Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Tickets.com Clients Nominated for INTIX Board of Directors

Tickets.com supports Aren Murray (Texas A&M) and Derek Younger (Washington Nationals) for the INTIX Board of Directors:

Aren Murray, Assistant Director MSC, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX has been in her current position since 2000 and an INTIX member since 2002. At A&M she manages ticket operations for over 250 events accounting for over 2 million in annual sales. Aren served on the 2000 Houston annual conference committee, is the INTIX silent auction chair, and is president of the Greater Houston Area Ticketing Association (GHATA).

"As your Board member, I would bring my belief in the importance of ticketing professionals continuing to rub elbows, share life stories, mentor and encourage each other. I will bring my action-oriented nature with an intention to foster professional relationships and information-sharing through exciting and fun avenues."

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Derek Younger, Director of Ticket Operations, Washington Nationals, Washington, D.C. has been a member of INTIX for almost 10 years and a frequent conference speaker and presenter at the annual conferences as well as a 2003 Washington DC summer conference committee member. He has a broad background in ticketing - performing arts, concerts, ticketing for a major league baseball team, a Papal visit, and the experience of opening two new ballparks. Derek previously worked at the Wang Theatre and Citi Center for the Performing Arts in Boston. In 2006, he was the recipient of the Outstanding Ticketing Professional Award.

"As an INTIX member I have both given and received support from the wealth of experienced members of INTIX. I will continue our goals of working as a team to provide more support and outreach capabilities for members; and by helping INTIX spotlight advanced technologies, tools and information which catapults ticketing into the future."