Officers, Directors, and Staff

Chair: Josiah Brown

Vice Chair: Heather Bagshaw

President/CEO, New York's Best Experiences

Tourism Director, Greene County

Treasurer: Nick Calderazzo

Vice Chair: Ken Meifert

President, Twin Travel Concepts

VP, Sponsorship & Development
National Baseball Hall of Fame

Secretary: Dana Krueger

Officer At-Large: Kelly Ann Curtin

Director of Fun, DanaEvents

EVP Membership & Destination Services,
NYC & Company

Immediate Past Chair: Natasha Caputo
Director, Westchester County Tourism & Film

Jennifer Ackerson, President
ALON Marketing Group

Greg LaDuca, Vice President
Visit Rochester

Annamaria Bellantoni, VP Tourism
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce

Hillarie Logan-Dechene, Deputy Director
The Wild Center

Joanne Conley, Tourism Director
Warren County Tourism / President - ARTC

Nicole Mahoney, President & CEO
Break The Ice Media

Beth Duane, Chief Marketing Officer
Corning Museum of Glass

Andrew Nixon, Director
Chautauqua County CVB

Sarah Foster, Director of Media Relations
Oneida County Tourism

John Percy, President/CEO
Destination Niagara USA

Corey Fram, Director
1000 Islands International Tourism Council

Sara Poe, VP Mktg & Communications
Strong National Museum of Play

Stephanie Johnson, Divisional Director
LEGOLAND New York Resort

Eric Szucs, Director of Tourism
Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism

Valerie Knoblauch, President & CEO
Finger Lakes Visitors Connection

Ross Levi, Executive Director / Vice President
NYS Div of Tourism / Empire State Development

Suzanne Bixby, VP Marketing & Public Relations
Campground Owners of New York

Mark Dorr, President
NYS Hospitality & Tourism Assoc.

Wendy Gibson, Dir Marketing & Promotions
NYS Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

Cristyne Nicholas, Chair
NYS Tourism Advisory Council
CEO / Nicholas & Lence

Robert Provost
President & CEO
bob@nystia.org

Rachele Markle
Communications Strategist
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Ryan Maercklein
Database Coordinator
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