Officers
& Board of Directors 2008 - 2009 |
CHAIRMAN:
Leon Downey,
Executive Director,
Pigeon Forge Dept. of Tourism
|
VICE
CHAIR:
Ashton D. Mitchell, III
Regional Director, Mid-Atlantic Sales,
ITI Marketing | 
TREASURER:
Rob Varley,
Executive Director,
Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism
|
 SECRETARY:
Susan Bryant Thomas, Vice President
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton
Chamber of Commerce and VCB |
| STATE
VICE CHAIRS |
| ALABAMA: Bob Hendrix, Dothan Area CVB
|
MISSISSIPPI: Dee Gardner, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science |
| ARKANSAS: Open |
NORTH
CAROLINA: Carol Lohr, Carteret County Tourism Authority |
| FLORIDA: Ed Schroeder, Pensacola Bay Area CVB |
SOUTH
CAROLINA: Perrin Lawson, Charleston Area CVB |
| GEORGIA: Curtis Branscome, Stone Mountain Memorial Assoc. |
TENNESSEE:
Maudie
Briggs, Morrison Communications |
| KENTUCKY:
Tom Caradonio, Northern Kentucky CVB |
VIRGINIA: Rosalee Maxwell, Danville Parks, Recreation & Tourism |
| LOUISIANA:
Shelley Johnson, SW Louisiana CVB |
WEST
VIRGINIA: Brian Belcher, Yeager Airport |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
| Alisa Bailey, Director |
Virginia Tourism Corporation |
| Brian Belcher, Director of Marketing |
Yeager Airport |
| Curtis Branscome, CEO |
Stone Mountain Memorial Assoc. |
| Stacy Brown, President |
Shreveport-Bossier CTB |
| Mark Browning, President |
TRIPinfo.com |
| Tom Caradonio, President & CEO |
Northern Kentucky CVB |
| Bill Cecil, Jr., CEO |
Biltmore Company |
| Liz Chewning, Director |
West Virginia Division of Tourism |
| Ed Clark, President & GM |
Atlanta Motor Speedway |
| Mike Cooper, Commissioner |
Kentucky Dept. of Travel |
| Cecilia Derrington, Executive Director |
Peavey Electronics |
| Amy Duffy, Chief of Staff |
South Carolina Dept. Parks, Recreation & Tourism |
| Dee Gardner, VP/Marketing |
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science |
| Bill Hardman, President
Emeritus |
Southeast Tourism Society |
| Bill Hardman, President & CEO |
Southeast Tourism Society |
| Bob Hendrix, Executive Director |
Dothan Area CVB |
| John Hudak, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief |
Madden Preprint Media |
| Betty Huskins, Sr., V.P.
External Relations |
AdvantageWest |
| Dana Lee Jennings, President & CEO |
Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Assoc. |
| Shelley Johnson, Executive Director |
Southwest Louisiana CVB |
| Kevin Kane, President & CEO |
Memphis CVB |
| Kevin Langston, Assist. Commissioner of Tourism |
Georgia Dept. of Economic Development |
| Perrin Lawson, Deputy Director |
Charleston Area CVB |
| Carol Lohr, Executive Director |
Carteret County Tourism Authority |
| Rosalee Maxwell, Director of Tourism |
Danville Parks, Recreation & Tourism |
| Trent Mercer, Sales Manager |
Streeter Printing & Graphics, Inc. |
| Lynn Minges, Executive
Director |
North Carolina Div. Tourism, Film & Sports
Dev. |
| Chuck Morse, Assistant Secretary |
Louisiana Office of Tourism |
| Bud Nocera, CEO |
VISIT FLORIDA |
| Tina Osceola, Executive Director |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida |
| Victor Profis, Director, Travel & Tourism |
Southern Living |
| Judy Randall, President |
Randall Travel Marketing |
| Craig Ray, Director |
Mississippi Development Authority/Tourism |
| Patrick Reed, Superintendent |
Mammoth Cave National Park |
| Joe David Rice, Tourism
Director |
Arkansas Dept. Parks & Tourism |
| Rick Rodriguez, Director |
Wilson County CVB |
| Ed Schroeder, Vice President of Tourism Develop. |
Pensacola Bay Area CVB |
| Lee Sentell, Director |
Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel |
| Gary Smith, V.P. Business
Development |
SMITH |
| Charlotte Tallent, Regional Director of Marketing |
Wyndham Hotel Group |
| Jerome Trahan, Sr. Officer, Field Marketing |
AMTRAK |
| Georgia Turner, President |
Georgia Turner Group |
| Rob Varley, Executive Director |
Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism |
| Susan Whitaker, Commissioner |
Tennessee Department of Tourist Development |
| Leah Woolford, Founder & CEO |
USDM.net |
| Advisory Council chair: STS Vice-Chair |
| Advisory Council members: State Vice-Chairs |
