0:01

Maya Angelus said how important it is for us

0:04

to recognize and celebrate our heroes,

0:06

and she rose, and that is something we do here on

0:08

the while every show, but this month, especially

0:10

as we move in to celebrate Women's History

0:12

Month. I'm Jude Kenny and joining me

0:15

is just second Jokian today as a lovely

0:17

Jeanean Samuel's has set the way to deal with a personal

0:19

matter. We are sure going to miss her, but don't worry.

0:21

She'll be back soon, just in time for our one year

0:23

show. This is the Wild brought to you by Fresh

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Fine Wine, and it's going to be another great one,

0:28

Yes it is. I'm excited

0:30

to have with us my fellow female rock

0:33

Star employees and wind Board

0:35

members, Mica and Megan. Mika

0:38

Lomax is a ticket operations manager

0:40

here at Washington Football Team.

0:42

Megan Klein is in her second season as

0:44

a partnership marketing manager as

0:47

well. Welcome to the Wild Show, ladies,

0:49

all right, thank you for having us. Yeah, thanks

0:51

for having us. I'm

0:53

so excited to get to know a little bit about

0:56

both of you, because Stephanie has the upper

0:58

hand here where she gets to work with you. So I'm

1:01

ready to dive all in and get to learn more about

1:03

you. So let's just start from the beginning, Megan, I'll

1:05

start with you, tell me a little bit about your journey

1:07

to Wahington Football and then what do you do here? Yeah?

1:10

Absolutely so, Stephanie mentioned, I'm

1:12

a partnership marketing manager here at the team,

1:14

So I work in corporate partnerships, dealing

1:17

with kind of anyone who has a

1:19

contract with the team that's a

1:21

corporation or business outside of

1:23

the team. So I work

1:25

with some of our bigger partners like Ico,

1:27

Bank of America, Nova and

1:30

just managing the day to day contact with

1:32

them and anything from

1:34

something as small as this a radio spot

1:37

to an event to player parents,

1:39

tickets, hospitality. It can

1:41

really range. That's part of what I love

1:43

about it is that it's never the

1:45

same day twice and I really

1:47

get to work with a lot of different departments because

1:50

these contracts are so extensive and have

1:53

so many assets that kind of bleed

1:55

into other departments, whether it's digital, social

1:59

content. It's great. I don't

2:01

work in a silo at all. I have to depend on every

2:03

other department to help me do my job. So

2:06

that's definitely something that I really love about it. That's

2:09

awesome, Amico. What about you? I

2:13

work in ticket operations. I started out

2:15

fourteen years ago as

2:17

a game day staff employee, and

2:20

then maybe about four or four and a half

2:22

years ago, I started full time in ticket operations.

2:24

I basically helped build a manifest

2:27

for all the events held here at Fedixsfield,

2:29

So all of our special events, all of our

2:31

ticketed events for our

2:35

games, our concerts, our

2:37

charity events, everything here that

2:40

we do. I help build the manifest.

2:42

I also manage our interns

2:44

here for ticket operations, and

2:46

I also manage our game

2:49

day staff. It's

2:51

a couple of things. Yeah, it's a lot. I

2:53

mean, they both know I would say we all

2:55

wear a million hats here. But so

2:58

with that said, you know a lot of our listeners

3:01

are always curious about the sports industry

3:03

and how you got into it. So, Megan, I

3:06

guess could you talk a little bit about your journey

3:08

to this position like Mika did, and

3:11

then Miko, I want you to talk about your

3:13

journey as being a mom as well in doing

3:15

this. So, Megan, if you want to talk about

3:17

your journey here for our listeners, that'd be great.

