Concierge event management service from the initial call to the final follow-up

OLC’s event management team are corporate and association meeting planning and medical/surgical education specialists, drawing on nearly 50 years of professional experience to handle all of your meeting or event needs. We customize to meet your needs including hybrid meetings with a smaller number of in-person attendees and HD livestreaming to a larger audience who may not be able to travel.

Whether the goal is to produce a laboratory skills training for medical professionals, a corporate offsite or a livestream educational event viewed internally or worldwide, the OLC event management team works with you to create and facilitate an ideal learning and meeting environment.

Your concierge event management team works with you throughout the event planning process to understand preferences and specific requirements as the event or training takes shape. With ongoing communication and collaboration from the initial scheduling to the final follow-up, our event management team ensures every aspect of the planning, timing and execution of your event at the OLC Education & Conference Center meets the highest standards and delivers a successful outcome.

Please also see more about the OLC’s preparedness and 2021 GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation – our commitment to keeping both attendees and staff safe.

Lise Puckorius CEO of the OLC
Lisé A. Puckorius, CAE
CEO

As CEO of the OLC Education & Conference Center, Lisé manages and oversees day-to-day operations. She has worked in the meetings and event industry for more than 20 years, with extensive experience in event planning and education management, including serving as the global event strategist for the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), senior vice president of event services at SmithBucklin, and working at AT Kearney and the Chicago Convention Bureau.

Ellen Kaimakis - OLC Lab Manager
Ellen Kaimakis, HMCC
Lab Manager

Ellen began her career in the healthcare industry, working in sales support, bio-skills events and planning meetings. A former client who hosted medical education events at the OLC for over 15 years, Ellen joined when the opportunity arose to direct lab events and manage the lab team. She enjoys working with clients to address the ever-changing needs of medical education and meetings. Ellen also recently completed a Healthcare Meeting Compliance Certification program so that she help ensure our clients are aware of and remain in compliance with the latest healthcare meeting compliance regulations throughout the event planning process. Ellen spends her time outside of the lab working on her micro-farm and making home-grown salsa and garlic powder.

Kathy Klabacha - OLC Office Manager
Kathy Klabacha
Office Manager

Kathy knows the importance of strategic pre-planning to deliver a meeting beyond expectations, having served as a medical meeting planner before joining the OLC. She uses her experience to find the best ideas and solutions to achieve the desired goals on-budget and on-schedule. Kathy’s love of everything outdoors has taken her to 29 of the U.S. national parks – exactly half-way to her goal of visiting all 58.

Josh Koehn - Head Houseman
Josh Koehn
Head Houseman

Working behind the scenes at the OLC for the last four years, Josh ensures all meeting and event orders are followed to a “T” – determining the best set-up and timeline, managing the execution, and directing final tear-down and clean-up. Josh’s extensive background includes mortuary science experience and is a published author who collects and restores old video games.

Brynn Kanan
Brynn Kanan
Lab Associate

As part of the OLC’s team, Brynn is responsible for assisting our clients in the planning and execution of the labs themselves and all lab equipment needs. She has a Bachelor of Science-Kinesiology from Northern Illinois University, and before joining our team, she was a Personal Care Assistant for the State of Illinois, Department of Human Services. Brynn enjoys working with our clients to make all of their experiences here be exceptional. She enjoys cooking and spending time with her dog – a Rottweiler-Beagle mix that she rescued – when she isn’t in her Pilates class.

Paige C. Horne
Lab Associate

Paige is responsible for assisting our clients in the preplanning and execution of their bio-skills labs and all lab equipment needs. As a new OLC team member she looks forward to meeting and working with our clients. She has a Bachelor of Science-Biology: Pre-Med from Northern Illinois University. Before joining our team, she was a Pathology Lab Coordinator for Tempus which is a Biotech company for data-driven precision medicine for cancer patients. Paige loves to travel, spending time with friends and trying new restaurants with exciting cuisines. She also loves spending time in the kitchen creating culinary masterpieces!