LABTA: New Board Members Elected, Appointed
The Los Angeles Business Travel Association (LABTA), the nation's largest chapter of corporate travel executives and associates, announced their new officers and board members for 2010 at the membership's annual Holiday Gala.
And the big news around here is our own Kjarsten Phillipsen, Egencia District Sales Manager, was appointed to the Board of Directors. Kjarsten can you hear your friends and colleagues cheering around the globe? Congratulations, we (and your travel industry associates) think the world of you. And from the list below, we can see you are in very good company.
Elected by the membership to the Executive Board:
- President: Therese Jacobson, Sales Manager, The Parking Spot
- President Elect: Kathy Briski, Category Manager - Travel, Accenture
- Vice President: Sarah Best, Dir.Corporate/Leisure Travel Sales, Loews Santa Monica
- Treasurer: Tom Shaw, Director of Group Sales Westin Bonaventura Hotel & Suites
- Secretary: Bill Shaw, Director of Entertainment Sales at W Los Angeles - Westwood
- Advisor: Eve White, HRG, Vice President, Global & Strategic Markets
- Advisor: Neda Nazem, Business Development Manager, V Australia
Appointed to the Board of Directors:
- Communications: Kathleen Sedlmayr , President, KES Consulting
- Corporate Social Responsibility: Kjarsten Phillipsen, District Sales Manager, Egencia
- Corporate Sponsorships: Jennifer Keltner, Travel Services Manager, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc.
- Education: Sevan Nova Liepziger, Global Sales Distribution, Air France / KLM / Delta
- Member Relations: Erik Dahlerbruch, Four Points Sheraton LAX
- Legislative Action and Government Relations: Frank Dolce, Global Travel Manager, OSI Systems
- Programs and Venues: Usha Jumani, Manager Business Development, American Express Business Travel
- Special Events: Kay Steele, Senior Manager Global Travel Services, Mattel
Advisory Committee members for 2010:
- Charles Franklin - American Honda Motor Co., Inc
- Craig Banikowski - Hilton Hotels
- Michael Lyons - HSBC
- Janice Chang - Northrop Grumman
- Carey Campbell - Northrop Grumman
- Pamela Witherspoon, Sr. Director, Travel Services, Universal Music Group
- Belinda Borden, Manager, UC Travel Center, University of California Los Angeles
About LABTA: The Los Angeles Business Travel Association (LABTA) is the largest chapter of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), the world's premier business travel and corporate meetings organization. LABTA represents more than 250 business travel professionals including corporate and government travel, meetings managers, and travel service providers in five counties in Southern California. They collectively manage and direct billions of dollars of global business travel and meeting expenditures annually on behalf of thousands of business travelers within their organizations. For more information, visit http://www.labta.org |