On today’s episode, I’m talking with Katie Holmgren, Director of Program Services for USA Hockey.
Katie is a former hockey player who played at Iowa State University where she graduated with degrees in Health and Human Performance & Sport Management.
Early in her career, Katie worked with the Iowa Stars, Nashville Sounds, and the Colorado Rockies before temporarily leaving the sports world. She worked as a Starbucks shift manager, as well as a patient referral and billing coordinator and registration rep for an imaging center. She was getting ready to apply for a significant role at the imaging center when the sports network she had built came through and suggested a new position that was open with USA Hockey.
Even before getting back to hockey, Katie talks about the importance of how to excel where you are now. Doing good work with Starbucks and the imaging center, allowed her to help other people and hone skills that she’s brought with her back into a sports-related career.
And now, for the last decade, Katie has been back in her hockey roots working for USA Hockey. In her currently role, Katie provides local youth hockey associations with growth and governance resources. She was initially hired as the Coordinator of Adult Women’s Hockey before being promoted to Manager of Adult Hockey and then promoted again to Director of Program Services.
We talk about:
- Finding what’s interesting to you
- Doing good work, wherever you are, even if it’s not your “dream” job: aka excel where you are now
- The power of networking and building relationships
- Being a mentor and representative for other women to look up to
- Lofty goals and taking the next step
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