NEW ORLEANS – Taylor Passman has been promoted to the position of assistant production manager for the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. In his new position, Passman will assist in the supervision of all day-to-day activities of the production department. That includes oversight of the operation, scheduling, and maintenance of the facility’s production equipment. Passman will also serve as one of the main points of contact for clients in order to provide them with all of the necessary information for their technical needs.
Passman began his career in Port-au-Prince, Haiti as a project manager for shelter construction after a major earthquake in 2010. He helped coordinate the logistics, personnel, and construction of more than 600 temporary shelters in conjunction with the Red Cross and the United Nations.
In 2011, Passman joined the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center as a production assistant, where he performed rigging duties for the facility’s many shows and events. He stayed in that post until 2014, when he joined a United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza City, Palestine as their operations officer for emergency food relief. There, Passman provided logistical oversight in the distribution of hot meals to more than 60,000 Palestinian refugees.
Passman rejoined the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in 2015 as its production technician. Since returning to the facility, Passman has worked with clients and taken lead on numerous projects to deliver on client requests in a timely fashion.
Passman received a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in business from Tulane University, as well as a Master of Science in International Development from Tulane University Law School.