3:20

Yeah, absolutely, so, I think you

3:22

know if anyone knows sports and knows work in

3:24

sports, no one path is the same,

3:26

which is it can be stressful. If you're

3:28

looking to get into sports, you're looking for a map. It's

3:31

definitely not med school. There is not a clear

3:34

design of the ways that you're supposed to go or what

3:36

you're supposed to do. But I can definitely

3:38

share my story. So I

3:41

was recruited for rowing to SMO

3:43

and Dallas, Texas, and

3:45

had rode since I was growing up in Boston

3:48

and so was involved in athletics

3:50

in that way, and also

3:52

was a sports manage at major as well

3:54

as the broadcast journalism major at SMU. So

3:56

those two things really worked well

3:59

together. One was more presentation based

4:01

and home was a little bit more republic speaking.

4:04

So I always knew I wanted to

4:06

work in sports, it was really just determining how.

4:08

And I think that's where a lot of people can get lost, is

4:10

there's a lot of ways to work in sports

4:13

and you may not like all of them, and that's okay.

4:15

So I think I used college as an opportunity

4:17

for me to intern at

4:20

a lot of different places to really see what it is

4:22

I did want to do. I first

4:24

intern at the Dallas Stars, so I was in

4:26

corporate partnerships there. Loved it,

4:29

but I really did think I wanted to

4:31

produce sports entertainment, so

4:34

I for podcast. I worked at Fox

4:37

Sports Southwest in production, so helping

4:39

all the producers there, producing some of their

4:41

stars, MAVs, Pelicans, all those

4:43

shows. And at the end of my internship,

4:45

I was like, you know, I don't

4:48

really want to do that, and I think that's okay.

4:50

I think that's the purpose of an internship is

4:52

deciding what you do and what you don't

4:54

want to do. And I was lucky as an

4:56

internship those things are meant to educate you

4:59

and have a finite ends. So

5:02

when I did graduate college, I

5:04

accepted a position at the Marketing

5:06

arm and that was an agency

5:08

based in Dallas, and I was working

5:10

on the client at and T and so

5:13

basically all their sports sponsorships our

5:15

agency managed, so that's anything from

5:17

F one to the

5:19

Cowboys, the Falcons, a

5:22

wide range of things. So I was on the Cowboys account,

5:24

working their relationship with a T and D

5:26

Stadium, the Cowboys and Dak Prescott.

5:28

So worked there for a few years

5:31

and loved the agency side.

5:33

It was really nice to work

5:35

in a really large company. My team

5:37

was quite small, but our company was massive,

5:40

and so I had friends who worked on Freedom Lay and

5:42

other people work on like Ruffles and

5:45

Mars Bars. So it was great.

5:47

It was a great experience to kind of have that

5:49

to tappen to learn not just segmented

5:52

in your one client. So that really maybe

5:54

want to go back to the team side like i'd been

5:57

at the Stars, be a little

5:59

bit more involved the actual contract process,

6:01

building the marketing campaign for those clients,

6:03

as well as managing multiple clients.

6:06

Um, so that's something that I get to do now. I have a wide

6:08

portfolio of clients that I get to work with really

6:11

mix it up. So yeah, that's that's

6:13

kind of how I came here. Hey

6:15

Mika, So you

6:18

kind of talked about your journey starting with, you know,

6:20

working part time. But

6:23

how has it been? You know, like Megan said, she did

6:25

internships. You know, everyone's path is

6:27

different, and when we talked to her,

6:30

her story was different as well. So how is yours

6:32

unique? Well? My story

6:34

is unique because I don't have a

6:36

degree in sports. I was not interested

6:38

in sports at all,

6:41

and so I went to college for rehab

6:43

services and then I decided

6:45

to go into knusiology, which is sports based, and

6:48

I thought I was going to be a physical therapist because I always

6:50

wanted to help people. But then I realized

6:53

after having a job in physical therapy,

6:55

I thought that was boring and I didn't want to do that.

6:58

And so while I was in school, I

7:00

took on. I saw on a list serve that they

7:02

had this position open here for game day,

7:04

and I said, oh, I'll try that out. And so when

7:07

I came here, I said, oh, I kind of like sports.

7:09

Sports is fun, and so

7:11

I started to do that. But I still

7:13

had a passion to help people, but I knew it wasn't

7:16

in physical therapy. So I

7:18

realized that my passion was in psychology. So

7:20

I finished my degree in psychology,

7:23

ended up getting a second degree in criminal justice

7:25

and realized that's kind of my path. But while

7:27

I was here, I was talking interns

7:30

and realized that I really want to help

7:32

people, and I think I can help people here in the

7:34

sports industry to kind of let them

7:36

know that you don't have to have a straight path to

7:38

sports. You don't haven't had a straight path to anything,

7:41

you know. I went into I started off

7:43

in sports related, and then I moved

7:45

over to psychology and criminal justice, and

7:48

then while being here, I realized that I can

7:50

actually do that have that degree

7:52

in psychology and criminal justice in the sports

7:54

industry. So that's just kind of

7:56

how I navigated here. I

8:00

love that both your stories are different, but

8:02

they are also you know, they kind of show

8:05

both sides to that there isn't a

8:07

straight narrow path. You might think you're going to end

8:09

up on TV and here you are in the marketing partnership

8:11

side, or you don't have to grow up wanting

8:14

to do this. So I just love that they compliment each

8:16

other, even though they're not the exact same. So

8:19

we talk about when a lot here on the Wild, we

8:21

just assume our listeners understand what

8:23

it is. So I'm so excited to have both of

8:25

you on here because it's a great opportunity to kind

8:27

of break it down and just really

8:29

dive into this amazing initiative

8:32

that Washington Football has started this year.

8:34

So we're just going to get real win one

8:36

on one. Let's start with the basics.

8:39

What is when, how did it come about?

8:41

And what are the goals this year with it? Whoever

8:45

wants to start, Yeah, I can

8:47

I can kick it off. So just

8:50

from my perspective, So, I had been a

8:52

part of a women's group at my previous

8:54

company at the agency, and it

8:56

was such an enriching experience for me.

8:58

I really loved it was a way to connect with people who I

9:01

didn't work with on a day to day basis, as well

9:03

as really talk about issues

9:05

that only women sometimes can understand,

9:08

both in the workforce and outside of the workforce.

9:11

And so I was involved in that. It was actually

9:13

started by one of my mentors

9:15

and role models there, and so

9:18

it was something I always really loved and had

9:20

wanted to have here. And

9:22

then in January, I remember at CO

9:25

Turba's introductory press conference,

9:27

all of our staff was invited to

9:29

attend and we were watching and I just remember

9:31

being in this room and seeing there's

9:34

not a lot of times where a FedEx field and the

9:36

park staff all get together in one

9:38

room. And so I remember looking around

9:41

being like, wow, like look at all these women, and like

9:43

we're all kind of all over the place like in

9:45

our careers and just physically in this room

9:47

spread out, and I was like, I really want

9:50

a chance for everyone to kind of get

9:52

together. I think in sponsorships. Because

9:54

we have to work with a lot of other departments, we

9:57

do get to meet a lot of people, but I don't think

9:59

that every department that luxury. And

10:01

so then a month passes. I was kind

10:04

of like, oh, that'd be great to have, but like not yet thinking

10:06

like this is something I'm going to start. And

10:08

then it came to February and we

10:11

hired Coach King and I was like, wow,

10:13

like I really want to welcome

10:15

her and make her feel like she's

10:17

a part of something and that there's women that she can meet

10:19

that you know, obviously, coaching is still very

10:21

male dominated. There's not a lot of gals

10:24

down there that are helping out, so I really

10:26

wanted her to meet people in the company. Obviously,

10:30

then COVID hit and everything

10:32

kind of took a backseat. It was really just readjusting

10:35

to what remote

10:37

work is like. And it wasn't until the summer

10:39

when we kind of realized that this was probably

10:41

going to be a more

10:44

long term thing where we're working virtually

10:47

that I was like, there's no time, but the president we really

10:49

needed a connection point. The

10:51

women wanted to have a support

10:53

system and somewhere to come together and talk

10:56

and vent and celebrate

10:58

each other, and we just didn't have that. It really

11:00

wasn't worth waiting until we were back in person.

