After 4 and a half years as the in-house conference planner for the National Notary Association based in the Los Angeles area, Brooke Murphy started her own business, Event Prof in The Shoals area of northwest Alabama. Event Prof is a full-service meetings and event management company covering events from dinner parties of 10 to conferences of 700 in venues all across the U.S. Murphy’s focus is on putting her skills and experiences to work in event industry advocacy and designing and producing corporate, association and social events.