Kayla Dunn

Kayla Dunn is the Director of Destination Planning for MMGY NextFactor and joins our team with a deep passion about work that drives positive environmental and cultural impact through the power of community. Prior to joining the MMGY NextFactor team, she has been a project manager across several industries for the last 13 years, including tourism development, wine business, and the nonprofit sector. She is particularly interested in community building, transportation, overtourism solutions, and preserving sense of place through responsible stewardship.

Her tourism experience includes 3 years on Travel Oregon’s Destination Development team, where her work helped activate industry partners in communities statewide to create long-term sustainable tourism initiatives, strategies, and networks through an award-winning tourism development program, the ‘Oregon Tourism Studio’. She helped generate more than 20 new tourism products for Oregon’s domestic and international travel markets through the implementation of tourism development projects in cross-jurisdictional regions. She led the analysis of community needs and readiness through the creation of tourism asset inventories and itinerary development in 80+ communities.

To her work, Kayla brings a talent for relationship building, compassionate listening, and a sense of humor. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Planning and Environmental Studies from Sonoma State University and a Professional Certificate in Sustainable Destination Management from The George Washington University.