11:02

I mean here we are a year almost a year later,

11:05

and so we still wouldn't have had winn

11:07

had we waited. And so it was

11:09

something I came to our leadership that I was really

11:12

passionate about starting and then quickly

11:14

connected me with a lot of women who had similar

11:16

feelings when we formed this leadership board

11:18

and really kind of kicked it off and opened

11:21

it up to the women. I think end of July

11:23

maybe beginning of August was our first

11:26

official official meeting. But

11:29

yeah, that's that's kind of my story of how

11:31

I got involved in it and how it's grown

11:33

from there. Yeah,

11:35

I think people don't realize because I

11:37

did it until I started being a part of watching

11:39

football that there are like two different worlds. There's

11:42

the world at FedEx and there's the world

11:44

in Ashburn. And I think it's it's incredible

11:47

to create kind of this not sorority,

11:49

but this common group where you can

11:51

bring those two parties together. So I think

11:54

that's something as a fan. They probably don't understand

11:56

that it's a huge company that's usually separated

12:00

and Mika, let's dive in what are you? What is your

12:02

role? And when I love your jacket it's

12:04

very on brand for today's show. And

12:06

then also what are your goals? And like Megan

12:09

said, COVID has impacted all

12:11

of us in a lot of different ways, and learning how

12:13

to really adjust and pivot during this time

12:15

is important in our personal lives. I'm sure it's

12:17

important in your day to day operations of your

12:19

current jobs with the football season as it was

12:21

and as it might be this fall. And then

12:24

also when how did you guys kind of adapt and

12:26

adjust and to get this going. So

12:28

I definitely mentioned earlier I am a mom.

12:30

I have a seven year old son and

12:34

he is a handful So when

12:36

stephinitely approached me about being

12:38

on leadership with when, I didn't think I

12:40

would have the time or the energy to

12:42

put it into being part of a

12:45

anything else other than my full time

12:47

job and then my other full time job, which is being

12:49

a parent. So when I came on board,

12:52

I realized that the women of the leadership

12:54

were similar minded,

12:56

so it was helpful there were more of a support system

12:59

than anything. So when I go through

13:01

things at home with my with my kid or

13:03

I'm dealing with things at work. I have a support

13:05

system where I don't feel like I'm by myself. So

13:10

having WIN, I'm emotional about this,

13:12

but having WIN has been a

13:15

support system and I like how we work

13:18

together with everyone and so everyone,

13:21

like Megan said, we are from different

13:23

parts. We have the park, we have FedEx

13:25

Field, and we don't know each other. We don't

13:27

see each other, we don't talk to each

13:30

other lesson's a game day or an event day, or

13:32

we need something, and this is

13:34

something that bridges the gap to UM

13:37

for that UM as

13:39

Fisai, I'm also on leadership

13:42

for the committee

13:44

of Bridging the Gap, and so bridging

13:46

the gap is to bring U fill

13:49

in the gap between our part

13:51

time staff and our full time staff

13:53

and our other employee

13:55

resource groups like Ben. So yeah,

13:58

I mean, as Nika gets emotional, it's so true.

