The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) today announced four new members for 2009 of the Board of Trustees of the NBTA Foundation, NBTA's education and research foundation.
NBTA President & CEO, Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP, said, 'I am pleased to announce the two-year appointment of these prominent industry leaders to the NBTA Foundation Board of Trustees. With their industry experience and insights, I am confident they will help to further the NBTA Foundation's mission to provide the business travel industry with timely and accurate research, scholarships and unparalleled educational programs.'
New Board Members
Jeff Cacy
Managing Director, Airline Marketing Services
The Boeing Company
Michael Fegley
Vice President Global Sales
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Sharon Fogarty, CCTE
Director, Travel Services
Thomson Reuters
Steve Schoen
Director, Mobility Services
Siemens Shared Services, LLC
Kevin Maguire, CCTE, GLP
President & CEO, NBTA
Travel Manager for Intercollegiate Athletics
The University of Texas at Austin
Suzanne Fletcher
Chairman/Past President, NBTA
Director of Travel, Meetings, Food Service, Fleet, Transportation
Weyerhaeuser
Ralph Colunga
Director, Global Travel
Salesforce.com
Robert Lambert
Senior Vice President-Commercial Sales
Avis Budget Group
Debi Scholar
Meeting & Event Services Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Steve Sear
Vice President Sales
Delta Air Lines
Steve Singh
Chairman & CEO
Concur Technologies
Continuing Board Members
Fay Beauchine, Chair
President-Engagement & Events
Carlson Marketing
Katina Tryforos, Vice Chair
Travel Manager, Airline Programs and Customer Service Field Operations
Deloitte Services LP
Daphne Bryant, Secretary/Treasurer
Foundation Director
NBTA Foundation
Bill Connors, CTC
Executive Director & COO
National Business Travel Association
Fay Beauchine, NBTA Foundation Board Chair, said, 'I'm thrilled to welcome our new board members who bring their hearts and minds to the NBTA Foundation's work. In today's challenging environment, the Foundation's research and education programs are more important than ever for corporate travel professionals across the globe.'
Beauchine also thanked the following outgoing board members for their contributions to the NBTA Foundation's work on behalf of the industry: Bindu Bhatia, Vice President, Global Sales, North America, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Mary Casey, Vice President, Strategic Account Management, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Denise Lodrige-Kover, Vice President, BTS & Strategic Partnership Accounts, Hilton Hotels Corporation, and Norma Rohrbach, GLP, Vice President, Global Services Sourcing, Citi. Their leadership helped the foundation raise $5 million over the next five years and award more than $94,000 in scholarships in 2008, conduct important industry research and enhance the one-of-a-kind Managed Travel Index(R) (MTI) & Benchmarking Tool.
The NBTA Foundation is the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA). The foundation was established in 1997 to support NBTA's members and the industry as a whole. As the leading education and research foundation in the business travel industry, the NBTA Foundation seeks to fund initiatives to advance the business travel profession. The foundation offers the only master's-level accredited course and professional designation for the corporate travel professional, the Global Leadership Professional (GLP) program, in partnership with The Wharton School. The industry's leading benchmarking resource - the Managed Travel Index(R) (MTI) & Benchmarking Tool - is offered by the foundation. The NBTA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For more information, see www.nbtafoundation.org.
