On Wednesday, March 13, members of the Brand USA board of directors convened for a quarterly meeting in Washington, DC where they welcomed newly appointed and reappointed members and approved members to officiating positions and committees.
The confirmed committee assignments are as follows:
Finance Committee
Chair: Kyle Edmiston, deputy director/chief operations officer for Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau
Committee Members
• John Edman, director of Explore Minnesota
• Noel Irwin Hentschel, chairman and chief executive officer of AmericanTours International, LLC
• Mark Hoplamazian, president and chief executive officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation
• Alice Norsworthy, chief marketing officer of Universal Parks & Resorts
• Barbara Richardson, chief of external relations of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro)
Conflict of Interest Committee
Chair: Tom O’Toole, senior fellow and clinical professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University
Committee Members
• Andrew Greenfield, managing partner of the Washington, DC office of Fragomen
• Barbara Richardson
Audit Committee
Chair: Tom O’Toole
Committee Members
• Paul Brown, chief executive officer of Inspire Brands
• Noel Irwin Hentschel
Governance & Nominating Committee
Chair: Andrew Greenfield
Committee Members
• John Edman
• Mike Gallagher, co-chairman and co-founder of CityPASS
Marketing Committee
Chair: Alice Norsworthy
Committee Members
• Kristen Branscum, commissioner of Kentucky Department of Tourism
• Paul Brown
• Kyle Edmiston
• Mike Gallagher
• Noel Irwin Hentschel
• Tom O’Toole
Full recordings of the board meetings can be found here. For more information about the newly appointed members, please access the press announcement here. A complete list of the board of directors and their bios is available here. The next board meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 22, 2019.
Thank you to all staff, board members, partners, and stakeholders for their continued support.
Together, we are marketing the USA!