CHAIRPERSON:
Ron Bracco, Vice President, Events, Hargrove, Inc.*
VICE CHAIR:
Meade Atkeson, Sonesta Hotels, Area GM, Washington, DC*
TREASURER:
Clarence Anthony – CEO & Executive Director, National League of Cities*
SECRETARY:
Vacant
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON:
Stacy Smith, General Manager, Hyatt Place DC/White House*
PRESIDENT:
Elliott Ferguson, President & CEO, Destination DC*
BOARD MEMBERS:
Michael Akin, President, LINK Strategic Partners*
Nizam Ali, Ben's Chili Bowl
Keith A. Anderson, Interim Deputy Mayor for Planning and 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
Kristen Barden, Executive Director, Adams Morgan Partnership BID
Gavin Coleman, Partner, Long Shot Hospitality & The Dubliner*
Paul J. Cohn, Chairman, O Street Museum
Majed Dawood-Farah, General Manager, Grand Hyatt Washington
Matt Felix, General Manager, JW Marriott Washington, D.C.
Angie Gates, President & CEO, Events DC
Danita Johnson, President, Business Operations, D.C. United
Kori Johnson, General Manager, Renaissance Hotel
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
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, Area GM, Hersha Hospitality
Jessica Wasserman, Partner, WassermanRowe
Chryssa Westerlund, Chief Revenue Officer, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Donna Westmoreland, Chief Operating Officer, I.M.P., Inc.
*Indicates a member of Destination DC Executive Committee