International Board
Executive Committee
Chair
Company: San Diego Tourism Authority
Address: San Diego, CA
Website: https://sandiego.org
Phone: 619.557.2824
Email: sbruinzeel@sandiego.org
Board Term Ends: June 2018
President
Company: University of Guelph
Title: Professor, School of Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management
Address: Guelph, ON Canada
Website: https://www.uoguelph.ca/hftm
Phone: 519.824.4120 ext 36117
Email: mjoppe@uoguelph.ca
Board Term Ends: June 2019
ORC ID: 0000-0002-6360-3218
First Vice President / Conference Chair
Company: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
Address: Las Vegas, NV
Website: http://www.lvcva.com/
Phone: 702.892.0711
Email: srussell@lvcva.com
Board Term Ends: June 2020
Second Vice President / Membership Chair
Company: Travel & Tourism Consulting, Research & Writing
Address: Victoria, Australia
Phone: 613 9479 3500
Email: s.beeton@outlook.com
Board Term Ends: June 2021
Treasurer
Company: Markham & Associates
Address: Vero Beach, FL
Phone: 772.569.2071
Email: jmarkham2@mindspring.com
Board Term Ends: Ongoing
Officio Members
Ex-Officio Member
Company: University of Colorado
Title: College of Business
Address: Boulder, CO
Website: https://colorado.edu
Phone: 303.447.2931
Email: goeldner@colorado.edu
Board Term Ends: Lifetime Honorary
Directors
Chapter Liaison
Company: Iowa Tourism Office
Title: Research & Insights Manager
Address: Des Moines, IA
Website: http://TravelIowa.com
Phone: 515.240.7419
Email: LuAnn.Reinders@IowaEDA.com
Board Term Ends: June 2018
Director
Company: North Carolina State University
Title: Associate Professor, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management
Address: Raleigh, NC
Website: http://go.ncsu.edu/agritourism
Phone: 919.513.0351
Email: carla_barbieri@ncsu.edu
Board Term Ends: June 2018
ORC ID: 0000-0001-8079-2316
Director
Company: Virginia Tourism Corporation
Address: Richmond, VA
Website: https://www.virginia.org/
Phone: 804.545.5549
Email: ecalvert@virginia.org
Board Term Ends: June 2019
Director / MOF Chair
Company: Dundalk Institute of Technology
Title: Vice President and Registrar
Address: Louth, Ireland
Website: https://www.dkit.ie/
Phone: 00353 0429370204
Email: sheila.flanagan@dkit.ie
Director
Company: Destination Analysts, Inc.
Title: President & CEO
Address: San Francisco, CA
Website: http://www.destinationanalysts.com/
Phone: 415.716.7983
Email: erin@destinationanalysts.com
Board Term Ends: June 2019
Director
Company: Bob Frohoff Consulting
Phone: 913.549.4850
Email: bobfrohoffconsulting@gmail.com
Board Term Ends: June 2018
Director
Company: Office of the Governor of Texas: Economic Development and Tourism
Address: Austin, TX
Website: https://gov.texas.gov/
Phone: 512.936.0218
Email: nate.gieryn@gov.texas.gov
Board Term Ends: June 2018
Director
Company: Destination Niagara USA
Title: VP Marketing & Brand Management
Address: Niagara Falls, New York
Website: https://www.niagarafallsusa.com/
Phone: 716.282.8992 ext 310
Email: jgilbert@niagarafallsusa.com
Board Term Ends: June 2018
Director
Company: Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
Title: Vice President, Tourism Insights
Address: Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/tourism
Phone: 213.236.2329
Email: wkheel@LATourism.org
Board Term Ends: June 2019
Director
Company: Arizona State University, School of Community Resources & Development
Address: Phoenix, Arizona
Website: https://www.asu.edu/
Phone: 602.496.0166
Email: gyan@asu.edu
Board Term Ends: June 2018
Director
Company: University of Florida, Eric Friedheim Tourism Institute
Title: Director of Tourism Crisis Management Institute
Address: Gainesville, FL
Website: http://hhp.ufl.edu/
Phone: 352.294.1657
Email: penngray@hhp.ufl.edu
Board Term Ends: June 2020
Director
Company: VisitDallas
Title: Sr. Director of Research & Business Analysis
Address: Dallas, Texas
Website: https://www.visitdallas.com/
Phone: 214.571.1020
Email: michael@visitdallas.com
Board Term Ends: June 2020
Director
Company: STR
Title: Vice President and Assistant Director of the STR SHARE Center
Address: Hendersonville, TN
Website: https://str.com/
Phone: 615.824.8664 x 3329
Email: duane@str.com
Board Term Ends: June 2019
