CHAIRPERSON:
Meade Atkeson, Sonesta Hotels, Area GM, Washington, DC*
VICE CHAIR:
Julissa Marenco, Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer, Smithsonian Institution
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TREASURER:
Clarence Anthony – CEO & Executive Director, National League of Cities*
SECRETARY:
Matt Felix, General Manager, JW Marriott Washington, D.C.*
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON:
Stacy Smith, General Manager, Hyatt Place DC/White House*
PRESIDENT:
Elliott Ferguson, President & CEO, Destination DC*
BOARD MEMBERS:
Nina Albert, Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
Mike Anderson, General Manager, Canopy by Hilton Washington, DC/The Wharf*
Amy Austin, President and CEO, theatreWashington
Meade Atkeson, Sonesta Hotels, Area GM, Washington, DC
Jason Berry, Founder & Principal, Knead Hospitality*
Paul J. Cohn, Chairman, O Street Museum
Angie Gates, President & CEO, Events DC
Diane Gross, Owner, Cork Wine Bar & Market*
Tara Higgins, President, Hargrove – SVP, Commercial, Encore*
Ken Jarka, General Manager, Washington Hilton
Kori Johnson, General Manager, The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
Danita Johnson, President, Business Operations, D.C. United
David Kasprzyk, General Manager, Embassy Suites by Hilton*
Solomon Keene, Jr., President, Hotel Association of Washington DC
Nancy Koide, Co-Owner, Chattabot.ai*
Evan Koppel, Regional Director, United Airlines
Julissa Marenco, Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer, Smithsonian Institution*
Emeka Moneme, President, Capitol Riverfront BID
Carmen Pigler, Associate Treasurer, Debt & Grants Management, Office of Chief Financial Officer, Office of Finance & Treasury*
Mark Roche-Garland, General Manager, Omni Shoreham
John Snedden, Owner, Rocklands BBQ & Grilling Company*
Shawn Townsend, President & CEO, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington
John Varghese, Hilton Garden Inn, Georgetown & Hyatt Place Georgetown/West End*
Chryssa Westerlund, Chief Revenue Officer, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority*
Donna Westmoreland, Chief Operating Officer, I.M.P., Inc.
Darien Wright, Chief Financial & Operating Officer, National Geographic
*Indicates a member of Destination DC Executive Committee