How did you first become involved with MPI?
I didn’t know it at the time, but I first became involved with MPI because of the people. I was looking to get more involved in the industry outside of the walls of Fenway Park. I had been to a few industry events, but decided to become a member of MPI because Taylor Grinnell was already a member. At one of my first events, I got to talking to Kristy Burns and she suggested I join a conference call to learn more about volunteering. I joined the conference call and unknowingly also joined the Education Committee and was soon a co-chair for an Education event. Not long after Kristy encouraged me to join the Board and I’ve been loving it ever since. These two people got me more involved and in the process I’ve met so many more people in volunteering that it keeps me coming back… and apparently both of them too as we’re all board members.
Can you share one of your most memorable MPI stories?
One of my most memorable stories with MPI only happened because of the mission of the MPI Foundation. I was excited to explore options for the MPI Experiential Series and the Venice Film Festival was an amazing opportunity, especially with the film work I have done at Fenway Park. Traveling to Venice, Italy was a bit more expensive than I had planned, but the MPI Foundation awarded me a scholarship and I was able to attend! This was the first European MPI Experiential Event and it was truly a global experience from the film festival itself—along with the festival production program MPI put together—to our MPI Italia hosts, and attendees from several other countries. I can’t thank the MPI Foundation enough for enabling me to have this opportunity and I’m so excited to give back to the MPI Foundation this month with the Chairman’s Challenge!