MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) For the Miami Grand Prix, someone is in charge of all the strategic planning and the budget. Someone else oversees the construction of 163 temporary buildings needed for a Formula 1 race weekend. Someone else designs the seating areas and keeps track of food and beverage needs. Someone else makes sure that the rich and famous have everything they need and want, from the right drink to the right kind of throw pillow.
These jobs make the race happen.
And in Miami, theyre all being done by women.
Its something that the Miami Grand Prix believes sets its race apart. In a sport and a circuit still dominated by males there hasnt been a woman behind the wheel for a Formula 1 race since 1992 it will be difficult this weekend to find an element of the event that isnt overseen by a woman.
Im so proud, said Katharina Nowak, the Miami races vice president of business operations. The amount of talent, whether male or female, that we have in that room, it just makes you want to be better. Every day, we push ourselves to just continue to maintain the standard at which we all expect to be working at, which just pushes everybody to be better for each other because no one wants to let anyone down.
The women leading the way
There are men on the masthead for the races local overseers: Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross owns the race, Tom Garfinkel is the managing partner and Tyler Epp is president of the race that takes place at the Dolphins Hard Rock Stadium campus. From there, many other top Miami roles are held by women, including:
Nowak only 28 years old reports to Epp as the races second-in-command and oversees all strategic plans, the budget and 17 internal departments. She also speaks four languages.
Natalie Clark is the senior director of event operations, overseeing the process of building, loading in and loading out, which means she tracks what every truck is bringing onto the campus and where it goes.
Sydney McClain is the senior director of events and food and beverage, meaning she creates virtually the entire fan experience on the 250-acre campus.
Melanie Cabassol is vice president of hospitality and curated experiences, meaning she creates the atmosphere for premium clients a list that in past years has included the likes of LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
Ive worked at other places before, and it hasnt been that Im sitting around a conference table and a majority of women are driving different initiatives within this business, McClain said. So, it is very unique. Its very exciting. And I think that we owe a lot of that to the female leaders that have been here, been in our shoes before, and that have helped pave the way for us.
The races impact on Miami
The race, now in its fourth year, is part of a diverse series of events at the Hard Rock campus. Its primarily the home of the Dolphins, who have their training facility adjacent to the stadium. It also plays host to Miami Hurricanes football, concerts, soccer the Club World Cup later this year and the FIFA World Cup next year will hold some matches there and the Miami Open tennis tournament. The F1 race alone has generated more than $1 billion in economic impact in its first three years.
The women leading the Miami race arent alone in their fields. At F1, the chief commercial officer is Emily Prazer and, until late last year, Sacha Woodward Hill had been there for nearly 30 years as the chief legal officer.
But Miami stands out, said Susie Wolff, the managing director of F1 Academy an all-female developmental racing series.
I think its something which we can all take quite an amount of pride in, that the sport has shifted in such a way that its now the case that it is not regarded as something unusual, Wolff said. I dont see it as unusual. I think is a testament to the progress weve made.
How it happens in Miami
This week in Miami takes the other 51 weeks on the calendar to prepare for. Eight months of planning, three months of executing the plan and then one month of it all actually happening.
Part of Clarks job, along with overseeing 245 tent structures and 110 generators and 35 miles of plumbing infrastructure all of it temporary and hidden also is to work with architects and construction companies who execute what she draws up for a plan.
I think when I was younger in my career, I got a little bit of, Who is she? Why is she in the meeting? Why does she have these construction plans? Clark said. And what happens over time is they hear you speak, your confidence, and once people understand that you are a master at your craft, theres less questions being asked.
Cabassol leaves nothing to chance in her job. Shes in charge of the most luxurious spaces on the campus, the Palm Club, the Casa Tua Trackside Club and the 72 Club. The original blueprints for those spaces were her vision. Every glass, every bottle of Champagne, every element of those spaces gets her approval.
They call her group a white glove team, VIP service for VIP guests. She even manages a secret road of sorts on the campus Palm Alley, they call it, a palm tree-lined path that drops off some of the worlds richest people 10 feet from the entrance. Inside the club, there are the strictest of rules: no entourages, no private security, the VIP and one guest only. No cameras, no media.
Cabassol and her group know the likes and dislikes, what kind of food, what kind of drink, every guest will want ahead of time by dealing with the VIPs own teams. If there is a Palm Club guest who doesnt like another Palm Club guest, they even have a plan to keep those people away from each other. Everybody must enjoy themselves, no matter what.
She makes it work. So do Nowak, Clark, McClain and many others.
What has happened here is theyve brought the right people together to create, the right team to execute the vision, Cabassol said. I guess I would say Im proud to represent women in this space, but Im even more proud to be a part of the team that recognizes and elevates talent that collaboratively work together in this environment.
