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November 8-10, 2026
Hilton New Orleans Riverside HotelNew Orleans, LA

2026 Schedule

Sales & Ops F#!king Hate Each Other: The Real-Life Solutions to Selling It, Producing It, and Pulling It Off to Remove that Narrative

Margaret Brower  (CEO & Founder, Rainmaker Sales + Marketing Group, LLC)
Lizzy Desibia  (Chief Operating Officer, Russell Morin Catering & Events)
Location: Quarterdeck B-C
Date: Monday, November 9
Time: 10:30 am - 11:45 am
Track: Sales Executive Group (SEG)
Vault Recording: TBD

We’re going straight to the most common pain points across the client and event journey. Sales wants to create possibility and drive revenue. Operations wants to protect execution, profitability, and the team. So we’re asking two questions:

What is creating the friction?

What can we actually do about it?