Her Story
About Marisa
Marisa Brink works in event production at Ansara, a company formed from the merger of three Boston-based firms where she previously contributed to community-focused projects. With a background in opera and theater production spanning fifteen years before shifting specifically to event production five years ago, she draws on her BFA in stage management from Boston University, including a minor in ethnomusicology, to approach events through a creative and organizational lens. Brink is a member of PCMA, SEMA, and Club EG, and she volunteers with Brighter Boston to support student internships in event and theatrical spaces. She values kindness, transparency, and trust in her work and personal life, and she attributes her professional success to the resilience, self-trust, and perseverance she developed through her experiences with her horse. In her role, Brink enjoys varied days that include creative RFP responses, mentoring account managers, marketing ideation, and conceptualizing event activations, while advising young women in the male-dominated AV industry to own their space with confidence.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Marisa
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to my horse. I learned so much from that animal that no person could have ever taught me. He taught me resilience, practice makes perfect, how to put effort into myself, how to trust myself and others. It's totally transferable to work - get back up, try harder, talk through it.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received is to keep your head up and keep looking forward, especially through the ups and downs of winning and losing projects.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
To young women, especially in AV which is male-dominated, I say keep your shoulders back and own the space because you deserve to be there.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge in event production is the state of the market with so many companies doing the same thing. Differentiating yourselves not because you have to but because you want to, using science-backed technologies based in data.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Kindness is number one - I live by the golden rule. Transparency: tell me like it is, I'll tell you like it is. Trust: I trust my team and clients and they trust me in return.
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