Howie Kaibel Email Address

Minister of Culture and Brand Manager at M'tucci's Italian Restaurants

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As M'tucci's Minister of Culture, my work has no limits. M'tucci's is determined to strengthen the communities we serve, promote inclusion and diversity, provide security, advancement and opportunity for employees, show leadership in social responsibility, and produce the best baked breads, cured meats and handmade cheeses in the city -- no, the country. I'm here to tell the M'tucci's story, handle media outreach, expand the brand and in the end, curate our celebration of la dolce vita -- serious food in a warm environment. You can find me at locations across the city, and I encourage you to stop by so we can break bread together. Gather, eat, talk, laugh, and connect with your community over a delicious meal; we've been elevating the game for eight years, and we're just getting started. Prior to my engagement with M'tucci's, I was Senior Community Director for Yelp Albuquerque, for nine years. I connected people with amazing local businesses in the Albuquerque/Rio Rancho metroplex via events, personal connections, a website and powerful mobile app. I enjoyed recurring weekly television segments on New Mexico Living (FOX New Mexico), as The Duke City's "Around Town Expert" for five years. I was Albuquerque the Magazine's first-ever food editor in 2014-15, and voted Best Person to Lunch With in 2015. I led a community of dedicated enthusiasts, ate terrific food and supported the most creative, innovative and thriving community in the southwest. My professional experience also includes supervisory management with AAA New Mexico, another community-engaged company with local marketing and event presence. I regularly traveled to every corner of New Mexico, thus I'm pretty familiar with every mile of the fifth largest state in the Union, and I'm truly enchanted. I also organized Albuquerque's first Dads Meetup Group, which attracted over 50 dads, so yeah, I'm a committed parent, too. A life-long creative writer, I hold a Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from the University of New Mexico. I've written and produced a number of full length and one act plays and short films, and I've performed in many productions. In a professional capacity, I'm often on life's stage helping people connect with the dynamic local business community of our great city. Specialties: Connecting, networking, people-ing, marketing, PR, creative vision, brand concept, event production/coordination, personnel management.