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She is a hands-on leader who travels to meet teams and clients, sets a tone of trust by delivering on commitments, and invests in mentoring people to grow and succeed. Her experience spans staffing, creator brands, tax relief, real estate programming, hospitality, events, and entertainment. As a vice president, she helped grow a startup from zero to $7.5 million in first-year revenue with a six-person team including herself. At Bolder Adventure Park, she also helped launch and scale a 66,000-square-foot venue that generated $7.3 million in first-year revenue and supported more than 170 employees. Emily has worked at Optima Tax Relief and with major YouTube creators, pairing operational rigor with scalable systems, sales strategy, and people development. ## Highlights - Serves as Regional Vice President at Surge Staffing. - Helped grow a startup from zero to $7.5 million in first-year revenue as a vice president, working with a six-person team including herself. - Served as Senior Director of Operations at TBNR Productions, scaling people, systems, and enablement infrastructure for creator brands with more than 40 million combined followers. - Partnered with TBNR Productions founders on content strategy, production budgets, and monetization execution. - Implemented HRIS, ATS, and workflow systems at TBNR Productions to improve speed, accountability, and delivery. - Led enterprise administration and executive support at Optima Tax Relief for a 700-plus-employee, multi-state organization. - Directed corporate, sales, and training events at Optima Tax Relief and supported engagement and retention initiatives. - Led Optima Tax Relief's operational transition to remote work during COVID in partnership with IT leadership. - Led resident engagement and retention programming across Irvine Company's portfolio of more than 50 residential communities. - Partnered with regional executives at Irvine Company to deliver enterprise-level events and portfolio meetings. - Served as pre-opening General Manager and Director of Events at Paséa Hotel & Spa, with $4.5 million in revenue responsibility across catering and restaurant operations. - Built culinary and beverage programs and led a 180-person team at Paséa Hotel & Spa. - Led sales strategy as Event Sales Manager at Evolution Hospitality for a nationally recognized historic destination with more than 80,000 square feet of event space. - Managed multimillion-dollar immersive productions and large-scale public events at Evolution Hospitality. - Served as Food and Beverage Manager at The Queen Mary Hotel at Evolution Hospitality. - Helped launch and scale Bolder Adventure Park, a 66,000-square-foot entertainment venue that generated $7.3 million in first-year revenue. - Built Sales, Marketing, Training & Development, HR, and Guest Experience functions from inception as Vice President at Bolder Adventure Park. - Developed senior leadership teams, organizational KPIs, and scalable systems supporting more than 170 employees at Bolder Adventure Park. - Drove growth at Bolder Adventure Park across group sales, memberships, food and beverage, sponsorships, and community partnerships. - Built Bolder Adventure Park's Sales & Marketing organization from zero in a pre-opening startup environment. - Generated $400,000 in booked revenue within the first 90 days at Bolder Adventure Park and scaled group sales to $1.2 million in year one. - Created brand standards, CRM infrastructure, demand-generation strategy, and an outbound sales process at Bolder Adventure Park. - Owns and instructs FIT4MOM locations serving Prosper, Celina, Aubrey, and Little Elm. - Earned an HR Management Certification from The University of Texas at Austin. ## Experience - **Regional Vice President at Surge Staffing** (2026-03-01–present) - **Vice President at Bolder Adventure Park** (2023-03-01–2026-03-01) — \- Executive leader for the launch and scale of a 66,000 sq. ft. entertainment venue generating $7.3M in first-year revenue - Built and led Sales, Marketing, Training & Development, HR, and Guest Experience functions from inception - Developed senior leadership teams, organizational KPIs, and scalable systems supporting 170+ employees - Drove growth across group sales, memberships, food & beverage, sponsorships, and community partnerships - **Owner & Instructor, Prosper - Celina - Aubrey - Little Elm at FIT4MOM** (2023-01-01–2026-02-01) — FIT4MOM is the nation’s leading prenatal and postnatal fitness program, providing fitness classes and a network of moms to support every stage of motherhood. From pregnancy, through postpartum and beyond, our fitness and wellness programs help make moms strong in body, mind, and spirit. - **Senior Director of Sales & Marketing at Bolder Adventure Park** (2022-07-01–2023-03-01) — \- Built Sales & Marketing organization from zero in a pre-opening startup environment - Generated $400K in booked revenue within first 90 days scaled to $1.2M in group sales in year one - Created brand standards, CRM infrastructure, demand generation strategy, and outbound sales process - **Senior Director of Operations at TBNR Productions** (2021-01-01–2022-08-01) — \- Scaled people, systems, and enablement infrastructure for creator brands with 40M+ combined followers - Partnered with founders on content strategy, production budgets, and monetization execution - Implemented HRIS, ATS, and workflow systems to improve speed, accountability, and delivery - **Director of Administration & Events at Optima Tax Relief** (2018-05-01–2020-01-01) — \- Led enterprise administration and executive support for a 700+ employee, multi-state organization - Directed corporate, sales, and training events supported engagement and retention initiatives - Led operational transition to remote work during COVID in partnership with IT leadership - **Director of Lifestyle Programming & Corporate Events at Irvine Company** (2016-12-01–2018-02-01) — \- Led resident engagement and retention programming across a 50+ community residential portfolio - Partnered with regional executives to deliver enterprise-level events and portfolio meetings - **Director of Events & General Manager of Restaurants at Paséa