I hated school. All of it. Elementary all the way through to the Dean's List in college. Laughable coming from a UC Berkeley grad, I know. I would do anything to get out of class — and I mean ANYTHING — so much so that I finagled my way into bailing school early to assist a Wells Fargo private mortgage banker at 15 years old. Yawn-city, but she fueled my caffeine addiction + taught me how to drive a stick shift. It's also where my business-admin background kicked off. Calendar invites were & still are my jam. I fell in love with events around that same time too, spending all of my extra $ on punkrock + hardcore shows at the 930 Club in DC + The Ottobar in Baltimore. Sun damage aside, not much has changed aside from the laundry list of people, brands + agencies to thank. 72andSunny + SICKY, I know how to start + run a company, while working strategically with creatives + investors. I also know how to manage other human beings (i.e. uber talented creatives, insane but awesome clients, and newly graduated college toddlers), book artists, work with talent, advance a show, and negotiate, thanks to you. Red Bull, VOLCOM, REGIME, SRH, thank you for the brand-bootcamp, Field & Experiential Marketing, Event Production, and talent/athlete Brand Partnership Experience. FitOps, Grind Out Hunger, Freedom Artists & The Malibu Invitational, a MILLION thank you's for teaching me how to produce large-scale charity events, work with NPOs, + for giving me the opportunity to uncover my passion for philanthropic-connectivity. Marie Forleo x B SCHOOL, I know how to strategize and implement a business in the digital world. And I would like to thank my mentors for answering every phone call, teaching me the in’s and out’s of sales and securing new business, and for always having my back. You know who you are. Looking at LinkedIn always makes me assess how I ended up "here." Maybe it was my father, who always pushed me to show up with integrity + "just get it done." My anti-authoritarian mom for instilling loyalty, rebellion, encouraging "hack-schooling" + spirituality, i.e letting me explore my creative brain. FEARLESSNESS + communication... well, that comes from my Grandfather, Jack Anderson, political columnist, card-carrying-member of Nixon's Hit List. Independence, + ownership: Hats off to Grandma Barb 'cause you can't get A DAMN THING past an Italian Grandmother! The ability to create space for people to “be themselves,” and feel at ease, that’s all my Grandma Libby. However "here" happened, I'm perpetually learning, honing in on my abilities, and hungry for more.