Hedy M. Varga has been promoted Senior Sales Manager at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles
Hedy M. Varga has been promoted to senior sales manager for the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center currently under construction on UCLA’s main campus. The university-based conference center, which will offer 254 guest rooms and 25,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting space, is scheduled to open in August of this year. Cindy Gagle, director of sales & marketing, made the announcement. A highly accomplished sales professional, Hedy M. Varga brings to her new role previous success as sales manager in the important pre-opening phase of the Luskin Conference Center, as well as sales leadership experience at multiple signature hotels in California. These include serving as director of sales for the Loews Hollywood Hotel, and in sales positions for the Sofitel Los Angeles, the Canary Hotel Santa Barbara, The Beverly Hilton, the Westin Century Plaza, The St. Regis Los Angeles and the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey. Ms. Varga's promotion is not her first successful experience with UCLA. As a child, she was successfully treated for a life-threatening illness at the UCLA Medical Center. "The doctors and specialists were wonderful and my family and I credit them for saving my life," said Ms. Varga. "So bringing health science groups to the new Luskin Conference Center is especially meaningful for me." Hedy Varga attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she achieved the Dean's Honor List. She also successfully completed the Hilton Customer-Focused Selling Sales College program, the Ritz-Carlton Leadership Training program and the Master Connection Association Sales Training Levels I and II. Ms. Varga is an active member of Meeting Professionals International and the California Society of Association Executives. A native of Los Angeles, Hedy Varga, her husband and their young son reside in Granada Hills, California.