14:01

You know. This came at a time I think when

14:03

we were all separated. As Megan was saying,

14:06

we needed to talk to each other. Things

14:08

were difficult. We

14:11

were going through a lot together as a company,

14:13

as women, and it really

14:15

helped us. I know the leadership board has added

14:17

an extra layer for us to

14:20

really have a sisterhood, and then it's just grown

14:23

out with tentacles with all of the women, women

14:25

that I've never met before, which it's sad

14:28

to say, you know, and we really need

14:30

the support system for all of us to be there

14:32

for each other, to lift each other up, to promote

14:34

and help each other. You know, you should go for that

14:36

job here. I think you should. You know you'd be

14:38

grateful it and just encouraging one another. So

14:41

with that said, for you guys, either

14:43

I'd love for you to share a story of

14:46

something positive that's happened with WIN or

14:48

maybe your hopes and aspirations for WIN. So

14:52

we'll go, Mika, you go first. One

14:55

thing, it's not work

14:58

related, is more of a personal thing. But

15:01

I had a family member who was in a

15:04

devastating accident and

15:07

I didn't know how I was going to make it. We

15:10

were literally having a WIN meeting and

15:12

I broke down in that meeting

15:14

because it was a safe space for me. But

15:17

the love and the support that we had from

15:19

each other lifted me up and

15:22

kind of supported me throughout that journey. So

15:25

for me, having WIN has

15:27

been has been a

15:30

sisterhood, has been an extended family,

15:32

has been you know, my rock when I

15:34

wasn't sure I was going to make it.

15:36

And every day is a struggle for me, just

15:39

because I do have my seven year old.

15:41

We are in the same space three hundred and sixty

15:43

five days, seven days a week. It's

15:46

hard, and I'm trying to homeschool, I'm trying

15:48

to have my full time job, I'm trying to stay

15:51

sane. I was trying to have my own

15:53

life, and so that becomes a struggle.

15:55

But with when it has been a

16:00

just mad support. I can't

16:02

express that enough. I think Megan and Stephanie both

16:04

know I love them and it's just

16:06

been great to have them And so for me, when

16:09

has just been amazing in that aspect.

16:12

And I can see that with the other my

16:14

fellow co workers, how we lean on

16:16

each other. We call each other and we vince and

16:18

we cry, and we just talk and we chat

16:21

and we bounce ideas off each other, and

16:23

that's just been a blessing. Yeah,

16:27

I would echo everything that make us saying

16:29

I think it is. It truly is a support

16:31

network, but it's a community network. It's these

16:33

are the women that we work with that really can

16:35

only understand because they're in

16:37

the trenches with us, and they understand

16:40

how crazy the season can be and how hard it

16:42

is to balance you know, life

16:44

when you're working remote and it's really

16:46

easy to get back online when someone

16:48

sends you an email at ten o'clock on a Friday night

16:50

rather than you know, just going to bed or

16:53

something. So that's been

16:55

great. I think, you know, getting to meet more

16:57

people, having us to be able to come together. I

16:59

think one of the most rewarding

17:02

things for me is, you

17:04

know, honestly, when the men come to

17:06

us and they want to know what

17:08

WIN is and they understand it's important

17:11

and they want to help, but they just don't know how. And

17:13

so I think, you know, obviously the women understand

17:15

it and they love it, and we've been able

17:17

to connect to them that way. But you know, we've

17:19

had two occasions, one when we presented

17:22

to the company about what WIN is, and then also

17:24

a second woman we brought into cole n to speak.

17:27

We kind of brought her in with Ben and

17:29

Win, which is also awesome to work with a fellow

17:32

employee resource group together, but

17:34

it was just those were two occasions in which I

17:36

really felt like the men understood

17:39

not only why it was important, but where they

17:41

can help and where they can be allies in

17:43

our workforce and just in general

17:45

life with their daughters and with other people

17:47

if they go on to a different company. And so that

17:50

really felt like we were making an impact

17:54

and just having them participate in the first

17:56

place was a huge win for

17:59

us. Not to be cheesy, but yeah,

18:01

it was. And we're really happy to

18:03

have them involved because it really does take everyone.

18:06

You know, we can have all the women

18:08

that are you know, full time employees here

18:10

involved in win, but if we don't have the support

18:12

of leadership or of the other

18:14

men, it can be really challenging.

