| TED KRUCKEL 06.19.09 11:21 AM |
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The U.S. Open Is All About Getting Close to Tiger, and the Sponsors
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 | It's a breathtaking view from the first tee at Bethpage State Park, once you get there.
Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images |
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FROM NEW YORK
It’s just like standing in the square at St. Peter’s. He’s far away, but unmistakable. There’s his little hat. Everyone is oohing and aahing. And taking cell phone pictures, which is so against the rules. While some may think it sacrilege to compare the Pope to Tiger Woods, for this lifelong, reluctant attendee to both houses of worship, it is exactly the same thing.
Everyone is quiet. Well, quiet except that they’re whispering all the time, always whispering the same things. Here are the top ten musings that everyone is murmuring at the 109th U.S. Open, held at Bethpage State Park on Long Island.
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| Q & A 02.08.06 12:00 AM |
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Running the Show
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FROM NEW YORK
Leane Romeo
Overland Entertainment Company
What She Plans: Romeo has run the full-service event production company as its president since Overland founder Jonathan Scharer died of cancer in September 2004. Under her management, the company has continued to increase its sales while producing large-scale events and marketing tours for clients including IBM, Allure, and The New Yorker. One specialty is award shows—Overland produces the James Beard and Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice awards—and Romeo runs promotions and marketing tours for liquor brands including Tanqueray, Johnnie Walker, and Veuve Clicquot. The firm started with a focus on talent booking, which still accounts for about half of its business, and Overland produces the entertainment and opening ceremonies at tennis’s U.S. Open.
Staff: Thirteen people, including three event producers and a talent department that books celebrities
Age: 40. “When you reach 40, you kind of think, ‘Ah, my 20’s and 30’s are gone!’ But there is certainly a lot to look forward to.”
Career Path: At Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts, Romeo got involved in music promoting on campus. Out of college, she worked for a commercial real estate firm as an assistant for a woman who hated the financial.phpect of the business. With her budgeting experience, she went on to work at Ron Delsener Presents, where she met Scharer. When he started Overland 18 years ago, he took her with him.
Where She Grew Up: Douglaston, Queens
Where She Lives: Stuyvesant Town
Proudest Noncareer Moment: “The birth of my son—bringing him into the world, and creating someone that is so unique and so inspiring every day. [Nicolas is three.] I have a stepson who is 16, Lucas, and I have known him since he was four years old, so he is a son to me as well. I have two boys. My husband, Marc, I have been married to for seven years, and we’ve been together for 12 years. I’ve got great men in my life.”
Favorite Drink: “I love a vodka martini with olives, but I don’t necessarily make that required at events.”
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Glamour, Johnnie Walker, James Beard Foundation, U.S. Open |
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