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Staff Involvement

Jim Wood

• Destination Marketing Accreditation Program Board of Directors, Chair Elect
• Greater Louisville Sports Commission Board of Directors
• Kentucky Tourism Council Board of Directors, Chair Elect
• Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Board of Directors
• Kentucky Derby Festival Board of Directors
• Greater Louisville Hotel & Lodging Association Board of Directors
• Greater Louisville Inc. Board of Directors
• Possibility City Branding Committee – Co-chair
• Tourism Honors Academy Advisory Council

Karen Williams - Executive VP

• Mayor’s Ryder Cup Taskforce
• Destination Travel Foundation – Treasurer
• Skal Club of Louisville

• Destination Travel Foundation – Chair Elect
• Destination Travel Foundation - Destination Excellence Campaign
• Sullivan University National Center for Hospitality – Advisory Board
• Skal Club of Louisville

• Destination Travel Foundation – Chair
• Sullivan University National Center for Hospitality – Advisory Board
• Skal Club of Louisville
• Breeders’ Cup Host Committee – 2010 and 2011 Breeders’ Cup
• 72nd Senior PGA Championship – 2011 – Spectator Services Co-Chair

Dineene Bradley - VP of Tourism Development

• Old Louisville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors 2010
• World Equestrian Games Louisville Host Committee 2010
• Belle of Louisville Centennial Committee 2010
• Travel South Host Committee 2011
• Kentucky Tourism Council
• American Bus Association
• National Tour Association
• Bank Travel
• Destination Marketing Association International
• Travel Industry Association
• Pennsylvania Bus Association

Chris Kipper - VP of Finance & Administration

• KyCPA Leadership Council

Doris Sims - VP of Bureau Services

     Member of the following associations:

• Destination Management Association International (DMAI)
• Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)
• Hospitality Sales Association of Louisville (HSA)
• Focus Louisville Alumni Group
• Association for Convention Operations Management (ACOM)

     Actively serving on the following:

• Member of the ACOM Past Presidents' Council
• Shawnee High School Travel and Tourism Advisory Committee
• Tourism Honors Academy
• Senior PGA Information Committee Co-Chair
• Go Green Louisville Hospitality Committee
• Ground Transportation Advisory Committee
• Past commissioner of the Convention Industry Council (CIC) Accepted Practices Exchange Commission (APEX)

Stacey Yates - VP of Marketing Communications

• Public Relations Society of America
• Society of Professional Journalists

Katie O'Bryan - Director of Midwest Sales

• Association Forum Awards Gala Committee - Silent Auction Chair
• Association Forum Supplier Partner Working Group
• Professional Convention Management Association - Greater Midwest Chapter Awards Committee (Incoming Chair)

Mark Barnes - Director of Northeast Sales

• Secretary for the DCReps (convention Bureau representatives based in Washington)
• Destination Marketing Assn International Destination Showcase committee

Peggy Riley - Director of Multicultural Sales

• Fourth Street Live Stakeholders Committees
• Destination Marketing Association International Social Responsibility/Diversity Committee
• Kentucky African American Heritage Center Gala Committee
• YMCA Black Achievers Steering Committee
• Farmington Home Board of Directors
• Lincoln Heritage Bi-Centennial Planning Committee
• Louisville Urban League Young Professionals Advisory Board
• Louisville Urban League Gala Committee
• Kentuckiana Minority Supplier Development Council MBE Awards Committee