Event Producer & Strategist

Rooms that transform.
Stages built with
intention.

I'm Chelsea Deline — a special event curator with ten-plus years across TV, theatre, arts education and the live moment. Currently with Black Enterprise.

See the work
10+
Years producing
50+
Events produced
15,000+
Attendees served
Portrait of Chelsea Deline
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Jersey City → Worldwide
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About

I build rooms people don't want to leave.

Chelsea Deline at work
Chelsea Deline at her desk

For a decade I've worked the seam between media, entertainment and the live moment — pitching speakers, shaping session topics, and building activations that translate into feeling.

From the boardroom of the Women of Power Summit to brand activations for Morgan Stanley, my work runs on a simple promise: every attendee should know they were wanted there from the beginning. The run-of-show is structure. The room is craft. The take-away is the whole point.

  • Speaker pitching & curation
  • Session topic development
  • Brand activation design
  • Run-of-show & stage producing
  • Budget management
  • Hosting & on-camera presence
  • Audience production
  • Podcast producing & interviewing
  • Sponsorship & talent relations
  • Board-level program advisory
  • A.I. certified — Bethanie Nonanmi
Selected Work

The receipts.

A few of the rooms, stages and partners I've helped shape over the last ten years.

01
Conference

Women of Power Summit | Black Enterprise

On-Site Registration Lead · Attendee Experience Manager

Served as the on-site registration lead and primary attendee experience manager for one of the nation's premier conferences for Black women executives. Directed all registration operations, managed the attendee-facing information desk, and owned real-time digital communications, including live website agenda updates and attendee app management, ensuring a seamless, high-touch experience from arrival through close.

02
Community Event

Jersey City Black Comic Con

Producer · Three Consecutive Years

Produced three consecutive years of Jersey City's Black Comic Con, scaling the event from a one-day to a two-day format at the Pavilion Center.

03
Conference

Xcel Summit | Black Enterprise

Producer · Three Consecutive Summits

Produced three consecutive Xcel Summits, managing programming, logistics, and on-site execution.

04
Conference

Disruptor Summit | Black Enterprise

Producer · Two Consecutive Summits

Produced two consecutive Disruptor Summits, overseeing end-to-end event operations and attendee experience.

05
Brand Activation

Morgan Stanley x Black Enterprise | Women of Power Summit

Pitch · Concept Development

Developed and pitched a full brand activation strategy for Morgan Stanley at Black Enterprise's Women of Power Summit, translating institutional authority into an immersive, human-centered attendee experience from concept architecture. Presented as a proposed activation concept.

06
Artist Development · Music Education

Mary Brown · Recipe Music Workshop

Singer-Songwriter Partnership · NYC Mayor's Office · Clive Davis Institute at NYU Tisch

Partnering with singer-songwriter Mary Brown on the Recipe Music Workshop, an educational music initiative produced in partnership with the New York City Mayor's Office and hosted at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU Tisch. The workshop gives emerging artists hands-on access to the craft of songwriting, production and the business of music, taught inside one of the country's most respected music programs.

07
Story Production

Love & Hip Hop

Story Board Team · Cast Dynamics

Sat on the story board team — crafting interview questions, prepping hosts, and tracking the real-time dynamics between cast members to help the showrunner shape scene stories episode to episode.

Practice

Built for the moment, engineered for the memory.

Strategy

Theme, narrative arc, audience design.

Programming

Speaker pitching, session topics, panels.

Production

Run-of-show, stage management, vendor leadership.

Activation

Brand-led experiences that travel beyond the room.

"
Every event and activation should be built with the attendee first — so that when they walk in, they feel like it was made just for them.
— Chelsea Deline
Let's build it

Let's build something
that lasts.

Open to full-time Event Manager roles and select project collaborations. Based in Jersey City. Available nationwide.

Direct
hello@chelseadeline.com
Based
Jersey City, NJ
Available
Worldwide · 2026