College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management
Faculty and Staff
Kim Boone, B.S.
| Title: | Director of Special Events |
| Department: | Department of Sport and Entertainment Management College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management |
| Email: | kboone@sc.edu |
| Phone: | 803-777-6720 |
| Fax: | 803-777-8788 |
| Office: | Close-Hipp 762 |
| Resources: | CSRI SEVT |
Education
B.S., Sport and Entertainment Management, University of South Carolina
Background
Kim Boone is the director of special events for the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management. A native of upstate New York, she earned a B.S. in Sport and Entertainment Management and a minor in Business from the University of South Carolina in 2002.
Boone has been with the department since 2012, and as the director for special events, directs two large annual conferences: the Sport Entertainment and Venues Tomorrow Conference (SEVT) and College Sport Research Institute (CSRI). Additionally, she manages The Thomas H. Regan Lecture Series and helps in the planning of events for the Graduate Student Association and the Sport and Entertainment Club. She also serves on the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management Alumni Society Committee.
Prior to coming full circle back to the Department of Sport and Entertainment Management, she began her career as group sales coordinator at the Colonial Life Arena, managed by Global Spectrum, and later as the marketing manager for Enterprise Rent-A-Car (now Enterprise Holdings) for South Carolina and Southeast Georgia.
Boone and her husband Lexie have a daughter, Cora, and a son, Battley.