Olivia Steimle Kelly, ’17, is a “people person,” and it shows. As an event specialist on REI’s Retail Store Grand Opening Team, Kelly led the opening of the outdoor recreation equipment retailer’s new store in Athens Feb. 10. It’s the 13th REI grand opening she’s helped organize. Her job has taken her across the country, opening stores in Colorado, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Wyoming. Within a week of REI Athens opening its doors, Kelly was already coordinating another...
