The Travel and Tourism Research Association excels due to the strong army of volunteers that drive our strategic plan forward, from our Executive and Board of Directors, to our planning committees for the International Conference and the Marketing Outlook Forum, to our strategic workgroups focused on marketing, membership, certification, among others.
There are opportunities for everyone from students to industry veterans at both the regional and international level – it doesn’t have to be a big time commitment, please give what you can – be it a one-off task, participating in a once a month workgroup virtual meeting, or taking on an active committee role. If you are a member of TTRA and are interested in helping out (or helping out more), please contact Kathy Palmer today.
Below is a listing of our current Committees and their Chairs. Please feel free to connect directly with the Chair of a Committee if you have a suggestion or concern.
Executive Committee
Sue Beeton
s.beeton@outlook.com
Chapter Liaison Council
LuAnn Reinders
LuAnn.Reinders@iowaEDA.com
Nominations & Bylaws Committee
Scott Russell
srussell@lvcva.com
Finance Committee
John Markham
jmarkham2@mindspring.com
Membership / Partnership
Nate Gieryn
Nate.Gieryn@gov.texas.gov
Communication / Marketing
Jennifer Griswold
jennifer.griswold@wyo.gov
Advocacy
Esra Calvert
ecalvert@virginia.org
Emerging Leaders
Andria Godfrey
andria.godfrey@adara.com
Whitney Knollenberg
whitney_knollenberg@ncsu.edu
Certification Content
Dee Ann McKinney
deeann.mckinney@ded.mo.gov
2020 Conference Chair
Daniel Nahoopii
dnahoopii@smshawaii.com
2020 Academic Program Sub Committee
Academic Chair:
Cody Paris
C.Paris@mdx.ac.ae
Ideas Fair:
Stephanie Benjamin
sbenjam1@utk.edu
PhD Colloquium:
Brent Ritchie
b.ritchie@uq.edu.au
Emily Yeager
epa86580@uga.edu
Evan Jordan
Ejordan8@asu.edu
Qualitative Research:
Whitney Knollenberg
whitney_knollenberg@ncsu.edu
Nancy McGehee
nmcgehee@vt.edu
Alana Dillette
adillette@sdsu.edu
Academic Roundtable:
Kathy Andereck
kandereck@asu.edu
Christine Vogt
christine.vogt@asu.edu
Ashley Schroeder
als1167@psu.edu
2020 Practitioner Program Sub-Committee
Jennifer Chun
jennifer@gohta.net
Cheryl Schutz
CSchutz@dksa.com
Carolyn Childs
carolyn@mytravelresearch.com
DMO Researchers Breakfast:
Dee Ann McKinney
deeann.mckinney@ded.mo.gov
2020 Awards
Carla Barbieri
carla_barbieri@ncsu.edu
2020 Sponsorship
Robert Li
robertli@temple.edu
Nate Gieryn
Nate.Gieryn@gov.texas.gov
Emerging Leaders Chair
Whitney Knollenberg
whitney_knollenberg@ncsu.edu
50th Celebration Chair
Jeffrey Eslinger
jeslinger@hvcb.org
2019 MOF Chair
Sheila Flanagan
sheila.flanagan@dkit.ie
2019 MOF Advisor
Suzanne Cook
sdcook100@yahoo.com
2019 Awards
Marlise Taylor
Marlise.Taylor@VisitNC.com
2019 Sponsorship
Kathy Palmer
kpalmer@ttra.com
2019 Co-Op Marketing
Derek Ramthun
derek.ramthun@state.mn.us
2019 Emerging Leaders
Whitney Knollenberg
wgknolle@ncsu.edu
