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1601 Market Street, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19103
PHL Diversity Advisory Board
The PHL Diversity Advisory Board consists of various diverse professionals in the Greater Philadelphia Area. The Board shall meet, make recommendations and provide strategic guidance to the Executive Director of PHL Diversity as to matters within areas of their experience and expertise. Within the PHL Diversity Advisory Board, PHL Diversity works with four working committees:
- Board Development and Nominations Committee: Recruit & review board nominees. Conduct mid-year and year-end evaluations of board members.
- Chair: Richard Snow, Multicultural Marketing & Business Development, St. Jude Children Research Hospital
- Executive Committee: Oversee all initiatives as they relate to standing committees, membership structure, economic development strategies and hospitality hiring practices.
- Board Chair: William Wilson, Principal-In-Charge, Synterra Ltd., and Vice Chair: John Kroll, Director of Residential Property Management, Keating Hospitality
- Education Committee: Provide input into the strategy to support PHL Diversity’s mission to increase representation from Philadelphia’s multicultural communities in the hospitality industry across the city and region.
- Chairs: Sue Geyer, Associate Director of Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, and Ivan Turnipseed, Associate Professor and Chair, Hospitality & Recreation Management
- Innovation Committee: Advise the entire PHL Diversity journey of innovation and be responsible for creating new ideas, concepts and practices driving the entire innovation change process, constantly monitoring it to ensure it stays on track.
- Chairs: Kelly Meerbott, Leadership Coach and Speaker, YOU: Loud and Clear; and Jodie Riccelli, Client Strategist, WebDevStudios
- Marketing Committee: Uses a range of methods to get the word out, some of which include press releases, radio announcements, social media and email campaigns.
PHL Diversity Advisory Board Members
Nicole Allen White
Director of Government and External Affairs
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Lakshman Amaranayaka
Managing Director, Customer Operations
Philadelphia International Airport
Bradley Baldia*
President
Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey
Loraine Ballard Morrill
Director News & Community Affairs | Philadelphia
iHeartMedia
Michael Banks
President & CEO
African American Chamber of Commerce
Stephanie Boyd
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
Randy Brown
Executive Vice President
Gamble Global Entertainment, LLC
Rob Buscher
Festival Director
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival
Johann Calhoun
Immediate Past President
Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists
Nancy Campbell*
Consultant
John Chin
Executive Director
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Donna Clark
Director, Communications & Special Projects
The Philadelphia Tribune
Jimmy Contreras
Public Relations Specialist
The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia
Tonya Comer
Owner/Principal
Tonya Comer Interiors
Angela Dowd-Burton
President
Women’s Business Development Center
Yvonne Drayton
President & CEO
Drayton Cross Consulting
Helen Fitzpatrick
LGBT Rights Lawyer
Jeff Fonda
Fox Board Fellow
Fox School of Business
Anthony Geistwite
Director of Sales and Marketing
Sofitel Philadelphia
Andrea Gosfield
Senior Associate
Griesing Law, LLC
Sue Geyer*
Associate Executive Director
Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association
Samantha Giusti*
Community Affairs Manager
IKEA US
Jazzy Gray-Saddler
Producer
LesBe Real Radio Talk & Music
Anuj Gupta
General Manager
Reading Terminal Market
Jeff Guaracino
President & CEO
Welcome America
Richard Haldis
Owner
Wise Owl Media
Amber Hikes
Executive Director
City of Philadelphia Office of LGBT Affairs
Joseph Hill
Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health System
C. Richard Horrow
President
Independence Business Alliance
Lee Huang
Senior Vice President and Principal
Econsult Solutions, Inc.
Rikki-Quinn James-Renz
Fox Board Fellow
Temple University
Jeffery Ji
President, U-Combination Technology Partner,
Knighthawk Tours L.L.C.
Ajamu Johnson
Strategic Procurement
Comcast & NBCUniversal
Jamila Johnson
Reporter
Al Dia News
Kenny Johnson
Community Engagement Coordinator
Philadelphia Phillies
Kevin Johnson
President/CEO
Philadelphia OIC (Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.)
Jennifer Kerstetter
Business Development Officer/Store Manager
Republic Bank
Jayne Keyser
Owner
Bustard Advertising
Corvette Kittrell
Associate Director Hotel, Restaurant, Travel and Tourism
Philadelphia Academies Inc.
John Kroll*
President
Keating Hospitality
PHLDiversity Advisory Board Vice-Chairman
Kelly Lee
Chief Cultural Officer
City of Philadelphia
Tomeka Lee
Senior Partner
TriZen, LLC
David Lipson
CEO
Philadelphia Magazine
Andrew Lovell
Senior Associate Director of Industry Relations
Temple University School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management
Alexis Lundeen
Managing Partner
Capital Grille
Kelly Meerbott
Principal/Leadership Coach/Corporate Trainer
YOU: Loud & Clear, Inc.
Leslie Patterson-Tyler
Director of Media Relations and Communications
Kimmel Center, Inc.
Jenise Rabb
District Commercial Lender
American Heritage Federal Credit Union
Shahid Rana
VP of Business Development
Cooper’s Ferry Partnership
Kimberly Reed
Chief Transformational Officer
Reed Development Group, LLC
Jodie Riccelli
Client Strategist
WebDevStudios
Chester Riddick
President/CEO
Alpha Enterprise Group
Jenea Robinson
Senior Media Relations Manager
Visit Philadelphia
Elvin Ross
Founding Member
Legis Group LLC
Natily Santos
Regional Sourcing & Supplier Diversity Lead
Aramark
Jasmin Senior
Intern Program Manager
Comcast
Narasimha (Nick) Shenoy
President and CEO
Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
Richard Lee Snow*
Sr. Advisor – Multicultural Marketing
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Tami Sortman
Vice President
Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus
Natasha Strother
Executive Vice President
Strother Enterprises, Inc.
Janice Sykes-Ross
Principal and Event Management Consultant
Request for Professionals, Inc.
Lowell Thomas
General Counsel
Philadelphia Housing Development Corp.
Ivan Turnipseed
Associate Professor and Chair, Hospitality & Recreation Management
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Patty Wilson-Aden
President & CEO
African American Museum in Philadelphia
William L. Wilson*
Principal-In-Charge
Synterra Ltd. & Synterra Partners
Kenneth Wong
President
CIG Asia Ltd.
PHLDiversity Advisory Board Chairman
*Denotes Executive Committee
Ex-Officio Board Members
Julie Coker Graham
President & CEO
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
Honorable David Oh
Councilman-At-Large
Philadelphia City Council
Honorable Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez
Councilwoman-At-Large
Philadelphia City Council
Honorable Blondell Reynolds-Brown
Councilwoman-At-Large
Philadelphia City Council
Emeritus Board Members
A. Bruce Crawley
President
Millennium 3 Management
Chairman Emeritus
Nelson Diaz, Esq.
Partner
Dilworth Paxson, LLP
State Representative Dwight Evans
U.S. Congressman
Representing 2nd District of Pennsylvania
Ernest Jones, Esq.
Retired
Cheryl McClenney-Brooker
Tom Muldoon
President
Muldoon & Associates
Robert Nelson
Retired
Romona Riscoe Benson
President of Riscoe & Associates /
Manager, Corporate Relations
PECO
Ahmeenah Young
Former President & CEO
Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
*Denotes Executive Committee
