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Rebecca Zweig- Programming Manager

Rebecca Zweig joined Vail Symposium as programming manager in April 2022.

Since 2003, Zweig served as the President/CEO/Founder of Business-Smart Solutions, Inc., leading various multi-year instructional and educational projects. Working with national magazines like Inc. and Fast Company, Zweig created and developed new products and program offerings, driving revenue, attendance and sponsorship while building new communities. Prior to starting Business-Smart Solutions, Zweig was the Director of Executive Education at University of Colorado at Denver Business School, Director of Special Events and Public Relations for the Brooklyn Historical Society and Conference Director for the Fulcrum Information Services in New York. Zweig also served on the board of Watermark, a female membership group in Silicon Valley and on the board of the University of Colorado at Denver’s Business School.

Zweig holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has completed training as a business coach. She lives in Eagle-Vail and enjoys being with family, loves the arts and visiting bookstores, volunteering and going on daily hikes in the mountains.

Email Becky at rzweig@vailsymposium.org

Arzu Basyildiz- Manager of Business Operation

Arzu is a long time resident of the Vail Valley. She loves volunteering throughout the Vail Valley and joined Vail Symposium team in September 2017.
Before joining the Vail Symposium team, she worked at Vail Jazz; she also works part-time at Vail Resorts. She and her husband own a small retail shop in Edwards, Nomadic Collection, where she was the buyer and store manager for more than 15 years. She also managed a bank branch for seven years when she was living in Turkey. She has Economics and Interior designs degrees and is also a professional interpreter for legal needs.

Email Arzu at arzu@vailsymposium.org

Katie Coakley-Marketing Manager

Katie Coakley joined the Vail Symposium as the marketing manager in June 2017.

Katie has worked in the Vail area since 2006. She began as an Account Supervisor with Peeples Ink PR, working with businesses and organizations like Park Hyatt Beaver Creek, Vail International Dance Festival and Vail Summer. In 2011, she started Katydid PR, providing communications services for events and organizations in addition to providing contracting and consulting work for other public relations firms.

She is also a freelance journalist, contributing to local publications like the Vail Daily and Vail Valley Magazine as well as state-wide and national editorial outlets.

Katie received a BA in English with a secondary education certificate from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta and taught high school English for several years before moving to Colorado.

Contact Katie at kcoakley@vailsymposium.org