Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
The Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee will support and engage strategic planning and programmatic initiatives and opportunities to enable structural social change for the benefit of our members’ communities focused on 5 core areas: CEO Engagement, Industry Partnerships, University Partnerships, Research and Workforce Development.
2021 Committee Members
- Karin Aaron
- Marc Anderson, Choose Chicago
- Imran Ansari, Discover Long Island
- Renee Areng, Explore Brookhaven Georgia
- Paul Arrigo, Visit Baton Rouge
- Seth Barlow, Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Cleo Battle, Louisville Tourism
- Regena Bearden, Memphis Tourism
- Lisa Bethea, Visit Frisco
- Ali Bibeau, Greater Miami CVB
- Domenic Bravo, Visit Cheyenne
- Bennish Brown, Augusta CVB
- Martesha Brown, Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
- David Burgess, Miles Partnership
- Adam Burke, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
- Courtney Cacatian, Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Eduardo Chaillo, Global Meetings and Tourism Specialists, LLC
- Julie Coker, San Diego Tourism Authority
- Chris Collinson, Connect Travel
- Terence Concannon, Go Lake Havasu
- George Cooley, Experience Prince George's
- Brad Dean, Discover Puerto Rico
- Jayne DeLuce, Visit Champaign County
- Gregory DeShields, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau/PHL Diversity
- Barry Draper, Explore St. Louis
- Lorne Edwards, Visit Phoenix
- Christina Erny, Reno Tahoe (Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority)
- LaChelle Evans, Visit Frisco
- Amir Eylon, Longwoods International
- Elliott Ferguson, Destination DC
- Jennifer Foster, STR
- Erin Francis-Cummings, Destination Analysts
- Cara Frank, Simpleview
- Courtney Freeman, Visit Oxnard
- Maura Gast, Irving Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Dionte Gavin, Visit Tallahassee
- Loren Gold, Greater Raleigh CVB
- Danny Guerrero, MMGY Global
- Amrita Gurney, CrowdRiff
- Gretchen Hall, Little Rock CVB
- Patrick Harrison, Visit Tampa Bay
- Willma Harvey, River Parishes Tourist Commission
- Jacquelyn Helton, CMP, CTA, Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Kellie Henderson, Searchwide Global (Co-Chair)
- Michelle Hergenrother, Hampton Convention & Visitor Bureau
- Monique Holmes, Tourism Toronto
- Leonard Hoops, Visit Indy
- Erik Hudson, VenuWorks/Cedar Rapids Tourism
- Al Hutchinson, Visit Baltimore (Co-Chair)
- Alastair Jack, Bermuda Tourism Authority
- Charles Jeffers, Visit Baltimore
- James Jessie, Travel Portland
- Miranda JiI, CMP, Victoria Conference Centre & Business Events Victoria
- Cambria Jones, Visit Southlake (City of Southlake, Texas)
- Matthew Jones, Directions Consulting Group
- Dzidra Junior, MGM Resorts International
- Nicole King-Smith, Lee County Visitor Convention Bureau
- Connie Kinnard, Greater Miami CVB
- David Kliman, The Kliman Group
- Kurt Krause, VisitNorfolk
- Alex Krosney, Travel Manitoba
- Kristin Lamoureux, Virginia Tech University
- Michael Lee, Jr., Experience Rochester MN
- Devin Lewis, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
- Isaiah Little, Greater Newark Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Sue Mageau, Visit Duluth
- Monya Mandich, Expedia Group
- Nan Marchand Beauvois, U.S. Travel Association
- Joseph Marinelli, Visit Savannah
- Michelle Mason, Association Forum
- Doug McClain, Newport Beach & Company
- Michelle McKenzie, Visit Vancouver USA
- Daniella Middleton, Development Counsellors International (DCI)
- Diane Morgenthaler, Destination Madison
- Claribel Muriel, Discover Puerto Rico
- Angela Nelson, Experience Grand Rapids
- Brenda Newbern, Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitors Bureau - VisitCape
- Greg Oates, MMGY Next Factor
- Wendy Olson Killion, Expedia Group Media Solutions
- Jason Outman, Explore Branson
- Nikki Parnell, Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Lauran Peoples, Richmond Region Tourism
- John Percy, Destination Niagara USA (Co-Chair)
- Cheryl Richards, VisitDallas
- Chris Robinson, Visit Salt Lake / South Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Emily Rolston, Destination Missoula
- Jenny Rose, Tempest
- Marci Ross, Maryland Office of Tourism
- Corrina Ruffieux, Visit Elizabeth City
- Annette Rummel, Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Dasha Runyan, Richmond Region Tourism
- Andrew Said, Destination Toronto
- Gary Sanchez, VisitDallas
- Jenn Schaal, Meet Minneapolis
- Kavin Schieferdecker, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Bruno Schwartz, Destination DC
- Milton Segarra, Coastal Mississippi
- Neetu Singhal, Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Sydney Solland, Tourism Kelowna
- Butch Spyridon, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp
- Jessica Strasser, Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Marie Sueing, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp
- John Tanzella, IGLTA
- Rickey Thigpen, Visit Jackson (Mississippi)
- Roberta Tisdul, Visit Indy
- Trevor Tkach, Traverse City Tourism
- Jennifer Vacek, VisitPITTSBURGH
- Crystal Walker, Dayton Convention and Visitors Bureau
- April Walter, Visit Macon
- Megan Weisinger, Williamson County Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Najauna White, Discover Durham
- Dan Williams, Experience Columbus
- Sabrina Wilson, Miles Partnership
Destinations International Staff Liaison
- Melissa Cherry