One of the most genuine and respected experts in the event industry, Tricia Fenton joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and gives us a fresh take on the "marooned on an island" question, becoming part of an event family and getting her motorcycle license (recorded 2 April 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Tricia! PRELIMS 09:06 - Marooned on an isl...
May 19, 2021•58 min•Ep. 101
It's our 100th episode! Amy Murray graciously guest hosts and interviews Christian Napier, turning the tables and asking all kinds of questions about the podcast and Christian's Salt Lake 2002 experience (recorded 31 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Amy as guest host! 03:21 - Straight from GPFour HQ PRELIMS 06:08 - Going our own way with the systems ...
May 11, 2021•58 min•Ep. 100
SLOC employee number 40, Aimee Preston, takes a break from the Summit County COVID-19 vaccination effort, to join the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and share her story of transitioning from collegiate gymnast to sport administrator and running a completely different sport - Curling! (recorded 29 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Aimee! PRELIMS ...
Apr 13, 2021•47 min•Ep. 99
Calum Clark, Chief Operating Officer, Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and former Salt Lake 2002 Event Services Manager, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers working Snowbasin under Adam Gray, DEPAT and the one question you should never ask (recorded 22 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Calum! 03:53 - UOLF venues open PRELIMS 05:...
Apr 06, 2021•55 min•Ep. 98
The master of accommodation(s), John Sindelar, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and gives us listeners an online Accommodation 101 course (recorded 17 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome John! PRELIMS 04:13 - Marooned on an island 07:06 - Hotel management during the bid QUARTERFINALS 11:47 - The supply-demand lens SEMIFINALS 18:32 - The al...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 97
One of our most requested guests ever, the incomparable Allen Brooks, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers giving up team handball for an opportunity to work the Games, his parents living in Ogden and finding something within you that you didn't know you had (recorded 17 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Allen! 02:08 - A pivot ...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 96
Brad Eggert, global event safety and security professional and former manager of the County Ice Center and Acord Ice Arenas, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and recalls a Pulp Fiction moment, fire alarms and mom driving the Zamboni (recorded 17 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Brad! 04:20 - An odd road to Salt Lake PRELIMS 05:48 - Lake...
Mar 24, 2021•47 min•Ep. 95
Our first VOLUNTEER(!!!), the wonderful Jill Andrews, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers pin trading, losing a volunteer assignment only to get a better one, living in a 16-foot trailer during Games-time and a guest book signed by Olympians from around the world (recorded 10 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Jill! 03:05 - App...
Mar 19, 2021•44 min•Ep. 94
Mark Hyde, former Soldier Hollow International Client Services Manager and now Public Health Scientist and Physician Assistant, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers being hired by Maureen Sweeney, being interviewed by NPR and (recorded 10 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Mark! 04:20 - Marooned on an island PRELIMS 07:00 - An E...
Mar 19, 2021•49 min•Ep. 93
Pauline Ploquin, President and Partner at Struck, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers there is no "I" in team (except there is in French), banging her head on a desk and a great turn of phrase from Libby Hyland (recorded 2 March 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Pauline! 02:33 - Personal pursuits PRELIMS 04:08 - Marooned on an islan...
Mar 12, 2021•53 min•Ep. 92
IOC advisor and major event expert Adam Gray joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers an unconventional wedding proposal, winning over skeptics, needing more snowcats and a dirty bus gets into the venue (recorded 23 February 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Adam! 03:31 - Tokyo 2020 plans PRELIMS 06:32 - Tokyo as an inflection point 10:0...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 91
Connie Nelson, Director of the Eccles Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games Museum and Alf Engen Ski Museum joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and stops in Utah for a ski trip, gains great respect for lugers and is surprised to learn the names of some famous celebrity visitors (recorded 22 February 2021). For more information about Utah Olympic Park and the museums please visit https://utaholympiclegacy.org/ If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want...
Mar 03, 2021•56 min•Ep. 90
Former E Center Venue Operations Manager John Piester - now President, RedPeg Marketing - joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers starting a family in Salt Lake, a unique vantage point for USA v Russia and the inspiration of the Paralympic Games (recorded 17 February 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome John! 03:21 - Everyone on Zoom PRELI...
Feb 25, 2021•49 min•Ep. 89
A giant in the ski industry, Herwig Demschar - Senior Vice President / International Business Development at Powdr Corp - joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers marriage-saving advice from a mentor, the impact of Jerry Anderson and controversial ski wax (recorded 16 February 2021). For more information about the work Herwig is doing, please contact him at herwigd@powdr.com. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story pl...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 88
Capping off a fantastic week, Jim Brown - Executive Chair of the USA Rugby 2027/2031 Rugby World Cup bid and Principal and CEO of JBC International - joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and shares his favorite meal, Mitt and Fraser asking lots of questions and a special flower ceremony (recorded 10 February 2021). For more information about the work Jim is doing, please contact Jim at jim.brown@jbcintl.com. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want...
