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Management Conference Services

The Management Conference Services supports Government organizations that want to conduct off-site management and executive development training, conferences, strategic planning sessions, and other events. Our national centers are self-contained, residential facilities designed for executive and management development activities. Excellent accommodations, unique features, and special services make our locations an ideal learning environment.

These services are available, up to three months in advance of your event, at either of our training centers in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and Aurora, Colorado. An experienced Government conference meeting planner coordinates space requirements, meeting logistics, and support services to ensure that programs and events run efficiently and effectively.

Through the Management Conference Services, we welcome the opportunity to partner with you and your organization to meet your leadership development goals.

We offer:

  • Excellent facilities and locations
    • First-class conference and lodging space
    • Food and beverage service
    • State-of-the-art technology support and equipment
    • Student lounge, fitness, technology and business centers
    • ADA requirements for accessibility
    • Easy access from airports and nearby metropolitan areas, including Washington, DC
  • Delivery services
    • Administrative and technical support
    • Professional facilitation and custom program services
    • Planning consultation and assistance
  • Easy contracting mechanisms
    • Package pricing
    • No bids/requests for proposals
    • Easy reimbursable agreements supported by the Economy Act of XXX
    • Friendly thirty day cancellation policy

Locations and Transportation

Our national centers are located at the Eastern Management Development Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia; and the Western Management Development Center in Aurora, Colorado. Travel to any of the locations is easily accomplished. Driving is a convenient option if you live in or near the Washington, DC or Denver metropolitan areas. If you travel by air, shuttle service operates between Washington Dulles Airport and the Eastern Management Development Center in Shepherdstown, WV., and between Denver International Airport and the Western Management Development Center in Aurora, CO.

For More Information

If you are planning for an event, please contact:


Meg Bowman
Management Conference Services
Eastern Management Development Center
239 Lowe Drive
Shepherdstown, WV 25443-9601
Voice: 304-870-8034
TDD/TTY: 304-870-8066
Fax: 304-870-8001
Email: meg.bowman@opm.gov