18:16

And so knowing that they were on board to help us

18:19

and really make this the best workplace

18:21

and best environment that

18:24

it can be is it's

18:26

really heartening. I'm just so happy

18:29

as a fan of Washington football to see

18:31

all the changes it's made this season, and

18:33

thank you so much for all of your efforts and leaving those

18:35

charge. I know it's just the beginning of true

18:38

impactful change. But before

18:40

we let you guys go, I want to know a little bit more about

18:42

each of you personally. We'll

18:44

start with you, Megan. If you could tell your younger self

18:47

anything, well, would it be. That's

18:50

a tough one, always

18:53

a hard one. I think.

18:55

I think not to worry so much, which

18:57

is so hard because it's like I still

18:59

do it. I don't take my own advice. I

19:01

worry all the time. I try and

19:03

make everything perfect. I'm always,

19:06

you know, have anxiety about what

19:08

I did. I do it right? Is there something

19:10

more I could have put into it? Could have put more time

19:12

into it? And I think, you know, I

19:15

just think there's a difference between being prepared

19:17

and then this needless anxiety.

19:19

And so I

19:21

hate to be like everything works out, but it kind of

19:23

does. Like when I think back on my first job

19:26

that I got, I accepted it

19:29

in my cap and gown walking into my

19:31

graduation. So for every

19:33

day, minute month before that,

19:36

I was stressed and I was upset, and

19:38

I was like, what's going to happen? Am I gonna get

19:40

a job? What's it going to look like? And

19:43

not that that would have, you know, changed anything,

19:46

but I would have been happier. I would have enjoyed

19:48

my time. And so I would say, don't

19:50

wish your life away, enjoy the phase of

19:52

life that you're in at that current moment, and don't

19:55

stress. So much. I think stress

19:57

can really devalue a really

19:59

grea situation that you're in and make

20:02

you not enjoy it. But um, you

20:04

know everything will work out if you're prepared,

20:07

and anxiety really is not going to

20:09

help that at all. Yeah. Isn't

20:11

that what coach of Vera says, be where your feet are

20:14

stand something like that. Laugh.

20:16

I know I'm messing it up. I'm like, I don't know that one.

20:18

I'm like, I need to call a coach. I need to I

20:21

need to tell me that one. I need to help with that. I have

20:23

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20:34

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20:36

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20:38

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20:41

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20:52

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20:54

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21:05

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21:30

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before we let you go, we're going to keep

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you guys for our overtime segment, which

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usually we kind of dive into a

24:36

little bit more of the interview, and we also dive into events

24:38

that are happening. And since this is Women's

24:40

History Month and I know that WHEN and WOW are

24:43

doing a ton of things this all month

24:45

long, we wanted to keep both of you on to

24:47

talk about those events.

24:49

So whoever wants to talk about

24:51

Surprised.

24:56

I know there's a panel that just kicked off

24:58

this week. Yeah,

25:00

I can start if you guys want to add in. But

25:03

we actually had the rehearsal last night for it,

25:05

and I'm super excited. It

25:08

will be March third, so I'm hoping

25:10

that people will have already attended

25:12

it by the time they listen to this. But the

25:14

women that are involved are fantastic

25:17

and we're empowering it together Wow

25:20

and Win to kind

25:22

of you know, as we've said, when is

25:24

our internal you know, employee resource group,

25:26

but Wow, this is who we're talking to right now,

25:28

the women that are connected and empowered

25:31

through Washington Football through our love of the team,

25:33

and so we want to continue to do more

25:35

things in the community like this. If you guys want to

25:37

add to that, yeah, I

25:39

think. I mean, Stephanie's just such an amazing

25:42

asset to Win and Wow. But

25:44

obviously the connection with with

25:47

Wow helps us because she's already

25:49

in the community and that's something that you know,

25:51

is the goal of when obviously our first priority

25:54

is our full time female staff members and catering

25:56

to them and making sure everyone's okay. But you

25:58

know, we do want to have an impact to the future

26:00

generation of women, the women in sports,

26:03

just the women in our community. However

26:06

we can help, and so Stephanie has definitely

26:08

been kind of our external

26:10

arm, if you will, and really

26:12

getting us engaged in things that she's already

26:15

so well connected in and

26:18

these amazing panels that she's created.

