PHLCVB Board of Directors

Updated: January 22, 2021

Officers

• Chairman Nicholas DeBenedictis
  Chairman Emeritus, Aqua America

• 1st Vice Chair Leonard Buckley
  General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia

• 2nd Vice Chair Stephanie Boyd
  Director of Sales & Marketing, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority

• Secretary John Pierce
  Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP

• Treasurer William Adolph
  William F. Adolph & Co., Inc.

• President & CEO Gregg Caren
  President & CEO, Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

Members

• Jeff Adeli
  Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Stephen Aichele
  Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP


• Ed Baten
  General Manager, The W | Element Hotel


• Robert Bogle
  President & CEO, The Philadelphia Tribune


• Mike Bowman
  President & CEO, Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board


• Steven Bradley
  Chairman of the Board, African American Chamber of Commerce


• The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown
  Former City Councilmember


• Karen Dougherty Buchholz
  Executive Vice President, Administration, Comcast Corporation


• Rochelle Cameron
  Chief Executive Officer, Philadelphia International Airport


• John W. Chin
  Executive Director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation


• Bob Cosgrove
  General Manager, Sonesta Hotel Philadelphia


• The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke (ex-officio)
  President, Philadelphia City Council


• James Cuorato
  President & CEO, Independence Visitor Center Corporation


• J. Donald Dumpson, PhD
  President & CEO, Diverse Arts Solutions


• Donna Farrell
  Vice President, Corporate Communications, Independence Blue Cross


• Joe Forkin
  President, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation


• Gregory Fox
  Senior Counsel, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP


• John Grady
  Senior Vice President, Wexford Science & Technology


• The Honorable Derek Green
  Councilmember At-Large, Philadelphia City Council


• Douglas Green
  Managing Principal, MSC Retail


• Claire Greenwood
  Executive Director, CEO Council for Growth and Vice President, Leadership Engagement, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia


• Edward R. Grose, CAE
  Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association


• Jeff Guaracino
  President & CEO, Visit Philadelphia


• William Hankowsky
  Former Chairman, President & CEO, Liberty Property Trust


• Gail Harrity
  President & COO, Philadelphia Museum of Art


• Sheila Hess (ex-officio)
  City Representative, City of Philadelphia


• Peter Intermaggio
  Senior Vice President, Marketing Communications, Comcast Corporation


• Jeremy Jordan, PhD
  Associate Dean, Temple University School of Sport Tourism & Hospitality Management


• The Honorable James Kenney
  Mayor, City of Philadelphia


• John Kroll
  President, Keating Hospitality


• Nour Laasri
  General Manager, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown


• Paul Levy
  President & CEO, Center City District


• David Lipson, Jr.
  Chairman/CEO, Philadelphia Magazine


• Melissa Ludwig
  Founder, ML Associates


• Cynthia MacLeod
  Superintendent, Independence National Historical Park


• John McNichol
  President and CEO, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority


• Joseph Meterchick
  Regional President, PNC Bank


• Anne Nevins
  President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation


• Richard Odorisio
  SVP of Operations, Meyer Jabara Hotels


• Douglas Oliver
  Vice President of Communications, PECO


• The Honorable Brian O’Neill
  Councilmember, Tenth District, Philadelphia City Council


• Bernie Prazenica
  President & General Manager, WPVI-TV 6ABC


• Antonia Quagliariello Timberg
  Vice President, Program & Events, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia


• Nedia Ralston (ex-officio)
  Director, Southeast Regional Office, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


• Michael Rashid(ex-officio)
  Commerce Director, City of Philadelphia


• Leslie Richards
  General Manager, SEPTA


• Richard Lee Snow
  Regional Development Director, Washington DC Region


• Manuel Stamatakis
  President & CEO, Capital Management Enterprises


• Rick Staub
  Managing Director, Loews Philadelphia Hotel


• Heather Steinman, Ph.D., MBA
  VP, Business Development, Executive Director, The Wistar Institute


• Lauren Swartz
  President & CEO, The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia


• Andrew Tod
  Executive Vice President, GF Management


• Steve Wildemann
  President, Advanced Staging Productions


• William Wilson
  Principal In Charge, Synterra, Ltd.


• Kenneth Wong
  President, CIG Asia Ltd.


• Steve Wray
  Vice President and Director, Econsult Solutions


• JoAnn Wrenn
  General Manager, The Logan


• Dr. Eric Zillmer
  Athletic Director, Drexel University

Emeritus

• George Beach
  Chairman, President & CEO, Beach Creative Communications


• A. Bruce Crawley, Chairman Emeritus
  President & CEO, Millennium 3 Management


• The Honorable Dwight Evans
  U.S. Congressman


• Daniel Fitzpatrick, CFA
  President & CEO, Citizens Bank – PA/NJ/DE


• William Giles, Chairman Emeritus
  The Philadelphia Phillies


• Robert Jaeger, CHA
  Executive Vice President, WNW Hospitality Group


• Edward Slevin
  Retired Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP


• Marian Tasco
  Philadelphia City Councilmember (retired)