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Lee Abbamonte
Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Alejandro Castro Alfaro
Costa Rica Tourism Board
Director of Marketing
Michal Alter
visit.org
Founder and CEO
Miranda Appelbaum
Gary Arndt
Everything Everywhere
Katie Aune
National Geographic Society
Planned Giving Officer
Matthew Baker
Guides Association of New York City (GANYC)
President
Doug Barber
Minaal
Co-founder
Matthew Barker
Outbounding
Co-Founder
Michael Becker
GeoSure
CEO
Mary Anne Been
Jetset Extra
Editor In Chief
Beth Belkonen
Patrick Bennett
Uncommon Caribbean
Co-Founder
Susan Black
Black & Wright
Founding Partner
Robert Boland
Associate Professor of Sports Business (on sabbatical Fall 2014); Academic Chair of the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management (2011-2014); Principal, Boland Sports Practice Group, LLC
Seth Bornstein
Queens Economic Development Corporation
Executive Director
Deirdre Campbell
Tartan
Founder
Andrea K. Castillo
Mark Chesnut
LatinFlyer.com
Editor & Content Producer
Sara Clemence
Wall Street Journal
A Travel Editor
Michael Coletta
Travel 2.0
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Julie Schwietert Collazo
Kaeli Conforti
Budget Travel
Digital Editor
Tania Cruz
Poshpacker
Co-founder & COO
Valarie D'Elia
Travel with Val
Founder
Jessica van Dop DeJesus
The Dining Traveler
Travel and Food Blogger
Navdeep Dhillon
Alex Diner
ThreeStay
CEO
Annemarie Dooling
Dan Douglas
Douglas Information Systems Corporation
Founder
Monica Drake
The New York Times
Deputy Managing Editor
Omar N. Elrabie
Vytaliz
Founding Partner/Director of Operations
Melvin Estrella
Jodi Ettenberg
David Farley
Food and Travel Writer
Charlise Ferguson
The Daily Beast
Senior Editor, Social Media
Sam Filler
Empire State Development
Director of Industry Development
Victoria Fine
Slate
Director of Strategy and Audience Development
Bridget Firtle
The Noble Experiment NYC
Rum Distillery Owner
Ethan Gelber
The Travel Word / Outbounding
Co-founder
Faris N. Ghawi
Marian Goldberg
Goldberg on Travel
Founder and Principal
Barry Goldsmith
NYU
Professor
Brittany Gonzalez
Brittanysbiscuits.com
Maria Gorshin
Zamir Gotta
Alex Grau
Total Cinema 360
CTO
Sandra Guzman
NBC News
Contributing Writer
Brian Harniman
Isoul Harris
UPTOWN
Editor-in-Chief
Ben Harris-Kornblith
GreenWave
Head of Corporate Partnerships
John Hazard
Contently Studio
Director
Erika Helstrom
Travel Massive
Global Community Manager
Alex Herrmann
Switzerland Tourism
Hugh Hough
Green Team Global
President and Founder
Mike & Anne Howard
HoneyTrek.com
Professional Honeymooners
Eric Hrubant
CIRE Travel
Owner & Chief Travel Planning Officer
Jennifer Hung
AIG
Creative Director
Ko Im
Freelance
Host/Correspondent/Blogger
Ori Inbar
AugmentedReality.ORG
Co-founder and CEO
Rainer Jenss
Family Travel Association
President & Founder
Josh Kahn
Senior Account Supervisor
Kunal Kapoor
SALES TRACK
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Gretchen Kelly
Anna Kojzar
Poshpacker
CEO and Co-Founder
Mo Krochmal
Social Media News NY
Editor and Founder
Katka Lapelosová
Janice S. Lintz
Hearing Access & Innovations
CEO
Michelle López
Bret Love
Green Travel Media
Founder/CEO
Dylan Lowe
The Ripple Movement
Co-Founder, Project Leader
Luke Luckett
Projectize Media
Founder, Product Marketing Strategist
Michael Luongo
Freelance journalist, editor and photographer
Amer Alnajar M.D.
Vytaliz
Founding Partner/Head Physician
Laura Mandala
Mandala Research
Managing Director
Kyle McCarthy
Family Travel Forum
Co-Founder and Editor
Rumit Mehta
Immersion Journeys
Founder and CEO
Tom Meyers
Jaclyn Mishal
Pink Pangea
Tania Cruz Morales
Poshpacker
COO and Co-Founder
Gillian Morris
Hitlist
Co-Founder and CEO
Anja Mutic
David Naczycz
Urban Oyster
Owner
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Stephanie Newby
John Newton
Esther Novak
Sherry Ott
Founder Ottsworld.com
Blogger and Freelance Writer
Jessica Parker
Tony Perrottet
Writer, Editor, Historian - Contributing Writer, Smithsonian Magazine
Violaine Pierre
visit.org
Co-Founder & Chief Orgs Officer
Johny Pitts
Jessica Plautz
Albert Podell
Kimberly Ramsawak
Cherae Robinson
Tastemakers Africa
Founder
Evita Robinson
Nomadness Travel Tribe
CEO/Creator
Sarah Robinson
Google
Account Manager for the Travel Industry
Ina Rodin
Croatian National Tourist Office New York
Director North America
Jeff Roth
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)
Deputy Commissioner for Policy and External Affairs
Sheri Rothman
Andrew Rowat Rowat
Haystack
Founder
Ed Salvato
ManAboutWorld
Editor In Chief
Yolanda Sangweni
ESSENCE.com
Entertainment Editor
Daric Schlesselman
Van Brunt Stillhouse
Owner
Patricia Serrano
FreshTraveler
Travel Blogger
Jessemin Sheyda-Losick
Sustainable Travel International
Senior Director of Program Implementation
Matt Skallerud
Pink Banana Media
President
Lisa Skriloff
Multicultural Marketing Resources, inc.
President
Kasha Slavner
Marla Slavner
Howard Smith
CHINASMITH, Inc
President
Larry Smith
Thematix.com
Partner
AnneLise Sorensen
Travel Writer & Consultant
Matt Stabile
The Expeditioner
Editor-in-Chief
Jane Stanfield
Terrell J. Starr
AlterNet
Senior Editor
Jeta Stephens
Global Lipstick
CEO/Filmmaker
GreGG Truman
Zim Ugochukwu
Travel Noire
Founder
Pegi Vail
Anthropologist (NYU); Documentary Filmmaker, Gringo Trails
Cindy VandenBosch
Turnstile Tours
President
Nikki Vargas
The Pin the Map Project
Travel Editor
Metanoya Z. Webb
Globetrotting Stiletto
Founder/Creator
Christine Wei
ShermansTravel
Associate Editor & Social Media Coordinator
Geoff Weiss
Entrepreneur.com
Staff Writer
Rob Weiss
YouVisit
Director of Business Development
Roni Weiss
Senior Partner & Director of Special Events, RW Social
Patrice J. Williams
Markly Wilson
New York State’s Division of Tourism
Director, International Marketing
Abigail Wise
RealSimple.com
Associate Editor
Liz Borod Wright
Ting Ting Yan
Google
Marketing Strategist
Lindsay Young
Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance
Food Tourism Developer
Craig Zabransky
Stay Adventurous
Founder
Ellysheva Zeira
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Education Associate for Access