D
on’t ask Mary Pat Augenthaler her favorite Super Bowl commercial. She hasn’t seen one in 17 years working for the NFL events group. She’s too busy stage-managing the game.
As one of the senior events specialists at the league, Augenthaler oversees major events, especially the Super Bowl. In the past year, that means getting ready for this season’s New York Super Bowl — and in particular, Super Bowl Boulevard, the outdoor, 10-block stretch through midtown Manhattan that will be part of the game-week festivities.
When she arrived at the NFL in the mid-1990s, she said she was aware of being a female executive at the league in part because she was the only one in the room. But, she said, there was never any different treatment, and in some ways, it helped her stand out.
Her favorite event? Helping reopen the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina.
— Daniel Kaplan
“As head of special events for the NFL, Mary Pat holds the access keys to the kingdom. If Warren Buffett wants to get into Roger Goodell’s tailgate party, he has to go through Mary Pat.”
— John Tatum | CEO | Genesco Sports Enterprises
