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Show Frequent P.C. visitor finds home as Chamber events coordinator f ' f "t U -) by Teri Gomes Jay Bundy, former assistant director of administration at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, will replace Susan McKennon as the Park City Area ChamberBureau's special events coordinator. McKinnon has resigned to move to San Diego, where her husband has taken a new job. "We're sorry to see Susan go," said Debby Symonds, executive director of the Chamber. "I've had a number of people call to say they'll miss working with her on various community committees. But I feel Jay will bring different ideas and refreshing energies to the job. He has great-people skills and I feel his background shows he is a real doer." Bundy has been a frequent visitor to Park City and Utah since his sister, Parley's Park Elementary School teacher Martha Crook, moved here. "I'd spend two weeks in the summer and two in the winter, "said Bundy. "Finally I just decided I wanted to live here." later he was offered a different kind of job at the Chamber. "I'm pleased things worked out the way they did," said Bundy. "I'm really most interested in event coordination and working with people. I wasn't nearly as crazy about the idea of sales and a lot of traveling again." Bundy's background includes two trips around the world, working in Ethiopia, and careers as a professional profes-sional musican, a ranch hand and a wilderness guide. A graduate of psychological studies from St. Olaf's College in Northern Minnesota, Bundy feels his experience in working with people will be helpful in his new job. "I enjoy coordinating things from start to finish. I guess I'll have plenty of opportunities t'o do that here.'1, Bundy makes clear Park'1 City's appeal for him. "I like the blendf of the small-town atmosphere combined with the cosmopolitan and cultural influences. It's the best of big-city life without any of any of the sprawl or hassles." Jay Bundy Bundy left his job in Minnesota five months ago. He applied for the marketing position recently filled by the other male staff member at the Chamber, Mark Menlove. A finalist for the job, Bundy was advised that his skills were better suited for a different kind of job. A few weeks |