Episode 9: Mindy Zemrak - Mamabear to the Eco Racers
Mindy Zemrak is the competitive relations director for World's Toughest Race Eco-Challenge: Fiji. In other words, she’s the master communicator. Her team oversaw everything related to all of the competitors for the race – from newsletters to patches to moving gearboxes, and to our panic attacks – you name it!
She is also the Emmy-nominated, supervising casting producer for the ABC series Shark Tank. Her resume includes Beyond the Tank, America's Greatest Makers, American Idol, Top Chef, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, Expedition Impossible, and many, many more.
Mindy is a beacon in a dark land. She's the mama bear to all of us racers who competed in the World's Toughest Race. She's the first person you talk to after you submit your application. We have the majority of our communication with her as the race details unfold. She was practically there for us until the finish line.
Her perspective on the race is so unique. And this conversation was a special look into what Mindy does behind the scenes, both pre-race, during the race, after the race, as well as how she takes care and supports all of us athletes out there on behalf of the race staff.
The World's Toughest Race was just as life-changing for Mindy as it was for us, racers, and I can't wait for you to enjoy her as much as I do! It was really the world's toughest race for so many people in their own way.
In this episode, you will hear:
How Mindy balances this massive amount of back and forth communication with people
What a casting director does
How she found someone on her team who complemented her personality
Mindy’s role as a competitive relations director on the World’s Toughest Race before, during, and even after the race
What she learned from the athlete population
How the EcoChallenge was a beast and a challenge for her
Seeing how the EcoChallenge in its entirety was extremely different from the Hollywood environment that she’s used to seeing
A change of perspective: Meeting this Fijian woman that forever changed her life
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