Executive Board
Chair Jackie Leatherwood, The Greystone Lodge on the River Secretary/Treasurer Hugh Anderson, Loews Hotel Nashville Past Chair - 2nd Year Hugh Morrow, Ruby Falls Lodging Advisory Board Chair Cornelia Dobbins, Gatlinburg Hospitality Association Restaurant Advisory Board Chair Mike Miller, Patricks Tourism Advisory Board Chair Brenda Whitson, Johnson City CVB Government Relations Committee Chair Shawn Danko, Kooky Canuck Restaurant Communications & Marketing Committee Chair Carol Agee, Dollywood HTN PAC Chair Martha Axford, ABC Design Tourism Advisory Board Region 1 (Northeast Tennessee) Jud Teague, Kingsport CVB Brenda Whitson, Johnson City CVB Region 3 (East Tennessee) Kim Mitchell, Blount County Tourism & SMTDA Dana Hart, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Region 5 (Middle Tennessee/Nashville) Deana Ivey, Nashville CVC TBA Region 7 (SW Tennessee/Memphis) Regena Bearden, Memphis Tourism Nick Harmeier, Memphis Zoo Lodging Advisory Board Region 1 (Northeast Tennessee) Joel Dahlhauser, Carnegie Hotel Bronson Williams, General Morgan Inn Region 3 (East Tennessee) Michelle Arline, M Gibson Hotels Bradley Granger, Residence Inn Cedar Bluff Region 5 (Middle Tennessee/Nashville) Tom Boyer, Renaissance Hotel Nashville Downtown Leesa LeClair, Greater Nashville Hospitality Association Region 7 (SW Tennessee/Memphis) Patrick Jordan, Marriott - Memphis East Doug Browne, The Peabody Hotel - Memphis Local Association Representatives Cornelia Dobbins, Gatlinburg Hospitality Association Eric Treadway, Sevier County Hospitality Association Wayne Tabor, Metropolitan Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association Jimbo Whaley, Smoky Mountain Vacation Lodging Jacob Hall, Rutherford County Hospitality Association Paul Jordan, Greater Knoxville Hospitality Association Restaurant Advisory Board Region 1 (Northeast Tennessee) Ted Tipton, Captain's Table/Lakeshore Marina Thom Crosby, Pal's #1 Region 3 (East Tennessee) Girish Desai, El Chico Café Michael Riley, The Oliver Hotel Restaurant Region 5 (Middle Tennessee/Nashville) Steven Smithing, Mere Bulles Lyle Richardson, A. Marshall Hospitality Region 7 (SW Tennessee/Memphis) Ben Brock, 4 Top Hospitality Ernie Mellor, Hog Wild BBQ & A Moveable Feast Catering Local Association Representative Amanda Barnes, Sevierville Hospitality Association Mike Miller, Memphis Restaurant Association Ex-Officio Jill Thompson, Greater Knoxville Hospitality Association Dee Lundy, Lundy Thomas |
Vice Chair Shawn Danko, Kooky Canuck Restaurant Immediate Past Chair Andy Marshall, A. Marshall Hospitality Past Chair - 3rd Year Wayne Tabor, Metropolitan Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association Lodging Advisory Board Co-Chair Chuck Pinkowski, Pinkowski and Co. Restaurant Advisory Board Co-Chair Ben Brock, Amerigo Tourism Advisory Board Co-Chair Barry White, Chattanooga Area CVB Membership Committee Chair Chris Massie, Titanic Museum Attraction HTN Education Foundation Chair Michael Gibson, M. Gibson Hotels Region 2 (Sevier County) Brenda McCroskey, Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Chris Massie, Titanic Museum Attraction Region 4 (Southeast Tennessee) Barry White, Chattanooga Area CVB Keith Sanford, Tennessee Aquarium Region 6 (West Tennessee) Lori Nunnery, Jackson CVB Scott Williams, Discovery Park of America Supplier Susan Chappell, Journal Communications Mary Blair, Designsensory Region 2 (Sevier County) Karl Thomas, The Ramsey Hotel & Convention Center Jackelyn Schafer, The Park Vista, A Double Tree Hotel by Hilton Region 4 (Southeast Tennessee) Jeff Mochell, Humanist Hospitality Andrea Anderson, Humanist Hospitality Region 6 (West Tennessee) TBA TBA Supplier Chuck Pinkowski, Pinkowski & Co. Vail Ross, STR National Association Representatives AHLA Representative: TBA AAHOA Representative: TBA Region 2 (Sevier County) Gina McReynolds, Collier Restaurant Group Ken Maples, Buddy's Bar BQ of Sevierville Region 4 (Southeast Tennessee) Graci Burnett, Puckett's Chattanooga Darik Dawes, Dawes Hospitality Region 6 (West Tennessee) TBA TBA Supplier Will Wright, Anderson Benson Insurance & Risk Management Steve Ellis, Gordon Food Service National Association Representative Mike Whatley, NRA |