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.
Chapter Liaison Council
LuAnn Reinders
LuAnn.Reinders@iowaEDA.com
Membership Committee
Daniel Nahoopii
dnahoopii@smshawaii.com
Nomination Committee
Marion Joppe
mjoppe@uoguelph.ca
Conference Value
Kathy Palmer
kpalmer@ttra.com
Partnerships
Kathy Palmer
kpalmer@ttra.com
Marketing Committee
Patricia Thacker
pthacker@ttra.com
TTRA Website & Branding
Patricia Thacker
pthacker@ttra.com
2019 Conference Chair
Sue Beeton
s.beeton@outlook.com
2019 Academic Program Sub Committee
Cody Paris (Oral)
C.Paris@mdx.ac
Madelene Blaer (Visual)
Madelene.Blaer@angliss.edu.au
Qualitative Research:
Whitney Knollenberg
whitney_knollenberg@ncsu.edu
Nancy McGehee
nmcgehee@vt.edu
Tamara Young
tamara.young@newcastle.edu.au
Student Symposium:
Evan Jordan
Ejordan8@asu.edu
Brent Ritchie
b.ritchie@uq.edu.au
Academic Breakfast:
TBD
Publishing Workshop:
Rick Purdue
rick.perdue@vt.edu
2019 Practitioner Program Sub-Committee
Carolyn Childs
carolyn@mytravelresearch.com
Dee Ann McKinney
deeann.mckinney@ded.mo.gov
DMO Researchers Breakfast:
Dee Ann McKinney
deeann.mckinney@ded.mo.gov
2019 Sponsorship Sub-Committee
Sue Beeton
s.beeton@outlook.com
Kathy Palmer
kpalmer@ttra.com
2019 Awards Sub-Committee
Carla Barbieri
carla_barbieri@ncsu.edu
2019 MOF Chair
Sheila Flanagan
sheila.flanagan@dkit.ie
2019 MOF Advisor
Suzanne Cook
sdcook100@yahoo.com
2019 Sponsorship Sub-Committee
Kathy Palmer
kpalmer@ttra.com
2019 Marketing Sub-Committee
Patricia Thacker
pthacker@ttra.com
2019 Co-Op Marketing
Derek Ramthun
derek.ramthun@state.mn.us
Megan Rogers
megan.rogers@ded.mo.gov
2019 Emerging Leaders
Whitney Knollenberg
wgknolle@ncsu.edu