Her Story
About Kelsey
Kelsey Trabucco is a hospitality operations and event production professional currently working with the LA28 Olympic Committee. In this role, she oversees a team of six operators who manage suites and lounges at venues across the games, ensuring alignment between the committee's functional areas and the hospitality partner On Location to deliver the LA28 hospitality program. Prior to joining LA28 nearly two years ago, she spent almost seven years at T-Mobile headquarters in Seattle, advancing through three positions that included trade shows and incentive events, and later led production for three conferences at Qualtrics in Salt Lake City, London, and Sydney. Her career began after earning a nursing degree, which she pivoted from after realizing it was not the right fit, moving into social work at a nursing home before being recruited into executive recruiting at T-Mobile. She attributes her success to a motivation to always figure things out by working around barriers and seeking help when needed, and she values respect and genuine care in both her professional and personal interactions.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Kelsey
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say my motivation to always figure it out. I don't really take no for an answer because I understand when there are barriers to things, but there's the ability to work around something, or to ask somebody else, or to kind of put in a little bit more effort to get to where you need to go. You'd be surprised at what people will help you with when you just ask.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
I think it's the networking component of any role, and not assuming that someone won't cross your path again. So always lean in and get to know whoever is in the room. And never don't bring your full self to work. Every role that I've gotten since my first position has been from somebody at T-Mobile that I worked with previously. So every single impression needs to be brought forward into the next opportunity.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
It goes back to the networking piece. Connect with everyone. You never know where someone is going to pop up in your life again, and so you want everybody to have the best impression of you. Be curious. Ask questions. And stay true to yourself.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Respect is a huge value for me. Just kind of understanding like not to hold someone above anybody else, and to really hear everybody out on what they have to say. I'm a huge proponent of like you shouldn't be talking while other people are talking, and you should pay attention in every room. You never know what you're going to learn. Care is huge for me, like it's a version of passion or just the ability to care. I genuinely care about the quality of my work.
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