After 14 years with CWT Meetings & Events, meetings management pioneer Kari Wendel announced on LinkedIn on Monday that she would be leaving the mega meetings agency for a newly created role of VP meetings solutions for the the Americas at HRS. Wendel will leverage her multiple years of experience as a supplier, buyer, consultant and partner to lead HRS’ North American activation of the company’s unique Meetings-as-a-Service solution. She will oversee HRS’ client consulting and acquisition activities in North America, as well as supervise strategic accounts across continents.