Call for Nomination Recommendations to the 2017
Kentucky Travel Industry Board of Directors
KTIA members are encouraged to recommend names for nomination for election to the Board of Directors. Listed below are board seats that are expiring and for which recommendations are requested. You may submit your name if you would like to serve. You may also submit the name of a person who is currently serving a term that is set to expire. Please email your recommendations on this form to Hank Phillips .
Recommendations for nominations will close on Monday, September 26, 2016.
KTIA Bylaws regarding board member eligibility: ARTICLE VIII — BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A member, with the exception of an Associate Member, shall be eligible to serve on the Board of Directors after being a member of the Association in good standing for a minimum of one year prior to election. Only one member from the same business or organization may serve on the Board of Directors at any time.
Other considerations: In addition to the bylaws requirement, members making recommendations are also asked to consider individuals who have had a high level of participation in KTIA programs and activities. To the extent possible, geographic balance should also be a consideration.
A directory of current KTIA members can be found at ktia.com and a list of current board members is at the end of this form.
Please consider the following KTIA members for nomination to the KTIA Board of Directors:
1.
Attractions Director—Will expire 2019. Three-year Term
Currently held by Lisa Jackson, Kentucky Horse Park
2.
Lodging Sales Director—Will expire 2019. Three-year Term
Currently held byVictor Patel, Best Western – Corbin Inn
3.
Supplier Director —Will expire 2019. Three-year Term
Currently held byStacey Bowman, Group Travel Leader (Currently serving one year of a previous board member’s unexpired term)
4.
At-large Position 1— Will expire 2019. Three-year Term
Currently held by Troy Beam, Shepherdsville – Bullitt County CVB
5.
At-large Position 2—Will expire 2019. Three-year term
Currently held by Carolyn Mounce, Somerset-Pulaski County CVB7.
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At-large Position 3 – Will expire 2018. Three-year term
Currently held by Dawn Przystal, Bardstown-Nelson County CVB
Submitted by: ______
See below for a list of current board members
2016KTIA Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Mary Quinn Ramer, VisitLex, Chairman
Vicki Fitch, Bowling Green Area Chamber CVB, Chair-Elect
Randy Newcomb, Kentucky Lake CVB, Treasurer
John Shake, Louisville Crowne Plaza, Secretary
Jerry Summers, Jim Beam,Immediate Past Chair
Board Members
Attractions Director – Lisa Jackson, Kentucky Horse Park, expires 2016
CVB Director – Karen Williams, Louisville CVB, expires 2017
Events Director – Jeff Crowe, The Evan Williams Experience, expires 2018
Mike Alexander – Pikeville Hilton Garden Inn, expires 2018
Lodging Sales Director – Victor Patel,Best Western – Corbin Inn,expires 2016
Marina Director - Jay Cary, expires 2018
Restaurants Director – Gary McCormick, Boone Tavern, expires 2019
Supplier Director – Stacey Bowman, Group Travel Leader,(Currently serving one year of a previous board member’s unexpired term)
Travel & Transportation Director - Pam Upton, Blue Grass Tours, expires 2017
At-large - Troy Beam, Shepherdsville-Bullitt County CVB, expires 2016
At-large - Kim Collier, London Laurel County CVB, expires 2017
At-large - Cheryl Cook, Hopkinsville – Christian County CVB, expires 2017
At-large – Katie Fussenegger, Shelbyville/Simpsonville CVB, expires 2018
At-large – Mary Hammond, Paducah – McCracken County CVB, expires 2018
At-large - Carolyn Mounce, Somerset – Pulaski County CVB, expires 2016
At-large – Dawn Przystal, Bardstown – Nelson County CVB, expires 2016
At-large – Eric Summe, Meet NKY, expires 2017
At-large - Nancy Turner, Winchester – Clark County CVB, expires 2018
Ex-Officio Members
Don Parkinson - Secretary; Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet
Kristen Branscum - Commissioner; Kentucky Department of Travel& Tourism
Donnie Holland - Commissioner; Kentucky Department of Parks
Tricia Noel – President, Kentucky Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus
Stacy Roof - Executive Director; Kentucky Restaurant Association
Greg Jewell – Executive Director; Kentucky Hotel & LodgingAssociation
Hank Phillips – President/CEO; Kentucky Travel Industry Association
All KTIA Past Chairmen