LEO Events Fellows Program
Transform your student experience and advance your professional growth with this exclusive fellows program, designed to offer exceptional opportunities in corporate event strategy, promotion, and production.
Program Details
A hands-on apprenticeship
The LEO Events Fellows Program is an exclusive and experiential one-year apprenticeship program associated with the Corporate Event Strategy, Promotion, and Production minor. The minor is open to undergraduate students interested in careers in corporate event management and is offered jointly through the College of Communication and Information and the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Students will develop and apply skills to effectively plan, execute, promote, and produce corporate events through hands-on training.
Requirements and benefits for fellows
LEO Labs: Engage in a series of specialized professional development sessions throughout the year with LEO Events and CCI’s Office of Professional Development.
Hands-On Experience: Gain practical experience by working alongside LEO Events at live events.
Personalized Mentorship: Benefit from one-on-one mentorship offering career advice, industry insights, and valuable networking opportunities
Selection process
Students will apply for the program through Handshake and complete a competitive interview process.
Faculty will refer students pursuing the Corporate Event Strategy, Promotion and Production minor that have a strong desire to follow a career in the events industry.
We are currently taking applications for the first cohort of the LEO Events Fellows Program. The deadline is Aug. 22, 2024.
LEO Fellows
Riley Arbogast
Senior, Advertising
Katelynn Bledsoe
Senior, Advertising
Kaitlyn Broughton
Senior, Advertising
Sophia Dillman
Senior, Communication Studies
Mae Forsdick
Senior, Public Relations
Ella Herring
Junior, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Rebecca Fitzstevens
Junior, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Bailey McCurry
Senior, Management
Gabriella Padilla
Junior, Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Josiah Rushing
Sophomore, Public Relations
Madelyn Simcoe
Senior, Advertising
Lily Vincent
Senior, Education, Health, and Human Sciences
LEO Events leadership
Cindy Brewer (center), principal of LEO Events, is a 1991 CCI graduate and current member of the college’s Board of Visitors. Brewer, along with her partners Kent Underwood (left) and Kevin Brewer (right), are confident this partnership will provide an innovative and diverse approach to how entry level talent is educated and trained to enter the workplace in the field of event management and production nationally.
About LEO Events
LEO Events is a full-service brand-experience event agency. Since its founding in 2012, the LEO Events team has showcased fresh and fearless creativity, inventive tactics, and an exceptionally collaborative approach. LEO’s increasingly diverse staff of more than 90 full-time employees is distributed across the country and in three offices – Memphis, Nashville, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
