five years and another hotel property later, she knows without a doubt that she made the right career transition. “When I first started, the general manager said I’d either love it or hate it and if I loved it, it would get under my skin,” she says. “That’s exactly what happened.” She’s been at the Renaissance Montgomery for four years, and is a member of PCMA, MPI and the Junior League of Lee County, sitting on its education, training and public relations committees. Although she is passionate about her career and volunteer work, King says what she loves most is spending time with her husband. The newlyweds married in January.

—L. Plummer