PHLCVB Board of Directors
Officers
Chair: Karen Dougherty Buchholz
Executive Vice President, Administration, Comcast Corporation
Vice Chair: Leonard Buckley
General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia
Vice Chair: John McNichol
President & CEO, PA Convention Center Authority
Secretary: Megan Moyer
Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Treasurer: Jeff Adeli
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
President & CEO: Gregg Caren
President & CEO, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
Members
Darryll Adams
Managing Director, Loews Philadelphia
Stephen Aichele
Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Annie Allman
CEO & General Manager, Reading Terminal Market
Lakshman Amaranayaka
Vice President, American Airlines at PHL Airport
Romona Riscoe Benson
Riscoe Benson Strategies, President & CEO
Alison Birdwell
President & CEO, Aramark Sports and Entertainment
Jill Bodensteiner
Director of Athletics, St. Joseph’s University
Mike Bowman
President & CEO, Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board
Chellie Cameron
President & CEO, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Tom Caramanico
Executive Director, Independence Historical Trust
John W. Chin
Executive Director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Anthony Conti
Chair, Visit Philadelphia
Joel Davis
President & General Manager, NBC Universal
Larry Dubinski
President, Franklin Institute
J. Donald Dumpson, PhD
President & CEO, Diverse Arts Solutions
Donna Farrell
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Independence Blue Cross
Karen Fegely, (Ex Officio)
Acting Commerce Director, City of Philadelphia
Ryan Fleur
President and CEO, Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts
Joe Forkin
President, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
Amy Giddings
Interim Associate Dean & Professor, Temple STHM
Todd Glickman
Chief Revenue and Business Officer, Comcast Spectacor
John Grady
Senior Vice President, Wexford Science & Technology
Edward R. Grose, CAE
Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association
Prema Gupta
President & CEO, Center City District
William Hankowsky
President, Wayne Street Enterprises, LLC
Jodie Harris
President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.
Carol Hunt
Retired Vice President of Finance, PA Convention Center Authority
The Honorable Kenyatta Johnson, (Ex Officio)
Philadelphia City Council President
Jazelle Jones, (Ex Officio)
City Representative and Director of Special Events, City of Philadelphia
Ashley Jordan, PhD
President & CEO, African American Museum in Philadelphia
John Kroll
President, Keating Hospitality
David Lipson, Jr.
Chairman/CEO, Philadelphia Magazine
Kathryn Ott Lovell
President & CEO, Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation
Joseph Meterchick
Regional President, PNC Bank
David Nasatir
Chair of the Board, PA Convention Center Authority
Patrick Oates, PhD
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, EMSCO
Catherine Piotrowski
General Manager, 30th Street Station, Vantage Group
Catherine Piotrowski
General Manager, 30th Street Station, Vantage Group
Ken Reed
General Manager, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Anne Ryan (Ex Officio)
Deputy Secretary of Tourism, PA Department of Community & Economic Development
Atif Saeed
President & CEO, Philadelphia International Airport
Scott Sauer
General Manager, SEPTA
Steve Sims
Superintendent of Independence National Historical Park
Richard Lee Snow
Regional Development Director, UNCF, Washington DC Region
Stephen Starr
STARR Restaurant Group
Sasha Suda
Lauren Swartz
President & CEO, The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia
Andrew Tod
Executive Vice President, GF Management
Angela Val
President & CEO, Visit Philadelphia
Steve Wildemann
President, Advanced Staging Productions
Kenneth Wong
President, CIG Asia Ltd.
Eric Zillmer
Director of Athletics Emeritus, Drexel University
Emeritus
George Beach
Chairman, President & CEO, Beach Creative Communications
Robert Bogle
President & CEO, The Philadelphia Tribune
A. Bruce Crawley, Chairman Emeritus
President & CEO, Millennium 3 Management
Nicholas DeBenedictis
Chairman Emeritus, Aqua America
The Honorable Dwight Evans
U.S. Congressman
Daniel Fitzpatrick, CFA
President & CEO, Citizens Bank – PA/NJ/DE
William Giles, Chairman Emeritus
The Philadelphia Phillies
Robert Jaeger, CHA
President, WNW Hospitality Group
Edward Slevin
Retired Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
Marian Tasco
Philadelphia City Councilmember (retired)