What happens when someone says your name in a room you’re not in?
For Britney Cooper, National Proposal Development Director at LAZ Parking, relationships have shaped nearly every chapter of a career she never originally planned.
Britney joins Brooke Krieger on Mobility Mavericks to share her unlikely journey from education to parking, including starting an entirely new career while pregnant, learning the industry from the ground up, taking career risks during COVID, and eventually building and leading a national proposal team at one of the largest parking operators in the country. Her path is a reminder that sometimes the next opportunity comes because someone you worked with believed in you enough to say your name when you weren’t there.
They also get into the surprisingly competitive world of RFPs, why winning proposals require far more than simply checking the compliance boxes, and how AI is beginning to change both sides of public procurement. Britney makes the case for using AI as a starting point and another set of eyes, while keeping human strategy, judgment, and creativity firmly in the process.
And, in true Mobility Mavericks fashion, the conversation comes back to people: the mentors who shaped Britney’s career, the importance of getting involved and building a real network, and what she’s learning now that she’s become a mentor herself.
It’s a conversation about taking the leap, finding your people, doing the work, and making sure you’re saying someone else’s name in the rooms they haven’t reached yet.
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ipsgroup.comIntro & Outro Music:
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Run the Ramp” by Queen of AV, under the Curb Culture Media label.