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 John Pierce
  Partner, Saul Ewing LLP

• Treasurer Jeff Adeli
  Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• President & CEO Gregg Caren
  President & CEO, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

Members

• Stephen Aichele
  Partner, Saul Ewing LLP

• Annie Allman
  CEO & General Manager, Reading Terminal Market

• Ed Baten
  General Manager, The W | Element Hotel

• Romona Riscoe Benson
  Director, Corporate & Community Impact, PECO

• Robert Bogle
  President & CEO, The Philadelphia Tribune

• 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 National Historical Trust

• John W. Chin
  Executive Director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation

• The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke (ex-officio)
  President, Philadelphia City Council

• Nicholas DeBenedictis
  Chairman Emeritus, Aqua America

• J. Donald Dumpson, PhD
  President & CEO, Diverse Arts Solutions

• Donna Farrell
  Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Independence Blue Cross

• Larry Dubinski
  President, Franklin Institute

• Joe Forkin
  President, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

• Dan Funk
  Associate Dean & Professor, Temple University School of Sport Tourism & Hospitality Management

• John Grady
  Senior Vice President, Wexford Science & Technology

• Edward R. Grose, CAE
  Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association

• Regina Hairston
  President, African American Chamber of Commerce

• William Hankowsky
  Former Chairman, President & CEO, Liberty Property Trust

• Jodie Harris
  President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp.

• Sheila Hess (ex-officio)
  City Representative, City of Philadelphia

• Carol Hunt
  Vice President of Finance, PA Convention Center Authority

• Ashley Jordan, PhD
  President & CEO, African American Museum in Philadelphia

• The Honorable James Kenney
  Mayor, City of Philadelphia

• John Kroll
  President, Keating Hospitality

• Paul Levy
  President & CEO, Center City District

• David Lipson, Jr.
  Chairman/CEO, Philadelphia Magazine

• Kathyrn Ott Lovell
  President & CEO, Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation

• Joseph Meterchick
  Regional President, PNC Bank

• Anne Nadol (ex-officio)
  Commerce Director, City of Philadelphia

• David Nasatir
  Chairman of the Firm, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

• Patrick Oates, PhD
  Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, EMSCO

• Richard Odorisio
  SVP of Operations, Meyer Jabara Hotels

• Bernie Prazenica
  President & General Manager, WPVI-TV 6ABC

• Eric Pryor, PhD
  President and CEO, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

• Ken Reed
  General Manager, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown

• Colleen Barone Reidy
  Division Vice President, Macy’s

• Jacklin Rhoads, (ex officio)
  Director of Public Affairs & Marketing, Office of Governor Josh Shapiro

• Leslie Richards
  General Manager, SEPTA

• Atif Saeed
  President & CEO, Philadelphia International Airport

• Richard Lee Snow
  Regional Development Director, UNCF, Washington DC Region

• Manuel Stamatakis
  President & CEO, Capital Management Enterprises

• Stephen Starr
  STARR Restaurant Group

• Sasha Suda
  George D. Widener Director and CEO, Philadelphia Museum of Art

• Lauren Swartz
  President & CEO, The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

• Matías Tarnopolsky
  President & CEO, Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center

• Andrew Tod
  Executive Vice President, GF Management

• Angela Val
  President & CEO, Visit Philadelphia

• Colin Walsh
  General Manager, Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia

• Steve Wildemann
  President, Advanced Staging Productions

• William Wilson
  Principal In Charge, Synterra, Ltd.

• Kenneth Wong
  President, CIG Asia Ltd.

• JoAnn Wrenn
  General Manager, The Logan

• Eric Zillmer
  Director, Global Sports Lab and Professor, Drexel University

Emeritus

• George Beach
  Chairman, President & CEO, Beach Creative Communications

• A. Bruce Crawley, Chairman Emeritus
  President & CEO, Millennium 3 Management

• 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)