Beci Ruzek

Name: Beci Ruzek
Organization: Southern Gifting Company
Job Title: Owner
E-mail: sales@southerngiftingco.com

How long have you been in the events and hospitality industry?
I have been in the events industry since 1992 working in the catering and sales department at a hotel in Denton Texas while attending school for hospitality management.  I have worked in private clubs and hotels until I started our gifting company in 2007.

Why did you join MPI?
I wanted to get to know more people in the industry.  It is always great to connect with others with the same mindset as yourself.  

What do you hope to get from your MPI Tennessee membership?
More connections in the events industry to build friendships and help new clients with creative and custom gifting.

What is your favorite meeting or event you have been involved in and why?
Loved the Bachelor event!

Tell us more about yourself…hobbies, little known fact, etc.
I love the outdoors, going to the lake or just hanging by the pool.  I also enjoy interior designing and of course designing creative gifts.

What would you sing at karaoke night?
Well if I could sing AT ALL, it would be walking on sunshine....it always makes me happy!

What makes you laugh the most?
My family!  We are all a bunch of goofballs.

Which decade do you love the most and why?
80's....The music and the awesome hair LOL

You can have an unlimited supply of one thing for the rest of your life, what is it? Diet Coke? Sushi? Scotch Tape?
Ribbon....I have a ribbon problem.  I need it for my job but I have taken it to a "whole new level" according to my husband, Boris.