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Brenden Rogers
Vice President of Marketing, Partnerships & Insights, Group Sales Box Office, Broadway.com

The performing arts are at the heart of everything Brenden Rogers does. He was first introduced to Broadway theater on a group trip in high school, and this led him to his career path.

Through his work for Broadway.com, he and his team focus on travel, getting groups on trips to see Broadway shows in New York City

“I want to make sure that we are getting theater and Broadway to as many people as possible,” he says. Outside of his career, Rogers volunteers with the Plum Community Center (where his mom works), helping senior citizens with issues with their technology. He is also passionate about his role as a councilmember with the Borough Council in Bellevue, where he lives, and hopes to make government more accessible to the people who need it the most. “I hope that anyone that thinks of me thinks of positive visibility and what that can look like,” he says. “I’m putting myself out there as a very visible example of what it means to be different.”