Contact Us

Most Sales Department members are assigned to meeting and event planners based on the geographic location of the contract signature and/or planner, excluding specialty markets noted below.

Malinda Harrell, CMP Fellow, CASE
Director of Sales
919.645.2668
mharrell@visitRaleigh.com

• Assisting planners from N.C. and S.C., Ala., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Miss. and Tenn., who represent corporate organizations (excluding faith-based, fraternal, multicultural) and who will be using the Raleigh Convention Center only.

Stephen Jackson, CMP
Associate Director of Sales
919.645.2655
sjackson@visitRaleigh.com

• Assisting planners from D.C., Md., Va., W.Va. and Texas, who represent any vertical market and who will be using any meeting space in the Raleigh area;
• and assisting planners who represent fraternal and multicultural organizations. 

Marc Dooner
National Sales Manager
919.645.2688
mdooner@visitRaleigh.com

• Assisting planners from Conn., Del., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Penn., R.I. and Vt., who represent any vertical market (excluding fraternal, multicultural) and who will be using any meeting space in the Raleigh area.

Nicole Keshler
National Sales Manager
919.645.2682
nkeshler@visitRaleigh.com

• Assisting planners from N.C. and S.C., who represent any vertical market (excluding corporate, fraternal, multicultural) and who will be using the Raleigh Convention Center only;
• and assisting planners from Ala., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Miss. and Tenn., who represent any vertical market (excluding corporate, fraternal, multicultural) and who will be using any meeting space in the Raleigh area.

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

• Assisting planners from the Midwest or Western U.S. (Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Hawaii, Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., N.D., Neb., Nev., N.M., Ohio, Okla., Ore., S.D., Utah, Wash., Wisc. and Wyo.), who represent any vertical market (excluding fraternal, multicultural) and who will be utilizing any meeting space in the Raleigh area.

Kathryn Short
Sales Manager
919.645.2689
kshort@visitRaleigh.com

• Assisting planners from N.C. and S.C., who represent any vertical market (excluding fraternal, multicultural) and who will be using meeting space other than the Raleigh Convention Center.

Maria Lopez
Convention Sales Coordinator 
919.645.2685
mlopez@visitRaleigh.com

Destination Services

 

Tammy Jeffries, CGSP^®
Director of Destination Services
919.645.2674
tjeffries@visitRaleigh.com

 

Gray Henderson, CGSP^®
Sports and Event Services Manager
919.645.2680
ghenderson@visitRaleigh.com

Dana Canby, CGSP^® 
Destination Services Manager 
919.645.2690
dcanby@visitRaleigh.com

Christina Laskorunsky, CGSP^® 
Destination Services Manager 
919.645.2681
claskorunsky@visitRaleigh.com

Katie P. Clark, CGSP^® 
Destination Services Coordinator
919.645.2675
kclark@visitRaleigh.com