26:20

So the Empowered Women panel, which is

26:22

on the third, which I guess is going to be kind of already

26:24

happened when we're in but

26:27

then the Empowered Women Series two, which is

26:29

so so exciting. I believe those

26:31

are in Monday each Monday, So

26:34

yeah, we're really excited. To mean, it combines

26:37

a lot of our values, which is health

26:39

and well being as well as education

26:42

career development. So those are

26:45

literally our committees so that we have and win

26:47

and so it aligns so well

26:49

with what our values are and what we're

26:51

doing, and so being able to

26:54

get involved with Wow and kind of touch not only

26:56

our community but also our female fan

26:58

base is amazing. And

27:01

Mika, do you want to talk about the closet exchange

27:03

or any anything else for

27:05

that put you on the spot? I

27:08

see Stephanie and I'm

27:10

the shy ones, you know. But we

27:13

do have this closet Exchange that we're doing as well,

27:16

UM where we're helping our

27:19

fellow members UM basically

27:21

dress for success, just for the

27:23

sports industry, for those who want to be UM

27:27

in front of the camera, and even if

27:29

not you don't want to be in front of the camera, or just in general

27:31

of just dressing for the part um

27:33

because a lot of times we don't know what to do. We

27:35

think you're we're in sports, and so we're you

27:38

know, people think it's a lot of jeans and sweatshirts

27:40

and T shirts and just dressing really comfortably,

27:42

but they don't realize that you actually have to

27:44

wear you know, dresses and slacks

27:46

and things like that. So we'll be having that as

27:48

well. I'm not familiar with Dick because

27:50

Stephanie has a lot of things, you know, planned

27:52

for us, so many things, but i know

27:54

we're getting together the last weekend in March,

27:57

and we're as as Nika said, we're

27:59

gonna help fellow employees that need, you

28:01

know, maybe in need of some clothing. Then

28:03

we're going to divvy up the rest and take it to three

28:05

different women's shelters in Maryland, Virginia,

28:08

and DC. So very

28:10

excited to kind of close out Women's History

28:12

Month with that initiative. And you

28:15

know, we've got lots more to come,

28:18

lots of speakers and it's

28:20

just great. And then yes, I'm hoping that when will

28:23

interface with our fans during these

28:26

Monday events as well and kind of get

28:28

to know the fans in a different way. I'm sure

28:30

Meek already knows everybody from her game day

28:32

experience. But it's

28:35

just for years. Stephanie just fourteen

28:37

years right right, A couple of fans

28:39

here and there, right, and Megan knows all the sponsors

28:42

side of everybody

28:46

but group. So as

28:48

you can see, I have

28:50

a ton of clothes that I would love to donate,

28:52

so I'll be looking out for all of the information

28:55

on those events coming up. Thank

28:57

you both so much for your time. It has been

28:59

great to get to know a little bit more about each

29:01

of you as well as WHEN in general.

29:03

Like I said, we promoted all the time here.

29:06

We just think everyone understands

29:08

what it is. But it's been great to be able to let our listeners

29:10

know the great work that watching football is doing and that's

29:12

because of people like you. So we appreciate it.

29:15

Thank you, thank you, thanks for having us on. We

29:17

really appreciate the opportunity

29:19

to talk more about WHEN. And it's

29:22

something we love doing. Like we say, it's our passion

29:24

project. It's not something we get

29:26

paid for. It is definitely outside of the

29:28

forty hour workweek is that we do,

29:31

but it's something that we all really

29:33

enjoy doing and we do it because we love it

29:35

and we love the people and the women that we work with so

29:39

usually those are more rewarding the

29:41

ones that aren't. Sport well, that's

29:43

going to do it for us. Thank you so much for joining us

29:46

here on the WILL where we connect and empower women through

29:48

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