PHLCVB Board of Directors

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 Julie Coker
  President & CEO, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

Members

• Stephen Aichele
  Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP
• 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
• George R. Burrell
  Senior Executive Vice President/COO, Universal Companies
• Matt Cabrey
  Executive Director, Select Greater Philadelphia
• Rochelle Cameron
  Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia International Airport
• John W. Chin
  Executive Director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
• The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke (ex-officio)
  President, Philadelphia City Council
• A. Bruce Crawley
  President & CEO, Millennium 3 Management
• James Cuorato
  President & CEO, Independence Visitor Center Corporation
• Jay Dellavecchia
  General Manager, The Westin Philadelphia Hotel
• Joseph Meterchick
  Regional President, PNC Bank
• J. Donald Dumpson, PhD
  President & CEO, Diverse Arts Solutions
• Harold T. Epps (ex-officio)
  Director of Commerce, City of Philadelphia
• 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
  President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation
• Douglas Green
  Managing Principal, MSC Retail
• Edward R. Grose, CAE
  Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association
• Jeff Guaracino
  President & CEO, Visit Philadelphia
• William Hankowsky
  Chairman, President & CEO, Liberty Property Trust
• Gail Harrity
  President & COO, Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Sheila Hess (ex-officio)
  City Representative, City of Philadelphia
• Peter Intermaggio
  Senior Vice President, Marketing Communications, Comcast Corporation
• Jeremy Jordan
  Associate Dean, Temple University School of Sport Tourism & Hospitality Management
• 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
  Chairman/CEO, Philadelphia Magazine
• Melissa Ludwig
  Founder, ML Associates
• Cynthia MacLeod
  Superintendent, Independence National Historical Park
• John McNichol
  President and CEO, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
• Richard Odorisio
  SVP of Operations, Meyer Jabara Hotels
• Douglas Oliver
  Vice President of Communications, PECO
• The Honorable Brian O’Neill
  Councilman, Tenth District, Philadelphia City Council
• Bernie Prazenica
  President & General Manager, WPVI-TV 6ABC
• Antonia Quagliariello Timberg
  Vice President, Program & Events, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
• Nedia Ralston (ex-officio)
  Director, Southeast Regional Office, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown
  Councilwoman, At-Large Philadelphia City Council
• Don Smolenski
  President, Philadelphia Eagles Football Club
• Richard Lee Snow
  Multicultural Marketing & Business Development, United Negro College Fund, Inc.
• Manuel Stamatakis
  President & CEO, Capital Management Enterprises
• Andrew Tod
  Executive Vice President, GF Management
• Steve Wildemann
  President, Advanced Staging Productions
• William Wilson
  Principal In Charge, Synterra, Ltd.
• Kenneth Wong
  President, CIG Asia Ltd.
• Steve Wray
  Vice President and Director, Econsult Solutions
• JoAnn Wrenn
  General Manager, The Logan

Emeritus

• George Beach
  Chairman, President & CEO, Beach Creative Communications
• The Honorable Dwight Evans
  U.S. Congressman, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Daniel Fitzpatrick
  President & CEO, Citizens Bank – PA/NJ/DE
• William Giles
  The Philadelphia Phillies
• Robert Jaeger, CHA
  Executive Vice President, WNW Hospitality Group
• Joan Randolph, RN
  Healthcare Industry Consultant
• Edward Slevin
  Retired Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
• Marian Tasco
  Philadelphia City Council (retired)