Facilities & Event Management

Good morning!

My name is Allison Kelly and I am the Director of Marketing and Community Engagement here with the University of Kansas. I've been here just about eight months and loving every second of it! I primarily work with our Football team and our internship program while assisting our GA with Softball! This will be my second year serving on this Member Circle and I am so excited to be back!

If you all have the time, please introduce yourself, where you work, and tell us your go-to coffee order! Also, if there's anything you'd like us to discuss in our upcoming calls, please comment below!

Have a wonderful day, and we look forward to seeing you all for our first call soon!

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Allison Kelly
Director Of Marketing And Community Engagement
Lawrence KS
(816) 529-4595
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Good afternoon! My name is Reagan Schaefer and I am the Director of Events and Engagement at LSU in the Tiger Athletic Foundation. Thanks for starting this thread, Allison. It will be a great way for us to connect with other women that are involved with events and facilities like we are. 

My go-to coffee order, depending on the weather, is either a hot or iced vanilla latte with almond milk! 

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Reagan Schaefer
Director Of Events And Engagement
LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation
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Hello! My name is Katie Wimp-Callies and I am the Head of Equipment, Olympic Sports at Colorado State University. I joined this community because it is the closest to equipment. I am not a coffee girl but love all types of herbal teas! 

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Katie Wimp
Head Equipment Manager, Olympic Sports
Colorado State University
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That's awesome, Katie! My fiancé works in equipment, so I definitely appreciate all that you do and all of the hours you put in. It's cool to see a woman working in equipment, too!

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Reagan Schaefer
Director Of Events And Engagement
LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-05-2024 10:13:32 AM
From: Katie Wimp
Subject: Introduction of 2024 Facilities and Events Circle Leads

Hello! My name is Katie Wimp-Callies and I am the Head of Equipment, Olympic Sports at Colorado State University. I joined this community because it is the closest to equipment. I am not a coffee girl but love all types of herbal teas! 

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Katie Wimp
Head Equipment Manager, Olympic Sports
Colorado State University
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Hi everyone!

My name is Lauren Cowden and I am the Stadium Operations Coordinator with the Kansas City Royals. I have been here almost a year and absolutely love working in the sports industry and all that comes along with it! No matter the weather, I'm usually ordering a Skinny Vanilla Ice Coffee or Caramel Iced Coffee of some sort! I will say I'm a Diet Coke girly through and through will buy a Diet Coke before I buy a coffee!

Im super excited to get to know everyone!

Lauren 

Lauren Cowden

Stadium Operations Coordinator | Kansas City Royals

1985 & 2015 World Series Champions

Kauffman Stadium | One Royal Way | Kansas City, MO 64129

p: 816.504.4280

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Lauren Cowden
Stadium Operations Coordinator
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Hello Ladies! 

My name is Ashley Summerset and I am the Associate Director of Event Operations at the University of Arizona. I am starting year 3 and work primarily with soccer, women's basketball and softball. This is my first year serving as a Facilities and Events Circle Lead, but I have been involved with Women Leaders since 2020 in many different capacities. If you have any questions about your membership or facilities and events, please reach out! I'd love to connect! 

My go to order at most coffee places is Chai Tea lol. 

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Ashley Summerset
Associate Director, Event Operations
McKale Center, Room 229C
Tucson, AZ 85721-0096
www.arizonawildcats.com
asummerset@arizona.edu
520.621.0624
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Hey everyone! 

My name is Kaylen Thornton and I am the Athletics Operations Manager in the Operations Department (Facilities and Events) at LSU - Louisiana State University. I have been here for 5 years and it has been a blast! 

I don't drink coffee so I will say my go-to Starbucks order is the Strawberry Acai Refresher :) 

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Kaylen Thornton
Athletics Operations Manager
Louisiana State University
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Hi Everyone,

My name is Morgan Petriko and I am an Operations Manager for the Chicago Blackhawks Practice Facility here in Chicago, IL! I was formally in administration roles within collegiate athletics, so I am looking forward to connecting with everyone in the facilities and events field. My go to order is an Iced Coffee with Carmel, and yes even if its -2 out or 20 degrees where I work, I will always have an iced coffee.

Looking forward to our first call!

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Morgan Petriko
Operations Manager
Chicago Blackhawks
Desplaines IL
8475023834
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Hi!

My name is Ayanna! I am the Director of Operations/Events at the University of Kentucky. I've been working with our operations department for the last 6ish years. Excited to get to interact with you all!!

Recently got a Nespresso so trying to stay away from Starbucks/coffee shops! But I have been loving iced brown sugar shaken espressos.

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Ayanna Parker
Director Of Operations - Events
University Of Kentucky
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Hi Everyone - My name is Samantha Almquist and I am the Director of Internal Operations at Michigan Tech in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I will be completing my 3rd year here in June and have loved every second of it. I get to work with all of our sports teams and attend all of our home games. I have met so many incredible people (fans, coaches, student-athletes). My go-to coffee order is an iced coffee (black) with SF Vanilla cold foam on top. One of our local coffee shops makes it so much better than any chains. I am slightly addicted. 

Have a great week everyone! 

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Samantha Terry
Director Of Athletic Operations
Houghton MI
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Hey all!

My name is Carly Herm and I'm the Director of Athletic Events, Facilities, and Guest Relations here at the University of Colorado Boulder. I've been with the department for almost 7 years now and have loved getting to connect with so many women in the industry. I've worked with almost every sport here but currently work with our Women's Basketball and Women's Lacrosse teams so gearing up for a fun crossover stretch. I was more involved with Women Leaders before covid but am really excited to get back into it and get to know y'all more.

I'm pretty consistent in loving a mug of dark roast with hazelnut creamer every morning but I'm also on a Starbuck's Chestnut Praline Latte kick right now :)

Can't wait for the first call!

Carly

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Carly Herm
Assistant Director Of Athletic Events, Facilities, And Guest Relations
University Of Colorado
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Hi everyone! My name is Ali Wilson and I am the Sports Administration Assistant for the American Rivers Conference, a Division III athletic conference. I am an outlier to this group, but run 23 championship events each season and NCAA hosting events! 

I am excited to connect with a lot of you.

Ali

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Ali Wilson
Sports Administration Assistant
American Rivers Conference
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Hi Everyone! Great call earlier today. My name is Lisa Dunn and I work in Athletics Development and Alumni Relations at George Washington University in DC. I'm entering my third year in this role and am grateful to this group for the opportunity to learn and connect with some truly outstanding women leaders.

Recently my go-to coffee order is a Pistachio Latte w/Oat Milk 

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Lisa Dunn
Assoc. Dir Of Development, Athletics Engagement & Annual Giving
Washington DC
202-607-3935
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Hi everyone! 

My name is Katrina Konopka and I am the Assistant Director for Athletic Event Management at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  I work with a multitude of sports-Football, Men's Basketball, Baseball, Fencing, Field Hockey, Men's and Women's Golf, and Track and Field! It was great to meet you all on the call yesterday and I am so excited to be a part of this community! Big fan of Celcius or Red Bull to get me through the longer games-but right now I am hooked on the Citrus Mint Tea from Starbucks! 

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Katrina Konopka
Assistant Director For Athletic Event Management
Chapel Hill NC
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