Feb 19, 2021•52 min•Ep. 87
In a very special episode, Sarah Kawahara - Canada, USA and World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inductee and Emmy-award winning director and choreographer - joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and tells the incredible behind-the-scenes story of the Opening Ceremony ice program (recorded 9 February 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Watercolors and piano 04:...
Feb 18, 2021•54 min•Ep. 86
Major event expert Joan Junker, international business consultant, best-selling author and former Results Publishing Manager for Xerox Worldwide Olympics, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and shares memories of running the Results Book Center (recorded 4 February 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Joan! PRELIMS 03:40 - Marooned on an island 07:...
Feb 17, 2021•42 min•Ep. 85
Steve Dittmore, Assistant Dean / Sport Management Professor at the University of Arkansas, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and talks about cheering for the LA Dodgers, the story behind the pairs figure skating scandal and the one less students remember (recorded 25 January 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Steve! 04:04 - Marooned on an island...
Feb 02, 2021•48 min•Ep. 84
Eric Roy, perhaps the most enthusiastic finance person I've ever met, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast. Eric finds SLOC through Accountemps, works under Lane Critchfield and Brett Hopkins in Finance, Chris Crowley at Park City, and is cheered on by hundreds of elementary school kids (recorded 19 January 2021). If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Eric joins fro...
Jan 26, 2021•57 min•Ep. 83
Scott Givens, Founder and President of FiveCurrents, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast in an extended episode (recorded 13 January 2021). Scott remembers dual reporting to Mitt and Fraser, the "six inch powder rule," and assembling a fantastic team under Libby Hyland, Bob Finley and Sayre Wiseman. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Scott! 02:58 - FiveC...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 82
Chip Suttles, Seattle Seahawks CIO and VP, Technology, is the first guest of 2021 on the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast (recorded 5 January 2021). He recalls joining Kelly Brown at SLOC, working at Snowbasin with Adam Gray and Calum Clark, and the leadership of Mitt Romney and Fraser Bullock. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. Show Notes: WARM UP 00:26 - Welcome Chip! 02:29 - Football and COVID...
Jan 13, 2021•32 min•Ep. 81
Dave Clark, Senior Project Officer at Emergency Management Victoria, joins an "evolved" Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast (new format for 2021!) and remembers overlay at the Olympic and Paralympic Family Hotel (recorded 30 December 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com. WARM UP 00:26 - Introduction to our new format! 02:44 - Argentine tango addiction PRELIMS...
Jan 08, 2021•42 min•Ep. 80
Larry Ganson, event expert and COVID-19 Compliance Officer at Carpathia Event Production, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers rapelling from the side of the Wells-Fargo building to unfurl the flag after 9/11 (recorded 8 December 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here . If you worked on the Games as a staff me...
Dec 21, 2020•46 min•Ep. 79
Lisa Sams, founder of SP Events & Logistics and her new venture Work into Wellness, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and recounts her journey from "sand and palm trees" to "skis and slopes" (recorded 7 December 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here . If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volun...
Dec 08, 2020•44 min•Ep. 78
Risa Feldman, Editor of Journey Beyond Aspen magazine, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and talks about the groundbreaking Flower Ceremonies (recorded 29 October 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here . If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapie...
Nov 23, 2020•45 min•Ep. 77
Karen Wright Williams, former E Center Deputy General Manager, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and shares her journey to SLOC, cyberstalking Tim Larkin and planning a wedding (recorded 20 October 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to sh...
Nov 17, 2020•44 min•Ep. 76
Andy Williams, Georgia alum and event experience expert, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and recalls following his future wife to the Wasatch Front (recorded 20 October 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here . If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please emai...
Nov 13, 2020•56 min•Ep. 75
Sayre Wiseman, SVP Production at FiveCurrents and former Director of Ceremonies for SLOC, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers meeting the Mayor on her first day at the office, idiot-proofing the cauldron and the ice rink in Rice-Eccles Stadium (recorded 14 October 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. If yo...
Oct 27, 2020•52 min•Ep. 74
Bob Finley, founder of Morar Design, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and remembers coming to Salt Lake from Las Vegas, a regime change and emceeing the Torch Relay (recorded 8 October 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here . If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your st...
Oct 20, 2020•49 min•Ep. 73
Our first guest from Finland joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast! Chad Salmela talks about scrambling to find a plane, rifle covers as an accreditation solution and Kenji's teriyaki (recorded 7 October 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below. Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify . You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here . If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to...
Oct 13, 2020•56 min•Ep. 72
