Katharina Nowak has been named President of the Miami Method 1 Grand Prix.
Nowak beforehand served as Vice President of Enterprise Operations for the race. At 28, she turns into the youngest president of a Method 1 occasion, and one in every of solely two girls within the function internationally. She is going to exchange Tyler Epp, who led the occasion since 2022 and has left the place to simply accept a brand new function elsewhere.
“I’m excited to announce Katharina as our President,” mentioned Tom Garfinkel, Managing Associate of the Miami Method 1 Grand Prix.
“She is among the most proficient younger executives I’ve been round and I do know she is going to proceed to construct on what has been established right here – that we’re dedicated to innovating fan expertise and delivering a world-class occasion for drivers, groups and followers. I additionally wish to thank Tyler for his management. The Grand Prix merely wouldn’t be what it has grown into at this time with out him.”
Nowak joined the Miami Dolphins and Laborious Rock Stadium enterprise in 2019 and has held quite a few roles for the group throughout occasions, company partnerships and enterprise operations. In 2023, she was promoted to supervise enterprise operations for the Miami GP and in 2024, she was named vice chairman. On this function, she has led the collaboration throughout all enterprise and operational departments concerned in constructing and executing the Grand Prix, spearheaded the group’s relationship with Method 1, served as a key negotiator in enterprise and partnership alternatives and directed all strategic planning for the race.
A local of Vienna, Austria, Nowak graduated with an promoting/public relations diploma from Loyola College Chicago.
“I’m each humbled and excited to tackle this new function as President,” mentioned Nowak. “On this new chapter, our targets stay unchanged – we’ll proceed to ship an distinctive occasion for our stakeholders, with elite on-track motion and fan-first expertise on the heart of all we do. We now have an unimaginable staff dedicated to excellence, and I’m desperate to proceed the work that has already begun.”
