Meet the Leadership Team
Executive Team
The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board is a private, non-profit 501(c)(6) business association whose primary mission is to market and promote Los Angeles as the premier site for leisure travel, meetings and conventions as the City’s official tourism marketing organization. For general inquiries, please contact info@latourism.org.
Board of Directors
The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board is headed by a member Board of Directors representing a cross-section of the Los Angeles business community impacted by LA's travel and tourism industry. These elected directors serve on a non-paid, voluntary basis.
Alan Rothenberg, Esq.
Chairman
LA Tourism Board | 1st Century Bank
Carl Schuster
Secretary-Treasurer
LA Tourism Board
Althea Abdallah
General Manager
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles
Robert Alter
President
Seaview Investors, LLC
Kandee Anderson
Complex General Manager
Los Angeles Airport Marriott | Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel
Clay Andrews
General Manager
Sheraton Grand Los Angeles
Charles A. Bassett
Executive Vice President
LAZ Parking
Kara Bartelt
General Manager
The Hoxton Los Angeles
Mark Beccaria
President
Aames-Warner Corporation
Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga
President & Director
Natural History Museum of L.A. County
Leticia Rhi Buckley
Christy Castillo Butcher
SVP Programming
SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park
Javier Cano
Vice President & Market General Manager
The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles & JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE
Stephen Cheung
President
Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) | World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA)
Vaughn Davis
Founder & CEO
Hyper Nimbus
Bill Doak
Managing Director, Hospitality
Stockdale Capital Partners, LLC
Sheldon Duncan
SVP of Marketing & Brand Strategy
Universal Studios Hollywood
Mark Eberwein
General Manager
SLS Hotel Beverly Hills
Susan Feniger
Chef-Owner
Border Grill | SOCALO
Mistyka Flores
Owner & Creative Director
424 Productions
Jason W. Foster
President & Chief Operating Officer
Destination Crenshaw
Larry Freedman
Co-President/Chief Business Officer
LAFC Sports LLC
Tom Gilmore
CEO
Gilmore Associates
Todd Goldstein
Chief Revenue Officer
AEG
Christopher M. Henry
ISHC, Co-Founder & CEO
Majestic Hospitality Group
James Holleran
EVP, Head of Entertainment Division
Reach Agency
Amy Homma
Director & President
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Danny Kahn
Executive Director
Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood
Beth Kean
Chief Executive Officer
Holocaust Museum LA
Bonny Kirin-Perez
Managing Director
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites
Peter Kwong
Owner
Aiden Los Angeles
Matt La Vine
Managing Director
Loews Hollywood Hotel
Marianne Lowenthal
Principal and Founder
Granadier Co.
Nella McOsker
President & CEO
Central City Association of Los Angeles
Deepak Mehra
General Manager
Conrad Los Angeles
Scott Mills
General Manager
The Garland
Rachel Moore
President & CEO
The Music Center
Richard Pink
President
Pink’s Hot Dogs, Inc.
Jeff Ragonese
General Manager
Hilton Los Angeles Airport
Lilly Rocha
CEO
Latino Restaurant Association
Jeffrey N. Rudolph
President and CEO
California Science Center
Maria S. Salinas
President & CEO
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Scott Santoro
VP, Los Angeles & West Sales
Delta Airlines
Michael Sticka
President/CEO
The GRAMMY Museum
Alexandra Valdes
Executive Director
Los Angeles Native American Indian Commission
Connie Wang
Managing Director
Hotel Figueroa
Michael E. Washington
President & CEO
Cato Hospitality Group
Jonathan Williams
President & CEO
Pacific Battleship, LA Fleet Week, Battleship Iowa and the National Museum of Surface Navy
Legal Counsel
Karl Kuhn
Legal Counsel