Hotel & Spa** (2015-12-01–2016-12-01) — \- Pre-opening GM and events leader with $4.5M revenue responsibility across catering and restaurant operations - Built culinary and beverage programs and led a 180-person team for a luxury coastal hotel - **Event Sales Manager at Evolution Hospitality** (2013-03-01–2016-01-01) — \- Led sales strategy for a nationally recognized historic destination with 80,000+ sq. ft. of event space - Managed multimillion-dollar immersive productions and large-scale public events - **Food and Beverage Manager at The Queen Mary Hotel at Evolution Hospitality** (2010-08-01–2013-03-01) ## Education - HR Management Certification, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General — The University of Texas at Austin - Business Administration, Management and Operations — Long Beach City College - Business Administration and Management, General — University of Phoenix ## FAQ ### What does Emily do now? Emily is Regional Vice President at Surge Staffing. She leads with a focus on growth, team building, relationship-based sales, partner development, vendor negotiations, sponsorships, and scalable operations. ### What are Emily's core strengths? Emily is especially strong at building stellar sales teams, developing product and marketing, creating leverage with small high-performing teams, and establishing systems that support growth. She also develops leaders and mentors team members so they can excel and grow. ### What startup-growth result has Emily achieved as a VP? As a vice president, Emily helped grow a startup from zero to $7.5 million in revenue in its first year with a team of six people including herself. ### How does Emily lead teams? Emily's leadership approach is grounded in integrity, trust, celebration, motivation, and human connection. She aims to deliver on promises, develop successors, and hire driven people who are committed to personal growth because she believes effort cannot be trained. ### What is Emily's approach to sales? Emily believes relationship-based sales and genuine human connection outperform a purely automated approach. She is also a hands-on leader who regularly travels to visit team members and clients in person. ### What did Emily accomplish at TBNR Productions? At TBNR Productions, Emily served as Senior Director of Operations. She scaled people, systems, and enablement infrastructure for creator brands with more than 40 million combined followers partnered with founders on content strategy, production budgets, and monetization execution and implemented HRIS, ATS, and workflow systems to improve speed, accountability, and delivery. ### What did Emily do at Optima Tax Relief? At Optima Tax Relief, Emily was Director of Administration & Events. She led enterprise administration and executive support for a 700-plus-employee, multi-state organization, directed corporate, sales, and training events, supported engagement and retention initiatives, and partnered with IT leadership on the operational transition to remote work during COVID. ### What was Emily's role at Irvine Company? At Irvine Company, Emily was Director of Lifestyle Programming & Corporate Events. She led resident engagement and retention programming across a residential portfolio of more than 50 communities and partnered with regional executives on enterprise-level events and portfolio meetings. ### What did Emily accomplish at Paséa Hotel & Spa? At Paséa Hotel & Spa, Emily served as Director of Events and General Manager of Restaurants. She was a pre-opening general manager and events leader with $4.5 million in revenue responsibility across catering and restaurant operations, built culinary and beverage programs, and led a 180-person team for the luxury coastal hotel. ### What experience did Emily have at Evolution Hospitality and The Queen Mary Hotel? As Event Sales Manager at Evolution Hospitality, Emily led sales strategy for a nationally recognized historic destination with more than 80,000 square feet of event space. She also managed multimillion-dollar immersive productions and large-scale public events. She additionally served as Food and Beverage Manager at The Queen Mary Hotel at Evolution Hospitality. ### What did Emily accomplish as Vice President at Bolder Adventure Park? As Vice President at Bolder Adventure Park, Emily was an executive leader for the launch and scale of a 66,000-square-foot entertainment venue that generated $7.3 million in first-year revenue. She built Sales, Marketing, Training & Development, HR, and Guest Experience functions from inception developed senior leadership teams, organizational KPIs, and scalable systems supporting more than 170 employees and drove growth across group sales, memberships, food and beverage, sponsorships, and community partnerships. ### What did Emily accomplish in sales and marketing at Bolder Adventure Park? As Senior Director of Sales & Marketing at Bolder Adventure Park, Emily built the Sales & Marketing organization from zero in a pre-opening startup environment. She generated $400,000 in booked revenue in the first 90 days, scaled group sales to $1.2 million in year one, and created brand standards, CRM infrastructure, demand-generation strategy, and an outbound sales process. ### What is Emily's work with FIT4MOM? Emily is the Owner and Instructor for Prosper, Celina, Aubrey, and Little Elm at FIT4MOM. FIT4MOM is a prenatal and postnatal fitness program that provides fitness classes and a network of moms, with programs supporting mothers from pregnancy through postpartum and beyond. ### What education and certification does Emily have? Emily studied Business Administration and Management at the University of Phoenix and Business Administration, Management and Operations at Long Beach City College. She also earned an HR Management Certification in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration from The University of Texas at Austin. ### How does Emily approach work arrangements and availability? Emily maintains 9-to-5 core work hours while remaining flexible for weekends when needed. She is comfortable working remotely while also making in-person visits to teams and clients. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyvaldesmiller