Marcia Klompus Post Game Interview (Un-Cut RealAudio)
   
 Marcia Klompus, President/Executive Director
The President/Executive Director of the Hula Bowl Maui, Marcia has provided action-packed, highly visible sporting events to the people of Hawaii since 1982. Her vast knowledge, energy and enthusiasm in the competitive football marketing industry lends a distinctive style to every element of the organization and to the State of Hawaii and Maui County.
Marcia's biggest effort lies in overseeing the coordination of the national media, while keeping the lines of communication open with the bowl's many corporate and media partners.
She has steered the organization along a generous course of charitable giving, designating local non-profit agencies, such as the Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Hawaii Newspaper Agency Foundations as beneficiaries of the games' proceeds. To date, millions of dollars of much needed funds have been transferred to these non-profit groups to enhance the well being of the local community.
Among her many creative projects is one that is dear to her heart: The Straight A's Program, now in it's 13th year. This major marketing campaign, supported by the Hawaii Department of Education, awards students from K-12, two free tickets to the Hula Bowl Maui, for perfect marks of excellence on their first quarter report cards. In 2000, this program reached over 250,000 public and private school students around the State of Hawaii and distributed over 1,000 game tickets and A's hats to deserving students of all ages.
Her most recent project has been the opening of the Hula Bowl Maui retail outlet in the Maui Mall, giving the community's signature event a year-round presence, as well as providing additional exposure for the Island of Maui.
Marcia became the first woman in NCAA history to organize and run a post-season collegiate bowl game, when she was named the Executive Director of the Jeep Aloha Bowl in 1988, a post she held until March 2000, before moving to Maui to focus exclusively on the Hula Bowl.
In July of 2000 Marcia received the Bud Dudley Executive Award and she was honored for her achievements in Hawaii's sports marketing industry by being named the Sports Person of the Year by the Honolulu Quarterback Club in 1995.
Determined not to let obstacles get in the way of her final goals, she was instrumental in the relocation of the 56-year old Hula Bowl All-Star Football Classic from Honolulu to Maui, along with her husband and business partner, Lenny Klompus.
Marcia sits on the Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Maui.
Adding a warm and personal touch to each business relationship is Marcia's motto.
Marcia Klompus - Executive Director
Lenny Klompus - Chief Executive Officer
Joe Amdor - Assistant Executive Director
Jessica Tawney - Ticket Manager
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