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.
