Devine Experience, LLC, specializes in creating premium event experiences for Fortune 1000 firms.

Maria Devine Ogino, President of Devine Experience LLC

What is your role at your company?

Founder and President.

What's the first thing you do when you get to the office?

Check email (with coffee in hand).

What do you feel are the most challenging aspects of your job?

Finding new clients.

What do you like best about working with TribeAgency?

Their flexibility, speed, creativity, and team-focused approach.

What do you feel are the benefits of working with TribeAgency over other Agencies?

The size of the organization is perfect - not so large that you are lost but not so small that you feel tossed about. No matter the project, you feel you are their top client.

Who is someone you have looked to as a role model?

A former colleague at Diamond, Lisa Laing. She is the smartest, most focused, and professional woman I have ever met.

What is your most frustrating pet peeve?

When people refuse to look at a problem from different angles.

If you could live in any era in the past, when would you live?

I'd like to be a Native American living in America before it was colonized.

What is your favorite non-work activity?

Biking, swimming, running, skydiving -- anything outdoors.

If you could be in any other career, what would it be, and why?

Counseling/therapy - it's my passion to help people grow into the person they want to be.

What famous or historically significant person would you most like to meet?

Alan Ginsberg

If you were ruler of the world for a day, what would you do?

Put an end to genocide.