40 Under 40: Monique Marie Rodriguez

Monique Marie Rodriguez 28, Event Sales Consultant, Rose Bowl Stadium West Hollywood, California

As an intern in the event operations department, Rodriguez began her tenure with Rose Bowl Stadium at a time when there were no job openings there. “I have always had a strong work ethic and, despite what I was told, worked as if an opportunity would present itself,” she says. In 2013, the stadium had recently completed a $181 million renovation. Around the same time, Rodriguez transitioned into a new role in event sales selling the stadium’s banquet spaces. Whether a law firm company picnic on the field, charity poker tournament in the state-of-the-art locker rooms or a dinner reception in the renovated Terry Donahue Pavilion overlooking the San Gabriel Mountains, she can arrange it.