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在迈阿密大奖赛期间，有人负责所有的战略规划和预算。另有人负责监督163座临时建筑物的建造，这些建筑物是F1比赛周末所必需的。另有人负责设计座位区并跟踪食品和饮料的需求。另有人确保富人和名流拥有他们需要和想要的一切，从合适的饮料到合适的靠背枕头。
这些岗位让比赛得以进行。
在迈阿密，所有这些事情都是由女性完成的。
迈阿密大奖赛认为，这使其赛事与众不同。在一个仍然由男性主导的运动和赛道中——自从1992年以来，F1赛事的赛车手就没有出现过女性——这个周末，要找到一个没有被女性监督的赛事环节将非常困难。
迈阿密赛事的商务运营副总裁卡塔丽娜·诺瓦克（Katharina Nowak）表示：“我感到非常自豪。无论男女，我们在场上的才华，都让人想变得更好。每天，我们都鞭策自己继续保持我们所有人都期望达到的标准，这推动着每个人为了彼此变得更好，因为没有人想让任何人失望。”
女性引领潮流
赛道的领导层由当地监督者组成，其中，迈阿密海豚队老板史蒂芬·罗斯拥有该赛事的所有权，汤姆·加芬克尔是管理合伙人，泰勒·埃普是该赛事的总裁，该赛事在迈阿密海豚队的Hard Rock Stadium校区举行。从那里开始，许多其他顶级的迈阿密角色都由女性担任，包括：
28岁的Nowak作为赛事的副指挥官，向Epp汇报工作，并负责所有战略计划、预算和17个内部部门。她还会说四种语言。
纳塔莉·克拉克（Natalie Clark）是活动运营的高级总监，负责监督搭建、装载和卸载的过程，这意味着她需要追踪每辆卡车运送到校园上的物品以及它们被放置的位置。
Sydney McClain是活动及餐饮的资深总监，这意味着她几乎要负责250英亩校园内所有粉丝的体验活动。
梅兰妮·卡巴索（Melanie Cabassol）是医院业及精心策划体验的副总裁，这意味着她为高端客户打造氛围，过去几年中，这份名单上包括勒布朗·詹姆斯（LeBron James）、帕特里克·马霍姆斯（Patrick Mahomes）、埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）和杰夫·贝索斯（Jeff Bezos）等人。
McClain说：“我之前在其他地方工作过，但并没有像现在这样，在会议桌上坐着，大多数女性都在推动这项业务的不同倡议。这非常独特，非常令人兴奋。我认为我们对此要感谢那些在这里、之前在我们位置上的女性领导，她们为我们铺平了道路。”
这场比赛对迈阿密的影响
这项赛事是其第四年，是Hard Rock校园内一系列丰富多彩的活动之一。海豚队的主场就设在这里，他们的训练设施紧邻体育场。此外，这里还承办迈阿密飓风队橄榄球赛、音乐会、足球赛——今年晚些时候的俱乐部世界杯和明年FIFA世界杯将有一些比赛在这里举行——以及迈阿密公开赛网球赛。仅F1赛事在其前三年就产生了超过10亿美元的经济影响。
在迈阿密比赛中领先的女性并非孤军奋战。在F1中，首席商业官是艾米丽·普拉泽，而萨查·伍德沃德·希尔（Sacha Woodward Hill）直到去年年底之前一直是那里的首席法律官，担任该职位近30年。
F1学院（一个全女性发展赛车系列）的董事总经理苏西·沃尔夫表示，迈阿密特别引人注目。
沃尔夫表示：“我认为这是我们可以引以为豪的事情，因为这项运动已经发生了变化，现在它不再被视为不同寻常。我并不认为这是不同寻常的。我认为这是我们取得进步的证明。”
在迈阿密发生的事情
在迈阿密这一周之前，还有51周的日程要准备。需要8个月的规划，3个月的执行计划，然后1个月的时间让这一切都发生。
克拉克的部分职责是监督245个帐篷结构、110台发电机和35英里的管道基础设施——所有这些设施都是临时且隐蔽的。此外，她还需要与建筑师和建筑公司合作，执行她为计划所绘制的图纸。
克拉克说：“我想，当我年轻时在职业生涯中，我曾有点困惑，‘她是谁？她为什么参加这个会议？她为什么有这些施工计划？’随着时间的推移，他们听你说话，听你的自信，一旦人们了解到你是你行业的专家，那么问的问题就少了。”
卡巴索尔在工作时从不留任何侥幸。她负责校园内最豪华的空间，即棕榈俱乐部、卡萨图站边俱乐部和72俱乐部。这些空间的原始蓝图就是她的构想。每个玻璃杯、每瓶香槟、每个空间元素都经过她的批准。
他们称她的团队为“白手套团队”，是专为VIP客人提供的VIP服务。她甚至在校园内管理着一条名为“棕榈巷”的秘密小路，这是一条棕榈树环绕的小径，距离入口十英尺处就停靠着世界上最富有的一些人的车辆。在俱乐部内部，有着最严格的规则：没有随从，没有私人保安，只允许VIP和一位客人进入。没有相机，没有媒体。
卡巴索尔及其团队会通过与VIP团队接触，提前了解每位客人的喜好，包括喜欢什么食物、什么饮品。如果Palm Club中有客人不喜欢另一位客人，他们甚至会制定计划，将两人分开，以避免尴尬。无论发生什么，每个人都必须尽兴享受。
她让这一切运转起来。诺瓦克、克拉克、麦克拉因以及其他许多人也是如此。
卡巴索尔表示，这里所发生的是，他们聚集了正确的人来创造，正确的团队来执行愿景。我想说，我很高兴能代表这个领域的女性，但我更自豪的是成为这个团队的一部分，这个团队能够识别并提升在这个环境中协同工作的才能。
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