Bonnie Ehlers
General Sales Manager
VEE Production Services and Costumes & Creatures
- Over fifteen years of sales and marketing experience with the bulk of professional experience in 'custom manufacturing.'
- As Senior Account Manager fulfills the role of making smooth connections between VEE's clients and VEE's internal production teams.
- With VEE since 1999, has established client relationships that have lead to major projects with museums, professional sports teams, corporations and event marketing agencies.
- Earned a Bachelors Degree in English Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato; graduate studies in Curriculum & Instruction.
Major accomplishment:
Along with my husband, I have raised a loving and caring daughter who is now a wife and mother. Seeing how she cares for her son, her husband and her friends confirms that we did something very right!
Favorite part of your day?
Mornings when I can wake up with sunshine flooding the bedroom and smell fresh coffee coming from the kitchen.
Favorite part of your job?
When a client says 'yes' to the solutions we have proposed for their project and they put their trust in us to work our magic! Since everything we do is custom, each and every job is a new challenge!!
Who influences you?
People who know how to maintain balance in their lives.
What did you do on your last day off?
Spent a long weekend in New York - sightseeing, shopping and seeing shows!
Favorite ice cream?
Peppermint Bon Bon
Favorite movie?
I'm a sucker for a good love story with a happy ending - especially if I view it at a movie theatre while eating buttered popcorn. (Stadium seating is a major plus!)
Fictional character you identify with and why?
Nancy Drew - grew up wanting to drive a convertible just as she did!
Mascot you identify with and why:
Honey Nut Cheerios Bee - Cheerios are the ONLY cereal I eat!
Something we should know about you that no one knows:
I taught junior high English for seven years --- and survived!
Goals for the coming year:
Schedule my priorities instead of prioritizing my schedule.
