PHLCVB Board of Directors

Updated: July 11, 2022

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Officers

• Chairman Nicholas DeBenedictis
  Chairman Emeritus, Aqua America

• 1st Vice Chair Leonard Buckley
  General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia

• 2nd Vice Chair Stephanie Boyd
  Director of Sales & Marketing, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority

• Secretary John Pierce
  Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP

• Treasurer William Adolph
  William F. Adolph & Co., Inc.

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

Members

• • Jeff Adeli
    Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

• • Stephen Aichele
    Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP

 

• • Annie Allman
    CEO & General Manager, Reading Terminal Market

 

• • Ed Baten
    General Manager, The W | Element Hotel

 

• • Robert Bogle
    President & CEO, The Philadelphia Tribune

 

• • Mike Bowman
    President & CEO, Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board

 

• • Steven Bradley
    Chairman of the Board, African American Chamber of Commerce

 

• • Karen Dougherty Buchholz
    Executive Vice President, Administration, Comcast Corporation

 

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

 

• • Bob Cosgrove
    General Manager, Sonesta Hotel Philadelphia

 

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

 

• • James Cuorato
    President & CEO, Independence Visitor Center Corporation

 

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

 

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

 

• • Joe Forkin
    President, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

 

• • Gregory Fox
    Senior Counsel, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP

 

• • John Grady
    Senior Vice President, Wexford Science & Technology

 

• • The Honorable Derek Green
    Councilmember At-Large, Philadelphia City Council

 

• • Claire Greenwood
    Executive Director, CEO Council for Growth and Vice President, Leadership Engagement, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

• • Jeremy Jordan, PhD
    Associate Dean, Temple University School of Sport Tourism & Hospitality Management

 

• • The Honorable James Kenney
    Mayor, City of Philadelphia

 

• • John Kroll
    President, Keating Hospitality

 

• • Nour Laasri
    General Manager, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown

 

• • Paul Levy
    President & CEO, Center City District

 

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

 

• • Cynthia MacLeod
    Superintendent, Independence National Historical Park

 

• • John McNichol
    President and CEO, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority

 

• • Joseph Meterchick
    Regional President, PNC Bank

 

• • Anne Nadol
    Commerce Director, City of Philadelphia

 

• • Anne Nevins
    President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

 

• • Richard Odorisio
    SVP of Operations, Meyer Jabara Hotels

 

• • Douglas Oliver
    Vice President, Governmental & External Affairs

 

• • The Honorable Brian O’Neill
    Councilmember, Tenth District, Philadelphia City Council

 

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

 

• • Antonia Quagliariello Timberg
    Sr. Vice President & Executive Producer, Programs & Events

 

• • Colleen Barone Reidy
    Division Vice President, Macy’s

 

• • Leslie Richards
    General Manager, SEPTA

 

• • Hans Ritten
    Managing Director, Loews Philadelphia Hotel

 

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

 

• • Manuel Stamatakis
    President & CEO, Capital Management Enterprises

 

• • Heather Steinman, Ph.D., MBA
    VP, Business Development, Executive Director, The Wistar Institute

 

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

 

• • Andrew Tod
    Executive Vice President, GF Management

 

• • 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.

 

• • Nicole Allen White
    Director of Government and External Affairs, Philadelphia Museum of Art

 

• • Steve Wray
    Sr. Vice President and Principal, Econsult Solutions

 

• • JoAnn Wrenn
    General Manager, The Logan

 

• • Eric Zillmer
    Athletics Director, 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)