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Destination DC Board of Directors 2024

CHAIRPERSON:
Ron Bracco, Vice President, Events, Hargrove, Inc.*

VICE CHAIR:
Meade Atkeson, Sonesta Hotels, Area GM, Washington, DC*

 

TREASURER:
Clarence Anthony – CEO & Executive Director, National League of Cities*

 

SECRETARY:
Matt Felix, General Manager, JW Marriott Washington, D.C.*

 

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRPERSON:
Stacy Smith, General Manager, Hyatt Place DC/White House*

 

PRESIDENT:
Elliott Ferguson, President & CEO, Destination DC*

 

BOARD MEMBERS:
Michael Akin, President, LINK Strategic Partners*
Nina Albert, Acting Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development
Nizam Ali, Ben's Chili Bowl
Mike Anderson, General Manager, Canopy by Hilton Washington, DC/The Wharf*
Amy Austin, President and CEO, theatreWashington
Meade Atkeson,  Sonesta Hotels, Area GM, Washington, DC
Kristen Barden, Executive Director, Adams Morgan Partnership BID
Gavin Coleman, Partner, Long Shot Hospitality & The Dubliner*
Paul J. Cohn, Chairman, O Street Museum
Majed Dawood-Farah, General Manager, Grand Hyatt Washington
Angie Gates, President & CEO, Events DC
Danita Johnson, President, Business Operations, D.C. United
Kori Johnson, General Manager, The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
David Kasprzyk, General Manager, Embassy Suites by Hilton
Solomon Keene, Jr., President, Hotel Association of Washington DC
Nancy Koide, Co-Owner, Chattabot.ai*
Evan Koppel, Regional Director, United Airlines
Julissa Marenco, Assistant Secretary for Communications and External Affairs and Chief Marketing Officer, Smithsonian Institution
Carmen Pigler, Associate Treasurer, Debt & Grants Management, Office of Chief Financial Officer, Office of Finance & Treasury*
Mark Roche-Garland, General Manager, Omni Shoreham
John Snedden, Owner, Rocklands BBQ & Grilling Company
Shawn Townsend, President & CEO, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington
John Varghese, Area GM, Hersha Hospitality
Jessica Wasserman, Partner, WassermanRowe
Chryssa Westerlund, Chief Revenue Officer, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Donna Westmoreland, Chief Operating Officer, I.M.P., Inc.

*Indicates a member of Destination DC Executive Committee