Visit Orlando 2023 Board of Directors
Executive Committee
The following is the slate of Executive committee members to be ratified by the board in early 2023:
Terry Prather (Chair)
Senior Advisor
Lift Orlando
Chair
Dr. Phillips Charities
Barbara Bowden (Chair-Elect)
Area Managing Director
Loews Hotels at Universal Orlando
Atish Shah (Treasurer/Secretary)
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
Brian Comes (Past Chair)
Area Vice President
Hyatt Regency Orlando
Charlie Freeman
President of Business Operations
Orlando Magic
Paul S. Mears, III
Chief Executive Officer & President
Hello! Destination Management
Casandra Matej
President and Chief Executive Officer
Visit Orlando
Elected Directors
Bob Miles
President
Bags Inc.
Chris Mueller
General Manager
Hilton Orlando
Claudia Menezes
Vice President
GoPegasus
Dan Giordano
General Manager
Rosen Shingle Creek
Donna Dyson
Senior Marketing and Communications Manager
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Evan Wyant
Senior Vice President, Greater Orlando Market President
Truist
Fred Sawyers
Managing Director
Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria Orlando
John de Armas
Chief Executive Officer
ProfitLand Partners
Robert Bray
General Manager
Orlando World Center Marriott
Steven Jamieson
Corporate Director of Operations, with Mall at Millenia
The Forbes Company
Thomas Steinhauer
Regional Vice President & General Manager
Four Seasons Resort Orlando
At-Large Directors
Chris Jaskiewicz
President & CEO
ICON Park
Ex-Officio Directors
The Honorable Jerry L. Demings
Orange County Mayor
Orange County Government
Roseann Harrington Mayor Demings' Designate
Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor
Orange County Government
The Honorable Buddy Dyer
Mayor
City of Orlando
Brooke R. Bonnett Mayor Dyer's Designate
Director of Economic Development
City of Orlando
Gerald Hector University of Central Florida Designate
Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance
University of Central Florida
Javier Moreno
Senior Vice President, Sales, Services and Events
Disney Destinations
Karen Irwin
President & COO
Universal Orlando Resort
Kevin Thibault
Chief Executive Officer
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Brad Gilmour
Park President
Aquatica & Discovery Cove
Mark Tester
Executive Director
Orange County Convention Center
Robert Agrusa
President and Chief Executive Officer
Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Association
Timothy Giuliani
President and Chief Executive Officer
Orlando Economic Partnership
County-Appointed Ex-Officio Directors
Diana Font
President
DMFont Events
Evelyn Cardenas, PhD., CAE, PMP
President and Chief Executive Officer
Central FL Auto Dealers Association, Inc.
General Counsel
William T. Dymond, Jr.
CEO, President & Managing Partner
Lowndes