Bellmont Partners Promotes Megan Anderson to Senior Director

We’re excit­ed to announce that Bell­mont Part­ners team mem­ber Megan Ander­son has been pro­mot­ed to Senior Direc­tor of Tourism & Hos­pi­tal­i­ty. In this role, Megan will con­tin­ue to lead the agency’s Tourism & Hos­pi­tal­i­ty prac­tice group, with PR projects rang­ing from a “who’s who” of Min­neso­ta des­ti­na­tions and events (includ­ing the Min­neso­ta Zoo and Min­neso­ta DNR Parks and Trails) to nation­al events such as Taste of the NFL to ben­e­fit GENY­OUth. Catch her if you can at the upcom­ing Min­neso­ta State Fair, where Megan and team will be lead­ing media rela­tions and more for sev­en clients this year.

Senior direc­tors at Bell­mont Part­ners also have a dis­tinct inter­nal focus. Megan’s focus is on Peo­ple & Cul­ture, build­ing upon the agency’s best-in-class work­place cul­ture that fos­ters excel­lence across our team. We recent­ly spoke with Megan about her new focus area:

You’ve been part of the Bell­mont Part­ners team since its ear­li­est days of hir­ing – about 14 years now! What’s unique about the agency’s cul­ture and how it’s evolved over the years?

From my first day at Bell­mont Part­ners, I saw that the agency put peo­ple first. Even before the pan­dem­ic, we had a flex­i­ble, hybrid work sched­ule and a strong empha­sis on work-life bal­ance. We gath­ered for cel­e­bra­tions, com­pa­ny outings…and lots of cake. Over the years, the peo­ple-first men­tal­i­ty has not changed, but as we’ve evolved and added to our team, with our home offices spread out across the state and vary­ing sched­ules of 25+ employ­ees, we’ve had to be even more inten­tion­al about cre­at­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to gath­er and cross col­lab­o­rate. For instance, our new “Cof­fee Bud­dies” quar­ter­ly series pairs team mem­bers togeth­er who don’t work togeth­er on a day-to-day basis, allow­ing them the chance to con­nect and dis­cuss work, life and every­thing in between. It’s been a big hit!

What are you look­ing for­ward to most in this focus on peo­ple and culture?

I’m look­ing for­ward to build­ing upon an already strong foun­da­tion that has been cul­ti­vat­ed over the last 30 years. I’m excit­ed to play a more active role in our new employ­ee onboard­ing process­es, refresh our employ­ee recog­ni­tion pro­gram and imple­ment ongo­ing men­tor­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties. The peo­ple of Bell­mont Part­ners are a smart, hard-work­ing, fun-lov­ing group, and I look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing to build a reward­ing, enjoy­able work­place that fos­ters excel­lence for both cur­rent and future employees.

Oh, and we’ve been talk­ing about doing a com­pa­ny Oscars pool for a while, and I’m excit­ed to imple­ment that with my fel­low movie buffs. 😊

How does an inter­nal focus on peo­ple and cul­ture ulti­mate­ly strength­en the work we do exter­nal­ly on behalf of clients?

Peo­ple who feel appre­ci­at­ed, seen and heard typ­i­cal­ly do good work. Our cul­ture con­nects us to each oth­er, our trans­paren­cy core val­ue builds trust, and we set each oth­er up for suc­cess. We often tell our clients that “Part­ners” is more than just our name and that we are an exten­sion of their team, but “part­ners” applies to us as well. We lis­ten to each oth­er, prob­lem-solve togeth­er and cel­e­brate wins togeth­er. Hav­ing that strong bench of team mem­bers who trust each oth­er and work well togeth­er results in suc­cess for our clients.

We all know work­place cul­ture is a lot more than foos­ball tables and hap­py hours. But just for fun, what are some of your favorite BP tra­di­tions or “fun-tiv­i­ties”?

Our hol­i­day par­ties over the years have been some of my favorite mem­o­ries. These par­ties typ­i­cal­ly include the annu­al “Bel­lie” Awards, a tra­di­tion I love. While The Office’s Michael Scott made the Dundies a cringe­wor­thy (yet hilar­i­ous) tra­di­tion at Dun­der Mif­flin, our Bell­mont “Bel­lies” high­light some of the best moments over the year, with each team mem­ber get­ting a spe­cif­ic award (with some Office-like humor inject­ed). And while we haven’t been kicked out of a Chili’s, we have laughed a lot and high­light­ed some awe­some work and fun mem­o­ries, and I look for­ward to each year’s ceremony.

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Please join us in con­grat­u­lat­ing Megan on her pro­mo­tion to senior direc­tor. We look for­ward to all that Megan will do in her new role to build upon our team and culture!