Board of Directors
Destinations International is driven by volunteer leadership. The members of our volunteer boards and committees truly play an important role in helping us achieve our mission to empower our members so that their destinations can excel.
We are a tax exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(6), and governed by a 34-member Board of Directors which directs the affairs of the association, determines policies, actively pursues its purpose and supervises the disbursements of funds.
Executive
Committee
Board
of Directors
Sonya Bradley
Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Visit Sacramento
Bennish Brown
President & CEO, Destination Augusta
David Burgess
President & CEO, Miles Partnership
Julie Calvert
President & CEO, Visit Cincy
Craig Compagnone
Chief Operating Officer, MMGY Global
Santiago Corrada
President & CEO, Visit Tampa Bay
Michael Crockett
President & CEO, Ottawa Tourism
Beth Erickson, CDME
President & CEO, Visit Loudoun
Amir Eylon
President & CEO, Longwoods International
Erin Francis-Cummings
President & CEO, Destination Analysts
Maura Allen Gast, FCDME
Executive Director, Visit Irving
Ryan George
CEO, Simpleview
Sherrif Karamat, CAE
President & CEO, PCMA
Yrjötapio "YT" Kivisaari
CEO, Visit Oulu
Lyn Lewis Smith
President & CEO, Business Events Sydney
Nan Marchand Beauvois
Senior Vice President, U.S. Travel Association
Rose Noble
President & CEO, Visit Spokane
Tom Noonan
President & CEO, Visit Austin
Brett Oetting, CDME
President & CEO, Visit Corpus Christi
Melyssa Reeves, CDME
President & CEO, Visit Vacaville
Kristen Reynolds, CDME
President & CEO, Discover Long Island
Richard Scharf
President & CEO, Visit Denver
Milton Segarra, CDME
Chief Marketing Officer, Discover the Palm Beaches
Gary Sherwin, CDME
President & CEO, Visit Newport Beach