GLOBAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Chair
Todd Marinko

Vice President - Marketing, Encore
Owner, Red Fox Consulting
Dallas, Texas USA

Immediate Past Chair
Chandra Allison

Senior Vice President of Sales
Venetian Resort & Sands Expo Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Chair-Elect
Gary Schirmacher, CMP

CEO
Total Hospitality Industry Solutions
Erie, Colorado USA

Vice-Chair - Finance
Jennifer Beatty

Director of Business Development, International
Ottawa Tourism Calgary
Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Vice-Chair - Business Development
D. Bradley Kent

Senior Vice President & Chief Sales Officer
VisitDallas
Dallas, Texas USA

Vice-Chair - Chapters
Sarah Soliman Daudin, DES

President & CEO
Soliman Productions, Inc.
Orlando, Florida USA

Vice-Chair - Programs
Gina Samci

Senior Director, Global Accounts
Marriott International
Lincoln, Nebraska USA

Joey Nevin

Vice-President, Sales & MarketingGiants Enterprises
San Francisco, California USA

US Council Chair
Lisa Messina

Vice President of Sales
Caesars Entertainment
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

David Kliman, CMM

President
The Kliman Group, Inc.
Santa Rosa, California USA

Vince LaRuffa

Senior Vice President, Resort Sales & Marketing
Universal Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida USA

Ernest Stovall

Vice President of Sales
Mandalay Resort & Casino and Delano | Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Darren Green

Senior Vice President, Sales
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
Los Angeles, California USA

EMEA Council Chair
Krzysztof Celuch, CMM, CITE, CIS, HMCC, CED

Vice-Rector / Professor
Vistula School of Hospitality
Warsaw, Poland

Canada Council Chair
Candace Schierling

Director of National Sales
Tourism Saskatoon
Saskatoon, Canada

Brad Dean

CEO
Discover Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gerilyn Horan

Vice President, Group Sales
Hilton Worldwide
New York, New York USA

Sharon Jarrett

President & CEO
Jarrett Affairs - Event Design & Productions
Charlotte, NC USA

Mary Kreins

Senior National Sales Director
Disney Meetings & Events
Washington D.C., USA

Antonio Ducceschi CMM, CHBA

Chief Commercial Officer
Collezione Starhotels
Florence, Italy

Julie Krueger

Business Development Director – International
The Freeman Company
Dallas, Texas USA

Joe Marcy, CMP

Business Development Executive
Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Manhattan Beach, CA USA

Susie Townsend

Senior Vice President, Visitor Experience
Visit Indy
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Yumi Yasuda

Director - Japan Market
nexTech AR Solutions, Inc.
Tokyo, Japan