Staff Directory
Barone, Chandler
Chandler Barone
- Title:
- Folsom Field Premium Venues
- Email:
- Phone:
- 303-492-3213
Chandler Barone is finishing her third year as the director of special events and premium venues for the University of Colorado Athletic Department, as she was named to the position on October 28, 2019.
Barone, 29, brought a wealth of experience in event management when she joined CU from the Front Range Catering, where she was the sales and event manager for one of the top catering companies in Boulder. She started there in March 2018 and in 18 months, she managed and catered well over 100 events, which included managing proposals and event contracts in food and beverage sales. She hired and supervised the kitchen, serving and bartender staffs and increased the company’s business sales by building strong relationships with its client base.
Prior to joining Front Range Catering, she was a senior event manager for Ansley Event Design in Denver for a year-and-a-half beginning in April 2016. She coordinated and executed details such as rehearsals, menu planning, floor plan design, logistics and on-site management for over 50 weddings that ranged in size from 25 to 300 attendees.
Barone earned her bachelor’s degree from CU’s Leeds School of Business with an emphasis in Human Resource Management in 2015. She worked her entire time as an undergraduate for the CU Boulder Student Alumni Association, where she coordinated events, sold memberships and solicited sponsors.
Before she entered the event planning business, her first full-time job after college was as a technical recruiter at Stephen James Associates in Denver.
She was born Chandler Nicolls in San Diego, Calif., and graduated from Corona Del Mar (Calif.) High School where she was a member of the club team for crew (rowing). Her hobbies include hiking, snowboarding, trying new restaurants and walking her dog. In high school, she was president of the Performing Arts & Multimedia Academy, where she first dabbled in event planning; in fact, she planned multiple events for a national competition for the Hurley Clothing Brand and won $25,000 for her high school’s program. She is married to Dawn Barone, CU’s associate director of Forever Buffs Outreach for the school’s Alumni Association (she is also a CU graduate); the couple has a daughter, Avery (1).
Barone, 29, brought a wealth of experience in event management when she joined CU from the Front Range Catering, where she was the sales and event manager for one of the top catering companies in Boulder. She started there in March 2018 and in 18 months, she managed and catered well over 100 events, which included managing proposals and event contracts in food and beverage sales. She hired and supervised the kitchen, serving and bartender staffs and increased the company’s business sales by building strong relationships with its client base.
Prior to joining Front Range Catering, she was a senior event manager for Ansley Event Design in Denver for a year-and-a-half beginning in April 2016. She coordinated and executed details such as rehearsals, menu planning, floor plan design, logistics and on-site management for over 50 weddings that ranged in size from 25 to 300 attendees.
Barone earned her bachelor’s degree from CU’s Leeds School of Business with an emphasis in Human Resource Management in 2015. She worked her entire time as an undergraduate for the CU Boulder Student Alumni Association, where she coordinated events, sold memberships and solicited sponsors.
Before she entered the event planning business, her first full-time job after college was as a technical recruiter at Stephen James Associates in Denver.
She was born Chandler Nicolls in San Diego, Calif., and graduated from Corona Del Mar (Calif.) High School where she was a member of the club team for crew (rowing). Her hobbies include hiking, snowboarding, trying new restaurants and walking her dog. In high school, she was president of the Performing Arts & Multimedia Academy, where she first dabbled in event planning; in fact, she planned multiple events for a national competition for the Hurley Clothing Brand and won $25,000 for her high school’s program. She is married to Dawn Barone, CU’s associate director of Forever Buffs Outreach for the school’s Alumni Association (she is also a CU graduate); the couple has a daughter, Avery (1).
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