Foundation Grants Committee

The Grants Committee reviews grant requests and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees for grants from Destinations International Foundation resources and tracks the progress of projects funded all or in part by Foundation grants.

2025 Committee Members

  • Alex Michaels, CDME, President & CEO, Visit Lehigh Valley (Chair)
  • Jayne DeLuce, CDME, President & CEO, Experience Champaign-Urbana
  • Kara Franker, CDME, President & CEO, The Florida Keys & Key West Tourist Development Council
  • Paul Nursey, President & CEO, Destination Greater Victoria
  • Steve Paganelli, CDME, Head of Destination Marketing, Americas, TripAdvisor
  • Todd O'Leary, CDME, President & CEO, Visit Alexandria

Destinations International Staff Liasion

  • Chelsea Welter, SVP of Governance & Administration

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