Lanna was the lead event organizer to host the JWU MMA Club's first Exhibition Match Event. The event was launched to showcase each club members' fighting techniqes to a community unfamiliar with combat sports, and celebrate the mixed martial arts!
Lanna was completely hands-on for:
Event programming and match scheduling
Curating, creating, and posting all social media materials
Coaching and preparations for the event
Moderator/Presenter for sanctioned matches and guest experience
Created and execured famility-inspired Filipino pop-up restaurant to celebrate my heritage, while providing a home dining experience.
Planned and managed full guest-experience, including event setup, dining space, and food service operations
Developed custom online ordering website with menu items and scheduled pick-up times
Prepared, packaged, and served all menu items while coordinating customer orders
Lanna Gale and her peers led the planning and execution of a student-organized press conference celebrating the opening of Providence's first food hall, engaging with local restaurant owners about the project's long anticipated launch.
Lanna's Contributions:
Selecting and communicating with conference speakers
Developing the conference flyers, press kit, and event plans/details
Delegating tasks across team-members and reviewing material
On a virtual Sports Marketing class, students were asked to develop a professional sports expansion team marketing 'mock'pitch.
Lanna pitched The Blades, a new Professional Women's Hockey League team based in San Francisco, CA. This project demonstrated the following:
Creative Marketing Development
Understanding of local demographics/psychographics
Popularization of women's sports
Lanna Gale earned her First-Degree Black Belt in 2019, and her lifelong passion for martial arts inspired her to explore new disciplines upon joining the MMA club.
As vice president, she combines her leadership and creative skils to enhance the club's presence and operations:
Managing social media promotions and posts
Coordinating sanctioned sparring matches
Lead self-defense seminars for university greek life
Mentoring students in training sessions
Responsible for club photography
Lanna began her professional journey in highschool as a student in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Conservatory at the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA). This early development fostered a lifelong dedication to her craft and provided hands-on industry experience. During her time at OCSA, she competed in multiple culinary/hospitality competitions, most notably the California ProStart State Cup and the National ProStart Invitational, where it strengthened her creative concept development skills while applying real-world industry knowledge.
During her senior year, Lanna completed a year-long internship at The Pacific Club in Newport Beach, CA. She worked as both a baking and pastry intern and a banquet server, gaining valuable experience in both back-of-house and front-of-house operations
ProStart Competition Restaurant Concepts
Sapin-Sapin is a restaurant concept paying homage to Lanna's Filipino heritage.
Lanna was responsible for the logistics, design, and management of the restaurants' operations. A few details include: full floor-plan design, incorporation of ADA regulations, and the 'flow of food.'
This concept was presented at:
California ProStart State Cup (1st Place)
National Prostart Invitational (Top 10 in the Nation)
The MarketPlace is a stock-market inspired restaurant with a rotating food belt. This restaurant concept was very ambitious and detail oriented.
Lanna was responsible for the logistics, technology, and design of the restaurants operations. Her major contributions include: Safety and sanitation practices, floor-plan and food belt design, recipe research and design.
This concept was presented at:
California ProStart State Cup (2nd Place)