name

Geoff Freeman

President and CEO
name

Tori Emerson Barnes

Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Policy
name

Ellen Davis

Executive Vice President, Business Strategy and Industry Engagement
name

DeLisa Selwitz

Executive Vice President, Operations

The following is a list of key departments and senior-level staff. It does not represent all essential U.S. Travel staff members.

Public Affairs & Policy

Tori Emerson Barnes
Executive Vice President, Public Affairs & Policy

  • Maddison Brooman - Director, Strategic Communications 
  • Spencer Dobkin - Manager, Media Relations 
  • Deborah Frank - Director, Executive Communications
  • Josh Friedlander - Vice President, Research
  • Eric Fryer - Manager, Grassroots and PAC
  • Erik Hansen - Senior Vice President, Government Relations
  • Cyrill Maceda - Coordinator, Public Affairs
  • Andrew Newhart - Senior Director, Government Relations
  • Allison O'Connor - Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications
  • Nicole Penn - Senior Manager, Government Relations and Public Affairs
  • Nicole Porter - Vice President, Political Affairs
  • Ryan Propis - Vice President, Security and Facilitation
  • Jessica Soforenko - Manager, Digital and Social Communications
  • Greg Staley - Head of Media Relations

Business Strategy & Industry Engagement

Ellen Davis
Executive Vice President, Business Strategy and Industry Engagement

  • Shari Bailey - Director of Sponsorships
  • Shelley Conway - Senior Director, Event Insights and Analytics
  • Caylie Cook - Manager, Meetings and Exhibits
  • Betsy Cooper - Account Director, Sponsorships and Advertising
  • Rebecca Felber - Consultant
  • Juliana Gonzalez - Manager, Event Registration, Reporting and Logistics
  • Donna Harrell - Coordinator, Data Integrity
  • Judith Harris - Vice President, Member Services
  • Bridgett Hebert - Senior Director, Event Content and Education
  • Kevin Hinton - Managing Director, Group Travel
  • Kayoko Inoue - Managing Director, International Marketing (Japan)
  • Sara Lott - Senior Director, Event Marketing
  • Michael Martin - Manager, International Marketing
  • Aimee Misako Gabel - Senior Vice President, Events and Education
  • Nolan Nichols - Manager, Video Production
  • Natalia Pfeffer - Senior Designer
  • Tracey Powell - Manager, Member Services
  • Cathy Reynolds - Lead Manager, IPW Press Operations
  • Susan Sandberg - Vice President, Meeting and Event Services
  • Jennifer Shehan - Manager, Meeting and Event Services
  • Emily Slattery - Manager, Sponsor Relations and Fulfillment
  • Courtney Sloan - Manager, Marketing
  • Maggie Soto - Senior Director, Executive Engagement
  • Tere Stamoulis - ESTO Awards Program Manager
  • Daystar Van Wagner - Director, Exhibit and Meeting Services
  • Cynthia Zhu - Manager, Event Content and Education

Operations

DeLisa Selwitz
Executive Vice President, Operations

  • Siming Cao - Manager, Business Operations
  • Whitney Gundersen - Director, Human Resources
  • Kevin Kelly - Office Manager
  • Madeline Johnson - Project Manager, Web and Digital Services
  • Jean Portianko - Manager, AMS and Special Projects, Web and Digital Services
  • Susan Reilly - Legal Counsel
  • Amelia Su - Senior Manager, Accounting
  • Michelle Tuffin - General Counsel
  • Brian Umbright - Controller
  • Mark Uttecht - Manager, Web and Digital Services