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
Domenic Bravo, CDME, CTA, CPM
CEO of Visit Cheyenne Wyoming
Bennish Brown
President & CEO, Destination Augusta
David Burgess
President & CEO, Miles Partnership
Julie Calvert
President & CEO, Visit Cincy
Cody Chomiak, CDME
Vice President of Marketing, Travel Manitoba
Victoria Cimino
Principal, Cimino Consulting
Craig Compagnone
Chief Operating Officer, MMGY Global
Santiago Corrada
President & CEO, Visit Tampa Bay
Michael Crockatt
President & CEO, Ottawa Tourism
Karen Fisher,CDME
Chief Financial Officer, Visit Pittsburgh
Ryan George
CEO, Simpleview
Yrjötapio "YT" Kivisaari
CEO, Visit Oulu
Lyn Lewis Smith
President & CEO, Business Events Sydney
Michelle Mason, CAE, FASAE, CQIA
President & CEO, ASAE
Kristin McGrath, CDME
Executive Director, Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau
Rose Noble
President & CEO, Visit Spokane
Brett Oetting, CDME
President & CEO, Visit Corpus Christi
Kristen Reynolds, CDME
President & CEO, Discover Long Island
Sara Toliver, CDME
President & CEO, Visit Ogden
Upcoming Board Meetings
The Destinations International Board of Directors will be meeting on the following dates:
- Q4 2024: December 11, 2024, in Chicago, IL
- Q1 2025: February 27, 2025, Virtual
- Q2 2025: March 23, 2025, in Savannah, GA
- Q3 2025: July 8, 2025, in Chicago, IL
- Q4 2025: December 10, 2025, TBD