CHAIRPERSON:
Julissa Marenco, Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer, Smithsonian Institution*
VICE CHAIR:
David Kasprzyk, General Manager, Embassy Suites by Hilton*
TREASURER:
Mike Anderson, Complex General Manager, Canopy by Hilton & Hyatt House Washington, DC/The Wharf*
SECRETARY:
Matt Felix, General Manager, JW Marriott Washington, D.C.*
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON:
Meade Atkeson, Sonesta Hotels, Area GM, Washington, DC*
PRESIDENT:
Elliott Ferguson, President & CEO, Destination DC*
BOARD MEMBERS:
Nina Albert, Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
Jason Berry, Founder & Principal, Knead Hospitality*
Maura Brophy, President and CEO, NOMA BID
Randy Clarke, General Manager & CEO, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Paul J. Cohn, Chairman, O Street Museum
Nick Depner, Managing Director, Sales, United
Leif Dormsjo, Executive Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Market Director, Redgate
Angie Gates, President & CEO, Events DC*
Diane Gross, Owner, Cork Wine Bar & Market*
Laura Brower Hagood, Executive Director, DC History Center
Everett Hamilton Jr, CEO, Octane Public Relations and Advertising
Tara Higgins, President, Hargrove – SVP, Commercial, Encore*
Ken Jarka, General Manager, Washington Hilton
Danita Johnson, President, Business Operations, D.C. United
Kori Johnson, General Manager, The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
Solomon Keene, Jr., President, Hotel Association of Washington DC
Janice LaChance, JD, FASAE, Executive Director and CEO, American Geophysical Union
Carmen Pigler, Associate Treasurer, Debt & Grants Management, Office of Chief Financial Officer, Office of Finance & Treasury*
Mark Roche-Garland, General Manager, Omni Shoreham
Stacy Smith, General Manager, Hilton Washington, DC Capitol Hill*
John Snedden, Owner, Rocklands BBQ & Grilling Company*
Shawn Townsend, President & CEO, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington
Rahul Vinod, Co-Founder, RASA
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