About Cronus Events
Cronus Events, LLC is a full-service event management company specializing in a broad range of events. We specialize in festivals, grand galas, celebrity chef dinners, press conferences, donor cultivation receptions, seminars, marathons, and sporting events.
Beth Lopes has been working in the special event management industry for over 25 years. Her company focuses on complex and high-profile events for non-profit organizations in the Greater Boston area and throughout New England. She formed Cronus Events in 2007 to meet the demand of Greater Boston non-profit organizations seeking out her expertise to consult and manage various special events. The company has since grown to a full-service event management company. Beth has worked with non-profit organizations such as the Boston Children’s Museum, Ellis Memorial, and the Edgartown Board of Trade. She also spent eleven years producing the Boston Wine Expo Seminar Program working for the Guild of Oenopholists.
Beth attended Jacksonville University on a Division 1 women’s golf scholarship where she competed in the NCAA Sunbelt Conference. In 1996 she interned with the American Junior Golf Association traveling across the country for three months as a Tournament Assistant and Rules Official. In 1997 she was selected as the Francis Ouimet Student Speaker where she shared the podium with golf legend Arnold Palmer at their Annual Banquet. She graduated in 1997 with a BS in Marketing from the Jacksonville University Davis College of Business. She then went on to obtaining her Class A LPGA Teaching Card that she maintained for several years before retiring in 2007. Beth’s strong golf background makes her the ideal candidate for running a flawless fundraising golf tournament as she did with Ray Bourque during her time working for the Anthony Spinazzola Foundation.
After graduation, Beth spent a few years working at the World Golf Village for PGA TOUR Productions as a Production Assistant where she learned to produce television segments including the PGA TOUR Shot of the Week, as well as segments for “Inside the PGA Tour”. Beth was then hired by the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund to serve as their Special Events Planner and Community Relations Director. While at the Ouimet Fund, Beth produced their Annual Banquets, each with over 2,000 attendees, honoring golfing legends Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange, and Ken Venturi. In 2002 she worked closely with the Secret Service on the Annual Banquet to honor President George HW Bush.
Beth has also worked for the Jane Blalock Company where she served as the LPGA liaison and Director of Event Management where she was part of the organizing team producing the LPGA Clinics for Women across the United States. While working for the Jane Blalock Company, Beth had the opportunity to produce the Broadcasters Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament in Las Vegas and produce the golf portion of the Sean McDonough Charity Golf Dinner and Auction with Matt Damon.
Some of Beth’s favorite events to produce came during her time with the Anthony Spinazzola Foundation, during its final years of service. Beth served as the Senior Event Manager. She worked diligently to produce several years of the Anthony Spinazzola Gala Festival of Food & Wine where 150 restaurants and 90 International wineries shared their tastings with over 5,000 attendees. The event was named one of the top five food & wine events in the country by Food & Wine Magazine. These evenings were unforgettable with the Boston Pops performing in the center of the event. She also oversaw the Anthony Spinazzola Grand Benefit Dinner that was held on the evening of the Gala, were 130 attendees had the chance to enjoy a $750 meal prepared by celebrity chefs from around the globe!
Beth lives in Plymouth with her husband of 20 years and their two children. She enjoys reading, playing golf, and lending her time to local town non-profits for advice and fundraising. In 2017 she donated services by helping fundraise over $60,000 for a new playground. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the AFP Massachusetts Chapter.