Roslyn Dickerson
Senior Vice President
Intercontinental Hotels Group - Atlanta, Georgia
Dzidra Junior, CMP
Director Regional Sales
Diversity MGM Mirage Corporation
Las Vegas, Nevada
Jorge Franz
Vice President of Tourism and International Group Sales
Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Raul Fuentes
Manager, Emerging Markets & Customer Segmentation
Choice Hotels International
Anthony "Tony" Gladney
Vice President Diversity,
Harrah's Entertainment,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Angela Gonzalez Rowe
Editor in Chief
President - Hispanic Hotel Owners Washington, DC
Salvador "Sal" Mendoza
Vice President Diversity,
Hyatt Hotels Corporation,
Chicago, Illinois
Francesca Montoya Close
Chairman & CEO
Orbisun International Inc.
Founder and Chairman
Alliance of Business Women International (ABWI)
Dana Napier
Owner/Developer Reipan Inc.,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Floyd Pitts
Esq., Vice President Diversity
Red Cross
Washington, DC
Paul L. Somogyi
Director Sales, Government & Affinity
Marriott International
Bethesda, Md.
Gilda Steiger
Vice President
MAD-Marketing, Inc.,
Boca Raton, Florida
W. "Bill" Williams, Jr. CMP
Vice President Diversity/Sales
Chicago Convention & Tourism Board
Industry
Advisory Council
Connie S. Arroyo
Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
Irene Bustamante
MGM Mirage Corporation, Las Vegas
Sara Melendez
Kissimmee Convention & Visitors Bureau
Daniel R. Palomo
Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau
Natalie Ortiz-Ramos
San Mateo County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Marco Rodriguez
San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau
Mike Smith
Portland Oregon Convention & Visitors Bureau
Veronica Torres
Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
Julio C. Valdez
Monterrey, Mexico Convention & Visitors Bureau
Glenda Damian
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
Academic Board
of Advisors:
Morgan W. Geddie, Ed.D., CHE
Associate Professor
Resorts and Lodging Management
Department of Recreation and Parks Management
California State University, Chico
Jose Luis Laborda
President of OTAC
Barcelona, Spain
Chang Lee, Ph.D.
Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management
New Mexico State University
Linda Pereira
Executive Director
CPL Events
Portugal
David Rivera, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management
College of Human Ecology
East Carolina University
Greg
DeShields
Director of Industry Relations
Temple University School
of Tourism and Hospitality Management
International
Chapter Development
Fernando Betanzos
y M.
International Liaison
Mexico City, Mexico
Linda Pereira
International Liaison
Portugal,Madrid and Barcelona
Luis Roberto
Rodriguez
ISMI Institute, International Liaison
Venezuela/South
America
Lizbeth
Zamudio
Strategy & Events, Mexico
City
