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
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
Gavin Coleman, Partner, Long Shot Hospitality & The Dubliner*
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
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