GRCVB Staff and Board

Please feel free to call us at: (919) 834-5900 or (800) 849-8499. Our email address is visit@visitRaleigh.com

To view a staff listing by the topic of your inquiry or by staff responsibility, click here.

Administration

Dennis Edwards, President and CEO
919.645.2656
dedwards@visitRaleigh.com

Loren J. Gold, Executive Vice President
919.645.2669
lgold@visitRaleigh.com

Linda Bonine, Director of Operations
919.645.2662
lbonine@visitRaleigh.com

Paula McChristian, Accountant / Project Coordinator
919.645.2670
pmcchristian@visitRaleigh.com

Communications and Marketing

Jonathan Freeze, Director of Marketing
919.645.2663
jfreeze@visitRaleigh.com

Ryan Smith, Director of Communications
919.645.2676
rsmith@visitRaleigh.com

Charissa Todd, Tourism Marketing Manager
919.645.2654
ctodd@visitRaleigh.com

Karen DeSollar, Design Manager
919.645.2666
kdesollar@visitRaleigh.com

Cindy Triolo, Database Content Manager
919.645.2683
ctriolo@visitRaleigh.com

Graham Rountree, Internet Marketing Coordinator
919.645.2671
grountree@visitRaleigh.com

Information Technology

Vimal Vyas, Director of Information Technology 
919.645.2658
vvyas@visitRaleigh.com

Sales

Jana Rae Oliver, Director of Sales
919.645.2675
jroliver@visitRaleigh.com

Malinda Pettaway, Associate Director of Convention Sales
919.645.2668
mpettaway@visitRaleigh.com

Stephen Jackson, National Sales Manager
919.645.2655
sjackson@visitRaleigh.com

Loretta Yingling, National Sales Manager
919.645.2667
lyingling@visitRaleigh.com

Kumi Anzalone, Regional Director, National Accounts,
Washington DC Area Sales Office
571.970.2705
kanzalone@visitRaleigh.com

Nicole Robinson, Sales Coordinator
919.645.2682
nrobinson@visitraleigh.com

Sports Marketing

Scott Dupree, Vice President of Sports Marketing
919.645.2657
sdupree@raleighsports.org

Tori Collins, Assistant Director of Sports Marketing
919.645.2664
tori@raleighsports.org

Theresa Tyler, Sports Services Manager
919.645.2659
ttyler@visitRaleigh.com

Jason Philbeck, Sports Marketing Manager
919.645.2660
jphilbeck@raleighsports.org

Convention Services

Julie Brakenbury, Director of Convention Services
919.645.2661
jbrakenbury@visitRaleigh.com

Tammy Jeffries, Convention Services Manager
919.645.2674
tjeffries@visitRaleigh.com

Reggi Powell, Visitor Information Center Manager
919.645.2677
rpowell@visitRaleigh.com

2010 - 11 GRCVB Board of Directors 

Kenneth R. Crockett, Chairman
President, Crockett Capital Corporation

Ian W. G. Sauer, Vice Chairman
Vice President Operations, Summit Hospitality Group, Ltd.

Phil Zachary, Secretary
President & COO, Curtis Media Group

Bill Gant, Treasurer
General Manager, Raleigh Renaissance at North Hills

David W. Strong, Immediate Past Chairman
President, Rex Healthcare

Steven Bauld-Board Member
General Manager, Harrison Global

Joel C. Fuller-Board Member
General Manager, Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel

Kenneth B. Howard-Board Member
Director, NC Museum of History

Melanie Davis Jones-Board Member
Director of Marketing, NC Museum of Art

Jim McGovern-Board Member
General Manager, Angus Barn Restaurant

Barry F. Mitsch-Board Member
Vice President, The Pyramid Resouce Group, Inc.

Dale Whitworth-Board Member
Vice President and Controller, Golden Corral Corporation

Judi Grainger, Centennial Authority Liaison

Roger Krupa, Convention Center Commission Liaison

Bonner Gaylord, Raleigh City Council Liaison

Betty Lou Ward, Wake County Board of Commissioners Liaison

Jack W. Smith, Town of Cary Liaison