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Officers & Board of Directors 2008 - 2009
CHAIRMAN: Leon Downey, Executive Director, Pigeon Forge Dept. of Tourism	VICE CHAIR: Ashton D. Mitchell, III Regional Director, Mid-Atlantic Sales, ITI Marketing	TREASURER: Rob Varley, Executive Director, Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism	SECRETARY: Susan Bryant Thomas, Vice President Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and VCB
STATE VICE CHAIRS
ALABAMA: Bob Hendrix, Dothan Area CVB		MISSISSIPPI: Dee Gardner, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
ARKANSAS: Karen Trevino, North Little Rock CVB		NORTH CAROLINA: Carol Lohr, Crystal Coast Tourism Authority
FLORIDA: Ed Schroeder, Pensacola Bay Area CVB		SOUTH CAROLINA: Perrin Lawson, Charleston Area CVB
GEORGIA: Curtis Branscome, Stone Mountain Memorial Assoc.		TENNESSEE: Rick Rodriguez, Wilson Co. Tourism
KENTUCKY: Tom Caradonio, Northern Kentucky CVB		VIRGINIA: Rosalee Maxwell, Danville Parks, Recreation & Tourism
LOUISIANA: Shelley Johnson, SW Louisiana CVB		WEST VIRGINIA: Brian Belcher, Yeager Airport

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sharon Alford, Executive Director	Houma Area CVB
Alisa Bailey, Director	Virginia Tourism Corporation
Stacy Brown, President	Shreveport-Bossier CTB
Mark Browning, President	TRIPinfo.com
Liz Chewning, Director	West Virginia Division of Tourism
Ed Clark, President & GM	Atlanta Motor Speedway
Mike Cooper, Commissioner	Kentucky Dept. of Travel
Kara Dense, Executive Director	Greenbirier Co. CVB
Cecilia Derrington, Executive Director	Pontotac County Chamber of Commerce
Amy Duffy, Chief of Staff	South Carolina Dept. Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Dottie Etris, Executive Director	Historic Roswell CVB
Mary Jane Ferguson, Director	Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Bill Hardman, President Emeritus	Southeast Tourism Society
Bill Hardman, President & CEO	Southeast Tourism Society
Bob Hendrix, Executive Director	Dothan Area CVB
John Hudak, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief	Madden Preprint Media
Betty Huskins, Sr., V.P. External Relations	AdvantageWest
Mark Jackson, Director of Tourism/Sports	Central Florida VCB
Vicki Kidd, President/CEO	Southern & Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association
Ron Kuhlman, Dir. of Tourism Marketing & Sales	Virginia Beach CVB
Kevin Langston, Assist. Commissioner of Tourism	Georgia Dept. of Economic Development
Perrin Lawson, Deputy Director	Charleston Area CVB
Carol Lohr, Executive Director	Crystal Coast Tourism Authority
Marty Marbry, Manager	Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
Rosalee Maxwell, Director of Tourism	Danville Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Trent Mercer, Sales Manager	Streeter Printing & Graphics, Inc.
Lynn Minges, Executive Director	North Carolina Div. Tourism, Film & Sports Dev.
Mariann Moran, Director	CVB of Marian County
Chuck Morse, Assistant Secretary	Louisiana Office of Tourism
Bud Nocera, CEO	VISIT FLORIDA
Tina Osceola, Executive Director	The Seminole Tribe of Florida
Victor Profis, Director, Travel & Tourism	Southern Living
Judy Randall, President	Randall Travel Marketing
Craig Ray, Director	Mississippi Development Authority/Tourism
Patrick Reed, Superintendent	Mammoth Cave National Park
Joe David Rice, Tourism Director	Arkansas Dept. Parks & Tourism
Rick Rodriguez, Director	Wilson County CVB
Judy Ryals, President and CEO	Huntsville/Madison County CVB
Lee Sentell, Director	Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel
Gary Smith, V.P. Business Development	SMITH
Charlotte Tallent, Regional Director of Marketing	Wyndham Hotel Group
Alex Thomas, Heritage Trails Director	Mississippi Development Authority Div. of Tourism
Dennis Tracy, Director of Sales & Marketing	Little Rock CVB
Jerome Trahan, Sr. Officer, Field Marketing	AMTRAK
Karen Trevino, Executive Director	North Little Rock CVB
Georgia Turner, President	Georgia Turner Group
Susan Whitaker, Commissioner	Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
Fran Willis, Executive Director	Pee Dee Tourism Commission
Leah Woolford, Founder & CEO	USDM.net

Advisory Council

Objective: To give advice and assistance to STS staff in the planning of Society programs and events related to Membership, Marketing and Communications. To act as one conduit for ideas and communications between STS members within the advisory council member's state and the STS office.

Advisory Council chair: STS Vice-Chair
Advisory Council members: State Vice-Chairs

Southeast Tourism Society Foundation for Education, Inc.

Objective: The Foundation is organized exclusively for educational purposes according to section 501(c)(3) to provide college scholarships in the Schools of Travel and Tourism educational facilities in the southeastern United States.