Committee Chairs

Now is a great time to get involved on one of our committees, so please choose an area below to assist with and contact the Chair to express your interest. General inquiries should be directed to info@sitesoutheast.org

 

COMMUNICATIONS

Shawn Bendig
Committee Chair

Atlanta Regional Sales Office
The Kessler Collection, Luxury Hotels

Direct: 404.704.0375
Cell: 404.374.6027
Fax: 404.437.7249

Shawn.Bendig@kesslercollection.com

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Paulette Hopkins
Committee Chair

The Hopkins Alliance
Managing Director

404.321.3735
paulette@thehopkinsalliance.com

MEMBERSHIP

Pam Shepherd
Committee Chair

Wyndham Hotel Group
Director Global Sales Southeast

678.614.6005
Pamela.shepherd@wyn.com

PROGRAMS & EDUCATION

Kimberly Schwalb, CMP
Committee Co Chair,
New Orleans Summit Co-Chair

Fiserv
Senior Events Manager

678.375.3356
Kimberly.schwalb@fiserv.com

Alex Wagner, CMM
Committee Co-chair

SunTrust Bank
Group Vice President
Director - Event Marketing

C: 404-863-9452
O: 404-575-2722
Alexandra.wagner@suntrust.com

Todd Gehrke
Committee Co-chair

Telluride Tourism Board
Group Sales Director

970.369.2125
todd@visittelluride.com

SPONSORSHIP & FUNDRAISING

Kathi Kelly
Committee Chair

KSL Resorts
Director of Sales, SE

770.777.6886
404.406.5135 cell
kkelly@kslresorts.com

 

SPONSOR CARE

Steve Felahis
Committee Chair

Canadian Tourism CommissionDirector,
MC&IT Sales Development, Southeast USA

678.455.4755
Sfelahis@ctc-cct.com